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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Feb 05, 1968
Page
1
A Melbourne woman undergoes a six hour emergency operation at St Vincent’s Hospital after a sudden heart valve inflammation threat, with police and technicians aiding the rush to the hospital and surgeons performing the life saving procedure despite chaos.
References to conflicts with Shanghai and a Sunday confrontation escalate tensions as Magpies allegedly threaten public figures. Mr Kawereld reports magpie attacks on Parliament House walls and at a hotel, with multiple victims and ongoing concern about safety and alien threats.
The Federal Government will refund 2.5 million dollars in customs duty paid by Ansett-ANA and TAA on Boeing 727 aircraft bought to favor U.S. models over British jets. Each company initially faced 1.25 million. The duty, 74 percent of the price, was imposed under the UK Australia Trade Agreement and revoked yesterday by the Customs and Excise Minister Senator Anderson.
Perth based Lubrock Productions plans a 1 million dollar feature adapted from The Gold At Labrs Rock by Michael Harrat. The project aims to spark a permanent WA film industry with 12 to 13 weeks of shooting in Perth Darwin and the Wheatbelt. Eric Borgnine Sohá Mills and Diane Gente are slated for roles, with Anni b aboard.
Residents of Wylly Place Hughes report three youths abandoned a damaged cat and fled after a chase. They allegedly pulled a car, took glasses and keys, and attempted to drive off before being restrained by Alphonsin Wase and two others. Police to release details.
Saigon faces curfew as fierce fighting escalates. Vietcong, in a Tokyo communique via the Vietnam News Agency, says it has seized 17 provincial capitals including Hue and reports heavy clashes along the South China Sea coast. US officials note refugees rise to about 175000 as reports of stronger Vietcong activity filter through.
Widespread combat rages across Hue Da Nang and other South Vietnamese cities as Allied forces press a five day offensive. US Marines, South Vietnamese soldiers, and ARVN units fight entrenched Vietcong as US B‑32 bombers strike targets near Khe Sanh and in support along Highway One. Civilian exodus swells to about 175,000 refugees while officials warn of harsher clashes in the Mekong Delta.
Forecast suggests nationalisation of banks by a government in 1973 and withdrawal of conservative elements from the DLP a year later. The item appears in Classifieds, Page 3.
Australian New Zealand and Vietnamese troops say 14 Vietcong were killed and 17 possibly killed in three days of fighting in Phuoc Tuy and Ba Ria, with over 150 weapons captured. Major Howard led 4 enemy deaths near Burin while Australian units pressed operations in Lang Dien and Tong Pier areas as Vietcong casualties rose.
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