Grandmother leads search for three scouts missing near Captains Flat
A grandmother and family organized a night search for three 1st Canberra Scout Troop members who spent a night in rugged bushland after saying they went off course on a 12 to 14 mile hike. Canberra Aero Club assisted with a Cessna 172 piloted by R H Pill locating fires lit by the boys and searchers.
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Captains Flat
Gladys Strudwick
Neville Meddemmen
Verran Place
Curtin
Canberra Times
Peter Ford
Canberra Aero Club
Strudwick
Raymond Slater
Miller Street
O'Connor
Tony Redman
Patterson Street
Ainslie
Steven Grallelis
Forbes Street
Turner
Canberra
Bush
Own
Queanbeyan Road
Darcy Strudwick
R. H. Pill
Pill
Foxlow
Mob pelts Russian Embassy in Canberra during protest
A group demonstrated outside the Russian Embassy in Canberra tossing miniature bombs eggs and fruit at the building. One man was arrested charged with throwing a missile in a public place while authorities urged restraint. The protest targeted Yuri Shukhevych and Ukrainian rights with placards and chants as police warned against further object throwing.
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Canberra Avenue
Australia
Tarakanov
Monaco Grand Prix Report Notes Gearbox Trouble
The report notes that only five of sixteen starters completed two laps at Monaco today. Australia’s Jack Brabham was off the track with gearbox trouble, cutting his race short after two laps.
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Reuter
the Rice
Monaco
Australia
Jack Fabham
Australian Troops Repel Vietcong Attack at Balmoral Base
A Vietcong battalion launched a combined mortar rocket and ground assault on the Balmoral fire base in Bien Hoa province, eight miles from Coral, with Australian casualties described as light. Australian tanks and Centurion weapons returned fire. six enemy bodies were found and a US helicopter gunship aided withdrawal. Reports also note 500 North Vietnamese troops killed in other allied operations near the DMZ as peace talks approach.
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Balmoral
Bien Hoa Province
South Vietnam
Canberra
Coral
Saigon
1D Battalion
RAR
1St Armoured Regiment
Townsend in solitary confinement at Holsworthy camp
Sydney journalist and National serviceman Mr Townsend is held in solitary at Holsworthy army camp after an Army court martial sentenced him to 28 days detention for disobeying an order. His fiancée Miss Mary Jane Boscacci described a 9 by 9 foot cell with bread and water rations and nightly door banging to keep him awake.
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Melbourne
Simon Townsend
Holsworthy Army Camp
Mary Jane Boscacci
Miss Boscacci
Sydney
Mr Townsend
Holsworthy
Townsend
ACTA Threatens Action Over Office Space Standards
The ACT branch of the Administrative and Clerical Officers Association warns the Department of Trade and Industry it will take the strongest possible action if office accommodation standards are reduced. It cites 24 officers in unsatisfactory space, including eight highly paid, and notes past walkouts by typists over poor lighting and ventilation. A deputation met officials, and a formal protest was filed.
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ACT
The
Administrative and Clerical Officers’ Association
Department of Trade and Industry
Canberra
ACOA
Association
Northern Territory
Department of Territories
Department of the Interior
Department of Education and Science
Childers Street
Civic Centre
Wage Rise Offer In France
Paris faced fuel shortages as a general five percent wage increase was offered in response to union demands for twelve percent. A compromise of two five percent raises this year may be reached after 12 hours of talks involving the Government, employers, and unions. Final agreement possible tonight at Spa, with a three franc minimum hourly wage discussed though not confirmed.
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Paris
Pompidou
Spa
Canberra
Social Affairs Ministry
Quake jolts in New Zealand deepen fear and loss
A sharp quake hit Hawkes Bay as New Zealand’s tremor sequence continued. A man describes his home swept away by rocks as large as himself after his wife was killed in the major shake, and he crawled more than a mile for help with a broken ankle. The report also notes Kosygin leaving Prague for Moscow amid Soviet troop participation in next month’s exercises. The page includes listings for Cables, Weddings, Sport, and Classifieds.
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Hawkes Bay
Zealand
Kosygin
Prague
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
France 1968 Protests Escalate Amid Referendum Fight
National protests planned by the French National Union of Students clash with police in Bordeaux injuring dozens as General de Gaulle faces a hard vote on the fifth republic referendum. Rioting subsides in Paris Latin Quarter with army engineers removing barricades while authorities limit further violence. Police told to shoot remains a referenced warning.
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French National Union of Students
Pompidou
Bordeaux
de Gaulle
Communist Party
le Monde
France
Paris
Latin Quarter
Lyons
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Stephan Grallelis
Ray Slater
Meddemmen
Yuri Shukhevych
George Mencinsky
Ukraine
Vietnam
Bape
Formas Ie
Anzac Parade
Australian War Memorial
Haydon Catholic Centre
Senator McMarcn
OLP
Vic
Jonathan Gaul
J. Doherty
Ministry of the Interior
Canberra Television Services Pty. Ltd
Bunda Street
Canberra City
Channel
PO S Sanberm Ci. Act
GPO
Tor
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