Heavy US raids hit North Vietnam in major wave
Saigon reports indicate scores of US bombers conducted one of the heaviest raids north of the DMZ in three years. At least 20 sorties targeted anti aircraft and missile sites within 35 miles of the DMZ as US commands refused to disclose aircraft numbers.
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South Vietnam
Son Tay
Orth Vietnam
Johnson
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
L A G irls On Tour Murder Victims Identified
Adelaide police confirm two hitchhiking South Australian women murdered on a Sunday night near Three Ways in the Northern Territory. Jacquelin Gould aged 22 and Pearl Gibson aged 28, both former Mt Isa Hospital staff, were found with a man’s body about 200 yards from the Barkly Highway. A Mt Isa Hospital staffer travels to Tennant Creek to identify the bodies.
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Mt Isa Hospital
Tennant Creek
Jacqueline Gould
Pearl Gibson
South Australia
Australia
Mt Ika Hospital
Three Ways
Sturt
Arkly
Barkly
Australia unknown killer hitchhikers case deepens
Police traced two young women Pearl Gould and Jacqueline Gibson last seen alive at the Three Ways Roadhouse near Mt Isa heading toward Alice Springs and Ayers Rock. Families say Pearl intended to travel overseas after Adelaide. Jacqueline taught at Challara Gardens Primary. Evidence includes driver licenses and permits found among recovered documents. Police report Aboriginal trackers searched for footprints but found only those of the women and a man.
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Miss Gould
Miss Gibson
Australia
Isa
Alice Springs
Ayers Rock
Adelaide
Three Ways Roadhouse
Clifford Gibson
Croydon Park
South Australia
England
Outback
Pearl
Jacqueline
Perth
Port Hedland
Mt Isa
2 Rocks
University of Adelaide
Challa Gardens
Education Department
Clarence Park
Gibson
Lana Berry
Two Melbourne youths hit roadblock near Gundagai
Two Melbourne youths aged 18 and 12 were in Gundagai Hospital tonight after their car crashed into a police road block at 3am. Police had chased them for 190 miles from Albury at speeds up to 100 mph.
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Gundagai
Melbourne
Gundagai Hospital
Albury
Submarine Names Echo Aircraft Legacy in RAN Plan
The Royal Australian Navy plans two new Oberon-class submarines named Otama and Orion. Otama means dolphin in a Queensland Aboriginal language, while Orion nods to the constellation and a historic ship line. The RAN disputes control of Lockheed Orion aircraft used in anti-submarine patrols, seeking jurisdiction over these heir names and assets.
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Otama
Queensland
RAN
Let Lier O
Nine new parking inspectors arrive in Canberra
Canberra expands parking enforcement by 900 percent, increasing from one to ten inspectors. Within three weeks they will begin enforcing parking restrictions across commercial and business centres. The Department of the Interior says the force will pursue a vigorous program to distribute available spaces, with ten inspectors trained and issued with uniforms. They will patrol on foot and by mobile units, focusing on problem areas including nature strips and footpaths near Mort and Lonsdale Streets and other commercial centres.
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Canberra
Department of the Interior
Nnf
Mort and
Lonsdale
Wide reforms proposed for NSW teaching system
A NSW committee urged sweeping changes to teacher education including ending the bonding system for trainees. It also pressed for limited scholarships for married women and a lighter workload in the first two teaching years. Minister Cutler pledged practicable recommendations would start with the 1972 school year.
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Cutler
Harold F. Bell
Education Department
NSW Teachers Federation
L. McGowan
McGowan
Doreen M. Langley
Pemerger
Women's Colege
University of Sydney
Phillip W. Hughes
School of Teacher
Canberra
Australia
Japan faces US textile talks as quotas loom
Tokyo reports indicate urgent discussions by textile leaders on resuming government talks with the United States to avert mandatory import quotas. Prime Minister Sato convened ministers to decide on negotiations and possible policy moves, including a 10 percent export tax to offset the US surcharge.
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Tokyo
United States
Fukuda
Japan
NSW Housing Commission to raise rural rents modestly
NSW Housing Commission announces higher rentals for country homes will rise, while city areas see greater increases. Chairman J R Bourke stated old dwellings are exempt, with land development and interest cost increases driving an average 50 cent weekly rise in most rural areas.
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Sydney
NSW Housing Commission
J. R
Bourke
Fire damages Yarralumla brickworks loft and equipment
Fire damaged oil feeding equipment and a large roof area above kiln lofts at Commonwealth Brickworks Yarralumla yesterday. Firemen from four Canberra stations battled the blaze starting about 3 30 pm and spreading along the 150 ft loft before being controlled. The manager Mr N said it would be daylight before damage could be assessed and a dormant kiln would be brought back into production while another building nearby also sustained fire.
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Commonwealth Brickworks
Yarralumla
Australians among group planning entry into East Pakistan
NEW DELHI Tuesday Reuters reports three Australians among about 12 people from seven nationalities aiming to cross from India into East Pakistan tomorrow. The group plans to carry documents issued by the Bangla Desh Government. Australians include Professor John Dunny, Mrs Ly Ray, and Mr Les Children die.
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New Delhi
Aap-Reuter
East Pakistan
India
Bangla Desh
John Dunny
Ly Ray
Australian National University
Les
Revue ban supported by Sydney Church leaders
The Church of England in Sydney condemned the revue Oh Calcutta today. An urgency motion backing the ban urged Chief Secretary Willis to maintain opposition to the performance. Promoters plan to stage it in Sydney this month amid concerns over alleged scenes and four letter words.
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Sydney
Church of England
Willis
Mrarwick Olson
Charity offer in Sydney for Oh! Calcutta premiere proceeds
Sydney Monday report states producer Rob Huber of the controversial revue Oh! Calcutta! announced that the premiere proceeds would be donated to charity. The statement, delivered in Sydney, indicated aims to support a worthy cause though details were not fully disclosed.
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Sydney
Rob Huber
Move to create national capital district around Port Moresby
Port Moresby action in the House of Assembly to set up a national capital district. Percy Chatterton gives notice to introduce a motion inviting the Administrator's Executive Council to study the plan. Debate expected next week.
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Port Moresby
House of Assembly
Percy Chatterton
Moresby
Union to Stay on Strike and Polaris Submarines
Britain's Polaris submarines form a major part of the strike force yet are limited by human endurance under sea. The Australian Development Corporation plans high pay for general managers, signaling freedom from strict government wage restraint. South Africans Barry Richards Hutton Ackerman and Mike Procter invited to join the world cricket XI for its Australia tour.
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Australian Industries Development Corporation
AIDC
Mys
Warwick Bracken
Barry Richards
Hutton Ackerman
Mike Procter
World Cricket XI
Australia
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