Mounties tip leads to arrest in King killing case
UK police hold James Earl Ray on charges linked to the Memphis assassination. Ray, travelling under aliases, was arrested at London Airport Center after RCMP tipped Scotland Yard and US officials. Extradition proceedings loom as FBI and Canadian authorities traced his movements and forged documents.
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London Airport Center
Thomas Butler
Scotland Yard
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Dr King
Memphis
Tennessee
FBI
Ray
Ramon George Sneyd
Brussels
Fred M. Vinson
Justice Department
London
Vinson
United States
Britain
Cy King
Eric Starvo Galt
Associated Press
Ottawa
Foreign Affairs Department
Toronto
Pole
RCMP
Can
Sneyd
Lisbon
Portugal
Canada
King
Late News Aid Shapes Saudi and Amman Ties
An Amman dispatch reports Saudi Arabia moving to calibrate a gesture as a sign of growing brotherly ties. The debate centers on a formal act linked to a Saudi poet slated for inclusion in a record honoring bilateral relations between the two nations.
Violence flares again in France amid strikes and clashes
Paris reports show workers and students rioting near Paris and at the Renault plant in Flins as barricades rise and police clash. Post offices at most Paris stations strike, threatening mail deliveries. 20 demonstrators and three police are reported injured in Elisabethville clashes.
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Paris
Renault Motor
Flins
Elizabethville
Gorton backs joint talks amid Southeast Asia visit
A joint communique with the South Vietnamese Government says allied governments with troops in Vietnam should participate in any final settlement. Gorton visits Tien Hoa near battles with North Vietnamese regulars and tours a hospital run by Australian civilian doctors. Talks in Kuala Lumpur will discuss British withdrawal with Australia Britain Singapore Malaysia, with Gorton kept informed.
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Gorton
Vietnam
Tien Hoa
Mr Gorton
Singapore
South-east Asia
Lee Kuan Yew
Kuala Lumpur
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Malaysia
Gorton storms out after troop capability remark
In Saigon on Sunday Prime Minister Gorton angrily cut a press conference short after a reporter claimed North Vietnamese forces were better equipped. He insisted the progress and capacity of Australian troops would not be questioned in his presence and left the room amid evident annoyance.
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Saigon
Gorton
Kennedy buried at night among Arlington heroes
The Kennedy family and U S leaders mourn as Senator Robert Kennedy is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. A night funeral beneath arc lamps and a full moon draws thousands, with Mrs Kennedy placing petals on the coffin, and Edward Kennedy receiving the flag. The train journey from New York to Washington marks a national moment of mourning.
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Coretta King
Dr King
Patrick's Cathedral
King
Robert Kennedy
Washington
America
White House
Arlington National Cemetery
Johnson
St Patrick’s Cathedral
National Park Service
Arlington
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth
New Jersey
Ethel Kennedy
Martin Luther King, Jr
Senate
Capitol
Justice Department
Kennedy
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Quadruplet dies in Darwin Hospital historic record
One of the Jimarin quads, the first recorded Aboriginal quadruplets, died at Darwin Hospital from respiratory distress due to a cardiac condition. Phillipa weighed about 4 pounds at nine weeks old. the remaining three babies, around six pounds, were healthy and may soon go home to Daly River Mission.
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Darwin
Darwin Hospital
Philippa
Jimarin
Daly River Mission
Phillipa
Frosts Hit Canberra with Back-to-Back Nights
Canberra endured heavy frosts for a second night as calm conditions persisted. The temperature at Fairbairn dropped to 32 degrees, with Canberra’s lowest mark this year at 27, while June’s average minimum sits at 33.7. Yesterday’s high reached 51 degrees, 2.6 below the monthly average, and the Bureau of Meteorology warned of another frosty night, morning fog patches, and a cloudy day with strengthening north-west winds.
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Canberra
Bureau of Meteorology
Youth killed in hunting accident near Williamsdale
A Canberra youth, 17 year old Robert Bruce Vale of Peacock Place Curtin, was accidentally shot dead while rabbit hunting near Williamsdale. He was with Peter John Barlow of Quamby Place Lyons and Graeme Shoebridge of Red Hill when struck in the head by a .22 calibre rifle bullet, Michelago police said.
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Canberra
Robert Bruce Vale
Peacock Place
Curtin
Williamsdale
Michelago
Peter John Barlow
Quamby Place
Lyons
Graeme Shoebridge
Investigator Street
Red Hill
Nickel Find at Scotia Lease Promises High Grade Ore
Great Boulder Gold Mines lid and North Kalgoorlie 1912 Ltd announced a high grade nickel deposit found in drilling at the Scotia lease in Perth. Directors said the grade thickness and location make the discovery significant and noteworthy for future mining prospects.
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Perth
Scotia
Great Boulder Gold Mines
Lid
North Kalgurh (1912) Ltd
Budget priority for pensions in August budget
Brisbane on Sunday the Federal Treasurer Mr McMahon said pensions would have first priority in the August budget. He cautioned he could not promise specifics and noted pensions are not automatically tied to cost of living changes. He forecast a substantial defence vote increase, from 400 million to 1,117 million this year, with the major share likely in US defence spending.
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Brisbane
Mr McMahon
Gorton urges troops to ignore protests in Vietnam
Prime Minister Gorton told Australian troops at Nui Dat to disregard placards and talk of peace talks in Paris. He reinforced a hawkish Vietnam stance while noting Australia cannot stay alone, confirming continued commitment amid heavy fighting and troop strength at home and overseas.
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Vung Tau
Gorton
Australia
Paris
Nui Dat
South Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Thien
Aus
Tralian
Mr Gorton
Vietnam
Defence plan backed by ALP
The NSW State ALP conference backed a regional defence system for South-east Asia within a UN framework. It urged member nations to contribute personnel and finance for a Southeast Asian UN police force, potentially headquartered in Singapore, financed and controlled by regional members to assume military functions and foster regional development.
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Nsw
South-east Asia
United Nations
Pore
Attack on car charges in Australia and PNG note
A Sydney based consumer group Choice accuses car service charges of being unfair, unreasonable, and sometimes fraudulent. The same issue highlights political tensions in Papua New Guinea with the Pangu Party leader discussing communications across racial lines as a major territorial concern. Weekend Canberra weddings featured with photos. classifieds fill pages 8 and 9.
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Australian Consumers Association
Pangu Pati
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Ring NO Bunda St
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