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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 10, 1967
Page
1
Reports say five policemen died and twelve were injured as clashes erupted in Sha Tau Kok with Chinese gunfire and snipers. Rioting spread with vehicles set ablaze and roads blocked, while authorities tallied casualties and urged calm.
A severe storm in southern Kyushu, Japan, left more than 200 feared dead or missing. The Akopaku River flooded, washing away homes and trapping residents. Rescue teams searched collapsed ranches as the storm moved northeast toward the Pacific, with at least five bodies recovered and many more feared buried.
Federal Nigerian forces claim progress into the secessionist Eastern Region. Headquarters say troops move on Enugu with orders to capture Lt Col Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Biafra leader, as opposition remains strong.
Reports from Lagos describe a five minute flare up linked to the Republic of Biafra crisis. Fighting interrupted a top division match near Nouba as Federal and Eastern Region forces clash, with radio broadcasts and casualties reported amid the Nigeria civil war context.
Sais on, Sunday. The US de-
The Western Australia ALP conference endorsed a federal opposition plan for a new inquiry into a national reorganization of the party. discussions focused on leadership seating in federal and WA conferences and related constitutional moves.
Vivien Leigh, iconic stage and film star known for Gone With The Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire, died in her London apartment after a tuberculosis recurrence. Lights in the West End were dimmed for an hour in tribute. Leigh, former wife of Sir Laurence Olivier, had been confined four weeks ago and had planned a return to theatre before illness worsened.
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ANU student Carly Herbert, eighteen, faced judges and public scrutiny as she entered the Miss Garvan Hall competition at ANU. The hopeful, a first-year law student, has spent eight years in Australia and seven at boarding school, while balancing studies, scholarships, and portrait painting.
Whitlam secures WA NSW and Tasmania support aiming for a federal commission of inquiry into ALP reorganisation. He holds on paper 18 of 34 votes with potential gains from Queensland and South Australia defections. WA vote 72 58 rejects direct endorsement of Wyndham plan while backing inquiry.
Senator Turbill told a radio broadcast yesterday that Australia should offer the Beith Government a defence base if Britain wished to retain east of Suez. The comment appears in a page 7 notice section among weddings and classifieds.
An American controlled petroleum company, Magellan Petroleum Australia, seeks to use nuclear explosions to unlock oil in Central Australia’s Amadeus Basin. The Australian Atomic Energy Commission urges secrecy while talks with U S authorities proceed. deputy chairman Ian McFarlane cites contained blasts designed to avoid air release or fallout.
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