Crowds flock to air show at Fairbairn base
More than 80 000 watched an Australian Air Force Week display at RAAF Fairbairn. Police estimated 70 000 crowded on base, 5 000 watched from the nimelet and Mt Mewsant vantage points. Wind gusts forced higher flight than scheduled, 16 000 free tail parachute drop, and several aircraft flybys and demonstrations occurred with limited cancellations.
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Fairbairn
Tr Ave
van Ingen
Mt Mewsant
Red Hit Care
Nto
Hal An Hou
Parkin Rete
Thirseen Spey
No 2
Wilciamtown
Nsw
RAAF Demonstrates Guard Dogs At Air Week Display
RAAF officials warned of student protest against Vietnam War as air show began at Fairbairn. A guard dog on duty was used as a non nuclear deterrent to deter intruders, though no antiwar demonstration occurred.
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RAAF
Fairbairn
Air Force
Pattie Wins Design Award For Yacht Expertise
Melbourne Sunday report notes Dame Pattie, Australia’s contender for the America’s Cup, wins a special Industrial Design Council award for excellence in yacht design. Deputy Prime Minister McEwen presents to Emil Christensen, chairman of the challenge syndicate, with Sir Robert Menzies’ wife named yacht sponsor. The ceremony includes a laque to be attached to Pattie’s cockpit and the award comes amid fog and rain delays.
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Melbourne
Australia
Dame Pattie
Industrial Design Counci of
Austral
Min Mer
McEwen
ICA
Challenge Syndicate
Emil Chrisensen
Robert Mendes
Fey
Partie
Ign
Pasadena late news fragment with unclear events
Fragmentary news note mentions Pasadena and an unclear surveyor, with stray terms like Amperth and a tentative reference. Evidence of a mangled early report leaves core facts and dates unreadable.
Bombers strike Kep air base near Hanoi
US Air Force pilots bombed the MiG air base at Kep northeast of Hanoi destroying three MiG 17s on the ground. North Vietnamese reports say seven MiGs were on the field and some were seen by observers. A brief aerial encounter occurred with no reported hits. Other raids hit Nam Dinh oil depot near Haiphong and a ground clash occurred in the Central Highlands near Pleiku. US artillerymen and Marines reported enemy losses and munitions caches uncovered near Tam Ky. Saigon reports monks fleeing Shariat region as the war continues.
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Saigon
Saap
Kep
Hanoi
Tolay
Sonmecous
Nead
Rep
North Vietnam
Coral
Nam Dinh
Sunihe
Haiphong
South View
Cental Highlands
Pleikurg
S2nd
Tam
Skydiver Jeffrey Mortis Coward Dies After 7000-Foot Fall
Brisbane report says 42 year old skydiver Jeffrey Mortis Coward fell seven thousand feet near Ipswich today. Police say his wife and four others watched as his parachute failed to deploy. Investigators found his main canopy unopened and items linked to LSD and marijuana seized elsewhere during the period.
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Brisbane
Jeffrey Mortis Coward
Ipswich
Gungeros Drues
Coolangatta
Wuiliney
Southpans
Ff Coward
Kita
Queens
Tonigh Iand
Amin
Police arrest second man on LSD charge Canberra
Detectives and customs investigations intensified against suspected drug traffickers in Canberra during the weekend. A 22 year old public servant was apprehended at Dicks on Saturday afternoon and charged with selling the illegal drug LSD. He will appear in Canberra Court for Petty Someing this morning. Police would not comment on the extent of their investigations. Reports indicate LSD and other drugs including marijuana and heroin were obtained by young people in Canberra from Sydney sources, with the drugs' presence corroborated by local papers.
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Customs Department
Canberra
Uyeergeac
Tri
Sydney
Four Convicted on Gold Coast Names and Penalties Given
Southport Magistrate Court yesterday warned of tougher penalties for unlawful possession of dangerous drugs. Four defendants pleaded guilty in Coolangatta on Friday and were fined 200 pounds each in cash. The convicts are Warren Maxwell Nunn 21 labourer of Hay Street Botany NSW Winifred Anne Miller 19 of Kaikoura New Zealand Eugene Barbarel 18 labourer of Christchurch NZ and Murray George Pocock 20 of Christchurch NZ.
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Southfort
Monaghan
Southport
Coolangatta
Warren Maxwell Nunn
Tabourer
Hay Street
Botany
Nsw
Winifred “Anne Miller
Apse
Sual
Kaikoura
New Zealand
Eugene Barbarel
Bombers Hit North Vietnam Near DMZ Across South Line
U S B 52 bombers struck southern North Vietnam for a second day targeting artillery positions and bunkers near the Demilitarised Zone. The raids followed two prior strikes in the same sector, with additional attacks reported near the DMZ and south of the border.
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North Vietnam
Anita Eations
Rad
Dmz
Slab cottage may be saved from Belconnen bulldozers
A weathered timber slab cottage near Round Hill, dating back to 1875, faces demolition as the National Capital Development Commission plans Belconnen suburbs. Preservation efforts by descendants and local figures seek to keep the structure and nearby outbuildings amid upcoming clearance and land sales.
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Weetangerra
Round Hill
National Capital Development Commission
Hobart Court Deals With Town Hall Riot Teenagers
One youth jailed for a month and six others remanded after an all in brawl between police and about 500 rioting teenagers outside Hobart town hall. The incident followed a clash in Brisbane where 3,500 students and lecturers battled over a march. Mervyn Webster, 18, received one month in gaol for disturbing the peace. 11 of 18 charged were bailed overnight with remand hearings set for tomorrow.
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Hobart
Brisbane
Cogswall
Mervyn Webster
YMCA
Hobart town hall riot ends in water cannon clash
Police charged a crowd of about 500 teenagers inside Hobart Town Hall as truncheons and high pressure hoses were used. Two officers were injured as youths punched kicked and rolled down town hall stairs. A second group later attempted to breach the public charge room while a girl shouted threats. Police dispersed about 200 youths in Macquarie Street and forced dancers to close doors as water jets kept the mob at bay. In Brisbane sixty seven students missed court appearances for protests over police permit rules with fines imposed on some.
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Fater
Farlier
Hobart
Macquarie Street
Whem
Sir Basil Osborne
China to expel three Japanese reporters over dispatches
In Beijing, three of nine Japanese correspondents face expulsion over anti China reporting. Two visas expired immediately, another within days, with Tokyo press bodies pursuing asylum. Concurrent unrest spans Kowloon and Mongkok amid police clashes and a Canton assault on a railway station by escaped convicts.
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Tokyo
Aap-Reuter
Chinese Foreign Ministry
Peking
China
Kyodo
Taiwan
Sato
Chine Foreign Ministry
Sankei Shimbun
Tokyo Shimbun
Maisichi
Kona
Aes
Kowloon
Four Seas Waken Up
Mongkok
Nathan Road
Tokwawan Aves
Canton
Hong Kong
Red Army
Archbishop Manix Scholarship for Aboriginal Education
Aboriginal education fund in Melbourne aims to establish a perpetual foundation to provide university study for Aborigines. The Archbishop Melbourne Catholic Archdiocese backs the project naming the Archbishop Manix Scholarship for Tertiary Education for Aborigines to support Aborigines through crown See missions for the well being of Aborigines.
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Melbourne
Mielbourne
Noe
Sid
Andy
Archbishop Mannix
Purpose i Foundation
Crown See
Knot
Driver saves man in lake near Griffin bridge incident
Wilkinson, 20, of Fliden Street Amalie, pulled a unconscious man from the lake after a passerby shouted for help. The rescued man was taken to Canberra Mant hospital in a satisfactory condition and moved to a ward. The bridge area is over 20 feet deep and a Government House chauffeur, Mr J L Allen, sprang into action to assist.
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Wilkinson
Fliden Street
Amalie
Canberra Commanty Hospital
A. Government
J. L. Allen
Abou Ott Tron
Cnptains
Alten
More Vietnam aid and threats divide Collinsville weddings
A page 3 items mention Collinsville and Queens tied to Vietnam aid and entry threats. The brief notes cover wedding announcements amid tension, with sparse details and no clear outcomes.
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Pattie
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Antil
Durc Histrical
Apo
Elon
Markland Samuel Southwell
D. R. Tully
Appine Crossing
Richart Schumack
Tames Bell
Belcoaten
Donald Tully
Tully
Avery
Rosebud Apiary
Special Court
Ralfing
Queensland
Brisbane City
Griffin
Me Wilkinson
Collinsville
Aden
Canberra Television Services Pty. Ltd
Bunda Street
Civic Centre
Sannecton
CTE Chanel
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