Oil slick drives surfers away at Sydney beaches
SYDNEY Sunday. A huge oil slick drove thousands of bathers from North Sydney beaches. The slick spread into Freshwater and Queenscliff beaches, coating surfers in thick oil and turning sands black. Queenscliff Life Saving Club captain Jim Young called the state of the beaches dreadful. Beaches from Carl to Palm Beach were spared, while authorities offered no source or cleanup plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Queenscliff
Queenscliff Surf Life Saving Club
Jim Young
Carl Carl
Palm Beach
Sydney Water Police
H Harbour
Five youths rescue 25 from dangerous rip at Phillip Island
In Melbourne on Sunday five youths aged 13 to 16 rescued about 25 people from a rip off Barry's Beach on Bass Strait, forming a human chain to reach a boy and his mother swept out. Daryl Howard, Gavin Howard, John Sunderland, Brian Folgar, and David Trintwk saved four men eight women and about a dozen children, with police saying at least 10 lives were saved by their actions. Four others drowned nearby over the weekend in Warrnambool Portsea Altona and Seymour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Phillip Island
Barry's Beach
Bass Strait
Esc
Daryl Howard
Dandenong
Gavin
John Sunderland
Brian Folgar
Bayswater
David Trintwk
Burwood
Victoria
Warrnamhoot
Portsea
Altona
Seymour
Pipeline Completed in Melbourne Gas Project
Melbourne reports the 108 mile Hass Strait natural gas pipeline has been completed and is expected to be in use by March 11. The project connects the strait to Melbourne, enabling steady gas supply for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Hass Strait
No clues in hunt for girl in Blue Mountains search
Sydney reports the police plan to scale down the search for eight year old Vicki Barton near Lawson after interviewing 20 witnesses who saw her near the Lawson hotel. About 100 police civil defence workers and volunteers searched the area with dogs, while a bloodstained nail found near Lawson Olympic Pool proved not to belong to Vicki.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Mr Allan
Blue Mountains
Vicki Barton
Allan
Vicki
Lawson
Allani
RL Barton
Lawson Hotel
Nnl
Lawesson Olympic Pool
Australian soldiers die in Bien Hoa province conflict
Two Australian soldiers were wounded in Bien Hoa province and another died from wounds earlier in the day. Corporal Ronald Arthur Huns, 26, of Hales Western Australia and member of 2nd Squadron Special Air Service Regiment, died from injuries after an enemy contact. Private Reginald Arthur Phillips, 21, of Murray Bridge South Australia, a national service man in the Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, also died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Wong Tau
Bien Hoa
Satnday
Ronald Arthur Huns
Hales
Western Australia
Special Air Service Regiment
Reginald Arthur Phillips
Murray Bridge
South Australia
Royal Australian Regiment
Casualties and injuries in the same action theater
Private John Edward Brewer 22 of La Perouse NSW and Private Geoff Shaw 23 of Alice Springs were killed in action alongside Private Phillips. Warrant Officer Rev Frederick Hughes 41 of Puckapunyal Victoria and Trooper Leslie Mary Bright 21 of Melville WA were wounded but in very satisfactory condition. Both Brewers and Shaw remained on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Low
John Edward Brewer
Matherial
Frederick Hughes
Puckapunyal
Victoria
3Rd Cavalry Regiment
Royal Australian Armoured Corps
Leslie
Bright
Melville
Western Australia
Chief engineer retires after 20 years with ACT Electricity Authority
The chief engineer of the ACT Electricity Authority, Mr P N Self, retires after more than two decades in Canberra electricity supply. Appointed electrical engineer in 1948, he led as chief engineer from the ACT Electricity Authority's 1963 formation. Assistant chief engineer Mr W E Bolton succeeds him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACT Electricity Authority
P. N. Self
Canberra
Self
Department of Works
W. E. Bolton
Mr Self
Gorton to lead Australia in South East Asia leadership
London reports say Prime Minister Gorton will push Australia toward Southeast Asia leadership. The Economist notes his decisive, independent stance on overseas capital, equity on ground, and balanced takeovers while affirming Australia’s need for overseas investment under terms favorable to Australians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorton
SE Asi
London
Economist Magazine
Australia
South-east Asia
Mr Gorton
Jetliner with 37 aboard crashes into Pacific waters
A United Airlines Boeing 727 with 37 people aboard plunged into sharkinfested Pacific waters shortly after takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport. The flight 266 was bound for Milwaukee with a Denver stop, carrying 31 passengers and six crew. Rescue efforts found no survivors five hours after the crash as debris was sighted and remains recovered. Captain Arnold Levetson, 49, led the crew which included a first officer, flight engineer and three stewardesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
United Airlines
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles — International Airport
Cunard
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Denver
Colorado
United States
Arnold Levetson
Santa Anna
Coast Guard
Long Beach Headquarter
Benits
United Press International
UAL
Marinal de Rey
Call for right to die in peace by medical journal
The Medical Journal of Australia urges doctors to discuss the right of patients to die in peace. It argues modern medicine overuses life-extending means, turning patients into battlegrounds rather than honoring the individual's end‑of‑life right. Decisions must be case by case, emphasizing the patient’s right to die peacefully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Medical Journal of Australia
Journal
Modern
Train crash kills five in Ponte Vedra amid heavy rain
Five people died and about 35 were injured when a passenger train crashed in Ponte Vedra, North Spain, after a landslide sent debris onto the tracks. Rescue teams labored through the night in mud and rain to reach trapped passengers. The disaster was blamed on the landslide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponte Vedra
Spain
Aapreuter
Six die on NSW Victorian roads in weekend crashes
Five killed on Victorian roads over the weekend including Wendy Lee Mitchell seven of Maryvale hit by a car in Wirrangamboal and Laurence Donald Wood four of Wonthaggi struck in Coburg. Geelong teen Michael Austin seventeen died when the car hit a post on the Geelong Bacchus Marsh road. In Lyndhurst Raymond McClellan twenty five died after a collision. Toorak Ti Fileen Elizabeth Dunlop ten died in hospital after a Hawthorn crash. Daniel Bell thirty four of Parkes died when his car overturned in Parkes. Three Sydney youths in a three car Federal Highway crash near Goulburn hospitalised in stable condition. Names pending release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Wendy Lee Mitchell
Maryvale
Wirrnamboal
Laurence Donald Wood
Wonthaggi
Coburg
Michael Austin
Geelong
Geelong-Bacchus Marsh
Raymond McClellan
South Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst
Fileen Elizabeth Dunlop
Toorak
Hawthorn
Sydney
Goulburn
Protesters Gather to Protest Canberra Tax Plan
About 100 people are expected to attend a meeting in the Embassy Room at the Hotel Canberra Rex tonight to protest the proposed sewerage and avian tax. The meeting is organized by Warren Barlin, 23, an insurance consultant from Chifley. He says he asked the Interior Department to send a representative, but it refused. Barlin hopes the protest precedes the next sitting of Parliament when the proposals will be debated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra Rex
Warren Bartin
Department of the Interior
Barlin
Bookstall Network Items in Melbourne and Sydney
A list of multiple Sydney and Melbourne bookstalls and newsagencies with street addresses. Names include Anchor Newsagency Pitt Street Sydney, Amberleigh Kiosk Wenthworth Hotel Sydney, McGills Newsagency Elizabeth Street Melbourne, Littles Newsagency Elsternwick, J Fairfax & Sons Little Collins Street Melbourne, and Collins Book Depot Swanston Street. The compilation references various publishers and distribution points across city locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Swieca
Crest
Darlinghurst Road
Kings Cross
Robinson & Trill
Pitt Street
Martin Place
Porter & Co
Porter House
Castlereagh Street
O'Briens Newsagency
Liverpool Street
W. F. Maher
Miller Street
North
Manly
Jacksons Newsagency
Maroubra
Gilbert & Company
John Fairfax & Sons
Hunter Street
Dymocks Bookstall
G.P.O
Colonnade
Dymacks Bookstall
Mosman Wharf
Clearys Bookstall
T.A.A
Mascot
A.N.A
8. H. Christie
Bond Street
N. Araney
Macquarie Street
Amberleigh
Wenthworth
Philli Street
Sydney Terminal
Central Electric Town Hall
Wynyard
Victorian Railways
Flinders Street
Melbourne
McGills
Elizabeth Street
Minys
N. Lyons
Bourke Street
A. Mitchell
Collins Street
Littles Newsagency
Elsternwick
J. Fairfax & Sons
Little Collins Street
Gordon & Gotch Ltd
Essendon
Edmonds
Lygon Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Canberra Ymca
YMCA
Sturt Island
Cotter River
Casuarina Sands
Hunt
Vietnam
Army
Malaya
RAR
Smay
Phriday
Harold Holt
John Gorton
Mir Holt
Robert Menzies
Britain
Asa
Mer Holt
Paul Hasluck
Minster
Allen Fairhall
Holt
Portress
Economist
Dorchester Hotel
United Kingdom
Cor
Alart Development
Weiowill
Tombinko
Regen
Cgiorter
Prime Minister's Department
Hewitt
Lancaster House
Commonwealth Prime Minister
Pacific
Nsw
Victorian
Daniel Bell
Parkes
Canberra Times
Newsagencies
Holiday Resorts
Ulladulla
Eden
TIMES
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!