Stolen Australian art from North Adelaide gallery
Stolen works insured valued about 86,000 include a Matthew Mateget wool tapestry and five paintings by Arthur Boyd David Red James Gleeson Pro Hart. Entry via rear window. thieves left four paintings and caused no further damage. Caretaker discovered theft. police notified across states.
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Bonython Gallery
North Adelaide
MP Po Adututs
Gail
Mathew Mateget
Arthur Boyd
Noto
David
David Boyd
Ares
James Gleeson
Pro Hart
Bush
Adams
Crash at Garran injures man near Hindmarsh Yamba
A man was taken to Canberra Hospital after his car ran off the road at Hindmarsh and Yamba Drives Garran. The vehicle struck a traffic warning sign and crashed into a bridge works, with onlookers hearing the impact four houses away. The injured driver was unconscious with facial injuries. Peter Kilby 17 Curtin remains in critical condition after a Friday Canberra collision.
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Canberra Hospital
Tast
Hindmarsh and
Yamba
Garran
Hindmarsh Drive
Peter Kilby
Curtin
Canberra
Dame Zara Holt to wed MP amid public engagement reveal
Dame Zara Holt and Mr H J Bate, the Macarthur MP, announced their engagement at an Adelaide motel. A Canberra reporter cited a May 1997 Sydney report as prompting the public statement. Bate, 64, said he is a dairy interests figure and veteran, while Holt’s late first husband remains unfound.
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Zara Holt
H. J. Bate
Macarthur
Adelaide
Bate
Sydney
Bale
Hate
20 Deaths On Roads Of Victoria And N S W
Melbourne reports twelve deaths on Victorian roads since Australia Day weekend road blitz began Friday afternoon. NSW tally rises to eight deaths this weekend, totaling 75 for the year. A crash near Burnt Creek Bridge at Horsham claimed two lives. The tally compares unfavorably with last year's nine deaths for the entire weekend.
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N.S.W
Melbourne
National Road — Safety Council
T. G. Crane
Burnt Creek Bridge
Horsham
Sydney
Nsw
Tragic toddler dies after Huonville midget train incident
In Huonville, Tasmania, three year old Angela Pelgen of Lae New Guinea was killed when she stepped from a footpath midget train into a car's path. She was visiting with a minder, on holiday from Hobart.
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Hobart
New Guinea
Huonville
Angela Pelgen
Lae
Tasmania
Nannie
Main Street
All Occidentals Look the Same in Court Room Exchange
In London a Chinese restaurant manager Hau Cho choi testified that all white men look the same. Thomas Stringer, 49, Stepney, lost his appeal against theft of two chickens from a restaurant. The judge ordered Stringer released after three weeks of a three month sentence.
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London
Hau Cho-choi
Thomas Stringer
Stepney
Times
Stringer
Celibacy Row Threatens Dutch Catholic Unity
Four Amsterdam pastors led a protest against celibacy rules, announcing in March they would stop venerating the Blessed Sacrament unless the church reconciles with Rome. The move centers on priest Jos Wrijburg’s upcoming marriage and tests church unity with the official Vatican authority.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
Rome
Jan van Kilsonk
Huub Casterhuis
Jos Wrijburg
Vietnam peace talks open as DMZ restoration proposal rejected
In Paris the four main combatants began a 64 hour opening session at the International Conference Centre near the Arc de Triomphe. Hanoi and the Viet Cong rejected the US proposal for a restored de militarised zone and outlined their positions.
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Aap Reuter
Vietnam
Hanoi
The
International
Arc de Triomphe
Xuan Thuy
Thanh le
Paris talks framed by Saigon demand for peace cabinet
In Paris, Saigon urged recognition of the NLF position and a peace cabinet for talks. Saigon delegates said a broad South Vietnamese majority supports the front, while urging independence and an end to US aggression. Mrs Ky joined protests, chanting against the war as delegates argued for four conditions for an honorable peace.
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National Liberation Front
United States
Saigon
Paris
Kiem
NLF
South Vietnam
Thien
Pham Dang Lam
Aap Reuter
Ernmment
Hanoi
NLP
Mrs Ky
Ho Chi Minh
Hanni
Vietnam
Democratic Republic of
Poverty line focus sparks debate at Canberra summer school
The Minister for Social Services Mr Wentworth said about 26 000 Australian pensioners may live below the poverty line due to unaffordable housing. A speaker blamed public ignorance and prejudice, while another claimed Australia could fund social payments to lift everyone above the line. Full report Page 3.
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Wentworth
Canberra
Australia
Andorra unveils 1969 military budget of 300 pesetas
Andorra on Sunday approved a 300 pesetas budget for 1969 to fund ammunition for the 21 member police force rifles used in ceremonial salutes for visiting dignitaries. The small Pyrenees principality, about one square mile, hosts roughly 200 residents between France and Spain.
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Andorra
Pyrenees
France
Spain
Renewed Communist Attacks Hit Saigon and Cantons
Fresh fighting north west and south of Saigon as Vietcong troops strike American bases and a South Vietnamese outpost near the Cambodian border. US and allied forces counter with helicopters tanks and artillery, reporting 122 enemy killed and US casualties of nine dead and 17 wounded. South Vietnamese losses listed as one dead four wounded.
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Saigon
Paris
Phan Rang
Vietcong
South Vietnam
Nort
White Horse Division
Ninh Hoa
High Fire Danger Forecast in ACT with Heat Peak
The ACT faces high fire danger as temperatures rise to 86 degrees this afternoon amid early clouds and winds from the northeast to northwest. Saturday reached 92.2 degrees, slightly above average, with yesterday also at 92.2. Severe winds struck Canberra Saturday night, with a 44 mph gust recorded at 5.30 pm.
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Canberra
California counties declare disaster as floods sweep region
Nine counties are declared disaster areas by Governor Reagan as torrential rain and mudslides kill 11 people with five more unconfirmed deaths. Residents are evacuated by Marine Corps helicopters from Ontario and Ojai Valley while rail lines and highways are washed out and communities isolated in Los Angeles Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
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Ronald Reagan
Associated Press
Ontario
Marine Corps
Ojai Valley
Walter
Ventura
Santa Barbara
Pasadena
Nevada
California
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