Diplomat quizzed on trawler in Gulf of Carpentaria
The Australian government told Soviet Ambassador N K Tarakanov it seeks details on the trawler Van Gogh after Australian claims it tried to intimidate smaller boats near the 1.2 mile limit. Prime Minister Gorton convened a multi-department briefing. no evidence the vessel operated inside Australia’s territorial waters.
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Gulf of Carpentaria
N. K. Tarakanov
Department of External Affairs
Department
James Plimsoll
James
van Gogh
Tarakanow
Australia
Gorton
R. L. Mostyn
Craig Mostyn and Co Pty Ltd
Gulf
Primary Industry Department
Russian factory ship Van Gogh disrupts Australian prawn fleet
A reporter aboard a flying doctor aircraft near Karumba reports the 6,500-ton Russian factory ship Van Gogh steering toward a fleet of about 15 Australian trawlers at 11:15 am, scattering vessels as fishermen hastily pulled nets and avoided a likely collision. Photographs were taken as proof while assisting an Aboriginal child at Mornington Island.
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Karumba
van Gogh
Gulf
Flying
Mornington Island
Golfers and Officials Named in Back Page Report
Late News highlights Sandy Wilson Sebastian Miguel Max Paulkner Dave Thorona and notable names including Jack Nicklaus and Roberto de Vicenzo. Also referenced are Stan Peach Peter Thomana and Tom Woolbank with Randal Vines noted from Australia in a Barler report on the back page.
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Sandy Wilson
Sebastian Miguel
Spon
Max Paulkner
Dave Thorona
Jack Nicklaus
Stan Peach
Peter Thomana
Ayat
Roberto de Vicenzo
Argentina
Tom Woolbank
Randal Vines
Aust
Barler Report
Biafra calls for ceasefire to end civilian misery
In Lagos a secessionist Biafra state issued a statement demanding an immediate ceasefire as the only path to halt mass civilian suffering in the Nigerian civil war. It rejected British relief aid while arms shipments to Lagos continue, urging a massive airlift and warning of thousands more deaths if land corridors are opened.
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Biafra
Radio Biafra
Britain
Kampala
Tho
Hunt
Nigeria
Arvation
London
Royal Air Force
Lord Hunt
International Red Cross
Fire damages Rawson Chambers office block in Sydney
Sydney fire crews fought a blaze at Rawson Chambers on Pitt Street and Rawson Place tonight. The five storey brick building saw fire start at 7.30pm and be controlled by 9.30pm with about a dozen brigades working to contain the flames. Only the front portion suffered damage with most floors in that section burned.
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Sydney
Rawson Chambers
Pitt Street
Rawson Place
U Thant appeals to Biafra for cooperation
United Nations Secretary General U Thant urged Biafran leaders at a Geneva press conference to cooperate more fully in relief efforts for the breakaway region. He urged them to take advantage of available humanitarian channels and aid.
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Geneva
United Nations
U Thant
Paris talks fruitless in 12th Vietnam peace session
Paris reports say the 12th session of the Vietnam preliminary peace talks lasted under three hours with North Vietnamese leader Xuan Thuy reporting no advance. Delegations will reconvene next week as Saigon hints at phased U.S. troop withdrawal in 1969 and suggests a possible final Viet Cong offensive.
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Paris
Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Saigon
Thieu
South Vietnam
Gurindji land rights spark Wave Hill strike threat
Darwin reports Aboriginal leader Dexter Daniels warns of a general strike by Northern Territory stockmen if the Federal Government does not grant 500 square miles of Wave Hill land to the Gurindji. Canberra rejects outright title, offering squatters rights and a planned residential township at Wattie Creek with services and support for farming, business, and welfare.
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Dexter Daniels
Northern Territory
Wave Hill
Daniels
Gurindjis
Canberra
Vesteys
Wattie Creek
Crown Land
Aboriginal Affairs
Wentworth
Interior
Nixon
Weaver Supply
Wave Hill’ Pastoral Company
Gurindji leader denounces Wave Hill plan in Canberra talk
Philip Roberts, Territory Aboriginal leader and health department medical assistant, calls the Gurindji land plan at Wave Hill a betrayal of his people. He vows resistance to Government and past pastoralists, recounting dispossession nearly a century ago and noting a Canberra conference pledge for Aboriginal self decision making.
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Darwin
Philip
Roberts
Canberra
Wattie Creek
Businessmen for Democratic Government push Fairhall as PM
A Sydney group calling itself Businessmen for Democratic Government backs Minister for Defence Allan Fairhall as an alternative Prime Minister to John Gorton. They describe Gorton as bad for business and say Fairhall could be patriotic and capable, with supporters urging Lib MP action.
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Defence
Fairhall
Gorton
Anglican
Francis Janey
Liberal Reform Group
Rae
Mr Fairhall
Allan Fairhall
James
P. W. Savers
Kesman
Strike disrupts Sydney roads as oil tanker strike continues
Sydney motorists vanish from roads as 600 tanker drivers strike enters seventh day and government buses halt in Sydney and Newcastle. Shell seeks contempt action against the union for a no strike order, with potential daily fines of 1000 dollars if petrol supplies are not restored. Doctors warn petrol shortages threaten patient care as officials propose limited openings for doctors to obtain fuel. The Transport Workers Union maintains exemptions but drivers vote to continue the strike with a 10 am return plan.
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Sydney
Newcastle
Shell Company
Commonwealth Industrial Court
The
Australian Medical Association
Davies
Ofl Campany
Transport Workers Union
Freezer firm gone and annulling plans noted
Fragmentary classifieds mention a freezer firm gone and an annulment. Mentions Mr Loch and possible court references. Several scattered lines reference Army, UE Women, finances, and numbers like 35 37 pages. No clear event details or dates.
First heart transplant patient in eastern Europe dies
A 50-year-old woman, the first heart transplant patient in eastern Europe, died in Bratislava five hours after the operation. The procedure was performed in a Bratislava hospital on a Wednesday.
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Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Europe
France to test two hydrogen bombs at Mururoa Atoll
France plans to test two hydrogen bombs during the ongoing series at Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia. Officials said three bomb types were prepared, with two to be exploded in the program. Tests were expected in the second half of next month, possibly delayed to September or October due to weather.
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Paris
France
Mururoa Atoll
French Polynesia
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