34 Rescued After Jet Crashes Near Los Angeles
A Scandinavian airliner crashed about a mile from Tow Angeles during approach to land from Copenhagen. At least four dead, seven missing. Thirty four aboard survived, including the injured captain, with five seriously hurt. Rescue operations and search continue as investigators assess landing gear failure. Passenger accounts describe a tail section loss and seats possibly delivering fatalities.
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Los Angeles
Theavert
Tow Angeles
Copenhagen
Andrew Dossett
Weather Outlook: Cooler with Showers and Winds
A recent tropical storm eased heat and humidity. Clouds give way to clearing skies and cooler, gusty southerly winds. Today’s high around 73 degrees with moderate fire danger. Yesterday’s high 86, low 65. Rainfall 4 points by 6 am and another 4 during the day. Humidity fell to 4 percent by 1 pm, rose to 30 percent by 10 pm.
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Westerday
Reynolds jailed for 25 years in Great Train Robbery case
Bruce Reynolds, last of 18 men rounded up in a world wide hunt, was jailed in Ayvlesbury England for 25 years for conspiracy to rob a mail train and stealing 120 mail bags containing the £2,500,000. Reynolds, 38, described as an antique dealer, had pleaded guilty to the charges.
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Ayvlesbury
England
Bruce Reynolds
Reynolds
Fragmented Late News Snippet Reflects Vague Soviet Line
An incomprehensible clipping mentions Soviet line actions and unidentified individuals, with phrases like press international and area mobilization. Readable details are sparse, making precise attribution and events unclear.
Snake victim in Canberra recovering after tiger bite
Richard Longmore, 21, of Ainslie, was bitten on the left hand by a tiger snake while handling it at night and was admitted to Canberra Hospital in critical condition. He studies botany at the Australian National University and has a history with venomous reptiles, aiding venom collection for anti venom production. his condition later improved to satisfactory.
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Canberra
Richard Longmore
Sherbrooke Street
Ainslie
Mr Longmore
Mereoes
Australian National University
Longmore
Coppins Crossing
Kingston
R. J. Lomgenore
Michael Stein
Canberry Hospital
Bungendore
Mixhac! Talbot
CSIRO
Black Mountain
Soviet spaceman in orbit
Moscow reports Colonel Vladimir Shatalov blasted aloft in Soyuz-4 at 10.38 am Moscow time as unofficial word spread of a second manned craft joining him. Bonn observers said the mission aims to set up a future manned space station with possible Soyuz-5 docking while Beregovoi’s earlier joint flight with unmanned Soyuz-2 is noted.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Vladimir Shatalov
Bonn
West Germany
Bochum
Heine Kaminski
Shatalov
Russia
Coloured British citizens rated inferior and immigrant talks
Four African governments Kenya Uganda Tanzania and Zambia boycotted a Commonwealth immigration committee meeting while demanding Britain assume responsibility for Asians with British passports facing expulsion under new trade laws. Uganda’s President Obote criticised Britain for creating two British citizen types white and coloured and warned of 40000 Asians possibly becoming ex-British citizens in Uganda.
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Kenya
Uganda
Tanzania
Zambia
Dr Obote
Unions Allege Penalties Prompt TAA Sitdown Strike
In Sydney the IAA issued summonses against two Transport Workers Union members over the six day strike that disrupted TAA fuel supply. The men face show cause orders to return to work with possible fines up to 100 a day or 400 for a union official. The ACTU plans to review the action as unions warn of wider public transport disruption while Hobart workers voted to return to work easing fuel access.
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IAA
2 Transport Workers Union
Commonwealth Industral Court
TWLU
ACTU
Melbourne
Adelaide
TAA
Perth
Tasmania
TWL
Hobart
TWU
E. A. Wilmott
Western Australia
State Labour Council
Miscellaneous Workers Union
Airliners used as tankers in Trans strike crisis
Airliners from Trans-Australia Airways operated as flying fuel tankers to sustain services after a strike. Hobart TW members voted to return to work enabling fuel reserves to support up to half normal services on some routes. Canberra flights paused as fuel shortages grounded aircraft and refuellers staged a nationwide response.
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Trans-Australia Airlines
Transport Workers Union
Hobart
TAA
Ate Poules
Canberra
Melbourne
Essendon
PAA
Australia
Tast
The
Transport Workers Union V
Top pass to grammar Gregory Russell Jones shines in Canberra School Certificate
Gregory Russell-Jones a 15 year old Canberra Grammar School student topped Canberra in the School Certificate examination with eight advanced level passes in English science mathematics geography history technical drawing music and Latin plus a credit in French. Five other Canberra students achieved eight passes including Michael Partridge Stephen Ramsey Peter Thomron Buckley and Catherine Perrin. Kathryn Refshauge Judith Pead also earned seven advanced level passes. In Canberra 234 pupils gained six or more advanced passes and overall the standard was high with equal weighting given to exams and school assessments.
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Gregory
Canberra Grammar School
C. Gussell-Jones
Canberra
Canberra Grammar
Michael Partridge
Jacka Crescent
Campbell
Stephen Ramsey
Eden
Peter Thomron
Temora
A Buckley
Alice
Judith Pead
ACT Advisory Council
J. H. Pead
Secret plan for Murray dam debated in SA politics
The River Murray Commission backs a site for a major dam to store Murray River water. SA Opposition Leader Dunstan accuses government of scrapping Chowilla as the dam site. Also noted are meat import debates with McEwen, and Swedish Cuban embassy move amid Vietnam recognition. Cricket selectors keep winning form ahead of West Indies Test in Adelaide.
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River Murray Commission
Dunstan
Chowilla
West Indies
Adelaide
Exam results drive Merit lists for ACT students
The Canberra Times will publish Order of Merit lists for Higher School Certificate and Commonwealth Secondary Scholarships for pupils attending ACT schools, highlighting top performers and scholarship prospects.
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Canberra Times
Act
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