Dispute over women prison officers at Long Bay
NSW Public Service Board likely to intervene in a row over assigning women to Long Bay Jail. Male officers threaten to strike if female officers are stationed there. Five women would join Long Bay for clerical and outside work, with hostile reactions from the male staff. No comment from Corrective Services chief. Sydney water police resume search for Roy Petersen and son Anthony, believed drowned at Kurnell. A separate Brisbane incident reports the death of Peter Brian Macrare after a trailer wheel incident. A fundraiser in Griffith, Queensland, drew 435 attendees paying five dollars each for Liberal MP Cameron's campaign. guest speaker was Mr Gorton.
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Long Bay Jail
SW Public Service Association
G. Hammond
Silverwater Women's Reformatory
Long Bay
W. McGeechan
Sydney Water Police
Roy Petersen
Anthony
Kingsgrove
Kurnell
Brisbane
Chiffith
Queensland
Cameron
Gorton
Bandits Lock Five Men In Moorcolbank Supermarket Vault
A Melbourne robbery left five workers trapped for four hours inside a supermarket vault after bandits stole 6000 dollars from the night takings. Firemen pumped oxygen as one man was bashed and kicked during the raid.
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Melbourne
Moorcolbank
Economics seminar draws 90 Jaycees in Deakin
A training seminar on the economics of everyday life gathered 90 Jaycees from the Murrumbidgee area at the Embassy Motel Deakin yesterday. Also in brief, BHP recalled crews at Whyalla steel plant after increased iron taps from Now Wiast furnace, and Gov Green defends WA draft resister Gary Cook as he takes an education post. A bale of wool sold in Goulburn for 1.39 per kg, matching Sydney’s record.
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Murrumbidgee Area
Embassy Motel
Deakin
Adelaide
BHP
Whyalla
Goulburn
Sydney
Two charged in $100000 opal theft case in Sydney
Two men aged 26 and 34, both from Kings Cross, were remanded to appear in Central Court on June 26 charged over a February 28 break in at Glenpark, 240 miles southwest of Sydney. Police say they stole one safe, opals valued at $100,000 and $7,000 in cash.
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Sydney
Central Court
Clive John Heard
Glen
Jénjo Tshaikovsky
Kings Cross
Peter Malcolm
G. Gissans
Sid
Multiple Overseas News Snippets Shaped By Weekend Reports
Headlines from Sydney to Madrid cover polling in New Zealand Labour versus National Party, Bolte’s overseas trip hints at a potential $1 million Victorian industry project, Aboriginal squatters demand 1500 houses in Perth, Australian Grocersweek forum set for June in Albury Wodonga, Donna Wales chosen Trade Union queen candidate in Goulburn, and a Sydney girl held in Spain over hashish import allegations.
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National Association of Retail Grocers of Australia
Albury- Wodonga
Smoke damage report at Phillip Oval fire incident
Police said smoke damage estimated at 100 pounds to an air stand at Phillip Oval after petrol burned in a plastic bucket. The incident was reported to authorities on Saturday, according to a police spokesman last night.
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Phillip Oval
Plastics fumes cited as health hazard by scientists
Australian scientists warn fumes from plastics including the new car smell pose health risks. The article cites studies on inhalation dangers, a death linked to fumes from an electrical conduit, and concerns over liver damage from certain plastic products. Dr George is mentioned in relation to the debate.
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Sydmey
Syioey University
DOE
United States
George
Ballet principals wed Miss Lucette Aldous and Mr Alan Alder
Ballet principals Lucette Aldous and Alan Alder married at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Forrest. Bride daughter of Mrs Marie Jones Sydney, attended by groom's sister. Groom son of Mr and Mrs R. Alder Braddon, attended by Mr Kelvin Coe. Designer Mel Clifford created wedding party clothes. Reception at Red Mill home of Bunty Glover. Couple left for Melbourne for Australian Ballet rehearsals for Adelaide season beginning June 27, and will live in Melbourne between tours.
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Lucette Aldous
Alan Alder
Australian Ballet
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Forrest
Marie Jones
Sydney
Kevin Reiher
Macquarie
R. Alder
Braddon
Ballet
Kelvin Coe
Mel Clifford
Red Mill
Bunty Glover
Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust
Melbourne
Adelaide
Dynamite threat prompts evacuation of 40 Port Pirie homes
In Port Pirie a man threatened to blow up his house prompting eight officers to secure the area. Evacuation affected about forty homes while police spoke with him and later retrieved fourteen sticks of dynamite and fuse. The 40-year-old father of four is due in Port Pirie police court.
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Adelaide
Port Pirie
Port Pine
Bom
Australians debate 35 hour week and 40 hour illusion
Melbourne report quotes Ralph Willis saying about one in six Australian workers already log under 40 hours weekly. He contends many assume a 40 hour week while lunch breaks reduce actual hours. Willis, ALP candidate for Gellibrand, notes gradual shift toward a 35 hour week in energy sectors before nationwide rollout.
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Melbourne
Ralph Willis
Willis
ALP
Gellibrand
Robert Jolly
ACTU
Alarm at VD spread among Northern Territory Aborigines
Labor health spokesman Mr Hayden described venereal disease as out of control in the Northern Territory with syphilis at 191 and gonorrhea at 170 per 100000, far exceeding Australian rates. He urged an emergency government education and health campaign to help Aboriginal communities facing dire poverty and high mortality.
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Northern Territory
Labor Party
Hayden
Canberra
Kenneth Anderson
Australia
Survey shows Australian manufacturers expect upturn
A Canberra survey of Australian manufacturers by the Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia and the Bank of New South Wales reports optimism for the next three to six months. While 60 percent cite insufficient orders and reduced output, forecasts for employment, new orders, and output for the ensuing quarter show distinct improvement from the previous survey.
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Canberra
Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia
Bank of New South Wales
Road toll in Sydney and Victoria rises this weekend
Road tolls report seven deaths on NSW roads this week including three pedestrians. The year to date total reaches 47 fatalities. Victoria also records five deaths on its roads over the weekend.
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Sydney
Nsw
Belgian entry Scarabus wins Melbourne Film Festival Grand Prix
Boos greeted the announcement that Belgian film Scarabus, 13 minutes, won the Grand Prix at the Melbourne Film Festival. Judges praised macabre wit and surreal horror. Director Gerald Frydman used animated stills with drawn backgrounds and a single actor playing hundreds of roles. Derby Day, a British 52 minute film, won the Silver Trophy for best film over 30 minutes and the television prize as part of the 14 day festival wrapping.
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Melbourne
Australia says regional mission welcomed by Asia partners
Prime Minister states that the mission was a success and welcomed in Indonesia Malaysia and Singapore. He notes troops remain where needed and stresses five power defence arrangements and Kuala Lumpur Declaration deepened policy understanding. Public rhetoric praises Australia as a stabilising friend in South East Asia.
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Tom Razak
Kuala Lumpur
Australia
Malaysia
Singapore
McMahon
Indonesia
South- East Asia
National Times Publishes Free Wine Magazine Australia Pilgrimage
The National Times releases a 40 page colour magazine Wine An Australian Pilgrimage with full colour pictures clear maps and reports guiding readers to Australia s major wine regions. On sale now.
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National Times
Australia
Warning on Concorde sales pitch warned by professor
Australians should distrust door to door salesmen and the Concorde 002 as a profit driven scheme Professor Ralph Slatver head of environmental biology at ANU cautioned on radio He argued the Concorde’s appeal rests on speed and that third world nations fear Western technology domination He noted protests over colonialism and potential pollution as the jet tours Australia.
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Ralph Slatver
Australian National University
Australian Broadast Commission
Mascot
Slatver
Coun
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