Hanoi warns of more attacks in Vietnam war
North Vietnam pledged to retaliate against US escalation with intensified attacks in the South, while Saigon warned that Communist battalions could reenter the city. Reports cited a Vietcong cache near Saigon and a Vietcong assault on Khe Sanh as US Marines withdrew. The Saigon government lifted censorship.
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United States
South Vietnam
Saigon
John Hay
Nhan Dan
Hanoi
Paris
Vietnam
Hay
Khe Sanh
Son Tra
Rear-Admiral Dovers Named Top Defence Department Chief
Rear-Admiral William John Dovers of Deakin, a 36 year Royal Australian Navy veteran, is appointed the Defence Department's first staff director. Born in Eastwood NSW and educated in Wollongong and North Sydney, he commanded HMAS Swan in 1944 and later the ill fated Voyager. A naval court martial over the Sydney whaler drowning conviction was quashed and all references removed.
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Royal Australian Navy
Defence Department
William John Dovers
Deakin
Int
Defence
Fairhall
Admiral Dovers
Sydney
Son
Eastwood
Nsw
Wollongong
North Sydney
Flinders Naval College
Swan
Voyager
Melbourne
Naval Board
Hmas Sydney
Queensland
Gorton
Major reorganization announced for Defence planning
The Minister for Defence Fairhall announced a major restructuring of planning and staff arrangements in the Department of Defence. Planning staffs will replace the Joint Service Committee structure to handle long term policy, equipment needs, joint warfare, operations, logistics and communications under Rear-Admiral W. J. Dovers.
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Defence
Fairhall
Department of Defence
Joint Service Committee
Department of External Fairs
W. J. Dovers
Deakin
Joint Service Planning
Defence Department
Department of Supply
Defence Science
Department of Shipping and Transport
Clashes in France as youth shot before vote in Arras
In Arras a 19 year old leftist campaigner, Marc Lanvin, was killed as police reported gunfire from a van used by Gaullist workers. Five detained, a 26 year old man charged with murder, others charged with attempted murder and complicity. In Paris Latin Quarter about 600 demonstrated, four hurt, 30 detained as voting began amid preparations for a possible Gaullist parliamentary majority.
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Arras
France
Marc Lanvin
Lanvin
Oe Een
Mollet
Jean-Claude Vallein
Foreign
de Gaulle
Gaullists
National Assembly
Fishermen Abduction Sparks Hong Kong Protection Moves
British officials vow to use all measures to protect Hong Kong fishermen after at least 50 men were abducted by a Chinese junk off the coast near Bay. Police launches stand by as Defence Secretary Todd says a London report exists but action depends on a fuller assessment amid tensions over illegal immigration and Mao study attendance claims.
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Hong Kong
Todd
London
Bay
China
Hong
South Africa Eyes Simultaneous Heart Lung Transplant
Johannesburg report says Professor Christiaan Barnard considers a patient for a possible simultaneous heart and lung transplant, according to Die Beeld and the Associated Press.
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Die Beeld
Civilian and Service Staff Plan Defence Reorganisation
Civilian and service staff will jointly plan under a Defence Department led restructuring. Planning will span political, economic, scientific, technological and psychological factors to create a national view, reducing parochial service prerogatives and aiming for cost savings and streamlined war mobilisation.
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Fairhall
Maiden Flight for Biggest Aircraft Galaxy Soars in Georgia
The Galaxy, the world’s largest aircraft, roared aloft at Mari etta Georgia on its maiden flight. Pilot Leo Sullivan 49 led a 1 hour 35 minute test reaching 4000 feet then 8000 feet, with thousands watching as the four engine craft weighs 220000 pounds cargo and 75 soldiers. Lockheed Georgia says it is for rapid deployment logistics rather than troop carrier use.
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Marietta
Georgia
The
Galaxy
Marietta, Georgia
Leo Sullivan
North Georgia
Sullivan
Lockheed-Georgia
United States
Rose Nears Journey End From Seas of Cornwall
Rose in a long voyage nears completion as Shackleton bases near Mawgan airfield search for his yacht Lively Lay. RAF Shackleton units assisted, last radio from Portsmouth. Rose's 160 day voyage total rose to 154 days via Cape Good Hope.
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Royal Air Force
Ieiehenaen
Mawgan
Shackleton
Rose
Lively
Canberra
Dayne
Ues
Osilion
Portsmouth
Ec Shackleton
Land's End
Gon
Eee
Osvenne Pa
Ward
Good Hope
Offer Help for States Railways Hospitals and Colleges
Labor would run or share running of state railways hospitals or teachers colleges. A Victorian textbook labeled racist and offensive to Abor igines by an anthropologist. A Cuban airline defector returned to Cuba when hijacked and forced to land. Two recent heart transplant patients show rapid progress. Go slow campaign by British Railway workers risks full strike. Prime Minister speaks on heart disease week. Weddings sport and classifieds listed on later pages.
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Cuba
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Dorothy
Phow
Ulibuy
Neddan
Manaamela Hs
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