Battle resumes on plain near Laos airfield
North Vietnamese forces attacked the Nieng Khu ang airfield in the Plain of Jars region but were repelled after a two hour fight. Laos Defence Colonel Konksy reported two day clashes left one officer dead and six wounded while government losses were light. The North Vietnamese moved armour and heavy guns into the area and could mount a major push as five to eight battalions await. American air support and Lao evacuations of 10,000 civilians ended, and Souvanna Phouma urged Hanoi to declare a neutral zone, a proposal rejected.
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Lao Plain of Jars
Defence Cit Y
Nieng Khuang
Vath
Ha S
Thongphanh Konksy
Nongpet
Plain of Jars
Konksy
Souvanna Phouma
Hanoi
Talks on Douglas case in Melbourne cabinet meet
Melbourne reports that the Victorian Cabinet will discuss the case of Mr G. W. A. Douglas who resigned as Public Solicitor. His Regulator of Building Societies position remains unclear. Minister Meagher to ask Attorney-General Reid if the resignation affects this job amid alleged charges under the Public Service Act.
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Melbourne
G. W. A. Douglas
Minter
Meagher
Reid
Douglas
Public Service Act
Public Service
Huge drug find in New York seizes heroin cocaine haul
New York police seized an illicit cargo smuggled from France worth about $9.15 million on the black market. Three men have been arrested after an investigation that spanned more than four months.
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New York
Drilling at Repulse Bay Deferred by BRISBANE Pty Ltd
BRISBANE Triday Pty Ltd will defer its Repulse Bay drilling near Mackay following a joint recommendation by Prime Minister Gorton and Queensland Premier Bjelke Petersen. The company aims to avoid delaying the project while the Barier Reef inquiry proceeds and seeks compensation terms.
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Repulse Bay
Brisbane
Triday. Pty Ltd
Mack
S. Oka
Gorton
Queensland
Bjelke-Petersen
Barrier Reef
Japex
Cabinet
Oka
Goreton
Bjelke- Petersen
Zapata Fast Inc
Navigator
Sea
Orange
Teras
Government and
Ampol Exploration
Qld) Ply Limited
Queensand
Bare Fier Reef
Pay claim aims 50 percent rise for Victoria nurses
Victoria nurses press for big pay increases amid what the Australian Nursing Federation calls an outrage and injustice. Industrial officer S McDonald said today salaries for Victorian nurses are inadequate, backing demands for substantial raises.
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Melbourne
Victoria
Indust
Australan Nursing Federation
S. McDonald
Ban Lifted on Ram Exports to New Zealand
ACTU lifted the ban on exporting two merino stud rams to New Zealand. Buyers’ agents secured special permission as the first official export after a period of restrictions. The rams were purchased at Sydney Sheep Sales for an undisclosed price.
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Sydney
ACTU
AGTU
J. H. Souter
Senior Court Bench Change in Papua New Guinea
Papuans and New Guineans will sit in judgment on Australians. The Administrator Mr D Hay announced the appointment of the first three indigenes to the District Court Bench. The appointees are Mr Francis Teamu, Mr Joseph Aisa and Mr Ronald Towne, previously magistrates in local courts. The Law Secretary Mr Lindsay Curtis noted local courts had jurisdiction over expatriates for minor offences but in practice expatriates appeared mainly in the District Court.
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Moresby
New
Francis Teamu
Joseph Aisa
Ronald Towne
Lindsay Curtis
Britain and United States press for Arab-Israeli ceasefire
The United States and Britain urged an urgent Arab-Israeli ceasefire after an Israeli bombing near Cairo killed about 70 Egyptian workers and wounded around 100. The attack prompted state department concern while Big Four talks at the United Nations sought a peace framework. Egypt cited napalm burns, with two Israeli aircraft alleged to have dropped five napalm bombs at Abou Zabal near Cairo. The raid destroyed the National Metal Industry Company plant and left 2,000 workers affected. The Soviet Tass called it barbarous and demanded accountability while Washington pressed for wider international influence to restore the ceasefire.
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United Nations
New York
Middle East
Israel
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United Nations Security Council
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Cairo
Tass
United Arab Republic
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Lebanon
Ervd
Nasser
Tel Aviv
Cairo International
Bis
Hel- Wah
US weighs arms decisions as Israeli strike prompts reaction
The State Department condemned the raid and bombing near Cairo as concern rises over an Israeli factory attack. President Nixon's arms decision hinges on Soviet arms balance with Egypt, Syria, and Libya. Egyptian crowds protest US-Israeli actions while Israel defends targeting military sites as accidental.
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Israel
Egypt
Syria
France
Libya
Middle East
Doctors in conflict on fee reform efforts
A spread of articles notes ongoing disputes over Australia’s fee scheme with an AMA spokesman saying reform plans will succeed despite dissident groups. G Taylor of ACOA denies plans for ACTU or ALP affiliation. Alan Fitzgerald reports from Washington on FBI headquarters. A book on censorship criticizes state government and police censorship.
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AMA
ACOA
Administrative and Clerical Officers Association
Canberra
Gordon Taylor
ACTU
ALP
Washington
Alan Fitzgerald
Federal Bureau of Investigation
By elections in NSW seats Murrumbidgee Randwick and Upper Hunter
The by elections proceed today in New South Wales districts Murrumbidgee Randwick and Upper Hunter. Malcolm Macker ras has campaigned for a fortnight in Murrumbidgee and predicts Labor could lose the seat once held by Al Grassby.
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Nsw
Murrumbidgee
Randwick
Upper Hunter
Malcolm Mackerras
Labor
al Grassby
Kosygin in Minister towed model talks on treaty
MOSCOW reports a West German State Secretary, Mr Bahr, held a 30 minute talk with Soviet Premier Kosygin on the non aggression treaty idea. Bahr has met with the Soviet foreign and defense ministers multiple times, with a fifth meeting tentatively planned for next Tuesday.
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Kosygin
Moscow
Bahr
Soviet Union
Gro
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