PS Board refuses to reinstate teacher
The NSW Public Service Board refused to reinstate Mr Colin Loughhead as a Lyneham High School teacher after a nine year old armed robbery conviction. The board offered alternative public service work, which Loughhead rejected, saying it would condemn his rehabilitation and negate the reinstatement campaign.
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NSW Public Service Board
Colin Loughhead
Loughhead
Lyneham High School
Nsw
Cutler
Sydney
E. H. Cameron
Lyneham teacher seeks reinstatement amid protest over teaching ban
Mr Loughhead a mathematics honours graduate from the University of Adelaide, previously a teacher with the Bureau of Meteorology and the Department of Civil Aviation, presses for reinstatement amid a council dispute. A motion supporting his employment despite a criminal record is to be discussed by the Lyneham High School P and C on Thursday as parents defend rehabilitation and community benefit. The ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations opposed his dismissal on November 3.
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Victoria
Victorian Railways
Loughhead
University of Adelaide
Bureau of Meteorology
Department of Civil Aviation
Lyneham High School
P and C Association
Canberra
ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations
Welfare health study in ACT by UK architect firm
London firm Llewelyn Davies Weeks Forestier-Walker and Bar began a comprehensive study of welfare and health services in the ACT. The project, funded up to 100000 dollars, aims to blueprint hospital, health, and welfare administration and may lead to a local authority integration separate from the Commonwealth Department. The study, commissioned by Health and the National Capital Development Commission, will advise on care provision location and land use, and will cover phasing as the city expands. Mr Cunningham and Mr Roth will consult with public and private health bodies, department, NCDC, Interior, Hospital Management Board, medical professions, and ANU.
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Allen Cunningham
London
Llewelyn
ACT Health Services
Commonwealth Department of Health
Department
Canberra Hospital
Health
National Capital Development Commission
Cunningham
Kenyon Roth
NCDC
Interior
Hospital Management Board
Medical and Allied Professions
Australian National University
Noongah Wives Awarded 10000 in Newcastle Court
Two widows Shirley Jenkins and Mrs Coeppell were each granted 10000 compensation in Newcastle District Court after their husbands George Allan Jenkins and Ralph Chappell drowned when the freighter Noongah sank off Kempsey on August 25. Their children receive 250 weekly until age 16.
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Newcastle
Newcastle District Court
Shirley Jenkins
Scott Street
Ee Coastal Shipas Vente Callen Action Lin
David
Coeppell
Sally
Rich
George Allan Jenkins
Ralph Chappell
Kempsey
House Burned in Queanbeyan Suburb Hazelwood Street Blaze
A two bedroom house on Hazelwood Street Queanbeyan was destroyed by fire last night. Estimated value around 2400 pounds. Investigators believe faulty electrical wiring sparked the blaze. Police said there are no suspicious circumstances.
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Hazelwood Street
Queangs
Last Seton
Queanbeyan
Apollo 12 to dip into lunar orbit amid mission push
Apollo 12 entered the Moon's gravity at 10.52 pm AEST and neared 33821 nautical miles from the surface as it prepares a 1.47 pm AEST burn to enter lunar orbit. Three astronauts slept after an easy day aboard Yankee Clipper. A mystery object trails the craft, possibly a jettisoned module adaptor panel. The landing is set for Ocean of Storms on Wednesday at 4.53 pm, aiming for a pinpoint touch down following the successful Apollo 11 demonstration.
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Moon
Mission Control
Houston
Apollo 12 landing near Surveyor NT misjudged by Intrepid
Astronauts Charles Conrad Alan Bean and Richard Gordon pilot the Intrepid toward the Surveyor NT target on the Moon but miss the precise landing area by about four miles. The landing is delayed by an overworked computer alarm and the crew narrates live television coverage greeting tracking stations in Australia and Honeysuckle as they explain hatch and docking operations.
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Charles Conrad
Alan Bean
Conrad
Bean
Richard Gordon
Auetralia
Australia
Carnarvon
Ex convict arrested after Sydney police siege at Rozelle
A famed Sydney gaol escapee was captured tonight when the riot squad surrounded a Darling Street semi on Rozelle. Armed officers used Armalite rifles and tear gas, then ordered the men to surrender. Detectives took both suspects into custody after warnings were fired and cuffs were placed.
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Sydney
Darling Street
Rozelle
Australia
Barney Ross
CIB
Carter
Unions Push Clean Up Of ACT Plumbing And Draining Trades
The Master Plumbers and Licensed Drainers Employers Association in the ACT press the Department of the Interior to enforce licensing rules under the ACT Building and Services Ordinance. Spokesmen say lax regulation allows unlicensed contractors to operate, often with licensed workers hired merely to obtain permits. The Interior Department confirms it is reviewing old legislation and may assume policing of the regulations, with no immediate comment from the minister.
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Department of the Interior
Canberra
ACT
Department of Works
Interior
R. Mills
NSW Master Plumbers Association
Canders Branch
Mills
Aldo Ferrari
ACT Division
Ferrari
Japan
Censure Motion Challenges Mrs Gandhi in India
In New Delhi the Prime Minister Mrs Gandhi faced an Opposition censure motion as the government entered a tense session. Piloo Modi of Swatantra criticized foreign policy after the Ra bat summit, while Jan Sangh and Swatantra leaders challenged the government’s mandate and urged the Speaker to reconsider recognition. The Speaker noted potential steps if a majority was lost.
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New Delhi
Aap-Reuter
Gandhi
Rabat
Morovco
Piloo Modi
Swatantra Party
Modi
Rowdy scenes as Gandhi defies demand for resignation
Hundreds of police and a barricade shielded Mrs Gandhi's home while about 60 000 protesters gathered outside demanding her government's resignation over humiliation at the Rabat conference. In Parliament the split Congress shows 60 members withdraw loyalty as censure debate looms and Ram Subhag Singh leads anti Gandhi groups amid chaotic Rajya Sabha session.
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Mrs Gandhis
Rabat
Rajya Sabha
Congress Group
SN Mishra
Ram Subhag Singh
Mishra
Pathak
Mishra Shin
Congress
Gandhi
Congress Party
Massacre claims surface in Viet Nam incident
A South Vietnamese villager who survived an alleged massacre of about 500 villagers by a US unit last year described the event. Two US officers face charges over the incident.
More Rain Expected as Canberra Faces Thunderstorms
A violent-electrical storm drenched Canberra last night after a hot morning in the high 70s. The Bureau of Meteorology warns of unsettled humid weather and more thunderstorms or rain today with a maximum near 74 degrees.
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Canberra
Bureau of Meteorology
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