Elderly ACT couple wed at Senior Citizens Club
Mr Wintle a 70 year old president of the Pensioners Association in Canberra marries Ruth Baker 62 secretary of the Senior Citizens Association. The couple met years ago at the Senior Citizens Club and are the first wed from the club. They will live in Ainslie.
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Wintle
Pensioners’ Association
Canberra
Ruth Baker
The
Senior Citizens Association
Senior Citizens Club
Bill Wintle
Summit at sea may end Gulf pawn row
Karumba Queensland Sunday report of a sea summit between trawler Liawenec skipper Keith Bennett and Russian Commodore Alexei Solyanik aboard Van Gogh. Bennett, plus deckhand Rod Wrigley, who was injured in June, discussed peaceful settlement of the Carpentaria Gulf pawn dispute and Bennett returned after three days at sea.
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Gulf Pawn Row
Karumba
Queensland
Keith Bennett
van Gogh
Alexei Solyanik
Carpentaria Gulf
Mr Bennett
Bennett
Commodore Solyanik
Rod Wrigley
Liawenee
Wrigley
Seamen saved by Russians reach shore
Five Australian seamen rescued by the Russian factory ship Van Gogh in the Gulf of Carpentaria were landed at Karumba Queensland after their 60-foot cargo vessel VFC II capsized and sank about 40 miles north of Bountiful Island. The men were transferred to the Bobo trawler and landed at 8.45 PM. Captain Rusty Jarvis praised the Russians and said the Van Gogh was like a floating hospital.
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Brisbane
van Gogh
Gulf of Carpentaria
Karumba
Queensland
VFC II
Bountiful Island
Gulf
Bobo
Jack Evans
Heads Porpoise Pool
Rusty Jarvis
WECTL
Three shot in brawl at Port Melbourne saloon bar
Three men were shot and another stabbed during a brawl in a Port Melbourne hotel saloon last night. Victims include 21 year old Victor Newman and 17 year old George Webster, with 47 year old Robert Waymouth and his son Terrance involved. Police and hospital status unclear. investigation underway.
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Melbourne
Port Melbourne
Robert John Waymouth
Terrance Peter
Carpentaria
Robert
George Webster
Garden City
Terrance Waymouth
Gulf
Karumba
Newsman Edward John Richards Dies at 83 in Melbourne
Edward John Richards editor of Australian United Press died in Melbourne yesterday aged 83. A founder of Melbourne Baer in the late 1920s when it was a pioneering press, he retired in 1955 after serving as editor for more than two decades.
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Melbourne
Edward Johning
Australian United Press
Richards
Melbourne Baer
A.C.C.A. Attacks Job Decision In Public Service
The ACT branch of the Administrative and Clerical Officers Association criticises a government move to call applications for senior office positions from outside the public service. It warns outside appointments could erode impartiality and integrity in public service, despite assurances.
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Office of Secondary Industry
Public Service
ACT
The
Administrative and Clerical Officers Association
Aethel
Ee Lin
Commonwealth Gazette
ACOA
Australian National Art Gallery Architect Selected In Canberra
The Australian National Art Gallery chosen architect will be announced within ten days. Prime Minister Gorton will set the judging deadline for a limited competition in which twelve Australian firms were invited to submit entries. The winning architect will produce sketch plans for the Canberra project with an estimated cost near five million dollars in the early 1970s.
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Australian National Art Gallery
Canberra
Gorton
Appoin
Japan rotary car to go on sale in Australia
A Mazda model with a rotary engine will reach Australian showrooms in October or November at about $3,000. Built by Toyo Kogyo in Japan at roughly 1,000 units monthly, the 2 plus 2 sports car tops around 113 mph. It marks the firm’s second rotary design after theCosmo, with larger models planned for next year.
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Tokyo
Australia
Japan
Toyo Kogyo Company
Cosmo
Lunder
NSU Wankel
West
Germany
Mazda
Cruelty to Dogs Ends in Death in Canterbury Suburb
A full grown male Doberman pinscher died this afternoon in Canterbury after its legs were tied with wire and dragged behind a car. Neighbours found the pitiful animal and brought it to Mrs E Longshaw, who reported severe abrasions and a trussed appearance. Mrs Mark Lynch of the Victorian Blue Cross noted a recent rise in animal cruelty.
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Melbourne
E. Longshaw
Victorian
Blue Cross Animal Care Society
Mark Lynch
Whitlam urges PM to also act as External Affairs Minister
Excerpted speech by Federal Opposition Leader Gough Whitlam argues that the Prime Minister in a Labor Government should hold the External Affairs portfolio. He attacks government foreign policy decisions as personal and warns of downgraded External Affairs under rival departments. Whitlam defends Labor’s Vietnam stance and criticizes Liberal leaders for policy made on personal style. He emphasizes Australia’s regional responsibility, internationalism, and opposition to fortress Australia.
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O Ition
Whitlam
Australia
Vietnam
ALP
America
North Queensland
Australian Institute of International Affairs
Townsville University College
Canberra
External Affairs Department
Trade
Treasury
Robert Menzies
Casey
China
Holt
Marshal Ky
Johnson
Gorton
Nui Dat
Paris
National Press Club
Humphrey
Defence
Clark Clifford
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
NLF
Asia
Pacific
The
Times
London
Victoria
Horace Petty
Horace
Youths Burn House and Kill Sheep at Werribee Farm
A gang of youths with several girls on motorcycles and cars burned a vacant Werribee farm house, killed two sheep, and damaged two water tanks. Five youths and a girl were questioned. one youth and the girl faced motor cycle charges. Fire units could not save the unoccupied building.
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Melbourne
Werribee
Two Stockton Youths Rescue Elderly Woman From Blazing House
Keith Horan aged 20 and Garry Lewis aged 18, both of Stockton, were returning home when they spotted flames at a Newcastle Street kitchen. Horan carried out Mrs Anne Dives who was asleep, then with Lewis returned to rescue the son from the burning house around 1am in Newcastle Street, Stockton.
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Newcastle
Newcastle Street
Stockton
Keith Horan
Pacific Street
Garry Lewis
Pitt Street
Horan
Anne Dives
Dives
Lewis
Blazjing
Aboriginal ownership urged for Northern Territory reserves
Sydney report notes Mrs Dulcie Flowers of the Foundation for Aboriginal Affairs told 800 listeners at Lyceum Theatre that two million acres were taken from Aborigines for mining since 1959. She cited Gurindji land deals paying 10 cents per square mile in rent and urged ownership of existing reserves. Dr H C Coombs said the Council of Aboriginal Affairs was not consulted and stressed long-term policy considerations beyond land rights.
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Sydney
The
Foundation For Aboriginal Affairs
Dultie Flowers
Northern Territory
Lyceum Theatre
Australia
Melbourne
Council of Aboriginal Affairs
H. C. Coombs
Council
Ward
Coombs
Three Die in Smash Near Port Welshpool
An early report states Arthur Robinson 30 of Port Welshpool and two passengers Nancy Appleyard 50 and her son ferrey 20 of Gelliondale near Yarram were killed when Robinsons car collided head on with a semi trailer. The accident raises Victorian road deaths to eight. Sydney report notes twelve deaths in NSW road accidents over the weekend.
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Melbourne
Port Welshpool
Arthur Robinson
Nancy Appleyard
Frey
Gelliondale
Yarram
Canberra models press for minimum wage deal
ACT models seek a wage floor from the Commonwealth Arbitration Commission claiming Canberra workers earn as little as 10 to 50 a day while Melbourne and Sydney models earn 14 to 70. Industrial officer G McDonald said a Melbourne Victoria test case is under review. About 300 part time Canberra models fear no full time work and plan union ties with the ACT Trades and Labour Council.
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Canberra
Commonwealth Arbitration Commission
Australia
Melbourne
Sydney
G. McDonald
The
Models and Mannequin Association of Australia
Victoria
Arbitration Commission
Camberra
ACT Trades and Labour Council
Models’ Union
Fatal fall at Lochiel Park injures five year old
Graeme John McDonald five year old of Jerrahmond Shi died after falling from a water tower at Lochiel Park near Sale yesterday. Police report the incident is being investigated as a fatal accident.
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Melbourne
Graeme John McDonald
Jerrahmond
Shi
Lochiel Park
Sale
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Mount Isa
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Gulf Onniot
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Gulf of
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R. Cottier
Department of Primary Industries
A.C.C.A
Mr Whitlam
Youths In Rescue
Nsw
Parkas
Eve
Ming
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