UN Leader Presses For Full Peace Talks At UN Assembly
United Nations chief Thant urged a series of high level security council meetings to set a tentative agenda for peace, calling for an end to incitement in the Middle East and a restart of negotiations on Vietnam and other flashpoints. He asked the General Assembly for authority to dispatch a peace envoy and outlined conditions for settlement including territorial integrity and safe navigation.
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Security Council
Man dies after brick fall at work site
A collapsing chimney at an old building job in Leake Mince Caselin caused a man to be buried under debris. He sustained fatal injuries and died on arrival at Canberra Fomentnily Hospital. Another worker was present and unharmed.
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Caselin
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Casmin
Canberra
Blast Injures Twenty-Two in Kontovo Shopping District
Twenty two people were injured when a home made bomb, tossed from a building, exploded on Nathan Road in Kontovo where shoppers gathered. Officials say injuries not yet classified as serious and motive remains unclear.
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Hong Kong
Iaap-Reiner
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Kontovo
Bill to slash Sydney City Council area
The bill introduced in the Legislative Assembly proposes reducing the Sydney City Council area by more than half to pre 1949 boundaries. It provides for three commissioners to administer the new city area and the North cote municipality, with one chief commissioner and about five square miles removed from the current boundary to be absorbed by surrounding municipalities.
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Tiv Council
Late News Brief on Western Europe Clash Rumors
Fragmented dispatch reports possible armed clash near Western Europe. Unclear dates and names due to damaged OCR. Readers are cautioned until full confirmation from official outlets.
Vietcong Attack Shocks Saigon Embassy in 1960s
A Vietcong assault near the Nationalist China Embassy in Saigon injured a former Nationalist Chinese Army colonel acting as an adviser. Police say a gunman opened fire, wounding the officer in the thigh as chaos erupted outside the embassy. Bricks and debris littered the scene while authorities detained several suspects.
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US heavy bombers reported shot down in North Vietnam
North Vietnam claimed two American heavy bombers were shot down on Sunday over Vin Linh area north of the demilitarized zone. Reports from Hong Kong quoted a US official acknowledging the incident amid ongoing air engagements.
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North Vietnam
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Ravie Manor
SAS
Captains Flat Faces Slime Dump Threat to Town
Captains Flat representative Kerr calls for shifting 15 million tons of mine wastes from the town to avert a second Aberfan like disaster each heavy rain. NSW MP Mauger inspected the dumps and promised action. Residents warn the dumps could fail, sending slime into water and damaging the dam wall and lake water supply.
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Arrowlimla
Aberfan
Monato
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Nsw
Tone
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Ala Tong
Cy Kort
Catee
Minot
Slide
Gond
Kerr
Irene Redden Wins Miss ACT Southern Tablelands Title
Irene Redden, 21, crowned Miss ACT Southern Tablelands 1968 in Canberra, earns a place in the New South Wales section of the Miss Australia quest. She won the first step toward the national title at the Ainslie-Ree Hotel, drawing number 15 from the judging panel.
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Southern Tablelands
Canberra
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Irene
New South Wales
Walkout in Senate blocks postal charge increases
Labor abstained as ALP senators walked out of the Senate Chamber twice to deny votes on two postal Bills. DLP objections triggered divisions, but the measures passed to raise postal charges effective October 1, boosting PMG revenue. Earlier, Labor and allies blocked increases in May and June, including a special June sitting.
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Senate walkout shadows passage of postal bills
Amid tense division votes in the Senate last night the Labor-led opposition refused to back the government on the Post and Telegraph Rates Bill and the Post and Telegraphs Regulations Bill. Senator Murphy led ALP claims of a walkout as government support waned and the bills faced defeat with votes split along party lines.
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DLP
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Turing
Gar Swat
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Elysr
Postal workers risk ACTU action over work rules
The Australian Council of Trade Unions warned NSW postal unions they risk action under ACTU rules at a Melbourne meeting. APWL and the Union of Postal Clerks and Telegraphists defend the four day week claim as talks with Government ministers loom. NSW branch insists on security that no benefits are withdrawn and a conference date will be set. A slowdown in parcel processing is reported as workers follow the Postal Guide precisely, delaying deliveries for misaddressed parcels.
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ACTU
Melbourne
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Union of Postal Clerks and Telegraphians
APWL
Asuuvarice
Victorian cyclist Browne may break transcontinental record
In uncertain reports from Sydney observers Vic Browne reportedly rode 191 miles in eight hours nine minutes as contenders compare to Frank Thomas 1932 benchmarks. Gunther Karner faced tough conditions toward Sydney Melbourne attempts with mixed signs of progress while a Canberra start timing remains debated.
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Sydney
Vic Browne
Tanherra
Browne
Frank ‘Thomas
Gunther ‘Karner
Melbourne
Canberra
Fice
Bertbourns
Canberra court fines man for long unfiled tax returns
In Canberra a Petty Sessions case fined Allar G Brookman 150 pounds plus costs for failing to lodge tax returns since 1946. Brookman, 19 at the time, said the Taxation Department was not satisfied with his returns, leading to 26 years without filing. He was ordered to file the overdue return for the year ending June 30, 1968, by November 19.
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Canberra
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Crown Solicitors Office
Sind Brookman
Brokman
Taxation Department
Hermon
Ambamee envoy departs amid rift warned unnecessary
The Cambodian ambassador who had been recalled left Australia yesterday as Minister for External Affairs Mr Harluck told Parliament the rift was fortunate and unnecessary. Other pages note council elections, fines for fundraising on campus, a pope reference, and mining plans with $1 million budget for uranium exploration by Mary Kathleen company.
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Pardaement
Uranium
Fairbairn
House of Representatives
Mary Kathleen Vrotiam Company
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