Winter Ills Cut Canberra Classes Across Schools
Winter illnesses including influenza reduce attendance at Canberra schools. Some schools report 20 percent absences. Campbell High School reduced classes by half. Seven of 27 teachers were ill yesterday. Lyneham High School reported 300 pupils absent and seven of 42 teachers away. St Mamund’s College headmaster notes unusually high illness. Griffith Catholic Girls High saw attendance drop about 2 percent with several teachers absent. Nanahyndak Primary reported higher absenteeism than usual, while Watson Primary’s new headmaster noted days of illness. Overall influenza and related illnesses thin the year’s end examinations and health scholarships program.
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Freighter Rescues Three in Dense South Seas Gale
A freighter rescued three mariners about nine hours after a gale battered the ship, with waves up to 60 knots. An RAAF Neptune bomber joined the search and illumined the area, locating the remaining crew as merchant ships kept station in the area.
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Fragmented Late News Item About an Event
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a late news item with unclear references to a place time and people. Details are too damaged to identify names, dates, or concrete facts.
College Closes After Dawn Arrests at Multiracial University
Salisbury police arrested students and staff at Rhodeasia's multiracial University after a dawn raid. The campus was closed as investigators gathered evidence amid reports of a campus-wide disruption.
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Carillon Testing to Begin on Aspen Island
Engineers will start boring on Aspen Island in Lake Burley Griffin to assess foundation stability for a proposed carillon or bell tower. The work aims to determine if the island can support the structure, with plans reportedly shifting earlier August dates amid holiday closures.
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Campus unrest and gallery carillon proposal discussed
Fragmentary notes describe campus tensions with suspended students and faculty, a proposed carillon gift of 250000 pounds, and discussion of police action. Mentions Professor Milton, Acting Principal and Miss Mil i, plus British government involvement and Canberra Jubilee context. Unclear airflow.
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ALP eyes 200000 fund to fight federal election
Surfers Paradise reports the Australian Labor Party 12 man Federal Executive spent most of the day discussing ways to raise a minimum fighting fund of 200000 for the upcoming Federal Conference. The group adjourned without resolving complaints against several prominent ALP members, and spared no details on confidential fundraising methods. The gathering noted election plans and possible deferral of divisive issues until after the Federal Conference.
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Unrest Surges As Thai College Faces Plot Against Ministers
The article notes student protests at a Thai university beginning last March over leaderships refusal to condemn a declaration. It mentions plans by lecturers and other actors to disrupt the prime minister and ministers, with several plotters arrested or under inquiry as authorities push investigations.
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Man who averted untold misery remembered
Sydney report recalls Sir Norman, former president of royal medical groups, who warned of dangers from german measles in pregnancy. He left England for Australia 25 years ago and is survived by Lady Greke and two daughters. His work linked measles to birth defects and urged vaccination to prevent suffering.
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Menzies Honored With Freedom of Hastings
Sir Robert Menzies arrived in Hastings to receive the freedom of the historic town as Hastings marks its 900th anniversary. The former Australian prime minister, now Lord Warden of Inque Paris, traveled from Walmer Castle amid ceremonies and air mail pictures of the lord warden's installation.
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Unions Back Wilson Budget Amid Government Push
Union support backs Prime Minister Wilson on the budget as government faces economic scrutiny. Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko states Vietnam peace talks not initiated by the Keemila. Classifieds notes on pages 22 and 23 reference Marvickville margins and government persuasion.
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An Army career examined by Royal Military College study
The Australian Regular Army expands to meet commitments at home and abroad facing officer shortages. The Crowing technical complexity of a modern army requires broadened training. The Royal Military College Duntroon will publish a 1967 prospectus reviewing a four year course and a career as an Army officer, detailing variations drawbacks and dangers.
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