Ayub Khan to step down amid unrest in Pakistan
President Ayub Khan announced he will not contest the next presidential election and urged a move toward free and fair elections. He cited civil unrest, opposition pressure, and demands for direct adult franchise as he pledged to pursue conditions for democracy. A curfew was reported in Dacca amid turmoil.
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Karachi
Ayub Khan
Ayub
Pakistan
West
T Ton
East Pakistan
Nigeria says airstrip to be used for relief drops
A news conference announced that Gowesameddi has agreed to allow daytime landings of humanitarian airlift supplies at Obilage airstrip for Biafra. The move follows an unspecified test proceeding.
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Biafra
Night in Ancient Rome charity revels in Forrest
Mrs John Howse hosted a Rome themed fundraiser in Baudin Street Forrest drawing guests in period costumes. Ambassadors and notable locals attended the poolside event, with Caesar's villa decor, a statue tableau, and a screening of Quo Vadis to support the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
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Brutus
Julio Caesar
Mark Antony
Baudin Street
Forrest
John Howse
Rome
Mr Grant Macintyre
Jupiter
Howse
Diana
Order of St John of Jerusalem
Canberra Abattoir Shutdown Sparks Outcry
The Interior Minister Mr Nixon announced the abattoir's chilling facilities would be offered for lease or purchase for reuse as a meat hall or other food preserving activity. Canberra ACT politicians and wholesalers condemned the move, warning of meat monopoly risk, price rises, and about 400 jobs lost amid accusations the authorities failed to run the facility.
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Nixon
ACT
J. R. Fraser
ACT Advisory Council
Canberra
Nsw
Seven new safety features endorsed for Australian cars
The Australian Transport Advisory Council endorsed seven additional safety features to become compulsory in new Australian cars if states agree. Features include instrument visibility, windscreens demisting, wiper and washer standards, hand control labeling, wheel safety rims, head injury protection from panels, and front seat head restraints. Rim rules start 1970, head restraints 1972, others 1973.
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Hobart
Australian Transport Advisory Council
Australia
ATAC
Australian Motor Vehicles Design Advisory Panel
Cabinet rejects civilian service as alternative to national service
Federal Cabinet ruled yesterday against civilian work for conscripts, keeping two years' national service. Minister Bury noted only three of 6,500 twenty-year-olds faced civil imprisonment for refusal, with few showing interest in civilian work. The decision supports Labour’s push for a civilian-alternative bill and cites international examples as limited and unacceptable locally.
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Bury
National Service
Labor Party
Lever
Vie
Barmard
Australia
Keopwns
France
Laly
Holland
Two Die in Jerusalem Supermarket Blast But No Detected Second Bomb
In Jerusalem an explosion at a crowded supermarket killed two men and wounded ten, including Australian UN observer Major R F E Skinner who suffered ear injury from flying glass. Ten minutes later a bomb outside the British Consulate wall was found and disposed of after an on site detonation.
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Jerusalem
Aap-Reuter
United Nations
Hebrew University
R. F E. Skinner
East Jerusalem
Canberra abattoir sale decision sparks council anger
Government announced disposal of the abattoir with only the chillers to be leased or sold after bids failed to meet expectations. ACT Advisory Council members criticized the move as a reversal of a 1967 inquiry, warning meat prices would rise if Canberra loses fresh supply. Red Hill Meat Supply Ltd warned the change ends its operations, while others urged continued full operation to serve the region.
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ACT Advisory Council
Canberra
J. H. Pead
Pead
J. ©. Kilmartin
Red Hill Meat Supply Ltd
J. Ackermann
Queanbeyan
R. O’keefe
Banks drop merger plan between NSW and CBA
The Bank of New South Wales and the Commercial Bank of Australia abandon merger plans. Analysts say the move leaves the issue of bank mergers unsettled and uncertain.
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Bank of New South Wales
Commercial Bank of Australia
Mysterious scientists and a rejected fertilisation claim
The page notes a claim about white coated scientists breeding a monster race and a motion by Jon Wood to emphatically reject outside the body fertilisation of human eggs. It references last week’s Madame Nguyen Thi Binh profile and Nguyen Re. It also mentions Shaw trial motions and a New Orleans businessman.
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Jon Wood
Nguyen Thi Binh
Stewart Harris
Nguyen Re
North Vietnam
Clay Shaw
New Orleans
Girl 18 Dies In Sutton Road Car Crash
Patricia Margaret Gifford 18 of the WRA N S HMAS Harman killed early yesterday when the car she rode in as passenger blew a tyre and overturned on Sutton Road. Driver Peter Hilton 22 radio operator HMAS Harman escaped injury. The pair were returning from a naval swimming carnival.
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Patricia Margaret Gifford
Wrawns
Hmas Harman
Sutton Road
Peter Hilton
Miss Gifford
Mr Hilton
ANU orientation warns freshers on sex expectations
ANU Orientation Handbook advised new students that most will likely experience sex during their university years. Editor John Reid says the estimate reflects experiences at other universities, not ANU statistics, and that the issue is framed as a personal, complex matter rather than a policy.
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Australian National University
ANU
John Reid
Our Aim Our Aim Christians Faith and Unity Plea
A religious group states its mission to restore New Testament Christianity and urges all faiths to return to God’s simple plan. It seeks to overcome divisions in Christendom and unify the church that Christ died for under one true faith.
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Christ
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