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An incomplete readable snippet mentions a night view and a mother and Mary in a dated telegraph style. The text is heavily garbled with missing words and unclear attribution, preventing a coherent summary.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 19, 1966
Page
1
An incomplete readable snippet mentions a night view and a mother and Mary in a dated telegraph style. The text is heavily garbled with missing words and unclear attribution, preventing a coherent summary.
The North Australian Workers Union rejects the wage terms accepted by the Australian Council of Trade Unions for aboriginal stockmen. Observers expect a long, hard industrial battle as the union overrules earlier support and signals readiness to push the issue. Officials discuss the implications for aborigines, pastoralists, and a potential broad strike or pressure on award wages.
The Gunning committee seeking funds for five year old Christopher Luck mobilized door to door campaigns across Gunning Shire with Canberra Sydney and Goulburn donors contributing. Despite garbled OCR details, organizers expect to surpass the 61 000 target as local residents rally to support the youngster amid health and transport concerns.
Chinese government rejects India protests and accuses New Delhi of imperialism while Shanghai Red Guards stage antisoviet actions and vandalize symbols. Pravda reports Red Guards beat rivals as East Germany warns of brutal terror. tensions widen with China moving troops toward Canton and criticizing Western allies amid a broader revolutionary upheaval.
Salisbury reports growing opinion that Mr Jan Smith will declare Rhodesia a republic around November 11, the first anniversary of his seizure of independence from Britain. The anticipated move follows a year of political shift and international reaction.
A Rhodesian influence debate swirled around a Commonwealth conference with rumours of near agreement. Police at Canberra reported tensions as editors warned of sanctions and political shifts affecting Rhodesia, while discussions touched on UN actions and potential measures amid violence concerns.
A police spokesman discusses a 7 year old youth held at a detention centre amid rededication remarks and wartime like secrecy. Statements reference Prime Ministers and Canberra events while observers describe the scene as the country addresses public safety and youth welfare amid a chaotic week.
The Sir Robert Menzies spire was unveiled at Jeparit with the former Prime Minister and 22 members of the Menvicechi party present. A public feeling followed a committee forming, $3,000 raised in four weeks, and approval given for the monument. The 70s steel spire features a bronze thistle top and will glow purple at night.
The Member for Eden Monaro Mr A D Fraser shared a light hearted broadcast tale about Sir Robert Menzies. He recalled a Polish refugee family arriving in Canberra needing help and an interpreter. The woman later found herself in Parliament House pleading for back pension payments.
News reports claim a denouncement by Red Flag signals a major power struggle within Chinese leadership. Liu Shao chi and other sites purportedly lead the faction against Mao while ideological conflict deepens. China denounces U S reconnaissance flights near the Vietnam border as provocation.
Pravda the official Soviet newspaper accuses the Peking regime of planning to export its cultural revolution beyond China’s borders, signaling escalation in cross border ideological strife and foreign policy tension.
The Australian Prime Minister Mr Holt visited en route from the Commonwealth Conference and is due to arrive in Lindon. He will reach Sydney tomorrow.
Official figures released yesterday report about 10,000 deaths on Lombok island between last November and April in Bamboks and surrounding villages. Dr Yusuf and a survey team cite 34 villages in the famine belt, with 10 deaths in 6 months per 7,000 population in one subset, warning further starvation without aid and predicting up to 190,000 could starve by December if relief is late.
The Defence Ministry said a West German Starfighter crashed in Arizona yesterday near Fort Luke Air Base. It was the 63rd loss in German service, with five seats on the jet and the American trainer aboard injured. The crash follows earlier incidents since Luftwaffe delivery in 1961.
The Anglo French Concorde passenger jet cost estimates rose above the original five million. Delegates gathering in New York for the open session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday faced stormy weather as the Bay of Biscay crew and Canberra crew members arrived safely in a Spanish port.
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