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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 17, 1970
Page
8
A dense puzzle page lists Across and Down clues for a holiday themed crossword. It references quick and cryptic clues, multiple entries with lengths, and notes that solutions and a future publication will follow. It includes various partially legible entries and stray editorial markings.
Auckland interview with Colonel Thomas Stafford aboard an Apollo mission rehearsal suggests the odds of an American astronaut being lost in space are exceedingly remote. Stafford, visiting with Vice President Agnew, says future return plans could lower costs and payload, while noting Space Programme cuts would not affect two year ahead missions.
A survey for the action committees against marches in Hong Kong argues the government only feigns concern about the drug problem. It shows 86 percent doubt official control and notes youths see heroin use as tolerable with strong willpower.
The account follows Alfred Bosshardt as the Hunan led by General Ho Lung pushes south from Supi through Kweichow and into Yunnan, under constant air raids and harsh conditions. He faces hunger, fever, and exposure, aided briefly by a Swiss priest, until he is finally freed near Kunming on Easter Day 1936.
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