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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 10, 1966
Page
2
Senior police officers across Australia will convene in Sydney later this year to discuss a long-range crime assessment based on demographers at the Australian National University in Canberra.
A conference of commissioners to be held at the Australian Police College in Sydney in November or December will study coping with crime in 1975. Two overseas experts will lecture, including Chicago police chief Orlando Wilson and solicitor Dan Liu mand. The gathering discusses forged mortgages and a standard police car for all states, with Leaver facing charges. The Victorian government aims to recruit more police and has not provided some prosecution documents.
London reports the life sentences for Tan Brady and Myra Hindley, described as the severest since hanging was abolished. The Home Office notes possible review by the Home Secretary after case consultation, with potential minimum terms set by authorities.
Justice Smithers urged severe penalties as corrective and deterrent for a motorist who failed to give way. The court noted it was the first known case of a pedestrian tension offence resulting in a motorist fine exceeding usual amounts.
Walter Zytnik, 26, a photographer from Griffith, faced speeding and signaling charges. The magistrate dismissed the case noting a police registry misreading of his license status, with a request for reinvestigation and a reminder that unlicensed conviction risks exist.
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