MPs ordered to leave Rhodesia visit canceled
Bottomley cancels trip to Salisbury amid conditions set by Smith regime. Three Labour MPs Ennals Bray and Rowland ordered to leave Rhodesia. Rowland left, Ennals and Bray later complied to avoid embarrassment. Bottomley stated facilities would not be provided and would attempt to visit again later.
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Salisbury
High Commission
Lusaka
Zambia
Smith
M. Bottomley
London
Bottomley
Labour
David Ennals
Jeremy Bray
Christopher Rowland
Rhodesia
Rowland
Ennals
Bray
Bread price changes trigger decimal conversion and delivery fee
The ACT association announced new decimal bread pricing driven by two cent reductions, a one cent delivery differential, and varied loaf changes. Standard items include 1/5 loaf prices and 2/14 shillings equivalents, with larger rolls at 42 cents per dozen and packaged loaves at 24 cents each.
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Association
A. Spackman
Vienna
New South
Wales
Spackman
Town to get £ thirty thousand factory project approved
The NSW Department of Decentralisation and Development announced the Queanbeyan site for a new women’s fashion goods factory. Resett Fashions will invest £50,000 with land and building costs subsidised by government loans and a council contribution. Initial employment set at fifty rising to about 150 after two months.
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NSW Department of Decentralisation and Development
Queanbeyan
Crawford Street
Rosetta Fashions
Morton
Piers
Decimal currency debate dominates Canberra board meeting
The Canberra company directors say the association will consider discreet actions as Britain moves to decimal currency. A press conference in London touched on prices for everyday goods and the timing of conversion. Directors defended the board's unanimous decision while noting uncertainty about exact steps and public impact.
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Spackman
Canberra
Ministo
Wilson
London
Britain
Rhodesia
Saigon next venue for US peace offensive
US peace mission leader Harriman travels toward Saigon to brief South Vietnamese leaders on Johnson's bid to end the Vietnam war. Rusk meets Thai Prime Minister Kittikachorn in Bangkok while Harriman denies plans to base troops in Laos.
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Saigon
Harriman
aVietnam
Johnson
Bangkok
Rusk
Kittikachorn
South-east Asia
Vientiane
United States
Laos
North Vietnam
Prince Souvanna Phouma
Remier
Iforwes
South Vietnam
Lacie
Pham Xuan
Chieu
Armed Forces Congress
Vietnam
Ype
al .Y
Belshorne
Injihar
Shelepin
Hanoi
Communist Party
Hanol
Peking
Moscow
Tee
South Vietnam hard line on peace offensive leaders assert victory
South Vietnam's military leaders pressed for total victory over the Vietcong amid a peace push. Prime figures like Nguyen Van Thieu forecast progress, including a general offensive and rural reconstruction, as Washington spoke of limited incidents during Johnson's diplomacy.
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South Vietnam
Johnson
Nguyen, van Thieu
Australian soldier Bowtell dies in Vietnam tunnel rescue
The Canberra report reports Corporal R. K. W. Bowtell killed by a gunshot wound to the face while helping clear tunnels in Ben Cat. Three other soldiers injured, including Lance Corporal M. N. McIntyre, Private T. J. McDonnell, and Private T. D. White. Air pockets and lack of air blamed. gas masks said to work against gas but not carbon monoxide. Bowtell died from oxygen deprivation after becoming wedged in an underground tunnel.
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Vietnam
Canberra
Bowtell
Forbes
Hien Hoa
Ling
Lance Cor
Poral R. A. Coxon
Mooroopna
Victoria
RK. W. Bowell
Army
M. N
McIntyre
Stafford
Brisbane
Poroning
T. J. McDonnell
United Kingdom
T. D. White
Cabon
Ben Cat
Cpl. Bowtell
Forbes Sant
Cpl Bowtell
Dy Forbes
Vietnam Action
Fage 5
Cambodian Prince Calls Australian Troop Gesture Insufficient
Cambodian Ambassador said in Canberra that Australia may see troops to Vietnam as a token gesture. Prince Norodom Sihanouk warned Australia of a symbolic move, noting US bombing and the need to show stronger support beyond a token commitment. He urged Australia to reinforce ties with Cambodia amid Allied operations in Vietnam.
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Sydney
Australia
Vietnam
Salement
Norodom Norin
Cam- Royal
Bodia
Clerks to get pay rise in Canberra dispute
Nongovernment clerks in Canberra will receive higher pay as a new award comes into force on Monday despite employers appealing the award. The ACT Industrial Commission considers the appeal, lodged late, may delay effect. Union officials say the delay risks extra costs and serves no useful purpose.
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Camberra
No &Ployers
Richard Kirbys
Mr &i
Melbourne
Ore contract vetoed by Federal Government
The Federal Government refused to permit an Australian company to export iron pellets from Western Australia to Japan. The notice appears on page 4 and is part of a broader set of reports including President Johnson's State of the Union analysis by James Reston on page 5 and cultural notes across pages 12 to 16.
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Federal Governoent
Western Australia
Japan
President Johnson
James Reston
New York Times
Hope Hewitt Dincumes Shaw
Canberra
Sir Francis Drake
Ian Turner
L. F. Flizhardinge
Donnald Brook
Bimech
Giacommetti
Garry A Raffaele
Tv-Arts
Canberra notes mark wartime loss and local industry progress
Twenty five years ago Canberra reported the death of Lieut Peter Charles Jackson Taylor the first Australian Imperial Force officer to fall in World War I during the capture of Bardia. Other items include rail traffic records brick production reserves of power and births deaths and marriages statistics in ACT for 1940 and the AMP Society planning a Civic Centre office with F C Sides named as manager.
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Canberra
Diana Jackson Taylor
Canberra Girl Guides Association
Voluntary Aid Detachment
Peter Charles Jackson Taylor
Bardia
AIF
Act
Canberra Electricity Supply
Burrinjuck-Port Kembla
A.M.P. Society
Civic Centre
F. C. Sides
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Canberra Times
J. Edwards
Mr Rusk
Washington
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
North
U.S
Val Hall
Daley
United States Congress
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Goodwin
W. M. Falick
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