Council Back at Work on ACT Self-Government Deliberations
After a three month hiatus Canberra’s ACT Advisory Council resumes work with the Minister for the Interior Mr Nixon on self-government. The council seeks a broad, practical framework balancing administrative ease with electoral rights as Canberra’s population nears 250000. The minister should treat council recommendations seriously as the territory weighs its governance future.
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Interior
Nixon
Ment of the Interior
Council
Canberra
Department of the Interior
Defence cost jump sparks call for White Paper
Postwar defence spending surged from 88 million in 1948 49 to 1 25 billion this year. A claimed far reaching Defence Department reorganisation lacked detail leaving commentators guessing. Critics urge a White Paper with clarity on the plan and spending by the taxpayers money.
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Australia
Defence
Defence Department
Defence Committees
Question marks over Africa and Fortas for Supreme Court
Analysis from Africa raises doubts on race war, independence, and aid effectiveness across multiple nations including Kenya, Malawi, and former colonial states. Separate note on Abe Fortas as potential Chief Justice, highlighting his background, violin ties, and balance of individual rights with business interests.
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Fortright
Tennessee
South-Western College
Yale
Law School
Stern
Vin Cliburn
Pablo Casals
Supreme Court
Fife
Earl Warren
Fortus
Warren
Washington Owyer
Warren Court
Fornia
Fortas
Fortas and the rolling bass in Warren Court turmoil
The article discusses Fortas and Homer Thornberry potential impact on the Warren Court, noting Fortas’s sharp style and long friendship with Lyndon Johnson. It contrasts past desegregation and reapportionment rulings, touches on Johnson’s influence, and surveys contrasts with Republican opposition to court liberalism and the broader political stakes.
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Moudini
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Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Warren
Nixon
Eisenhower
Reputicane
Richard Nixon
Letters to the editor critique conscription and patriotism
A reader questions the draft and urges support for armed defense, arguing that in an invasion freedom depends on Australians joining the army. The letter accuses antiestablishment figures of opposing service, warns against traitors, and references draft dodgers and punitive ideas.
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John Percy
Ravelor
Australia
Coen Peras
Catholics and War Debate on Just Peace and Duty
Letters argue Catholic stance on war ethics, just war doctrine, and humanitarian limits during Vietnam era. Readers cite Pope John Paul XII and Pope Paul VI, calling for peace, just defense, and avoidance of civilian harm amid political pressure and Blockade crises in Biafra and Vietnam.
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Mot
Folio Xiia
Pope Paul VI
Paul
Niperin Geist Biafra
Brek
Ee Gustav
Kramer Buna
Strategy of treason
A letter from A. Amos Curtin urging united political action against treasonous plots and criticizing government policy on Vietnam. The writer calls for decisive action against those who endanger the country and notes this stance could influence future votes.
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Younis
Enun
Vietnam
Jewardly
T A. Amos
Safety and pet foods in crisis over tainted meat scare
A chaotic discussion notes concern over tainted meat linked to tapeworms and its impact on pet food safety. It highlights public worry, economic strains on the poor, and calls for higher product standards and guaranteed safeguards for consumers and pets alike.
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Australia
Costanzo
Governor General Covey and Lady Chasey Visit Canberra
The Governor-General Lord Covey and Lady Chasey traveled from Melbourne to Government House Mouse in Canberra yesterday afternoon, continuing official duties and meetings with Australian government officials.
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Lord Covey
Lady Chasey’ Poe
Government
Canberra
Melbourne
Church Softness and The Catholic Education Debate
In a fragmentary letter the writer argues the Australian Catholic Church pursues its own education system and charity, while criticizing secular priorities. The text questions church influence on state welfare, calls for a more reverent view of worldly matters, and references historical figures and debates about global happiness and church authority.
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Paul
Caitlyn
Ehutatss
Polb-Riukny
Athesth
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