Strike spreads over basic wage dispute at Canberra hospital
Workers at the Sun Bern Community Hospital project joined a mass meeting led by the Builders Workers’ Union demanding the basic wage rise be absorbed. The dispute centers on over award pay and retroactivity, with unions and employers tangled in divergent pay scales and union participation.
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Commonwealth
G. A. Findslay
ACT Employers’ Association
R.D. Cowden
Findlay
Sunbern Community Hospital
Walshers
W. Shields
Mee
Employers’ Association
Witte
Manila backs Vietnam in non-combat support limited by budget
Philippine Armed Forces Chief General Alfredo Santos said Manila can offer non-combat military aid to South Vietnam in its war with the Viet Cong. He noted budget limits prevent any overseas combat deployment despite a closed-door meeting with South Vietnam’s Defense Minister Tran Thien Khiem.
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Manila
Reuter
Philippine Armed Forces
South Vietnam
Alfredo Santos
Tran Thien Khiem
Military Revolutionary Council
General Santos
Unite
Lolita ban persists as study continues at ANU
The Minister for Customs did not approve copies of Lolita for a university English course at ANU. Dr. Brisenden criticizes the decision while student leaders defend academic freedom to prescribe relevant works for study and examinations will include questions on the novel.
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Australian National University
le Vree Chancellon
Leon
Huey
Seniator Meaty
Department of English
Levmaed
R. F. Brissenden
A.N.U. School of General Studies
Customs
Coure
Lolita
Students” — Association
Nazi Arrests After Night Raid in Australia
Police surrounded a house described as the organisation’s headquarters in Australia after a dawn raid led by Detective Sergeant Fred Bradstreet. Several members were interviewed. one man is believed to be the leader, two others sought for misrepresentation and fraud. Charges include possession of explosive gelignite and a revolver without a licence.
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Australia
Charles Smith
Charlotte Street
Ashfield
Lorry Crash Blocks Bridge Near Braidwood
A fully laden sheep lorry and a timber jinker blocked the Carierra Bateman's Bay road near Braidwood after a narrow bridge collision. No injuries reported to drivers Keith Turner and the jinker driver. The crash delayed ACT traffic as crews freed the jammed vehicles and cleared the bridge.
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Braidwood
Keith ‘Turner
Stornaway Road
Queanbeyan
yerra-Bateman
Howard Dixon Bruce
Charlottey
A.C.T. Rosie
Shoalhaven
Johnson May Visit Australia Strong possibility discussed at White House
President Johnson may visit Australia with Autumn as preferred timing. Sir Robert Menzies and Dame Pattie attend dinner in Washington with Averell Harriman. They plan to travel to New York, then London for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference. ANZUS defense talks feature in discussions of allied actions under constitutional processes.
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Johnson
Robert
White House
U.S
Dean Rusk
Defence
Robert McNamara
Australi
New Zealand
United States
Sir Robert
House of Representatives
Malayssian Borneo
Indonesia
W. [Ington
Pattie Menzies
Averell Harriman
Dame Pattie
New Yo
New York
London
Sir” Robert
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Erviees
Brassey
Mint
Uken
Brassey House
Iney
Tt Metal Workers’ Union
Electrical Trades Union, Blacksmiths’ Society
Federated Engine, Drivers and Firemen’s Association
Lnien
Ir UN
Pas Wall Ds
Tr Pz
Eather Pd
Pth
Vietnam
Brissenden
Itad 1
Arissendwa
A. N.U. Students’ Association
A. G. Hartnell
Sydney
Austra
Peter James Maund
Muaner
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