SAS men clash with 15 enemy in Phuoc Tuy province
An Australian Special Air Service patrol clashed with about 15 enemy fighters in Phuoee Tuy province, South Viet Tam. First reports say about five enemy were killed. Two RAAF helicopter gunships provided support while an artillery commander rode another helicopter. A separate patrol to the northeast fought a small group and two more enemy were killed.
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Dismay At Accent On Population In Australia
An American conservationist Professor Lawrence S. Hamilton warned on ABC that Australia shows near universal support for more people despite a two percent annual growth. He urged Australians to resist population boosters and technology overreach, arguing more people increase environmental damage and reduce freedom. He cited wildlife declines and urged bio centric views, noting Judith Wright’s supportive stance and calling the US to face up to population control.
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Australia joins in search for missing Mrs McKay
Scotland Yard sought help from Australian police to check if Mrs Muriel McKay, 55, has returned to Australia after vanishing from her Wimbledon home about two weeks earlier. Scotland Yard said they were pursuing the possibility and informing other forces as part of inquiries. Mrs McKay is wife of Alexander McKay, young chairman of the News of the World.
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Army officer last to see Convery alive in Mui Dat grave
Vung Tau Australia press report says Lieutenant Thomas Convery died in a grenade blast after a party in Nui Dat. Private Peter Denzil Allen stands charged with his murder. Court martial heard Allen was the last to see Convery alive about 25 minutes earlier.
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Hijacker Shot Dead in Panama Flight Pause
In David Panama on Sunday Panamanian National Guardsmen shot dead a 20 year old hijacker aboard a DC 3 airliner. Major Antonio Noriegea said he would have sacrificed passengers if needed to stop the takeoff for Cuba. The hijacker Jorge Tulio Medrano seized the plane over the Caribbean coast and forced it toward Cuba before being halted.
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Lebanese Premier urges release of hijacker Beton
Beir ut Sunday Prime Minister Al Yafi called on the government to free 26 year old Frenchman Christian Beton who hijacked a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707. He said imprisonment would be unnecessary given the political context and shifting European and world views on Israel.
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Reduction in jobs across US defence bases
The US Defence Department announced it will scrap 7,310 civilian positions at 50 bases nationwide to cut defence spending. The move aims to save 557 million dollars annually, part of a broader civilian employment reduction bringing total civilian cuts to 76,700.
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Fourth major clash near Saigon in three days
Allied forces including US 1st Cavalry and South Vietnamese irregulars engage Communist units near a bunker complex 58 miles northwest of Saigon. Air strikes and artillery hit positions while casualties tally to 61 enemy dead and 18 American and irregular losses over four days of fighting in the border region.
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Koreans deny massacre in Saigon report
South Korean armed forces in Saigon deny claims of mass killings of South Vietnamese civilians. Terry Rumbo, a former director of a Defence Department project, alleged evidence of hundreds of murders in 1966 by Korean troops and said an American officer urged suppression. A Pentagon spokesman said the commissioned report has not yet been rendered.
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Soldiers say U S troops fired on village killing civilians
Saigon dispatch reports two US Army soldiers told investigators that American troops used a village for target practice last June and killed defenseless South Vietnamese civilians. Investigators cannot visit the site as the area is dominated by the Vietcong.
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California abortion law ruled unconstitutional
Judge Paul Mast of Orange County Municipal Court ruled California's new abortion law unconstitutional, saying the right to choose to bear children is a fundamental right. He dismissed charges against Dr Robert C Robb of Laguna Beach and released him. The ruling, the first on the law's constitutionality, follows a hearing on four felony abortion charges. Cecil Hicks vowed to seek overturning the ruling.
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Orange County
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Two youths face shooting charges in Traralgon Court
In Melbourne on Sunday two youths charged with shooting with intent to murder will appear before Traralgon Court of Petty Sessions after an ambush on two policemen in a van yesterday. A 19-year-old faces five counts of shooting with intent to murder plus related offenses. an 18-year-old faces multiple counts of shooting and theft and possessing a firearm to prevent lawful arrest.
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Traralgon
Murdered Leader Jablonski Buried in Washington Pennsylvani a
Miners union reform leader Joseph Jablonski his wife and daughter were buried in Washington Pennsylvania as undercover agents hunted clues to the January 1 murders. More than 20 000 miners stayed home in sympathy and 850 mourners attended the service while his sons led calls against corruption in the union.
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Police to take over NI security duties from army
The British army will hand back full policing responsibility in Northern Ireland to the Royal Ulster Constabulary after last summer’s sectarian riots. A Belfast jointly issued statement said the transfer would occur in phases, with a gradual return to normal policing in Belfast and some areas still patrolled by both forces. No definite transfer date was given.
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