Abattoir Talks Today in Canberra and Queanbeyan
A deputation will meet Health Minister Dr Forbes to discuss the Canberra Abattoir with a public meeting in Queanbeyan. The deputation follows news the abattoir chilling rooms may be offered for sale or lease. Member for Eden Monaro Dugald Munro will present the delegation, with another from Goulburn expected to attend on Thursday.
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Dr Forbes
Canberra Abattoir
Queanbeyan
Abattoir
Eden- Monaro
Dugald Munro
Goulburn
Forbes
New health body formed in ACT
An ACT branch of the Australian Public Health Association was formed at a Canberra public meeting. An interim committee will work out details and be chaired by Dr Alex Johnson, director of the ACT Health Services branch.
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Act
Australian Public Health Association
Canberra
Alex Johnson
ACT Health Services
Wool board unveils machine washable hand knitting yarn
The Australian Wool Board announced a new yarn that is fully machine washable and unshrinkable. In tests, garments knitted from the yarn showed no shrinkage after 100 hours in a washing machine, Melbourne reports.
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Melbourne
Australian Wool Board
Space Centre Report on Apollo Moon Landing Efforts
A late news item from Space Centre Aavae notes Uneticam astronae tests and space tolerance work to aid the year’s module landing. Apollo spacecraft continues to move toward the Intermee for easier handling, with preliminary steps reported by space officials.
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Space Centre
Avae
University sex education call at ANU symposium
Two speakers at ANU Orientation Week urged comprehensive sex education in primary schools with full factual detail from age three. Dr B Furnass supported teaching biology and emotional aspects, while Miss Dionne Austin argued for honest discussion of affection and contraception. The packed Coombs Theatre reflected broad interest.
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ANU
Ann Dalgarno
ACT
B. Furnass
ANU Health Service
H.C. Coombs
Dionne Austin
Dalgame
Major road work delays hit London Circuit interchange
The $637,000 London Circuit Parkes Way Commonwealth Avenue interchange faces about a six month delay. Commonwealth Avenue reopening now expected June or July instead of January. NCDC spokesman cites contract timing but says continuation of Parkes Way under Commonwealth Avenue remains well advanced and the project should still finish by July. Traffic diversions persist due to stage T lateness.
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London
Parkes Way
Commonwealth Avenue
Trafic
National Capital Development Commission
NCDC
London Circuit
Ten tanks assault US base near Cambodian border
Ten Russian designed PTL76 and PT-768 tanks led a North Vietnamese attack on a Green Beret camp six miles from the Cambodian border. US armor and artillery countered through the night with air strikes destroying two tanks. Be Gong Beret forces operate isolated for weeks. Large US B52 bombing followed to deter further invasion. Vietcong assassinate three villagers near Nui Dat at Phuoc Tuy.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Beng US Artille Base
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Ben Hat
1St Air Cavalry Division
Gorton Breaks Silence On Hoffmann Affair Details
Prime Minister Gorton answered one Hoffmann issue showing ASIO did not intervene with ministers or the Public Service Board while remaining silent on the claim that Mrs Hoffmann sent documents to ASIO. His statements depart from Senate ministers who would not confirm or deny the allegations.
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Gorton
Security Service
ASIO
Gerard Charles Hoffmann
Department of Customs and Excise
Public Service Board
Senate
Hoffmann
Commonwealth
House of Representatives
ASTO
Cavanagh Lab
Cavanagh
House
Scott
Char
Labor presses attack over Hoffmann and ASIO affair
The debate centers on whether ASIO should handle matters like Hoffmann’s resignation from Customs and questions about its charter. Prime Minister and Labor Senators press for answers, noting potential overreach and awaiting further questions. Hoffmann’s resignation followed an improper conduct charge linked to a by law on turtle skins, with $1,162.98 duty evaded.
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Hoffmann
ASIO
Giorton
Labor
Department S
Scott
McLeay
Lib, SA
Gorton
Cavanagh
Churches ignoring threat says Mackay in defense debate
Dr Mackay a NSW Liberal back bencher accused Australian churches of refusing to heed truth about communism in a House of Representatives defence debate. He warned leftists and church leaders push anti‑anti‑Communist sentiment while the World Council of Churches campaign to overturn democracy.
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Mackay
Australia
House of
Vietnam
World Council of Churches
China
Papua
New Guinea
Congo
Kiesinger visits despite Soviet warnings in Berlin
The West German Chancellor travels to Berlim amid Soviet cautions as Germany faces its presidential elections. A political row unfolds with accusations and warnings dominating front pages.
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Kiesinger
Dr Kissinger
Berfin
Berfie
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Department of the Terror
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