Albatross WWI German fighter returns to Canberra display
A World War I German fighter aircraft, the last of its type, completed its final flight yesterday and arrived at Canberra airport inside a RAAF Hercules. Restored over 16 years by the Aviation Historical Museum at Camden with War Memorial support, it is now on display at the Australian War Memorial. The aircraft, shot down on December 17, 1917, had suffered engine damage but made a three point landing.
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Indian PM Gandhi Welcomed on Seven Day State Visit
Indira Gandhi arrives in Australia on a seven day state visit, greeted by crowds in Sydney and Canberra. She meets Prime Minister Gorton, the Governor General, and officials, pledging to discuss mutual concerns and urging Asia to shape its own future. She plans meetings with ministers, a parliamentary luncheon, and a press conference before traveling to Melbourne.
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Riot at island ceremony in Milne Bay leaves one dead
Police respond to a traditional yarn exchange riot on Kisiwina Island in the Milne Bay Trobriand group. One man killed, five injured, 65 arrested as police reinforce district officials. A separate riot in Wabar, Western Highlands, left a man with an arrow wound in the brain and a house burned.
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Fragmented Late News Text Reaches Unclear Outcome
A garbled OCR item mentions an event tied to Cavite Fd Anairaliénn and dates 04 and 21, with repeats on 1/22. Details are unreadable, but references to a follow-on action and a forced timeline appear, though names and context are not recoverable.
Aid for India campaign organiser criticises government
The organiser of the Aid for India campaign criticised the Commonwealth Government for refusing tax deductions on donations for powdered milk shipments to India. Mr J L Allan also attacked the NSW Government for not providing concession rail freight, while national campaign presidents Mrs Moura Dynon of Melbourne and Mr Allan, who lives in Richards Street, were cited.
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Non smoking wards urged after hospital study
Adelaide reports Dr P M Last urged non smoking wards in all hospitals based on a year long study at Daw Park Repatriation General Hospital. Patients in non smoking wards recovered faster, required fewer readmissions, and breathed more efficiently than those in smoking wards.
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Informers to Be Paid in Vietnam War Effort
Police announce rewards for Vietcong informants and those reporting their stores of explosives with payments ranging from 50 000 to 1 000 000 piasters. Names kept secret. In Paris Averell Harriman meets President de Gaulle at the Elysee amid Vietnam talks.
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Chaos as eight million strike rocks France
Paris reports eight million striking workers causing economic chaos with Paris Stock Exchange closures. Two million more leave their jobs amid Communist unions pushing de Gaulle to resign and a no confidence vote. Banks close as deposits surge. De Gaulle backs an amnesty law for student leaders, sent to the assembly for rapid passage, but crisis persists.
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De Gaulle weighs referendum to calm unrest in France
Plan for a notional referendum next month on a new calm initiative surfaces as France endures its worst labour and transport disruption in a decade. De Gaulle may address the nation on Friday in a televised broadcast while air, rail, and road links remain severed. Bank workers and fuel supplies stir public anxiety as panic appears with shoppers and motorists stockpiling essentials.
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De Gaulle Faces Cabinet Shake Up and Referendum Plan
President de Gaulle plans sweeping cabinet changes and a referendum to approve a draft law giving workers greater management roles. The air force will control all air traffic over France, while the Communist Party calls for overthrow and a left coalition. Tax collection strikes ease motorists but fuel shortages persist amid crisis. In London, Michael Stewart rejects advise to delay the European move and to relocate Vietnam talks.
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Journalist Bennetts to Lecture at Australian National University
Tohn Bennetts, Southeast Asia correspondent of The Canberra Times, becomes a senior lecturer in political science at the Australian National University School of General Studies. He begins in October with a salary of 7290 to 8750 dollars and brings decades of foreign reporting from India to Vietnam and Laos and work at the Canberra press gallery and ABC.
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Laos
Ship on fire aboard Blenheim en route to Oslo
A Norman ferry Blenheim caught fire mid voyage from Newcastle to Oslo. The passenger rating 4.766-10n was abandoned as rescue ships pulled at least 60 of 89 passengers from the Blenheim in the North Sea off Copenhagen on Tuesday.
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Haiti Invasion Report Collapses to Chaotic Claims
A fragmentary clipping from Page 5 reports a Haitian invasion claim with references to Duvalier’s regime since 1987 and guerrillas capturing a post. The article mixes unclear phrases about the army and opposition, with scattered notes about Australian police and Canberra markets on other pages.
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