Highway cut by flash flood near Bungendore
A flash flood washed out 14 miles of Kings Highway near Bungendore locking Half Way Creek to Bungendore township. 104 pots of rain in 40 minutes flooded the road as dozens of cars were stalled though some traffic crept through as water remained high. Temperatures rise to 85 degrees with a sultry unsettled day ahead and possible thunderstorms later.
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Kings Highway
Canberra
Bungendore
Halfway Creek
Ambassador Bucher Held After Brazil Frees Ransom
Swiss Ambassador Bucher remains in guerrilla hands more than 24 hours after Brazil freed 70 political prisoners as negotiations continue. Bucher, aged 57, was kidnapped on December 7 and is still detained amid talks between leftist guerrillas and the Brazilian government.
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Rio
Janeiro
Bucher
Brazil
Mene
Pinsted Press International
Airborne assault targets Gaza sea base in Lebanon raid
Israeli commandos struck a Palestinian guerrilla harbour in south Lebanon near Sarafand, destroying a sea base used for smuggling to Gaza. Two guerrillas were killed and seven wounded, while Israel reports at least 10 guerrillas killed with several wounded. Lebanese cabinet convened to consider UN Security Council action as reporters were kept away from the scene.
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Beirut
Gaza Strip
Associated Press
Teraeli
Lebanon
Jean Njecim
Sarafand
Fatah
Tel Aviv
Middle East
Residents to withhold rates protest in Mumbulla Shire
More than 500 landowners in Mumbulla Shire voted to withhold rate payments until the NSW Government acts to reform local government financing. Former councillor Dick Bateman led the move. one dissenter was shire president R. J. Allen who defended a 5 percent rate rise for 1971. Telegrams will go to the Local Government Minister Morton and Opposition Leader Hills.
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Bega
Mumbulla Shire
Nsw
Morton
Hills
G. Peacock
Arm Sales Clash Looms At Commonwealth Conference
Commonwealth leaders faced a looming clash over arms sales to South Africa. Prime Minister Heath defended free trade and navigation while not naming arms proposals, as Tanzania’s Nyerere warned Britain could fracture the bloc. Zambia's Kaunda urged unity and Australia prepared its debut speech on the issue.
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Singapore
Commonwealth Heads of
South Africa
Mr Heath
Britain
Dr Nyerere
Heath
Commonwealth
Kaunda
Zambia
Mr Gorton
Heath Gorton clash over Africa arms sale echoes at conference
At the conference Ugandan President Obote criticised Heath's speech as denying Africa's existence while Zambian President Kaunda sought to lower tensions, stating Zambia does not aim to wreck the conference. Gorton shifted to tougher lines on South Africa and Indian Ocean security, with Heath praising regional cooperation in the five power defence arrangement and Razak urging neutrality in Southeast Asia.
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Uganda
Dr Obote
Heath
Africa
Kaunda
Mr Heath
Zambia
Commonwealth
Gorton
Wek
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Australia
Gorten
China
New Zealand
Malaysia
Singapore
Britain
London
Threat from Australian Jewish Defense League targets Soviet Embassy Canberra
Police tighten security outside the Soviet Embassy in Canberra after an unsigned letter from the Australian Jewish Defense League demands actions to harass embassy staff and force emigration. The letter, postmarked St Kilda, 3 pm January 14, pledges disruptive acts and possible illegal measures while planners denyLinks to mainstream Jewish groups. Authorities plan enhanced night guard and plain clothes surveillance amid prior petrol bomb incidents in 1969.
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Canberra
Australian Jewish Defense League
Melbourne
United States
Soviet Union
Jewish Defense League
Hotham Street
East St Kilda
St Kilda
New York
United Nations
U Thant
Australia
Recems
Executive Council
Anthony backs commission policy polarises debate
The Minister for Primary Industry Mr Anthony defended the Australian Wool Commission actions saying he found it hard to believe anyone would seriously question them. The article notes other pages cover a pay case before the Fall Bench and a coroner's finding on a Turner house fire. It also mentions land tenure discussions in the ACT and sport items on cricket and junior soccer. A Sunday Times investigation recounts oil trades through a pipeline and a feature on letter writing in public service media.
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Anthony
Australian Wool Commission
Review of doctors fees by AMA in Australia
Sydney reports AMA spokesmen expect doctor fee increases across states from July 1, up to about twenty percent. The AMA plans to present a fee list to the Government on March 3 as current rates include surgery 350 dollars and house calls five dollars. NSW figures hint at possible ten percent or more rises, with concerns fees may outpace new medical benefits unless government boosts refunds. Health funds may need higher family rates. future fee adjustments await cost movements and policy decisions.
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AMA
Nsw
The
General Practitioners Society
D'Arcy Williams
Sydney
Medical Benefits Fund of Australia
J. F Cade
Cade
Denial by ACT AMA on Doctor Fees Increase
Dr. R W Mitchell of the ACT ranch denies reports that the Australian Medical Association plans to raise doctor fees. He stated there were no contemplated increases and provided no indications of any proposed changes.
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Act
R. W. Mitchell
The
Australian Medical Association
AMA
Ue Mitchell
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Ikara
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Postal
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Turner
Pearson
Page
Interior
Nixon
Australian Board of Control For International Cricket
MCC Southern Nsw
Weston Creek
Waramangs Primary School
Ine
Opera House
Persian Gulf
Medi- Terraheda
Red Sea
Eliot
Sunday Times
Public Service
Writer's World
Maurice Duslevy
Aimister
Hook Review
Science
Jan Bisset
Mediterranean
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Garran
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Hackett
Tedee
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