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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 07, 1970
Page
2
Readable items include cheddar cheese 8 oz souma whiskas cat food 7 oz cream biscuit jam toothpaste toilet paper soap shampoo napkins potato chips hairspray canned fruit tea beans coffee milk and other pantry goods. Notable brand names and sizes crop up such as Maxwell House Pineapple juice and Duraglo room deodorant among assorted household essentials.
A Canberra patchwork of traffic fines shows youth driver Olsson, 19, fined for steering a car while disqualified and other cases including negligent driving, speeding, and reporting lapses. Police details cited involve Downer, Nagy Dick, and Stewart among others.
Melbourne drug squad charged three men and a girl with nine offences linked to robberies of suburban chemists shops around late November to New Year. Arrests were made in East Malvern Camberwell Malvern and surrounding areas. Magistrate reserved decision. two men are to face trial for a planned armed hold up at Grace Bros. Also named are Rozelle workers and Randwick resident charged in a separate robbery with $37,197 stolen.
The Minister for the Army, Mr Peacock, will depart Sydney for South Vietnam later this month to review as many Australian units and installations as time permits. He will travel via Singapore returning to Sydney after a weeklong overseas visit involving weapons and equipment checks and an assessment of forces.
Captain Jo Le Wadey, MLA, former air ace, will travel from NSW to Moruya for the Moruya Airport pageant next Saturday. Waddy, now an assistant minister in the NSW Government, previously competed in long distance pigeon racing, completing 14,000 miles in 52 hours 9 minutes. Pigeon prize details will be announced by NSW Minister for Conservation Mr Deale.
Six drivers failed Breathalyzer tests in Goulburn yesterday facing fines totaling 700. Penalties include licence suspensions from three to twelve months and varying fines. Names and addresses include N Walsh Albert Street Goulburn, L Lambert 73 Coromandel Street Goulburn, R G Murray Coromandel Street Goulburn, A Tapper Granville Sydney, J C Koy Queanbeyan, M Braebek Maregubra, and N Walsh. Additional cases postponed to future dates.
Five people were injured in a spectacular accident near Gunning three miles south on the Hillya road. A Victorian car attempting to overtake a transport collided with an oncoming car. Both cars were wrecked. Three occupants in the Victorian car were taken to Yass Hospital while two in the other car suffered severe shock and bruising.
Frank Cranston reports on Pan Am Boeing 747 jumbo jet service launch plans across the Atlantic. The first flight window opens five weeks after the original start date, with London to New York as a key leg and many additional cities to follow.
An Australian soldier, Private B. J. Arch bald, of Tnglewend Queensland, serving with the Royal Australian Regiment, was wounded in action on a contact with the enemy in Phioe Tuy provinces. He is reported in 1si Australia Field Hospital in Ving Tau after treatment.
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