Largest aircraft draws a crowd at Canberra landing
Thousands lined Paalligo Avenue yesterday as Canberra Airport prepared for the Lockheed CS Galaxy's landing. The 90 ton cargo jet, worth about 48 million dollars, drew immense public interest with viewing areas arranged along the North South and Interstate roads. Public access to the aircraft was limited, though officials planned to showcase the plane as it was secured near the airstrip.
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United States
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Eyaeyn
Theeatewert
Pialligo Avenue
Armicial
Government forms committee to study Ansett T and TNT links
Melbourne Tuesday report says the Victorian Government will establish a new select committee to examine relations between Ansett Transport Industries and Thomas Nationwide Transport. Transport Minister Wilcox said legislation is required since the original committee had lapsed.
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Ansett Transport Industries
Thomas Nationwide Transport
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Legislation to curb trade practices to be introduced
The Attorney General Senator Greenwood said in the Senate yesterday that Commonwealth legislation restricting trade practices and establishing their monopolies commission would be introduced before Parliament adjourns.
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Greenwood
Localized OCR fragment yields unclear names and places
Fragmentary text from a historical newspaper page mentions numbers and names but is largely unreadable. Details about people and events are obscured, making it difficult to identify a coherent event or topic beyond scattered references.
Government to spend $1m on child care centre research
Minister for short aid National Service Me Lynch introduced in the House the Wild Care Bill to fund research and reform for child day care. The plan includes grants to reduce fees for low income families, capital and recurrent funding, and aims to increase preschool places by at least 20 percent annually over three years.
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Joong
FM radio proposal accepted in Australia government action
The government accepted the recommendation of the Australian Broadcasting Control Board for frequency modulation broadcasting in Australia. Postmaster General Sir Alan Hulme announced in the House of Representatives that a second regional FM service would be established and that the ABC would be allotted a third capital city allocation to operate FM with provision for FM commercial services.
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Australia
Alan Hulme
House of Representatives
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ABC
Wool prices still rising across Melbourne and Sydney markets
Wool prices continued to climb with Merino skirtings steady and crossbred wools gaining. Buyers from eastern and western Europe pushed values higher as 13,189 bales cleared in Melbourne and Sydney trading showed Merino styles at 325 to 380 pence per kilogram. Merino fleeces and skirtings led gains while comeback and crow styles advanced, with a strong demand noted.
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Oday
Sydney
Australia rejects Phantom jets a Canberra decision
The Commonwealth Government has decided to reject an offer to buy 23 Phantom strike fighters for the Royal Australian Air Force. The two year lease ends next month with the first aircraft returned to the United States.
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Auction sale of Goulds birds collection tops 38 thousand
Sydney auction action saw six folios from John Gould’s Hallstrom book collection auctioned for 38 200 dollars by Christie’s London. The Birds of Guinea and the Papuan Islands, with new Australian species, co authored by Gould and Sharpe, sold for 13 000. The five volume folio with 320 coloured litho plates was published 1875 to 1888 and bought by Melbourne antiquarian dealer Kenneth Hince at the Wentworth Hotel sale.
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Ad Papuan
Australia
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Wentworth Hotel
William Hart
Melbourne
Kenneth Hince
December 2 election set amid parliament dissolution plans
Prime Minister announced in the House that Parliament would be dissolved on November 2 with nominations closing November 1 and a policy speech due November 4. He said December 2 would be the election date, a choice welcomed by the Opposition leader who noted the ALP had been ready for months. Whitlam challenged McMahon to hold campaign events publicly, as Labor prepared a policy speech in Sydney while its national committee decided the date this week in Canberra.
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ALP
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Canberra
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Napoleon
Liberal leaders fixed December 2 election date
Mr McMahon said the Liberal Party organisation set December 2 as the election date four or five months ago. He claimed the party would be perfectly organised by May and that six general secretaries the president and about a half dozen others would be ready. He spoke at a Liberal Party dinner in Queensland.
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Liberal Party Organisation
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Liberal Party
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Buer-Monara
Me Qiton
Religion study change status in Northern Ireland reports
John Grigg from London writes about peace talks and the evolving status in Northern Ireland. The NSW Government loan figures appear in the NSW NSW paper, indicating financial discussions and policy notes.
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Northern Ireland
John Grigg
London
Massive political spying exposed in US anti-Democrat plot
Washington reports that FBI agents traced the June break-in and bugging of the Democratic Party headquarters to a broad political spying and sabotage campaign. The project, alleged to involve White House officials and the President election committee, aimed to create confusion and dissension among Democrats.
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Reuter
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Democratic Party
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Washington Post
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White House
Canberra Tourist Bureau faces accreditation clash
Population figures for Canberra City District as of June 30 show a 3 700 rise to 156 100, an annual 10.1 percent. Critics say the bureau’s International Air Transport Association accreditation would unfairly expand its role to sell international tickets, potentially boosting commissions and travel costs.
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Statistics Bureau
Canberra
Canberra Tourist Bureau
International Air Transport Association
TATA
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Department of the Interior
Tower move to seek 10 day approval for mountain tower
Leader of the House Mr Ching plans a ten day pause to obtain parliamentary consent for construction of the Hons tower on Mountain. Mr Chipp, representing the Mouse Works Sena Seed, is noted in the report.
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