No Room at the Inn Leaves Family in Canberra Garage
A Sydney family and companions spent a night in a Braddon garage after all motels refused due to school holidays. Their car was damaged near Parliament House and police noted Canberra’s acute accommodation shortage as visitors crowded the city.
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Murs
W. Harris
Rodney
Harris
Steven Harris
Canberra
Sydney
Braddon
Parliament House
Canberra Avenue
Times Service Centre
Conyong Street
New South Wales
Steven
Dwestir
Plea for pension relief ignored in House
A question by Mr J Fraser of the Labour party on pensioner relief was not answered in Parliament. Mr Wentworth appeared fatigued on the front bench and asked for a written reply. The Speaker referred the matter to the Minister for Social Services.
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Fraser
ACT
Wentworth
Raby and
Waver
Chiles
Aston
Fraert
Interior
Minister links antiwar protests to overseas groups
Australian Attorney-General Bowen described peace demonstrations as not spontaneous but organized by external bodies. He linked the Communist Party and the World Peace Council to antiwar actions, tracing origins to the Association International Cooperation and Disarmament. AICD via NSW Peace Committee formed in 1945, with ties to World Peace Council and the Australian peace movement.
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Bowen
House of Representatives
Communist Party
World Peace Council
Can- Perr
Association International
Canberra
AICD
AICC
Vietnam
Asia
B Owen
Hower
Bryant
Lab. Vic
Snedden
Australian Congress For International Co
Congress
Arly
Australi
Australian Congress
Association For International Co-operation and Disarmament
Nsw
Australia
Visit to Moscow London to Moscow Talks on Vietnam and Middle East
Britain's foreign secretary Michael Stewart will fly to Moscow next week for talks on Vietnam and the Middle East. Informed sources say he will follow up London contacts with Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Smirnovsky on Vietnam.
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London
Britain
Reighh
Michael Stewart
Moscow
Vietnam
Middle East
Foreign Office
Stewart
Mikhailo Smirmovsky
Winter Snow Grips ACT Regions Amid Early Snowfalls
Snow reports spread across the ACT with subnormal May highs. ACT and Victoria cold snaps bring snow to Thredbo and upper ranges. forecasts warn of showers and winds. Officials note snow flurries reach 3,000 to 4,000 feet with possible easing of water restrictions in Canberra.
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Cander Bureau of Meteorology
Sal
Degin Hes
Tomo
Thredha
Orroral Valley
Act
Honeysuckle Creek
Tidhinbilla
G.huntt
Crookwell
Goulla
Canberra
Bureau of Meteora
Jas
Snowy Mountains
Brindabellas
Emperor Maule Selassie Attacks Apartheid Policy
Emperor Haile Selassie assailed Rhodesia and South Africa twice yesterday. He called Rhodesian rule illegal and apartheid policy abhorrent, urged United Nations action to end South West Africa control, and thanked Australia for technical aid and trade talks.
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Ethiopia
Rhodesia
South Africa
Aliiscans
Himelf
United Nations
South- West Africa
Angola
Mozambique
Ilegal
Gorton
Australia
South Australian Speaker Stott Fined For Traffic Failing
The Independent member for Ridley Mr Stott was fined 190 for traffic offences after pleading guilty to failing to stop at an accident and driving without due care in South Terrace Adelaide on March 26. The magistrate split the fines 30 and 70 with a doctor noted strain from recent threats and work pressure.
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Adeliade
As ‘Sembly
Independent
Ridley
Stott
T. Farrelly
M. W. Bednall
Nine Australians Die in Vietnam Clash At Bien Hoa
Australian troops suffer nine dead and 17 wounded in six hour engagement with Vietcong at an Australian fire support base in Bien Hoa province. Casualties raise total Australian deaths in Vietnam to 208 with National Servicemen at 77. Australian Task Force members described losses as severe given the limited battle casualties.
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Vietnam
Army
Canberra
Bien How
Saigon
Int Battalion
Royal Australian Regiment
Ize
Long Ton
Lynch
Vietcong Overrun Kham Duc Camp In South Vietnam
North Vietnamese forces shot down four American aircraft and five helicopters in the attack that seized the Kham Duc special forces camp. Two C130s evacuated irregulars. as many as 150 civilians and dependants killed. The camp lay 350 miles northeast of Saigon, near Route 14, defended by two regiments of the 2nd Division. B-52 strikes followed, dropping 50 tons of bombs on enemy troops within a two mile radius.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Green Beret
US Air Force
Kham Duc
North Vietnmese
Laos
Bss
Police state risk in censorship claims MP in House
Labor MP L T Devine told the House of Representatives Australia risks becoming a police state due to government censorship. He cited messages from public servants about being approached by Australian security agents to spy in universities, government spending on censorship, and fears over surveillance of mail and phone taps. He urged Parliament to oversee a new system to prevent publication of vital defence information. At the same time, reports detail heavy fighting in Vietnam as US and allied forces press operations, with large enemy casualties and ongoing evacuations around Kham Duc and Da Nang.
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Labor
House of Representatives
Australia
L.T. Devine
ALP
Nsw
Commonwealth Public Service
Eit
Devine
McDevine
Vietnam
Australias
Indonesian MPs arrive for 25 day Australia visit
Six members of the Indonesian Parliamentary Delegation arrived at Caberra airport last night amid rain. Led by Vice-Speaker Major General Dr Saif The, the delegation begins a 25-day visit to Australia.
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Caalberra
House For Representatives
Saif the
Australia
The Duke deflates some egos in Farnburgh circles
The Duke of Farnburgh voices critical views as seen by the Chief Justice. The page notes include commentaries by T. B. Millar on Australia’s role in South East Asia security. Other items list government resignations and departments, with extensive page references across Courts, Parliament, and Arts sections.
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Duke of
Farnburgh
Als
Garfield Burwinch
Australia
South-east Asia
T. B. Millar
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