Southern kidney research body planned
A kidney foundation is being established in the ACT and Southern Tablelands to promote research into kidney diseases. It will launch at a dinner in Queanbeyan on August 16 with patron Sir William Hudson. Guest speakers include Professor R M Mitchell and Dr John Swinney.
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Kidney Foundation
Act
Southern Tablelands
Queanbeyan
Canberra
William Hudson
Snowy Mountains Authority
Four Die In Air Crash Near Mount Hagen
Four people died when a Beechcraft Musketeer crashed shortly after takeoff one mile from Mount Hagen air strip in the Western Highlands of New Guinea. The pilot a married couple and another man were aboard. there were no survivors. Names were not confirmed.
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Port Moresby
New Guinea
Department of Civil Aviation
Ray Harris
Mount Hagen
Aboriginal appeal for help from Australia’s Aborigines
The Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders issued an international appeal tonight after Aborigines walked out at Wave Hill station in the Northern Territory. It urged governments parties churches and minority groups worldwide to support Australia’s Aboriginal demands both morally and financially.
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Sydney
Australia
Federal Council For the Advancement of
Wave Hill
Northern Territory
World Councils
Czech Communist Party leaders depart Prague for meeting
United Press International reports the entire leadership of the Czech Communist Party boarded a Prague airport flight and left the city likely bound for talks with the Soviet Communist Party leadership. The move signals high level discussions amid Cold War tensions.
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Bund
The
Soviet Communist Party
United Press
Gas attack ends siege at Revesby in Sydney
A gunman held two hostages for about 24 hours at a Carrington Street home in Revesby before police using teargas and gunfire forced him to surrender. The man and wife escaped unharmed, the baby was hospitalized for observation, and several weapons were recovered. A man was charged with murder in a separate Carrington Street case. Police hailed the operation as very successful with no injuries inside the house.
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Sydney
Carrington Street
W. Fahey
Salvation Army
Trevoring
Wally Mellish
Glenfield
Ken Welden
Mr Welden
Brian Doyle
Ji Umian
Askin
Allan
Milton Small
CIB
Small
Bravery award for helicopter pilot in Holt rescue
First Officer Keight Roy Cottee of Victoria received the George Medal for rescuing two men from a capsized cabin cruiser off Cheviot Beach during the search for Harold Holt last December. Noel Campbell, also of Victoria, earned the Queen's Commendation for Brave ce for his part in the rescue.
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Harold Holt
George
Keight Roy Cottee
Victoria
Cheviot Beach
Point Nepean
Government House
Canberra
Noel Campbell
Cee
Swartz
Cottee
Talks with Russia Draw Near as Dubcek Signals Reform Resolve
Czechoslovak leader Dubcek pledged to continue humane socialism reforms in a national broadcast on the eve of talks with the Soviet Union. He stressed unity, fidelity to socialist principles, and the right to decide Czechoslovakia’s destiny as Moscow eyes demands likely to include delaying the party congress, censorship tightening, and harsher anti‑ Western measures.
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Prague
AAP - Reuter
Dubcek
Russia
Radio
Munich
Dubeck
Communist Party
Radio Prague
Jiri Dingsbir
Prehlik
State Administration Department
Prague Daily
Soviet Union
Moscow
Ota Sik
Rude Pravo
Concessions pressed as Soviet CSTO pressure grows on Prague stance
Diplomatic sources report liberal Czech leaders must concede to Moscow to avert Soviet intervention. Soviet air force drills over Leningrad and Baku accompany news of talks planned for Czechoslovak soil. Western observers note demand for troops to guard the Czechoslovak frontier with West Germany. The Moscow talks precede a broader debate among the Politburo and Czech presidium.
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Vaclav Prochlik
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Ceteka
Prohlik
Leningrad
Baku
Caspian Sea
Tran
Politburo
Wis
West Germany
Prague
Kosygin
Nineteen Rescued From Vessel Grounding Off Townsville
An RAAF crash launch rescued 19 people from a charter vessel named Dianne after it ran aground on a coral reef 50 miles northeast of Townsville. The Dianne, sighted by an Ansett-ANA DC-4 freighter, was taking on water but pump operation continued. A Neptune aircraft arrived to assist while the launch waited to tow the vessel back if possible.
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Brisbane
Townsville
Dianne
Ingham
RAAF
Teady
Cairns
Brisane
Neptune Maritime Reconnaksance
Garbutt Air Base
Ray Leckie
Leckie
Neptune
SPLITTER OF ATOM DIES GOETTINGEN
Professor Otto Hahn, famed for the uranium atom split leading to the atomic bomb era, dies in Goettingen at 89 after months of illness. A Nobel laureate, Hahn and Fritz Strassmann co authored the 1938 discovery while he had a long scientific career with work in organic chemistry, radiochemistry, and medicine.
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Goettingen
West Germany
Otto Hahn
Ananda
Professor Hahn
Fritz Strassmann
Frankfurt
University of Marburg
Sir William Say
London
Ernest Rutherford
Hahn
England
Vietcong Boats Targeted in Vietnam War Summary
Vietcong supply boats smashed by U S Navy air power over a wide area 75 miles south of the 7th parallel. Page 5 notes. Uproar at Victorian DLP conference over criticism of Nations Civic Council president. Page 3 reports expectations of pilot nuclear reactors within five years.
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7Th Parallel
Humphrey
Paris
DLP
the Nations Civic Council
B. A. Santamaria
United States
Canberra
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Aboriginal Appeal
Pragif
Agro Af
Benhatows District Hospital
Harry Welden
Ken
Picturegram
Bankstown Hospital
Campbell
Henry Shapiro
United Press International
Brezhnev
Aap-Reuter
Charles Douglas- Home
the Times
Zilina
Slovakia
Douglas-Home
United States Navy
Japan
Asia and
Pacific
Washington
Law List
Sadao
G.E
Canberra Television Services Pty. Ltd
CTS
Ring Now
Bunda St
Canberra City
CTC
Tim
Chaberrh
GPO
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