Two killed and seven injured in Becretting crash
A man and a boy died and seven people were injured when a car carrying nine occupants collided with a truck near Bungendore yesterday. Barry Alfred Gann and Kenneth Tozer were confirmed dead. The Gann family endured serious injuries including head and internal injuries. Rhonda Gann, 7, suffered critical head injuries. The driver Desmond Simpson and passenger John William McDonald were hurt.
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Canbera
Cafra Community Hospital
Lastight
Barry Alfred Gann
Wyatt Street
Goulburn
Kenneth ‘Tozer
Lisgar Street
Gann
Rhonda
Queanbeyan
New jets for VIPs next month for RAAF squadron
The first of two BAC One Eleven jets for No 34 Squadron, RAAF, is due in Canberra late next month after a flight from BAC works at Hurn England. Crews begin conversion training at Hurn, joining Mystere twin jets, Viscount, and Hawker Siddeley aircraft in the squadron. Convairs may be sold next year. The two jets cost about 3 million dollars each, with a total program cost near 14 million including maintenance gear.
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No 34
RAAF
Can Berra
Mina ‘Cay
Delvery
RAAR
British Aircraft “Corporation
Hurn
Hampshire
England
BAC
Jusdion
Fragmented Late News Text With Jumbled Phrases
A garbled wire service style scramble lists diverse names and places in a disjointed sequence. The fragment mentions journalists Adenine EIT Monde Fyre Whe and others, with unclear events and affiliations, lacking coherent actions or dates to form a complete report.
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Adenine Eit
Monde
Ley
Ehorte
Jekeurale
Rmisteniliey Staumnentn
Prisoners Flown to Washington After Release
Three American airmen freed by North Vietnam were loaded into a U S aircraft at Beirut under heavy security and flown to Washington. The men were identified as James B Jackson of West Virginia, Lee Pitzer of North Carolina, and Edward R Johnson of California. Johnson said he did what he said under pressure in Hanoi, while Pier contradicted the claim.
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Beirut
Washington
Associated Press
James B Jackson
West Virginia
Fer
Lee Pitzer
North Carolina
Edward R. Johnson
California
Johnson
Aras
AL Bayrak
Hanoi
Pier
Thieves' Loot May Reach 2.5 Million in London Break-In
Thieves raided a London strongroom over the weekend, damaging a basement safety vault with thermal cutting gear. Initial reports estimate the haul at SA2.3 million as jewellery and cash were found scattered across the vault floor. Local police continue investigations into the daring theft.
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London
London Co-operative Society
Sony
Children saved as bushfire threatens Morgany Mill near Erica
A bushfire burning 20 000 acres near Morgany Mill in Gippsland drove twelve children from isolation to evacuation near Erica Victoria last night. Divisional forester Mc F Butler reported the danger to the settlement had passed after crews controlled the blaze.
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Yim
Bush
Say
Mill
Erica
Victoria
Mc F. Butler
Morgany Mill
Hee
Gippsland
Moe
Heat returns as Canberra swelters with fire danger rising
Canberra endures another hot day with highs near 90 in the ACT as firefighters battle a blaze that began weeks ago. About 80 personnel from State Forestry Commission, Country Fire Authority, and State Electricity Commission use bulldozers and water tenders to contain the fire despite a strong north-westerly wind. Eleven
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Canberra
Act
Butler
State Forestry Commision
Country Fire ‘Authority
State Electricity Commission
Victoria
Cleric Adjourned In Melbourne Case
The hear ing of ecclesiastic charges against Reverend Neil Glover was adjourned to December 20 and will be heard in camera. Archbishop Dr F Woods announced. Glover, 45, faces charges of conduct disgraceful and producing scandal from his marriage to Miss Marion Manos, 21, while his first wife lived. He divorced in 1958 for adultery. The hearing lasted about an hour. reporters were barred or ejected.
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Melbourne
Neil Glover
F. Woods
Glover
Anglican Church
Mr Glover
Marion Manos
Christ” Church i
Newport
Bly
Howie of
St Is
Pistol surrender under Canberra amnesty prompts police inquiry
A man at a Canberra construction site surrendered a converted rifle turned pistol during a temporary weapons amnesty. He told police he needed protection and handed the firearm yesterday as part of the amnesty allowing unregistered weapons to be surrendered without prosecution before year end.
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Seapons
Canberra
Johannesburg optician escapes in fraud case dash
In Johannesburg a 37 year old optician fled from the Supreme Court minutes before appearing in an 8.75 million revenue stamp fraud case after a court official ordered him out of his cell. Meyerson, claiming to be a Meyerson brothers representative, walked free as police removed his brother Lewis and another unnamed man.
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Johannesburg
Supreme Court
Margette
Meyerson
Reuther Lewis
Mortis Meyerson
Meyerson Brothers
He ‘Meyersons
Pilot rescued after downed over North Vietnam near Hanoi
A US pilot in North Vietnam was shot down near Hanoi last week and rescued by a helicopter. Captain Bill Sparks, 32, Kentucky, was the downed flyer and survived as North Vietnamese forces moved toward the area.
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Saigon
Mowe
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Bill Sparks
Kentucky
Whitlam promises Labor on Vietnam policy in campaign speech
In Sydney on Monday Labor Leader Whitlam pledged that a Labor government would not abdicate Australia’s Vietnam role. Speaking to about 1,100 at Blacktown Civic Centre, he attacked the government’s home front record and urged using Australia’s influence to push toward a holding operation and an end to broader military involvement.
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Sydney
Whitlam
Australia
Labor
Vietnam
Ant
Mc Whitlam
ALF
Adelaide
United States
Whitlam appeals for Labor Senate to guide 1969 vote
Whitlam urges voters to back a Labor controlled Senate to keep the government on its toes and restore national purpose. He attacks government policy on education health welfare and development while arguing for a broad national program and regional power. The speech links Vietnam to broader domestic aims and stresses audacity and unity.
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Vietnam
Ernment
Labor
Austral
Wansport
Pss
Me Whitlam
Prime Minister speculates on Labor Senate win effects
Sydney Monday report quotes Prime Minister Holt as saying a Labor Senate victory might influence the 1969 federal House results if Labor wins four states. He notes possible Senate dissolution depends on Senate action, and discusses public attitudes toward Senate independence and government policy. Concerns about security, employment, education, and development are mentioned in the context of the upcoming state election.
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Senate
House of Representatives
Sydney
Holt
Labor
Labour
Howe For
Representatives
Molt
Treasurer's unusual trip to meet in Campbell Town
The Treasurer Mr Me Maton hitch hiked to a meeting in Campbell Town tonight. His secretary Mrs Me Atabon accompanied. On the way, Mrs Maton fell ill from the heat near Liverpool and was transported to a commonwealth car to Sydney with Mr McMahon while the Treasurer walked to a brake-repair centre, where Mr RN Johnson of Mortdale provided aid.
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Sydney
Me Maton
Campbelltown
Me Atabon
Hie
Heer Kelly
Liverpool
McMahon
RN. Johnson
Mortdale
Canberran Beer Supplies Flag in Hery Trial Context
Fragmented notes show club beer supplies in Canberra nearly exhausted as a meeting in Sydney aims to settle a workers strike. A refined look at the term com rimune and reference to the Valiant Regiment appears on later pages.
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Sydney
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Canebetta Community Hospital
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Nett
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St Kilda Melbourne
Uohurt
Frank Cranwen
Aviarion Corespondent
Mr Holt
RSL
Hornsby
Eggleton
Nalure
Kai Henry Larssen
Far
Jonathan Gaul
Ahaline
Anzac Cove
Tobruk
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Whitlang
Tabor
Ministee
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ALP
Prevent Labor Senate
Chamber
BHP
Albert Shepbert
Voyager
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Roy Craig
Hardy
Mildara
Leo Buring
Christmax
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