Thomson to visit Australia on mission to curb defence cuts
British Commonwealth Secretary Mr George Thomson travels to Australia New Zealand Singapore and Malaysia to explain Britain’s plan to trim defence commitments as part of broad government spending cuts. He will meet prime ministers and defence external affairs ministers in Canberra Wellington Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
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Britain
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Wellington
Singapore
Kuala Lumpur
Australia
London
Aap Reuter
British Commonwealth
George Thomson
New Zealand
Malaysia
Suez
Canberra
Commonwealth Relations Office
Australasia
South-east Asia
Commonwealth
Rhodesia
Law Smith
House of Commons
Australia records first quintuplets in Brisbane
At Royal Brisbane Hospital clinicians announced the first Australian quintuplets three girls and two boys born in 75 minutes. Mother Mary Braham, 36, and father Roger Braham, 34, with four older children, remain in hospital as the quins, born six weeks premature, receive care in the premature nursery.
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Roger Braham
Brisbane
Picturegram
Australia
Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital
Slam
Mary Braham
Tenterfield
Braham
London
Quins
Priertes
Venezuela
Fischers
South Dakota
Lawsons
New Zealand
South Africa
Miukuteses
Argentina
Diomnequis
Late News Albion Leads Alt Obey In Aerial Round
Fragmentary report notes Albion leading Alt Obey in a late 59 match event. Details unclear due to garbled text but references a rugby league style competition and a Fronte 8. Further specifics unavailable in the readable segment.
Michael Valenci First Canberra Baby of 1968
Michael Valenci arrived at Canberra Community Hospital at 12.48am today becoming Canberra's first citizen of 1968. He is the son of Mr and Mrs F Valenci of Wilshire Street Dickson. He was placed in a decorated cot in the maternity ward by nurses.
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Canberra
Michael Valenci
Canberra Community Hospital
F. Valenci
Wilshire Street
Dickson
Youth 15 Dies in Goulburn Chemistry Explosion
A shed explosion at a youth home in Goulburn killed Christopher Moses 15, and injured his friend Robert Jordan 14. Moses was seated when the chemical mixture exploded, injuring Jordan on face and chest. Jordan was listed in satisfactory condition later, as police notified Moses’ parents.
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Goulburn
Christopher Moses
Deccan Street
Robert Jordan
Montague Street
Snedden to announce leadership intentions soon
Melbourne report says Immigration Minister Snedden will reveal within days whether he will stand for Liberal Party leadership and has promises of support from colleagues. Treasurer McMahon, then Deputy Leader, declined comment until a decision is reached with plans to inform the party and press.
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Melbourne
Snedden
Ringwood
Liberal Party
Mr McMahon
Double Bay
Sydney
New Year Honours Knight NCDC Chief John Overall
Nineteen Australians receive knighthoods in the New Year honours list. John Overall, Commissioner of the National Capital Development Commission, is named among Commonwealth knights. Other recipients include James Darling, Robert Helpmann, Keith Waller, and Senator Kenneth Morris. Dame Hilda Mabel Stevenson is named on the Victorian list. A total of 272 Australians receive honours across federal and state lists.
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National Capital Development Commission
John Overall
Robert Helpmann
Australia Broadcasting Commission
James Darling
Australia
United States
Keith Waller
Kenneth Morris
Queensland
Worman
Order of the British Empire
Hilda Mabel Stevenson
Gordon Colvin Lindesay Clark
Malvern
Victoria
Alcoa of Australia Pty Ltd
Kenneth James Morris
Cooktown
Jack Evelyn Cassidy
Rose Bay
Nsw
James Ralph Darling
Toorak
Australian Broadcasting Commission
Thomas Moore Greenaway
Killara
Rutherford Campbell Guthrie
Linton
Robert Murray Helpmann
South Australia
Charles Guilan McGrath
Ex Development Council
John Wallace Overall
Red Hill
Act
John Keith Waller
Washington, DC
Norman Smith Young
Erindale
Philip Belmont Charley
Jack Langker
Hector Joseph Richard
William Henry Hall
George Augustus Pap
Four US helicopters shot down by Vietcong in Mekong Delta
Vietcong guerrillas hit four US Army Huey helicopters, killing one crewman and wounding three as they supported Seventh Division infantry. A helicopter on an ambulance mission was among those downed. In separate action, a US Air Force F100 was shot down over the DMZ, with rescuers recovering the crew.
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Satgon
Mekong Delta
Can
Vietnam
Canberra
Dmz
North Vietnam
FIOC
Talks on F-111 cancellation risk and compensation
A British team arrives in Washington to discuss possible cancellation or curtailment of Britain’s order for 50 F-111 fighter bombers. Compensation to General Dynamics may be involved if the order is canceled, though the contract is not explicit on compensation. Officials emphasize the talks are exploratory with no decisions made yet.
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Washington
Pentagon
Britain
General Dynamics Corporation
Defence and Technology Ministries
Defence Ministry
London
Defence
Healy
Hopes fade for Cessna occupants in remote NT crash
Northern Territory search for a missing Cessna with six Victorians aboard enters a third day as five planes sweep rugged terrain east of Daly Waters. The last radio from pilot Peter Linom came at 8:40 pm, with fuel gone and stormy conditions likely forcing a diversion toward Daly Waters before the crash into difficult country.
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Darwin
Northern Territory
Tam
Daly Waters
Peter Linom
Daly
Macarthur River
Gulf of Carpentaria
Linen
Naval rating killed in road accident near Collector
A naval rating died and another was seriously injured in a late night road crash near Collector. Police opened an investigation early this morning as they probed the toll and circumstances of the incident.
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Collector
Britain nears end of independent nuclear role amid cuts
The Sunday Times reports a powerful left wing group in the Cabinet seeks to abandon Britain’s Polaris based nuclear force and halt further program commitments. Polestar submarines and V-bombers face phased retirement with a shift to NATO sharing and limited future nuclear options to cut social spending.
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London
Aap-Reuter
Britain
Sunday Times
James Margach
NATO
Margach
Seven yacht race protests flood 1967 Sydney Hobart event
Protests that could alter placings will be heard by the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania Tuesday night. Seven claims, mostly over time allowances for returning to Sydney Harbour to search for a missing buoy after Boxing Day start, involve Salacia Akala and other contenders.
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Hobart
Royal Yacht Club of
Tasmania
RYCT
Sydney Harbour
Salacia
Akala
Huon Lass
Kahurangi
Mercedes Tl
Seawind
Australia to join UN Human Rights Year says Governor General
Lord Casey states Australia will participate this year in the United Nations Human Rights Year. The Reserve Bank warns businessmen of near perfect ten dollar forgeries. Bushfires near Mollymook threaten holiday homes.
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Lord Casey
Australia
United Nations
Reserve Bank
Mollymook
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