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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1969
Page
1
Police divers worked under Commonwealth Bridge on Lake Burley Griffin chasing about 90 dollars believed to be taken in a recent ACT robbery. The grid search covered the lake bottom but yielded no results. Detective-Sergeant P Dawson leads the inquiry with plans to resume the hunt.
Randwick council debates a 177 pound bill for 40 dozen beers for entertainers and helpers at two citizens dinners. Officials note senior citizens were served salt drinks while the inquiry into past council expenses continues amid possible political repercussions after a Labor-controlled prior term.
Major General Amir Machmud, long time head of Jakarta garrison, is named Indonesia’s new Home Minister replacing the late General Husuki Rachmat. Machmud, a West Java native, helped seize power from Sukarno with Suharto in March 1966, and has been central through the crisis.
A late breaking report describes a radioactive leak at a nuclear facility leading to a security cordon. Officials say contamination levels were detected and will be thoroughly investigated to determine cause and safeguards.
Perth reports Mr W C Wentworth, Federal Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, deplored lingering prejudice in native welfare departments. He warned past policies harmed natives and urged equality, noting governments aim to raise natives to same wages and standards as other Australians while avoiding policy comments on stockmen wages.
Dr H P Schapper of the University of Western Australia condemned Western Australia’s Aboriginal policy as near apartheid arguing the Department of Native Welfare is underpowered and staffed by clerical officers, not senior professionals. He noted Aborigines are 2.5 percent of the population while wealthier state resources could support broader goals. A Mildura Aboriginal student feared criticizing Victoria’s Aboriginal Welfare Board could cost his education allowance.
Police launched a full scale search for two men missing since Sunday in rugged bush north of Heyfield in Gippsland. Two light aircraft police and 50 Forest Commission workers scoured the area without success. At dawn tomorrow the Police Search and Rescue Squad would join the effort. The missing men are Frank Woodruff 52 a dentist of Toorak and his brother in law Eric Gay 59 of Heyfield.
Chief Fire Control Officer Tony Fearnside warned that bushfire danger was rapidly becoming critical amid two fires near Queanbeyan and Yass. A truck exhaust fire on Marimbla near Burton Highway burned 20 acres of wheat and 60 acres of grassland, fought by 18 fire trucks from multiple brigades. Another blaze at Woolara near Captains Flat scorched 12 acres of grass and lucerne, with youth suspects questioned by police. Weather: hot, humid, east to northeast winds, max 94 previously, with rain hoped before month end to ease danger.
Paris reports General de Gaulle, 78, stated he has the intention and duty to fulfill his presidency until December 1972. He made the remark at a cabinet meeting amid talk of potential successor Pierre Pompidou and did not address a possible bid for re election.
Dame Zara Holt prompted Melbourne City Council to drop a 30000 dollar sundial memorial to the late Prime Minister in Fitzroy Gardens near the Grey Street fountain. A petition by 750 ratepayers urged preserving the fountain site, and Dame Zara said she was horrified at demolishing the fountain for the memorial.
The report details Miroslav Malinka and earlier Jan Palach inspired self immolations in Prague, with officials warning against radical protests. It notes Malinka’s burns, hospital status, and speculation on motives, while Palach’s remains and planned burial are outlined amid Soviet and Western media reactions.
An 18-year-old boy, Wallace Grege of Erica Street St Albans, died after being electrocuted while trying to repair a swimming pool pump at a friend’s home on Inderica Street St Albans this afternoon.
Militant Czechoslovak student leaders submitted a list of demands to the Government in Brno as a third youth reportedly set himself on fire. The move follows Jan Palach’s death and calls for free elections, a party congress and reduced censorship amid government caution and Moscow’s reaction.
An injured Sydney climber Peter Lawry and friend were stranded on a ledge at Watsons Crags ten miles north of Mount Kosciusko after Lawry fell fifty feet. Rangers Peter Ingram and Stewart Heilbron climbed two thousand feet to assist and bring Lawry to Khancoban for treatment. His companions, John Boddington and Graydon Boddington, remained nearby as authorities urged walkers to notify rangers of planned routes and times.
Canberra records show rising daily water use with no restrictions anticipated this year. A Department of the Interior spokesman reported storage sufficient for about two years, noting Corin Dam now houses quadruple the prior year’s Bendora and Cotter levels, while Cover and Benders Dams run near full capacity. Investigations into a major nett Water Storage facility for Canberra and Queanbeyan are ongoing with a site decision pending.
Canberra publisher Maswell Newton released what he calls the full unedited text of the Prime Minister Gor ton's briefing of December 1 to his subscribers. The PM warned the remarks were not for use unless cleared, and access to the briefing had been restricted to journalists present.
Famechon to arrive in Melbourne Friday morning accompanied by manager and trainer Am brose Palmer. Back page update also notes Australia’s private investment held steady in December per Treasurer McMahon while cabinet actions and international headlines fill pages 6 to 26.
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