Soviets Press on as Talks with Czechs Loom
Prague reports secret preparations for a historic meeting between Soviet and Czechoslovak Communist leaders with no room for compromise. Czechoslovakia pushes liberal reforms despite Soviet disapproval while Moscow fears the reform movement undermines communism. Kosygin meets Czech Foreign Trade Minister in the Kremlin as skepticism over a Prague meeting grows.
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Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
Moscow
Kosygin
Prague pressures Moscow on Czechoslovak path amid troop fears
Prague faces push from Moscow over Warsaw Pact unity and possible Soviet troop stationing. Czechoslovak army readiness is emphasized while Prague cools reports of border threats. Western reports note Soviet movements fuel delays on the Hamburg to West Berlin route. The Czechoslovak deputy foreign minister pledges sovereignty within the socialist bloc and defends ongoing democratic renewal.
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Prague
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Rome
New York Times
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Weston Creek to Get $1 Million Servicing Project
The National Capital Development Commission awarded a contract near 51 million to service the Weston Creek Waramanga suburb north of Chifley. The deal to develop 446 blocks includes roads water and sites for playing fields a shopping centre and an infant primary school. Work starts soon with 979 119 awarded to Thies Brow Pty Ltd. Development targets 392 blocks in a second Weston Creek suburb and a total population around 30 000 by 1970.
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Canberra
Weston Creek
Waramanga
Chifley
Rovides
Thies Brow Pty Ltd
NCDC
Westen Creek
Finer
Watamanga
Woden
Pearce
Reiden
Late News TES Cricket Asssalis HLT et tet
Fragmentary OCR note from a cricket item with names and places garbled and unreadable. Reads like a late news snippet with multiple misread words and uncertain details. The damaged text provides no clear event, figures, or entities to verify for a proper summary.
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Savint
Minister attacks postal union over presorted mail dispute
The Postmaster-General Mr Hulme accused Amalgamated Postal Workers Union general secretary Mr G Slater of making distorted statements after Slater warned of possible strike unrest over presorted mail and electronic sorting equipment in Sydney. Hulme praised new business gains, noted staff increases in mail exchanges and post offices, and defended the electronic sorter performance processing 1,500,000 letters daily with about 95 percent finalised. He labeled Slater's remarks a publicity maneuver and urged members to overlook attacks on the Post Office and Government.
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Sydney
Droughts Force Hand Feeding Across Large Australian Range
In rural New South Wales a vast area west of Cooma toward the Snowy Mountains is being hand fed due to drought. About two million sheep and 900,000 cattle are affected with around 10,000 cattle moved to better pasture. Veterinary inspector R Denyer notes losses not heavy yet, farmers rely on wheat for feed and bank loans, but spring growth unlikely without rain.
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Victorian
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Coma
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Gamble Pays Off Cleveland Shooting Tragedy Flares On East Side
Cleveland residents on the east side sought normalcy after a Tuesday gun battle left 11 dead. Police and witnesses described a tense calm as investigators worked through the aftermath and residents tried to resume daily routines.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Nes Meers
Surviving crewmen found near Fiji after sunken boat
Four more survivors from the sunken fishing boat Hien Cheng were washed ashore on a beach in the eastern Santa Cruz Islands in the Solomons, one died later. A RNZAF Orion crew received brief details from a passing ship. The boat’s captain and five crewmen were found July 14.
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Fiji
Santa Cruz Islands
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Rhodesia calls in bombers in Zambesi Valley battles
Rhodesian jet fighters and bombers were deployed in the Zambesi Valley where Rhodesian forces backed by South African police clash with African nationalist guerrillas. Security forces say 28 guerrillas killed and others captured since renewed fighting last week at two points. Communists are alleged to have supplied arms and ammunition.
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Zambesi Valley
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Rhos
Australian soldier killed in friendly fire incident in Vietnam
An Australian soldier, Private David Mitchell, 28, Lovland, was accidentally killed in Phuoc Tuy province Vietnam when struck by a bullet from another Australian's rifle during a weapon check. An inquiry was held and military officials announced the investigation.
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Vietnam
Army
David Mitchell
Lovland
Molonglo body identified near Canberra with held name
Police identified a man whose remains were found in Molonglo Gorge eight miles northeast of Canberra last weekend. First name withheld until next of kin can be traced in Sydney. The skeleton and clothing were found near the Queanbeyan-Bungendore railway line by shooters. Dental plate matched. cause of death under investigation. Detective Constable B. Here is in charge of inquiries.
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Canberra
Sydney
Quexnbeyan-Bungendare Railway Line
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Charge against minister and mother over unpaid surety
A mother of five failed to gain release in Adelaide after not paying an $800 surety tied to her husband’s absence from court. A New Zealand MP claimed Australia outwitted New Zealand on the Free Trade Agreement. The Wheat Board warned officials, with a public notice listing court and finance items and a lottery entry.
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