Fraser to retire from Parliament as ACT rep burdens grow
The ACT's sole parliamentary representative, Jim Fraser, will not seek re election in the next Federal polls, likely by 1972. He cites heavy workload health and the case for Canberra self government, noting little government support and a push for increased ACT representation. Fraser will leave with a strong constituency record and has already relinquished committee roles due to medical advice.
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Jim Fraser
Australian Capital Territory
Canberra
Act
Australia
Fraser
House of Representatives
Elactorate
ACT Advisory Council
Pill risks dominate hearings on women’s birth control use
A Senate panel and medical experts examine the birth control pill amid concerns about cancer, thromboembolic risks, and metabolic effects. FDA cautions on disclosure, while witnesses cite thalidomide lessons and long term uncertainties as eight and a half million American women use the Pill daily.
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Roy Hertz
Population Council
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Senate Select Committee On
Victor Wynn
University of London
Senate
Birth control, Pills, and Parkinsons drug sparks debate
Dr Wynn notes diabetes indicators from birth control pills while the FDA probes safety. Dr Edwin Wood warns of life hazards, and Robert W. Kistner defends safety. Amid confusion, some turn to IUDs and contraception alternatives. Georgetown reports L-Dopa raises libido in older patients, prompting questions about conspiracies against birth control.
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Wynn
Food and Drug Administration
Edwin Wood
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia
Harvard
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Flooding in Aranda blames builders and households for poor drainage
Readers argue that floods in Aranda reflect human settlement choices not the NCDC. They warn that dry sclerophyll terrain and lack of terracing, gardens, and moisture-retaining vegetation cause rapid runoff and clogged drains after heavy rain. Householders must improve blocks and landscaping to reduce future flooding.
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Bose
Aranda
NCDC
Tam
Interior letters warn floods may recur under similar conditions
Letters to the interior show concern over its responsibility for mature streams and flooding, noting that such floods experienced recently must recur under similar circumstances, as discussed by J. Parterre Aranda.
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J. Parterre
Subservient Australia and the republican debate
A letter criticizes the view that Australia must be like the USA and become a republic. The writer argues many nations are republics, condemns self-satisfaction, and defends keeping the Queen as Australia’s figurehead while urging national progress and independence of thought.
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Australia
Betty” McIntosh
America
Fepblic
France
West Germany
Ussr
Chinese Republic
USA
Republies
Pol_magazine
Canberra Day debate on Canberra Day celebrations injustice
A Canberra Times letter criticizes the lackluster Canberra Day festivities and an imagined report of a Queen welcomes scene. It credits Jaycers and Lions for years of planning and urges marching girls representatives to engage year round while noting Department of Interior influence and voter participation. Red Hill writer A Robinson signs.
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Australia
Alan Faithll
X County
England
Marching Girls Association
Canberra
Canberra Times
Department of Interior
A. Robinson
Religion in Ireland Letters to the Editor from 1970
A Protestant from the Republic of Ireland responds to Honor Tracy’s article in The Canberra Times. Mr Coffey defends Protestants, notes inaccuracies about Protestant numbers and economic conditions, and argues Catholic attitudes in Ireland are not reflected in daily life. He warns bitterness fuels sectarian violence seen in Northern Ireland.
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Republic of Ireland
China revisits tunnel warfare in new cinema reverie
Reuters reports that popular Chinese films Tunnel War and Landmine War screen old guerrilla tactics amid renewed Maoist messaging. The state papers praise mass mobilization and tunnel networks as decisive, recounting Hopei Province’s Civil War era tactics and urging readiness against potential U S or Soviet threats.
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China
Peking
Peking People’s Daily
Peking People's Daily
Mao Tsetung
Hong Kong
Soviet Union
United States
Chairman Mao
Nap-Reuter
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Hopei Province
Hopei
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