Turkey on alert as Cyprus clashes kill Turkish Cypriots
ANKARA Turkey's armed forces were placed on alert after clashes between Greek and Turkish Cypriots left 23 Turkish Cypriots dead in a night battle around Kophinou and nearby Agios Theodoros. The Turkish cabinet met through the night and President Sunay returned to Ankara. Officials said Turkey may seek parliamentary approval to intervene if necessary. Airline bans were imposed on civilian and NATO traffic over Turkey. Domestic flights were grounded as the government prepared for possible troop deployment.
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Turkey
Kophinou
Agins ‘Theoderos
Nicisia
Associated Press
Cemal Tural
Cyprus
Eral Tural
London
Beirut
United Press International
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Greece
NATO
Plato prompts perfection in new Greek constitution
Athens report quotes Colonel George Papadopoulos, top ministerial figure, vowing a perfect constitution and a 20 member drafting commission to submit within a month. He declines a clear date for elections and cites delays on press freedom, promising action as soon as possible after the coup.
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Athens
George Papadopoulos
Plato
Aristotle
Papadopoulos
Evans Faces Contempt Charge Over Sunday Times Article
An application will be made in the High Court for an order committing Harold Evans editor of the Sunday Times to prison for alleged contempt of court. The action centers on a Sunday Times article about race relations.
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London
Raf-Reuter
Atorney
High Court
Feaxve
Sunday Times
Harold Evans
Canberra Fyshwick to Get Discount Shopping Centre
Canberra area retailers announce a new Fyshwick discount shopping block near Barrier Street and the Post Office, with five shops selling cheaper meat groceries fruit vegetables and some chemist lines. A Queanbeyan discount grocer and fruit shop operates as a J B Young Ltd subsidiary but runs independently.
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Barrier Street
Fyshwick
Queanbeyan
J. B. Young Ltd
Tom the
E. L. Crock
H. Edwards
R. D. Clayton
Adelaide minister hints bomber cost in January update
In Adelaide the Defence Minister Mr Bairhall spoke at Elizabeth noting the January timing for the final price of the bombers. He said the cost would be between the current estimate of 237 million dollars and under 300 million dollars, with no costs hidden as reports suggest.
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Adelaide
Defence
Bairhall
Elizabeth
Ouries
Puags
US bombs Haiphong shipyards in Vietnam War action
Saigon reports US air raids strike Haiphong shipyards for the first time in the Vietnam War. The dock area, previously off limits on the Pentagon target list, remains largely untouched while North Vietnamese mortars hit the Dak To base in a night siege.
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Saigon
Pentagon
Haiphong
Dak To
Collision damages two ships near Fremantle WA
The 15,496 ton BP Enterprise and the Al Kuwait were holed in a collision at Gage Roads four miles from Fremantle Harbour. The Al Kuwait is unseaworthy and towed to inner harbour for repairs while the BP Enterprise has a 40 foot gash, spilled oil, and a detergent spray operation is planned to curb pollution. Two ships were without pilots at the time of impact.
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Gage Roads
Fremantle Harbour
al Kuwait
Western Australia
R. R. Elliott
Kwinana
Fremantle
Perth
Oke Enterprise
Kwiork
BPFE
Keteege
Bombat offices found outside Northern Ireland government building
An explosive device was found this morning outside the Northern Ireland Government Offices in London with a brown paper parcel left near Ulster House on Berkeley Street. A security officer on patrol discovered it. officials say Princess Alexandra was not the intended target.
Yarra Glen opens next week for Woden expressway section
The first 876,017 road section from Adelaide Avenue at the Kent Street underpass to Carruthers Street is nearing completion with painting of lanes and signs. Opening is expected early next week though a fixed date has not yet been set. The project includes a second section and changes to Adelaide Avenue affecting the Prime Minister’s Lodge grounds.
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Yarra Glen
Adelaide Avenue
Kent Street
Carruthers Street
Hughes
Curtin
National Capital Development Commission
Conta
Widening plans for Adelaide Avenue and Yarra Glen traffic noted
A spokesperson outlined upcoming traffic changes from Carruthers Street to Melrose Drive with Yarra Glen to National Circuit opening next May. Major Adelaide Avenue improvements including a Hopetoun Circuit overpass would start early next year with stages of widening and landscaping work aimed to align grounds with red boundary.
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Yarra Glen
Carruthers Street
Melrose Drive
Adelaide Avenue
Hopetoun Circuit
Com Orks Peovle
Selanne
Nona
National Circuit
State Circle
Commission
Voyager issue raised in Senate campaign
In Adelaide and Sydney reports, Labor Leader Whitlam accuses Liberal ministers of distortions in the Voyager inquiry. He cites a prepared document circulating among Liberal peers and NSW Liberal Council. NSW MP St John corrects statements and explains documents record evidence from the Royal Commission without alleging ministerial distortion.
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Senate
Adelaide
Whitlam
Holt
Cabban
Stevens
NSW Council
Sydney
E. H. St John
St John
Royal Commission
Mr Whitlam
Mr St John
Liberal Party
Whithm
Vietnam
Catholic school talks on accommodation in Canberra region
Catholic education authorities meet with Archbishop Cahill and Monsignor Favier as Interior Minister Nixon withdraws a plan to place about 200 Catholic pupils in Pearce and Torrens state primary schools next term. No temporary classrooms are available and talks seek non school-hall arrangements while awaiting Interior Department decisions.
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Woden Valley
Canberra-Goulburn
T. Cahill
Catholic Education Office
BE. Favier
Nixon
Pearce and
Torrens
ACT Teachers Association
Favier
Department of the Interior
Investigalican
Andment
Rebuke for shooting goanna at Yarralumia
A Department of the Interior dog catcher was rebuked after shooting a 4 ft goanna at Yarralumia. The reptile ran up a power pole after being disturbed by a man and attracted a magpie while inspecting a cage with five dachshund puppies and a woman complained the goanna was harming her chickens.
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Department of the Interior
Yarralumia
D. Ferguson
Sellers trained to lie cheat in door to door sales
A clipped newspaper item notes critics claim some sellers are trained to lie and cheat in door to door sales. The brief mentions the issue as part of a page 3 feature and references a career section beginning on page 16.
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Sellers
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