Protests greet PMs as talks begin at Marlborough House
Loyalists and rival groups mobilize outside Marlborough House as Prime Ministers arrive for a nine day conference. Demonstrators shout anti Rhodesia and anti immigration messages while police separate Nigerian and Biafran factions. Cathy Tither leads a Get Gorton Committee vigil from Dunedin calling for greater opposition to war and colonial policies. Mr Gorton meets British PM at lunch opening tense sessions over Rhodesia and Commonwealth limits.
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Rhodesia
White Australia
Cathy Tither
Dunedin
New Zealand
Get Gorton
London
New
Tither
Wilton
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Yakubu Gowon
Gowon
Marlborough House
Royal Palace
Kenya
Zambia
India
Commonwealth
No 10 Downing Street
Australia
Paul Hasluck
Levistany
Michael Stewart
Alexander Downer
Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Savoy Hotel
Hunt for missing Bardot yacht ends with hope abandoned
The search for the Bardot, the 24-foot sloop carrying four sailors from Sydney, concluded after the RAAF spanning thousands of square miles in the Tasman Sea found no trace. Keith Doyle, NSW MP and brother of one crewman, said the area likely included the Bardot and that it probably foundered in a violent squall. A private search had been abandoned earlier after a false sighting. A $5,000 reward remains for information aiding rescue and $1,000 for evidence the sloop has foundered.
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Sydney
Tasman Sea
Keith Doyle
Nsw
Lastight
Carvid
Doyle
Bardot
Merimbula
Peter Doyle
Cooma
Stuart Parker
Mark
Eric Pahl
RAAF
Unclear fragment hints at hospital case with Mercury Records
Fragmentary notice mentions St Mary's Hospital and a power issue near a Mercury Records connection. Details are unreadable, offering only glimpses of a continuing Friday report about a legal or medical matter and an individual named in a partial caption.
France imposes embargo on arms to Israel amid UN talks
Paris government sources confirm France has an emergency embargo on all arms shipments to Israel in response to the Bei rut attack. About 150 million francs worth of equipment are affected, including Mirage jet spare parts. The move aims as a warning if Israel does not heed the call for restraint.
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Paris
France
Israel
Beirut International
Athens
Middle East
Hospital bombed in Biafra again kills four
GFNEVA Tuesday reports a Nigerian aircraft bombed a Red Cross hospital in Biafra on Sunday, killing four and wounding two. The International Committee of the Red Cross protested to the Nigerian government, saying the hospital clearly marked with Red Cross insignia was deliberately attacked. A prior raid at Awo-Omama on December 9 killed three and wounded several.
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Aap-Revier
Red Crow
Biafra
Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
Num
Awo-Omama
All- Swiss Committee
Soviet Press Attacks Nixon In Front Page Commentary
The official Soviet press attacks President-elect Nixon for creating tension in Europe and for adopting Johnson's Vietnam policy. Trud, the trade union newspaper, editorially criticized NATO exercises near West Germany and Czechoslovakia as the new administration’s first move, calling it a boon to Bonn’s “revenge seekers.”
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Trud
Nixon
Leslie
Europe
Johnson
Vietnam
Record month for exports in Australia December high
Australian exports in December reached 305.5 million dollars, the highest monthly figure on record. The export trade surplus for the month stood at 42.1 million dollars, the largest monthly surplus in five years.
Rhodesia crisis tops Commonwealth talks at London summit
Delegates from Britain and member nations debate Rhodesia and majority rule while protests from diverse groups fill the London streets. Prime Minister Wilson opens proceedings as critics from Zambia Tanzania and Uganda press for firmer action. Immigration and regional autonomy for East Pakistan also loom in the agenda.
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Wilson
Natrons
Mauritius
Barbados
Swaziland
Lesotho
Botswana
Britain
Zambia
Tanzania
Uganda
Rhodesia
Top Canberra student Roger Brown tops school honours
Seventeen year old Roger Brown of Yarralumia won Canberra’s highest scholastic award in the Higher School Certificate. He achieved first level passes in English mathematics science French and German and a third level in music. Roger, son of ANU professor D A Brown, came to Canberra from New Zealand in 1949 and hopes to study law at the ANU. Bridget White Law and Hugh Craig also posted five and four first level passes respectively, with other top performers from Telopes Park and Canberra Grammar.
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Roger Brown
Yarralumia
Canberra
Roger
Telopen Park High School
D. A. Brown
ANU
New Zealand
ANC
Telopes Park
Bridget Whitelaw
Oof
Lop Pincegelter
Richard Whitelaw
Bridget
Hugh Craig
Dryandra Street
O'Connor
Hugh
D. P. Craig
Australia
Anthony Dooley
Canberra Grammar School
Five Million Dollar Canberra Commercial Buildings Planned
Construction in Canberra will begin on commercial projects worth over five million dollars concentrated mainly in the Civic area. Two 14 million dollar three storey offices will rise behind Moresby House on land bought by Lend Lease. A 500000 dollar three storey office fronts Northbourne Avenue for Manufacturers Mutual Insurance. another insurer plans a similar Northbourne Avenue building. Civil and Civic plans cost about 500,000. Next week a 200,000 tradesmen’s club will be built in Woden Phillip. Mr F J McCauley says the club mirrors Civic and Dickson facilities, sized for members. Opening hoped September 1. A Griffith hotel project by DeWovo Motel aims for 25 beds initially, expanding to 60, cost over 700,000, with Interior Department approvals pending.
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Moresby House
Lend Lease Corporation
Northbourne Avenue
Manefacturers Mutual Insur
Ance Limited
Civil and Civic
Tradesmen's Club
Woden Centre
Phillip
F. J. McCauley
Building Workers Industrial Union
Civic
Dickson
McCauley
Griffith
Coach House Motor Inn
Dewovo Company
Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Limited
Half of Canberra water still untreated amid peak demand
About half of Canberra’s water during peak summer remains untreated due to Mount Stromlo’s limited capacity. The National Capital Development Commission plans no expansion until storage rises, with current maximums near 20 million gallons daily while demand can hit 60 million. Water in Turner area was flushed after residents complained of muddy taste and odor.
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Canberra
Mount Stromlo
National Capital Development Commission
Department of Works
Hendora
Corin
Turner
Bomb plot inquiry widens across three states
Detectives probing a plot by hip pies to blow up the CIB headquarters in Sydney have extended inquiries into three states. The report notes ongoing investigations and references related court and page line details.
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CIB
Sydney
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