New interim head named for ACT health boards
Dr Sidney Sax, chairman of the National Hospitals and Health Services Commission, to serve as interim chairman of the Canberra Hospitals Management Board and the ACT Health Commission. The change follows the board’s upcoming reconstitution and the planned transfer of responsibilities to the ACT commission next year.
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UN Troops Ordered to Turn Back at Suez City
A UN spokesman said peacekeeping forces were barred by Israel from entering Suez City and were instructed to turn back, reversing an earlier AP report.
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Trapped Egyptian Troops to Receive 100 Supplying Trucks
Israeli and Egyptian senior officers met on Israeli held Egyptian territory and agreed to send 100 supply trucks to entrapped Egyptian troops. The talks, the first in about 17 years, occurred under United Nations ceasefire observers along the Cairo Suez highway on the west bank of the Suez Canal.
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Meeting on canal resupply marks beginning of talks
Israeli spokesman called the meeting the start of efforts toward peace with Egypt after directing a last week surround of the Third Army and severing its exits. UN force commander Siilasvuo urged direct contact as about 20,000 Arab troops faced dwindling supplies.
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Rain disrupts sports as events canceled in Canberra region
Heavy rain drenched the Seagees Se Coles area causing wicket games to be abandoned and teams to share points. The Queanbeyan race meeting was cancelled on Saturday after the course flooded. Senior, junior tennis events proceeded at Woden while other district athletics and YMCA regatta events were halted. Junior cricket and softball matches were cancelled as showers and thunderstorms drenched the area.
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Barnard discusses peacekeeping force with service heads
Acting Prime Minister Barnard met with military and security officials to gauge the possible size of an Australian peacekeeping force. Details of seats or deployment were not disclosed, with cabinet ministers reviewing the matter before a formal decision midweek.
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Plan to ban foreign investment in energy in Australia
The Australian Government will prohibit any further share capital investment in energy industries by Japanese or other foreign sources. Uranium, oil, natural gas and coal face the ban, while foreign loans and technology may still be attracted. The policy was finalized after a meeting between Prime Minister Whitlam and four Australian ministers with Japanese officials, concluding six weeks of talks.
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Japan
Papua New Guinea
Maori Kiki
Whitlam to lead on foreign investment policy talks
Australia will push a policy favoring Australian majority stakes in new foreign investments. Whitlam will explain safeguards linking tech development to foreign capital while maintaining current controls until new legislation passes. He signals joint Japanese Australian ore and bauxite processing projects and warns of constitutional limits on mineral exports.
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Australia
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Queensland party backs merger delay amid DLP talks
A Queensland Country Party conference deferred a decision on uniting with the Democratic Labor Party citing a DLP State Council plan to push a deferment for the Senate election. Premier Bjelke-Petersen urged non-Labor unity as a major new party form while name changes to National Party of Australia (Queensland) were discussed. debate showed strong support but fell short of the 66 2/3 percent threshold.
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Queensland
National Party of Australia
Sparkes
Australia
Whitlam would lose if election held tomorrow says Cavanagh
In Perth Senator Cavanagh reported the Prime Minister Whitlam believes a federal vote tomorrow would result in a Labor defeat, though he would win if held in two months after policy actions. Cavanagh spoke at the Building Workers Industrial Union conference opening, noting government concerns over strikes and labour participation legislation.
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Building Workers Industrial Union
Enderby warns of enormous challenge
Enderby voices a grave warning about a mounting challenge facing the nation. President Nixon defended and criticized the media during an era marked by domestic unrest and public dissent. Violent clashes intensify near Saigon as fighting escalates, signaling a turbulent period in Vietnam.
Tibetan refugees seek formula for return to homeland
A correspondent reports that some Tibetan refugees and the Dalai Lama seek a formula allowing their return to China. The note appears on page 5 with other items listed: squash championships at the National Tennis Centre Lyneham and the first leg of Australia versus South Ground in the Asian Zone soccer final.
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Canberra
Australia
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Lyneham
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