The Bombing Question II in North Vietnam Debate
The Canberra Times reports in December 1966 on US admissions about civilian damage in North Vietnam. It discusses Salisbury's Hanoi dispatches, Namdinh as a contested target, and the need for Allies to seek clear public explanations of US bombing policy around Hanoi and Haiphong.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
State Department
Harrison Salisbury
New York Times
Salisbury
Namdiah
Namvlinh
US Defence Department
Mr. Salisbury
Haiphong
Russia
China
Talien
Pentagon
Lintike
Britain
Canada
Canberra housing fails to inspire design in new suburbs
Staff writer Leonard Ward laments Canberra's uniform housing in expanding suburbs. Row upon row of austere boxlike houses with little variety mar the cityscape though some older areas like Ainslie Reid and Manuka show more character. He notes postwar patterns persist, driven by price limits and department designs, while inner suburbs retain value and evolving layouts.
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Australia
Canberra
Hobart
Department of the Interesor
Couin
Ainslie
Reid
Manuka
The Great Canberra Sameness and Housing Styles
Canberra shows little architectural variety with many homes built from similar plans. Efforts focus on landscaping and cautious design to soften uniformity, while affordable two and three bedroom houses stress function over form. Some single units gain charm from verandahs and colonial touches, proving cheap housing can still be aesthetically engaging.
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Canberra
Vandahree
Melbourne’s 1967 surge to huge civic projects and sports shore
Rohan Rivett reports Melbourne braces for major upheaval in 1967 with the Lower Yarra Crossing, a city ring road, and a western industrial transport hub to be built by 1971. A new Footscray road market complex costs 38 million, reshaping wholesale fruit and vegetables and reducing chaos around Elizabeth Street. The Ryan hanging case and university funding create public turmoil as Latrobe and Monash plan mass enrollments. new surf beaches and resorts usher a transformed urban life.
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Melbourne
Yarra
Sydney Harbour Bridge
King’s Bridge
Sydney
Opera House
Williamstown
Victoria
Footscray Road
Elizabeth St
William Robert Nuital Maloney
MHR
Mangle
Parkville
Brunswick
Melbourne University
GPO
Gunnamatta
Rye
Lorne
Pew
Earby
Westernport
Point Lonsdale
France Open Door to Foreigners Despite Quotas Claim
France maintains no migrant quota system and allows foreign workers with permits to enter. About 2.6 million foreigners in France, near 3.5 million including casual workers, with Algerians forming a striking group. Despite tensions, French society broadly accepts immigrants while noting regional concentrations and extensive remittance flows.
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Cote d'Azur
France
Portuese
SIS
Algeria
Parm
Bouches-du Rhone
Lyon
Lille
Metz
Tunisia
Morocco
Martinique
Guadeloupe
French Guiana
Reunion
Algeri
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Leonard Ward
Hughes
Wilder Fue
Somme
Jos
Peanie
Robin Boyd
Royal
Austalian
Forrest
Rohan Rivett
Ronald Ryan
Bolte
Mine Inter
Ihemeiver
Gorton
Phillip Garth Law
Monash
Latrobe University
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