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Courts & crime, 1963

93 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 5

Police Puzzled by Blast in Shop Beat flames with hands

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 15 October 1963 · page 1

Intensive police inquiries are being made into the cause of a blast which wrecked a Merrylands Road, milk bar and grocery shop,…

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Mystery Blast Baffles Police

The Biz · Wednesday 16 October 1963 · page 7

Parramatta detectives are at present investigating a mystery blast that rocked the shopping centre in Merrylands Road, Merrylands, on Tuesday, October 8. They said this week…

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Bogus Collector: Police Action Appeal to Residents for Evidence

The Biz · Wednesday 16 October 1963 · page 1

Fairfield police this week appealed to residents for information on…

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Priority of Court House Lifted in Works Plan

The Biz · Wednesday 23 October 1963 · page 1

The Minister of Justice, Mr. N. J. Mannix, last week promised to have plans prepared later this year for a new court house for Fairfield. The announcement…

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Rabbi Sentenced to Death MPs' mercy plea to Red Envoy

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 25 October 1963 · page 3

Senator S. H. Cohen, Q.C., and Mr. S. D. Einfeld, M.P., called upon the Soviet Ambassador, Mr. V. Loginov, in Canberra, last…

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Court amendments aim to crush militant unions

Tribune · Wednesday 30 October 1963 · page 9

PERTH: The WA Arbitration Court is to be abolished and replaced by an Industrial Commission. This surprise move was made…

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Police Escort

The Biz · Wednesday 20 November 1963 · page 4

A motor cycle escort, led the funeral of Mr. Cecil Gordon Brown from the All…

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Murder the easy way!

Tribune · Wednesday 27 November 1963 · page 1

This radio picture, republished from the Australian press, shows what televiewers saw--Texas police and pressmen standing like expectant onlookers while, a gunman ran up and killed the prisoner Oswald…

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Police warning on bag thefts

The Biz · Wednesday 27 November 1963 · page 3

Women should take particular care of their handbags and purses while shopping in local self service stores. This warning was issued by Fairfield police…

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Soviet leaders and people express grief, shock at Kennedy's murder

Tribune · Wednesday 27 November 1963 · page 4

MOSCOW: In a telegram to President Johnson, Premier Khrushchov says he is deeply grieved; the death of President Kennedy is a hard blow to all who cherish the cause of peace and American-Soviet co-operation…

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Union leaders charged over WA general strike

Tribune · Wednesday 4 December 1963 · page 3

PERTH: Ten members of the executive of the West Australian Trades and Labor Council have been charged with breaches of the Industrial Arbitration Act arising out of the general stoppage of…

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How he heard the news Castro deplores Kennedy murder

Tribune · Wednesday 11 December 1963 · page 11

"It was about 1.30 pm Cuban time. We were having lunch in the living-room of the stark country home that Fidel Castro keeps in Varadero, 75 miles from Havana…

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Trial opens today 23 Face Court for Auschwitz

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 December 1963 · page 4

The trial of 22 former officials and one former inmate of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp opens in the West German City of Frankfurt today (Friday). This is not the first and will not be the last Auschwitz trial…

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