Driver mows down couple in Glebe crosswalk tragedy
In Glebe on Friday night a speeding car struck Italian couple as they walked hand in hand across Glebe Point and Wigram roads. The husband Dominic Sarvatore, 22, is critically injured with internal injuries and a fractured leg. His wife Concetta, 21, died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital two hours later. Police recovered the car nearby as NSW road toll rises to 40 for the year.
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MLA Cohen Dies After Collapse at Vaucluse Home
Sydney report says MLA M B Cohen aged 54 collapsed and died this afternoon at his Vaucluse home. A chartered accountant and MD of Mineral Deposits Pty Ltd, he won the Bligh seat for the Liberal Party in May 1965 defeating the incumbent Labour candidate T Morey. He left four wives, a son and a daughter.
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Bligh
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Six hurt as cars collide near Morans Crossing
Six people admitted to Bega Hospital after a head-on collision at Butlers Creek near Morans Crossing. The injured include Peter Buckley 21 of Bemboka with a fractured neck. Johannes Schnabel and Margaret Schnabel with injuries. Brian Schnabel 12 with observiation. Brian Jeffery Hayes 18 with a fractured foot. All five reside at Maidstone Victoria.
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Bega Hospital
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Morans Crossing
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Bemboka
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Margaret Schnabel
Brian Schnabel
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Maidstone
Victoria
Body found in creek near Bowral linked to escape from Mittagong School
Police believe the decomposed remains found in Hordens Creek at Oxley near Bowral are those of an escapee from Mittagong Training School. Two men escaped on December 23. one was recaptured four days later, the other last seen fleeing toward the creek. No identification has been released.
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Sydney
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Queensland
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Missing at sea near Cape Byron
Sydney reports a Melbourne businessman Franz Schnelle aged 63 disappeared at sea while aboard the liner Fairsky. He was last seen January 6 standing at a rail on the promenade deck off Cape Byron. Police have conducted a wide search but found no trace.
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Melbourne
Fire damages O'Connor House in Canberra suburb
Fire officials estimate damage at 504 pounds after a blaze in a fuse box at 4 20am damaged Mr Stefan Swiniarski's home on Wandoo Street in Canberra. Firefighters responded quickly and extinguished the blaze.
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Canberra
Two Children Drown Crossing Flooded NSW Bridge
In Walcha NSW two children Sandra Edwards nine and Robert six die after stumbling on a flooded Apstey River bridge and swept away. The toll rises to three drownings in NSW floods as rescue work continues and areas face road closures and evacuations.
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Walcha
Nsw
Melbourne beach drownings raise state toll to 34
In Victoria three people died yesterday including a 19 month old boy Mark Anthony Leslie who fell into a stock trough on his father's property near Tarrone Korost. At Brighton Beach two 19 year old girls Angelina Santero and Claudia Gilda Tawill, both non swimmers, were swept from a surfboard and drowned. Claudia Gilda Tawill was French born and Angelina Santero Italian born, both business college students.
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Angelina Santero
Moorabbin
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Bentleigh
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Secrecy Over VIP Champagne Jets From London to Canberra
Security surrounds two new VIP aircraft described as orphan jets for Australia. British BAC-111 lookalikes, each worth about 4 million dollars, carry up to 10 passengers in a 20-seat interior with four VIPs, staff dining, galley, cocktail bar, VIP lounge, swivel chairs, folding desks, and two beds that can be screened.
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Canberra
Bushfires flare in Victoria
Melbourne reports more than 12 bushfires across Victoria as dry northern regions face high temperatures and low humidity. CFA duty officer C H Howe warns ferocious winds could worsen fires, but late tonight authorities have the blazes under control.
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Anzacs kill eleven Vietcong in battle
Australian and New Zealand soldiers report eleven Vietcong deaths in heavy dawn clashes east of Saigon as Operation Dun troon and Akron Five progress. Two NZ soldiers were wounded. Australians sustain no casualties. Weapons seized include rocket launchers and Soviet rifles.
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Production rise too slow, Crean warns of productivity gap
Melbourne ports MP and Labor shadow treasurer Mr Crean said Australia’s physical production could rise 400 million to 600 million dollars annually faster, arguing that productivity needed to improve to meet economic goals. He emphasized the urgency of policy changes to boost output.
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Boy shot by air rifle in brain at Hobart
A 12 year old boy, Tan Pettit, is in critical condition at Royal Hobart Hospital after an air rifle pellet fired during play pierced his eye and lodged in his brain. Doctors await improvement before attempting surgery. The incident occurred early today and is being investigated.
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Tan Pettit
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New Home for the Dixons Built by Youth in 16 Days
In Bega a four bedroom house is completed for the Aboriginal Dixon family on Howard Avenue The project involved 60 Christian Youth Council members building the home in 16 days with 40 boys and 20 girls contributing The Aborigines Welfare Board supplied materials and local tradesmen lent equipment The Dixons will move in after Christmas leaving a bare shack behind Water and electricity are not yet connected and a fund drive is launched for furnishings and ongoing support
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Bega
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Bega Valley Aborigine Advancement Association
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Whitlam in Saigon Tour Amid Vietnam War Talks
Australian Opposition Leader Whitlam arrived in Saigon for an eight day tour of South east Asia. He planned to meet with South Vietnamese leaders and with President Thieu and Vice President EO. He declined to outline his party's Vietnam War policy beyond past campaign speeches.
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