Laos crisis heats as Pathet Lao rebels challenge rule
Laos PM Prince Souvanna Phouma urged calm amid reports of a leftist military rebellion. A Pathet Lao backed coalition government warned opposition would be crushed, with armoured units joining revolts near Vientiane. Exiled Laotian leaders, including General Vang Pao, sought refuge across the Thai border as Thailand tightened border controls.
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Kham Quan Boupha
Neutraliste
National Radio
Bangkok
Vang Pao
Thailand
Kukrit Pramoj
Associated Press
Mekong
Kukrit
Uderna
China to discuss Olympic movement at five day meetings
Five days of meetings begin in Rome to discuss China’s admission to the Olympic movement. The talks are a lead up to the annual IOC session in Lausanne next week, with international sports officials gathering to set the agenda.
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Rome
Reuter
IOC
Lausannes
Man shot dead in Sydney siege
SYDNEY Monday police used tear gas to force a 55 year old man from a Sydney house and shot him as he ran out firing a high powered rifle. He had held the pole at bay for nearly three hours wounding a police officer. another officer suffered gas inhalation. Witnesses saw a woman stagger from the house wounded and collapse in the gutter. a man helping her was ordered away. The woman and police are in satisfactory condition.
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Sydney
Glanville
Man and wife killed in two car collision in Canberra
A man about 40 and his wife, also around 40, were killed in a two car crash on Vernon Circle Civic yesterday afternoon. Fraser, 19, of Griffith, died from injuries after a utility ran off the circle early Friday, according to authorities. Prime Minister Whitlam will address the nation on radio and television at 7:30 tonight about his recent overseas trip.
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Cabinet backs general submission to wage commission
The Australian Cabinet chose not to comment on a metal trades wage claim and instead prepare a general submission to the Arbitration Commission. A four member committee led by Prime Minister Whitlam will draft the position, aiming for completion by week’s end, while opposition leader Fraser denounces the move as a mockery of wages policy.
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Refusal to grant union pay claims raises test for indexation
The Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission faced union demands for 18 to 20 dollar weekly raises under the Federal Metal Industry Award as 12 unions sought pay rises. Union advocate R Scott warned such refusals would push workers away, while employers argued full grants could cost about 830 million annually. The judge, J Moore in Sydney, began hearings with Government and state authorities allowed to intervene, and the case centers on wage indexation and its broader impact on 400,000 employees directly and 220,000 indirectly.
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National Employers’ Policy Committee
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ACTU to seek joint talks on wage indexation
In Adelaide the ACTU leader R J Hawke says the union body will urge the Federal Government and employers to begin joint discussions to implement wage indexation. He notes the move could avert a severe postwar economic scenario and aims to restore wages to September 1974 levels with tradesmen seeking about 20 dollars weekly increases.
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Hawke
Bureau of Socialist International
Population growth in Canberra slows further in 1974
Canberra City district population reached 184,150 at December 31 1974, up 3,200 since September and 11,200 for the year. The December quarter growth rate fell to 6.4 percent from 6.46 percent, well below the prior 9.99 percent. Tug Geen’s 50 residents were not counted, as Tugeraanong lay outside city boundaries. North Canberra South Canberra and Weston Creek lost residents while Belconnen and Weston Creek rose.
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Bureau of Statistics
Canberra City
Tuggeen
Canberra
Tugeeranong
Woden
Belconnen
Weston Creek
Canberra Government House Costs Climb Sharply
The average cost to build a government house in Canberra has risen by 3860 dollars in the past year, a more than 28 percent jump as private sector prices rise even more. An ordinary government house now averages 17500 dollars to build, with a floor area around 106.5 square metres, up from 13640 dollars last May.
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Canberra
National Capital Development Commission
Bank Props Pound in Early London Trading
The Bank of England moved quickly to support the pound as it slid to new lows against Britain's 10 major trading partners. By noon the pound’s depreciation since December 1971 stood at 24.90 against the key currencies, despite swift action to halt further decline.
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London
Bank of England
Britain
Fare appeal for old Olympian SYONES and Hall of Fame bid
An Australian political bid seeks funding to bring Miss Jina Wylie, the country’s oldest living Olympic medallist, to Florida for induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Pickard urges immediate pledges as time is tight. Wylie defers federal support, recalling memories with Margaret Islam and past Coogee Aquarium swims.
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United States
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Florida
International Swimming Hall of Fame
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Hall of Fame
Dawn Fraser
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Margaret Islam
Coogee Aquarium
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Notice to almost 200 at stations
Notice was given of dismissal affecting nearly 200 people at the ACT station area with an effective date between now and June 12. The report mentions the Telegrams and references page three coverage.
Copper workers riot at Bougainville mine in PNG
Rioters estimated at about 1000 attacked Bougainville Copper security and police posts in Port Moresby and on Bougainville island. They commandeered bulldozers to destroy access roads, attacked the police station, and clashed with a 30-member riot squad amid pay and conditions protests following the dismissal of a union official.
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