Escaped mental patient feared dangerous homicide suspect
Police widen search for 18 year old Elston Rex William Elston after he fled Ararat hospital. He previously killed his mother in Sale in 1958 and was found not guilty by reason of insanity. A nightlong manhunt with road blocks and trackers followed his wall jump from the hospital. Authorities urged vigilance as relatives fled to secret addresses.
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Rex William
Elston
Ararat
Ballarat Horsham
Hamilton
Stawell
Beaufort
Melbourne
Fred Grogan
Centre Given 26 Blankets and a TV to Goodwin Homes
Canberra Lions Club presented 26 electric blankets valued about £400 to Perimeter Cottages residents at Goodwin Homes. Club president D. Pitt also officially presented a television set installed about a week earlier.
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Canberra
Lions Club
Goodwin Homes
D. Pitt
Canberra Aero Club records four first solo flights in a day
Four student pilots from Canberra Aero Club achieved their first solo flights in a single day in a Cessna 172. The soloists include two Royal Military College cadets Set. Ben Bond and John Guild, Graeme Camage of Queanbeyan, and John Cooper of Lyneham. The club boasts modern equipment after phasing out the Chipmunk.
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Canberra Aero Club
R. Pill
Royal Military College Cadets
Ben Bond
John Guild
Graeme Camage
Queanbeyan
John Cooper
Lyneham
Pill
Australia
Grazier Dies on Flight Between Sydney and Canberra
An elderly Victorian grazier died on a flight from Sydney to Canberra yesterday. Police have not released his name. The man fell ill in Sydney and died before landing at Fairbairn about 5 10 p.m. Two hostesses gave oxygen and a RAF medical officer pronounced him dead on arrival. His wife daughter and secretary were believed aboard.
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Sydney
Canberra
Melbourne
Patricia Sturrock
Pamela Jullian
R.A.A.F
Malcolm Hoare
Fairbairn
District pioneer 80 dies in Canberra home
James Courtney Moore aged 80, son of the first white child born in the Wugger Anong district, died at his Manly NSW residence. He lived on Bulga Creek property near Queanbeyan, later in partnership on MarArthy and Yarralumla estates. He served in church roles and was a foundation ACTP and A Association member. Burial at St Johns Canberra after service.
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Wuggeranong
Manly
N.S.W
James Courtney Moore
Bulga I Creek
Queanbeyan
Bulga Creek
Minnie
Pete Murphy
Peon Church
Canberra
Moore
St. John's Cemetery
Jon
Prince Philip Birthday Congratulatory Telegram Sent
Sir Dallas Brooks on behalf of Australia sent a telegram to Prince Philip offering warm congratulations and best wishes on his birthday. Prince Philip celebrated his birthday yesterday.
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Commonwealth of Australia
Dallas Brooks
Prince Philip
Government of Australia
U S Military Aid Ban Recommended by Foreign Affairs Panel
The Foreign Affairs Committee urged the House to accept a recommendation limiting military aid to nations that use U S supplied equipment only for legitimate self defence and security. It cited Portugal in Angola and India in Goa as violations, and warned that aggression or lack of monitoring could bar further aid.
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Tatives
Foreign Affairs Committee
Portugal
U.S
Angola
India
Goa
United States
House
Leader Returns Berlin
East German Communist leader Walter Ulbricht arrived in Berlin by air from Moscow after a meeting of Communist Party chiefs in the Soviet capital.
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Berlin
P.reuter
Herr Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
Moscow
Iron ore export plans hinge on big WA outlay
Western Australia could export 450000 tons of iron ore to Japan by 1970 if deposits suit development. An initial outlay of 24 to 40 million pounds is needed, says Kagawa of Fuji Iron and Steel. Japan imports about 20 million tons annually from Malaya India and the Philippines. A Japanese mission reviews Rio Tinto Consolidated Zinc and Western Mining in WA before touring eastern states.
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Perth
Western Australia
Japan
Kagawa
Fuji Iron and Steel Company
Steel Company
Malaya
India
Philippines
Rio Tinto
Consolidated Zinc
Western Mining Corporation
Western
Australia
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Phone
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Desert Boot
Wey
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