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Courts & crime, 1970

84 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 5

Un Bureau De La Police Française a New-york

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 9 January 1970 · page 2

New-York. — La lutte contre la drogue s'intensifie : la police française va installer un bureau à New-afin d'améliorer ses relations…

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Murder

Tribune · Wednesday 14 January 1970 · page 2

IN the light of all that USA is doing in Vietnam, it's, not surprising that individual US…

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'End murder drive against Panthers' call

Tribune · Wednesday 14 January 1970 · page 9

NEW YORK: The Communist Party of the United States has called for international action in solidarity with the leaders and members of the Black Panther Party. The appeal is signed by…

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Bad laws are key to police abortion rackets

Tribune · Wednesday 14 January 1970 · page 12

MELBOURNE: Sensations in Victoria involving alleged bribery of senior police officers by illegal abortionists should not obscure the basic causes -- the existence of bad laws and bad government which provide scope for police malpractices…

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Police needed for crossings

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 20 January 1970 · page 3

The Premier's Department will investigate the need for police supervision of pedestrian crossings in Railway Terrace and Military Road, Merrylands…

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20,000 strike over mine leader's murder

Tribune · Wednesday 21 January 1970 · page 9

WASHINGTON: Within two days of the murder of mineworkers union reform champion Joseph Yablonski and his…

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'Don't go if called to Court'

Tribune · Wednesday 21 January 1970 · page 10

SYDNEY: A union's Sydney sub-branch's general meeting last week recommended that if their union was…

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They Spoke for Vietnam: Go Home! Police Blunder, Grab War Hero

Tribune · Wednesday 21 January 1970 · page 1

POLITICAL police blundered badly in Canberra when, during last Wednesday's anti-Agnew demonstration, they began pouncing over barriers to drag away and arrest selected anti-war activists. When a middle-aged man…

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German police seize arms

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 January 1970 · page 9

HAMBURG: Small arms and ammunition, presumably supplies for El Fatah terrorists in Lebanon, were seized…

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Murder Inc. Days Again in U.s. Union Scene?

Tribune · Wednesday 28 January 1970 · page 7

THE murder of United States mine union leader Joseph Yablonski, his wife and daughter, was clearly a…

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Row Over Violence on 'Agnew Day' Political Police in Control?

Tribune · Wednesday 28 January 1970 · page 1

CANBERRA: The massive "overkill" operation mounted by police from various forces against demonstrators in Canberra on January 14 for the visit of US Vice-President Agnew has aroused widespread public resentment in the national capital. The evidence strongly suggests that political police…

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Police as the accused

Tribune · Wednesday 4 February 1970 · page 2

THE VARIOUS Police Commissioners are to hold a conference in Hobart this month. They should have a lot to talk about. Throughout Australia, newspapers have been…

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Who is a Jew? Shalit Wins High Court Case

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 February 1970 · page 9

The Israel High Court, by majority decision, made absolute an order "nisi" calling upon the Minister of the Interior and the Haifa Registrar of Inhabitants to show cause why the petitioner's children should not be registered as being "Jewish" by ethnic affiliation…

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Ross short on the Court

Tribune · Wednesday 18 February 1970 · page 8

S. SHARKEY (Letters, Feb. 4) assumes that Wide Angle (Tribune, Jan. 14) is referring to that section of…

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The-police-and- Abortion Inquiry It's better than Boys in the Band

Tribune · Wednesday 18 February 1970 · page 5

AS Melbourne's abortion inquiry completes its third week, real life provides daily reading for…

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Arabs charged with forgery

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 February 1970 · page 13

WASHINGTON: The State Department said last week that a report in the Cairo newspaper “Al Ahram” alleging…

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Supersol saboteurs sentenced to life

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 February 1970 · page 13

LYDDA: Three of the five accused in the Jerusalem Supersol and British Consulate terror bombings last February were last week sentenced to life imprisonment in the military court here…

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Les Couturiers Parisiens Partages Entre Le “Long” Et Le “Court”

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 6 March 1970 · page 6

LES collections d’Automnc-Hiver 1969/70 des grands couturiers parisiens. marqueront-elles une date dans les annales de la mode, comme ce fut le cas lors de l’apprition du New-Look? On peut se poser la question. En effet la de l’apparition du New-Look? On peut se pose la question…

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5ft woman 'assaulted police'

Tribune · Wednesday 11 March 1970 · page 12

MELBOURNE: In the City Court last week, six people were fined amounts ranging from $200 to $50…

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Students Union Typing Court

Tharunka · Wednesday 18 March 1970 · page 6

Commencement of Course delayed on week Will now commence 23rd March. 16 [?] hour lessons costs S12.75 Excellent value Latest methods…

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