Strikers to return in France
Thousands of workers are set to resume work across nearly all sectors as negotiations for a return to work begin. Metz steel works with about 10,000 workers plans to reopen after Whit weekend. 75 percent of the workforce at the Cadarache nuclear center voted to return.
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Paris
France
Metz
Cadarache
Force Ouvriere Labour Federation
Stravurg
University of Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Dogs shot near Waldock Street development in Chifley
Two unregistered dogs, a boxer and a kelpie, were shot yesterday in a land area being developed for a park near Waldock Street Chifley. They had earlier been seen chasing sheep in a nearby paddock and are believed to be the same dogs credited with saving aged sheep on Woden Valley properties. Police are investigating.
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Waldock Street
Chifey
Woden Valley
Rocket strike hits Saigon police pod killing officials
A Sunday rocket attack in Saigon hit a police command pod, killing six high ranking city and military officials and wounding four others including the Saigon mayor.
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Saigon
Ing City
Gorton Faces Southeast Asia Doubts On Force Pullback
Singapore report examines whether John Gorton will withdraw Australian forces as British leave Malaysia and Singapore. It notes tensions between policy voices, the push for continued deployment, and U S reassurance that Australia must back regional defence with visible commitments.
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Singapore
John Gorton
Malaysia
Gorton signals defences to ride on United States backing
Prime Minister Gorton returns from a US visit with a firm impression that Washington will sustain defense interest in Asia. He postpones a three year defence programme, hints forward defence may remain valid though British miltary presence in Malaysia and Singapore will end in 1971, as Australia eyes five power talks in Kuala Lumpur with Hasluck and Fairhall attending.
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Indonesia
Australia
Malaysia
Singapore
Gorton
South-east Asia
United States
America
Robert Menzies
Holt
Asia
Kuala Lumpur
Hasluck
Defence
Mr Fairhall
New Zealand
Britain
Father Saves Boy From House Fire in Enoggera
A Brisbane man, Allan Anderson, pulled his four year old son Bradley from under a burning house in Enoggera after Bradley became trapped among eight by eight feet of battens and burning furniture. Allan and Bradley’s brothers and a neighbour fought the flames for six minutes. Allan and Bradley were burned and treated for shock.
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Brisbane
Allan Anderson
Ungalla Street
Enoggera
Royal Brisbane Hospital
Anthony
Bradley
Minister Accepts Plan for ACT Teacher Training Program
Canberra teachers may be trained at the Canberra College of Advanced Education starting in 1971 as the college develops a school of education within a four-school program. The plan, still subject to ANU consultation, aims to train preschool to graduate teachers and integrate degrees where possible, with further talks on autonomous education authority in the ACT.
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Canberra
Fraser
Australian National University
ANU
George Currie
Speke
L. H. Childs
ACT Teachers Association
College of Advanced Education
Institute of Education
Act
Canberra College of Advanced Education
Commonwealth Advisory Committee On Advanced Education
Advanced Education
Australia
Australian institute delays on ending settlement permits
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies council defers a recommendation to the Federal Government to abolish entry permits for tonal settlements and services. The plan was backed at the institute’s annual meeting by social anthropologists led by Professor Frederick Rose, a Communist-leaning Australian scholar working in East Germany, noted for Aboriginal life studies.
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Council of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
Institute
Way
Nile
Frederick Rose
East Germany
Rose
Water hits Cotter Dam spillway after heavy rain
Reported yesterday at 4 pm the Cotter Dam spillway reached its top for the first time since spring as rainfall totals near Canberra rose to 63 points. Officials noted elevated water usage and urged conservation while weather figures remained unsettled.
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Cotter Dam
Gorton assures continued US backing amid Asia policy guardrails
Australian Prime Minister Gorton, back from the United States, asserts no new defence review or major shift in policy. He says Australia will not abandon forward defence or build an Israeli-style citizen army, and notes US guarantees of presence in Asia. He secured assurances from Vice President Humphrey and from Governor Rockefeller and Mr Nixon, with Nixon absent. He met Kennedy connections and indicated continued US view of defending both Australia and New Zealand. He calls the trip valuable and signals ongoing consideration of actions with colleagues.
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United States
Australia
Gorton
Humphrey
Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
Asia
New Zealand
Robert Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Kennedy
Sydney
Kingsford Smith
CMF
Aid not armies, Whitlam calls for new policy
In Melbourne on Sunday Gough Whitlam urged Australia to focus on aid and training rather than military buildup. He criticized the governments Vietnam stance and the Israelite defence concept as narrow, arguing the nation should influence Asia through development and diplomacy instead of relying on U.S. armed forces.
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Melbourne
Australia
Whitlam
Ban Kee
Gorton
Asia
Vietnam
Saigon Suburb Clearance Ordered by US Troops
A terse notice on page 9 references a clearance operation in a Saigon suburb by US forces. The report hints at military activity impacting local areas with no further operational details provided in the fragment. The page also notes coverage of Miss Helen Keller and academic support for ACT self-government moves as side items.
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Gon
John Bennetts
Washington
Southeast Asia
McEwen
South - East Asia
Pam Watson
Murryong
Queanbeyan
Canberra Polo Grounds
Miss Watson
Goulburn
County A
Jonathan Gaul
Bradley Anderson
Kevin Winter
Howes
Bendora
Helen Keller
ACT Advisory Council
Rodney Wulff
Mexico
Laine
G.E
CTS
Canberra Television Services Pty. Ltd
Bunda St
Canberra City
CTC
Canberra Times
GPO
Pow
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