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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1970

9 stories in Sydney's papers

Streets Named After Historic Storm

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 27 January 1970 · page 5

Three streets near Guildford Railway Station bear names commemorating the hurricane which struck all shipping in Apia Harbour. Samoa, in the 1880's. except the British…

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Storm on Burchett Visit Ban

Tribune · Wednesday 18 February 1970 · page 1

Last week's new barring of world-famous Australian journalist, Wilfred Burchett, from returning to this country quickly brought the Burchett passport issue to boiling point once…

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Flood control in Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 March 1970 · page 8

The Jewish National Fund has completed the construction of an 800-metre flood control embankment for the…

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Once the dam is breached will the floodgates burst open? World Scene

Tribune · Wednesday 1 April 1970 · page 9

The overthrow of Prince Sihanouk in Cambodia and the growing bitterness of the fighting in Laos, says Tribune's Foreign Editor, could presage the spread of the Vietnam war from South Vietnam into the…

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Storm on concentration camp scheme

Tribune · Wednesday 3 June 1970 · page 1

SYDNEY: Trade unions have been to the fore in the storm of protest Which has followed the proposal of the Minister for Labor and National Service, Mr. Snedden, for concentration-camp type "civilian''…

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Flood destroys Chasidic Satmar

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 June 1970 · page 9

LONDON: Satu Mare (Satmar), in north-east Rumania, once the seat of the famous Satmarer dynasty of Chasidic…

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Appeal for Rumania’s flood-stricken Jews

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 18 June 1970 · page 1

NEW YORK: It is impossible to estimate the total number of Jewish!homeless or to ascertain if there were any Jewish casualties in the Rumanian floods, which are still continuing. However, ‘a few hundred’ have certainly lost their homes…

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Church Storms Barricades

Tharunka · Wednesday 22 July 1970 · page 2

The Church of England has taken out a Supreme Court injunction against the residents of Barricades, the Glebe Radical Action Centre. They have to quit the…

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Guildford Wanderers juniors take competition by storm

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 28 July 1970 · page 8

Guildford Wanderers Soccer Club has 18 of its 34 junior teams in the district competition's first four places of their grades. The Granville District Soccer Competition, in which…

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