18 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Feb 18, 1969
Page
1
A pilot survey will test a Hong Kong virus vaccine among 2,000 public servants in Canberra this winter. Half receive the Hong Kong strain and half the normal B type. The trial aims to gauge vaccine efficiency by monitoring illness-related absences. Vaccination is voluntary and free, with a high speed jet vaccinator used.
Vatican sources report the pope dismissed the idea of allowing Roman Catholic priests to marry, calling it an extremely grave and erroneous suggestion. He argued celibacy remains essential to priestly service and warned against modern society influencing clerical life.
A 14 year old Melbourne girl is among tourists held by Chinese authorities near Hong Kong. A spokesman for Australia’s External Affairs Department said Canberra is closely watching the situation through the Australian government in Hong Kong. Page 6 report.
A crowded passenger train derailed after a petrol tanker collision near Johannesburg, killing three people and injuring many. Emergency crews cordon off the scene as investigators examine the wreckage and local hospitals treat the injured.
Former Foreign Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto sparks clashes as police clash with Bhutto supporters during a large Karachi procession. Fighting erupts near Mohammad Ali Jinnah's tomb as Ayub-era authorities consider a conference on constitutional reform. Bhutto arrives by train from Larkana amid massive crowds.
Cobar based opposition figures and the Have Industries Grow group push a National Political Reform Association campaign during the 1966 federal election. Prominent grazier R J Bourke denies authoring the Canberra statement while supporting inquiry into wool costs to halt inflation.
A spokesman said more than 900 workers volunteered including 150 from the Health Department. He expects the survey to reach 2,000, pending a Canberra inquiry from the Minister for Health, Br Forbes, and the Natural and Medical Research Council. The committee urged against mass immunisation for the Hong Kong flu and instead recommended clinical trials across populations to test vaccination efficacy.
North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces violated both sides truce at least 170 times in Saigon according to American military officials. Seventy-one Americans were wounded and eight killed in the 24 hour period. Communists suffered around 70 killed and seven captured.
US and South Vietnamese troops resume offensives around Saigon and D Zone during Tet. Airstrikes batter targets near Saigon while Vietcong and North Vietnamese units face pressure. In Paris, officials pursue a mutual withdrawal deal as Tet celebrations proceed.
Two Australian national servicemen were killed and eight wounded during a clash with Communist forces in Bien Hoa Province on Sunday. Names released for the two wounded, while Private Raymond Alfred McGuire and Private Victor Neils Petersen, both 22 and 23, were among the dead, all from the 14th Battalion RAR. Also reports Keith Hyland, a Melbourne businessman held by Vietcong for nine months, to return to Vietnam soon amid a doctor ordered holiday in New Zealand.
Engineers from the National Capital Development Commission reassess the Parkes Way interchange project south of Canberra as work falls behind schedule. First phase cost: 637000 dollars includes bridges and road work with expected traffic closures and re-routing. CDC confirms timing re-evaluation. contractor says work on contract dates, no further comment.
Three young men serving sentences in Fremantle won art prizes at the Festival Malcolm Ellis. Malcolm Ellis, 27, formerly of Coolgardie, won first prize of 300 dollars for a watercolour landscape. Desmond Mippy, 20, and Michael Pickett, 21, both formerly of Perth, won second and third prizes of 150 and 50 dollars for their watercolours Midnight Moors and Evening Glory.
Bonn warns of Soviet threat as Warsaw Pact reform and Czech events shift Western Europe security. The piece notes anticipated increases in Soviet capability and potential Western responses, reflecting Cold War tensions across multiple pages.
Eight West Irian men landed at lonely Badu Island in Torres Strait after a six week raft voyage from Merauke on the south coast of West Irian. One sailor reportedly died of thirst. Costume officers from Thursday Island will investigate after reports of a sea drift and rescue by Radu Islanders.
Sydney reports Sean Connery wins a libel suit with damages awarded after a paper linked him to plans for dining rooms and lounges. The hotel will close, and a related development in Sydney involves a slated Adams landmark and a forthcoming Bond project. Industrial and press actions frame the sequence of events surrounding the ruling and closures.
DJ’s Beauty Shop slashes perm prices to 7 99 for February raise from 11 50 to 13 80. Top brands Phenoma Modelling Volutis used. Perms by appointment only. Offer valid Mondays to Wednesdays. Phone 489966 to book.
A fragment from the Canberra Times shows contact details for Regimene an GPO in Canberra City ACT with mixed postal and telephone listings for Sydney and Canberra postal exchanges. The text references a hoped paper delivery and a partial address block.
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