State ready for joint attack on Mafia
Sir Robert commented on Labor Opposition Leader Hills remarks urging the NSW Government to take full responsibility for any Mafia type movement. Hills said Labor called for a Parliamentary Select Committee to inquire into organised crime. The report cited overseas links and potential crime rings connected to poker machines and drug trafficking between Queensland and South Australia.
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Mr Hills
Nsw
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Labor Party
Willis
Io Si Ruvhert
Pralive
Hansen
Avery Seria
Sydney
Brisbane
Queensland
Cypetoms
Canberra
SSW
Australia
Indonesia
Brian Frost
Maer of Nutt
Police eye country clubs in Mafia probes NSW
NSW special detectives will probe country clubs in southern NSW to gauge Mafia sponsored activity in Australia. Investigations focus on Sydney gambling machine distributors and an entertainment troupe organizer with Canberra links. Queanbeyan Leagues Club president L J McIntyre doubts club links to Mafia. An American Embassy official noted FBI willingness to assist but cannot promise joint investigations.
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Southern
Nsw
Australia
Canberra
Sydney
Queanbeyan
L. J. McIntyre
Bush
FBI
Justice Department
Late News From Pine Ese Patere Winly Note
Vietnamese communists rejected today President Nixon's latest peace plan and said they would not agree to terms. The report, filed from Paris, notes diplomatic tensions and ongoing talks with U S officials.
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Paris
Nixon
Country Party Candidate to Oppose Minister in Wannon Race
Melbourne report shows Victorian Country Party member L. A. Cameron aged 54, a former soldier, set to contest the Federal seat of Wannon against Minister for Education and Science Fraser. The announcement frames a campaign clash in a key electorate.
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Melbourne
Victorian Country Party
L. A. Cameron
Science
Fraser
Wannon
Oil strikers to meet in Sydney over crisis
Four unions including the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union and Australasian List of Engineers prepare in Sydney for a joint meeting to decide on calling a strike. ACTU chief Mr Hawke initiated today’s talks as Mr Justice Moore chairs an arbitration hearing urging 1500 workers to return by Monday.
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Australia
Mies
ACTU
Hawke
Justice Moore
Commonwealth Arbitration Commission
Wuman
Tinue
Amalgamated Metal Workers Union
Australasian — Listely of Engineers
Hederated Ironworkers’ Association
The
Electrical Trades Union
Nwsw
Queensland
Wietora
South Australa
Heating fuel shortage hits nine ACT schools
Nine ACT schools lack heating after yesterday's shortages with nine more expected to run out by this afternoon. Canberra Technical College and seven government buildings have exhausted oil as Emergency Works holds 11 000 gallons to last about two weeks.
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NSW Education Department
Canberra Technical College
Government Department
Department of Works
Storms in Japan leave over 400 dead and missing
Japan faces its worst rain storms in 15 years with more than 244 dead and 144 missing from landslides and floods. Army helicopters deliver supplies as towns are cut off. typhoons threaten anew while traffic chaos spreads nationwide. In the Philippines, Luzon is declared a disaster area after floods displace 120,000 and devastate crops and infrastructure.
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Tokyo
Japan
Weather Bureau
Marcos
Philippine
Luzon
Red Cross
Press Pee
Peace talks on Vietnam resume in Paris despite war ties
The chief US negotiator William Porter and North Vietnam’s Xuan Thuy signaled flexibility and readiness to discuss proposals as talks resumed at the French government building near the Arc de Triomphe after a 10 week pause. Vietcong and South Vietnamese leaders urged concession while condemning intensified US bombing of Haiphong and toxic chemical use.
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Xuan Thuy
Sie
Vietnam
Haiphong
Thuy
South Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
South
Arc de Triomphe
Mixon
A Girl for All Parties on ANU Campus Clubs
Andrew Dunstan said Jane Drake-Brockman resigned as Liberal Country Club president to become Labor Club secretary. She denied resigning the presidency and held both roles, calling the Labor Club a social democratic campus group. The Labor Club plans a July 31 annual meeting.
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ANU Labor Club
Andrew Dunstan
Liberal Country Club
Jane Drake-Brockman
Labor Club
Six More Die in Ireland Amid Armed Clash on Falls Road
Belfast reports six deaths as gun battles and assassinations continue in Northern Ireland. Two soldiers were killed ambushing while on mobile patrol near the Catholic Falls Road area. The violence follows the IRA lifting its Sunday truce.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Catholic Falls Road
Irish Republican Army
IRA
McGovern Clinches Nominating Victory At Convention
Senator George McGovern won the presidential nomination on the first ballot over the old guard in Miami Beach after an 18 month campaign marked by party divisions and youth wing tensions. He narrowed his vice presidential list to Mills or Woodcock with Kennedy declining as a possible running mate. Final decision on vp pick expected today as delegates supported McGovern’s California delegation seating.
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Miami Beach
George McGovern
United Press International
McGovern
Wilber Mills
Arsas
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kenfromnedy
Rey Real
California
Mills
House of Representatives Ways Means Committee
Bressard Woodcock
United Auto
Eight killed in Adelaide air disaster oily regional tragedy
A light twin Piper Navajo crashed near Adelaide at 7 45 am, killing eight aboard. The aircraft, chartered to Santos Ltd, carried workers to gasfields in the far north east of South Australia. The wreckage spread across a backyard, with victims including engineers, DCA staff, operators, and attendants from Burnside and surrounding suburbs.
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Adelaide
Ansel General Aviation
Ti Wat
Santos Ltd
South Australia
Filis Walter Greenhalgh
Burnstle
Petrachunt
Clive Gordon Hurdkies Saunders
Gilberton
DCA
Alan Lewis Minacelli
Somerton Park
Girl of ten dies after vehicle collision in Canberra
A 10 year old girl, Naum Slater of Laycock Place Molt, died at Canberra Hospital after being struck by a vehicle at the Armstrong Crescent and Beaurepure Street intersection Holt at 4.1. Spi vesteriiv.
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Naum Slater
Laycock Place
Canberra
Armstrong Crescent
Beaurepure
Holt
Spi Vesteriiv
Housing sales proposal aims to curb land speculation
A proposal suggests housing sales should have buyers acquire land from the Commonwealth to curb speculation. An ACT Advisory Council inquiry heard about the restricted auction system last night.
Diary Dates and Lottery Jackpot Highlight Page Locally
A compact listing shows diary dates across sections and the day’s lottery jackpot at 519. The page mirrors a lifestyle and finance snapshot with brief entries and a comic strip note in the margins.
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