Australia to widen access to older public records
Prime Minister Me Gofton announced Canberra will loosen access rules for Commonwealth files dating from 1923 to 1948, with some records made public from tomorrow. A new national archives building will house the Commonwealth Archives Office, while sensitive items remain restricted and cabinet papers require approvals.
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Australia
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Dustmen Deliver Ultimatum On New Year Work
Canberra dustmen press for paid non working day after Christmas Eve overwork. ACT Transport Workers Union secretary Mr Doug Carpenter says a meeting backed a Friday non working day and demands pay. Hallwell Waste Disposal MD Mr Ken Hallwell to discuss ultimatum with the Department. Union cites entitlement to holidays, seeks Christmas and Good Friday as holidays during new award talks.
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Doug Carpenter
ACT Transport Workers Union
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Ken Hallwell
Carpenter
Basques' Sentences Confirmed. Franco Under Pressure
General Franco's cabinet will meet to decide on reprieves for six Basque nationalist guerrillas condemned to die by Burgos court martial. Lawyers appealed for commuting the sentences, while global protests and Vatican mediation rumors swirl as Britain Israel and other nations urge clemency. Senator Kennedy voiced dismay at the death sentences.
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30 Years Likely Informed On Madrid Death Sentences
Sources in Madrid indicated that the 78 year old Head of State would commute all death penalties to 30 year prison terms, though no official confirmation yet. Burgos officials complete advisory review and await Minister for the Army in Madrid to relay to the Cabinet.
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Shis
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Pen Duick reported safe after sighting off Tasman coast
Melbourne reports Pen Duick TV, the French trimaran missing two days in heavy seas off the Tasman east coast, was sighted heading north about 70 miles east of St Helens Point. The Royal Yacht Chub of Tasmania relayed the sighting from the sloopy Didgeridoo, noting Pen Duick ran before a 45 knot southerly gale with her crew and gear in difficulties and had not been heard since Monday.
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Tasmania
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Boy Skipper Forces Protest Over Boom-Vang Position
Mark Phillips a 16 year old Bay View Yacht Racing Association skippers protest rightly over boom vang placement during the fifth Australian Mirror Championships on Lake Burley Griffin. He measured several boats with crew member Matthew Penfold and warned officials, prompting sailors to adjust gear to specs. Phillips, leading the event on aggregate points, said he wanted a fair outcome without animosity.
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Nsw
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Jan Nichols
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Landslide buries 40 in Neot Hakiki village
A landslide near Neot Hakiki in southern Israel buried about 40 people. Police sources said an army medical crew arrived by helicopter, with rescue teams from three southern towns joining the effort near the Jordanian border.
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Israel
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Dead Sea
Associated Press
Australian unit overran Vietcong bunker complex in Vietnam
One Australian soldier was killed and three seriously wounded when D company of the Seventh Battalion attacked a Vietcong bunker complex 17 miles east of here. Casualties occurred during heavy fighting as gunships and APCs supported the advance. Australians evacuated and later found bunkers abandoned or destroyed. A spokesman said nine casualty lists had not yet been received.
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Vielcang
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Fring
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Scientists attack US war methods in Vietnam era dispute
The report notes scientists accuse US herbicide use in Vietnam and reference postwar prosecutions of Germany and Japan for similar wartime acts. It mentions trials at Leningrad and other international remarks, plus postwar political and legal notes.
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Germany
Japan
Snow Falls at Thredbo and Crackenhack Mountain
A southern cold airstream sent a low pressure system across eastern Australia. Snow fell on Crackenhack Mountain with four inches reported and Thredbo noted chilly conditions. Canberra recorded a zero to twelve degree range as forecasts predict a warming trend later in the week.
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Australia
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