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The wars & local soldiers, 1970

139 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 7

Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 8 January 1970 · page 10

SERVICES: Fri.: 6.30 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. Info.: Mr. L. Alexander, 77-9458…

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Young Anti-war Group Arrested at Gunpoint

Tribune · Wednesday 14 January 1970 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Plain clothes police with pistols drawn arrested four young people connected with the anti- conscription movement in Carlton last Thursday. The police were wearing casual clothes and driving an…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 January 1970 · page 14

SERVICES: Fri.: 6.30 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. Info.: Mr. L. Alexander, 77-9458…

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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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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 January 1970 · page 18

SERVICES: Fri.: 6.30 p.m. Sat., 9 a.m. Into.: Mr. L. Alexander, 77-9458…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 January 1970 · page 18

SERVICES: Fri.: 6.30 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m. Info.: Mr. L. Alexander, 77-9458…

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War Decoration Rare medal find by Merrylands woman

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 3 February 1970 · page 3

An elderly Merrylands woman has discovered a rare medal presented to her late husband just after the First World War. She is Mrs. M. Morphett, of Mary Street…

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VIEWPOINT The war and the draft

Tribune · Wednesday 4 February 1970 · page 8

CONSCRIPTION in Australian society cannot be received as an isolated phenomenon to be…

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Sydney assists war veterans in Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 February 1970 · page 3

Australia has undertaken the building of nine rooms in the Rehabilitation Home for Israeli War Veterans in Tel Aviv. President of the Sydney…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 February 1970 · page 15

SERVICES: Fri.: 6.30 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m. Info.: Mr. L. Alexander, 77-9458…

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Egyptians' Morale at Low Ebb More Serious Than the Six Day War

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 February 1970 · page 8

The Egyptian population are more apathetic than at any time since the Six Day War. At no time have they had less regard for the political tricks of their leaders or less belief in the Government's…

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Merry lands soldier on special mission

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 10 February 1970 · page 1

Merrylands soldier, Lance-Corporal Kevin Saunders. 20, is one of a team of 55 personnel who have undertaken a special mission in Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam. Saunders is a member of the…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 February 1970 · page 19

SERVICES: Fri.: 6.30 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m. Info.: Mr. L. Alexander, 77-9458…

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Sydney Group Formed to Help Israeli War Victims

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 February 1970 · page 3

SYDNEY GROUP FORMED T[?] ISRAELI WAR VICTIMS An anonymous donation of $500 eventuated from an emotional address delivered by guest speaker Mr. Asher Joel,…

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Sacked for anti-war 'obscenity'

Tribune · Wednesday 25 February 1970 · page 4

ABOUT 700 of the 800 students at the Altona North Technical School have signed a petition…

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Letters to the Editor Smh and the Sordid Facts of Viet War

Tribune · Wednesday 25 February 1970 · page 11

PERHAPS THE Sydney Morning Herald and other papers which refused to print the peace…

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GIAP The politico turned soldier who beat the professionals at their own game by changing the rules General Giap: Politician and Strategist, by Robert J. O'Neill (Cassell Australia, Melbourne, 1968). Pp. 214 and Index. $5.50

Tribune · Wednesday 25 February 1970 · page 7

THIS book is a model of impartial scholarship only too rarely adopted by writers on political and military…

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Bankstown and District War Memorial Synagogue

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 February 1970 · page 19

SERVICES: Fri.: 6.30 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m. Info.: Mr. L. Alexander, 77-9458…

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Laos: The "secret" US war hits the headlines

Tribune · Wednesday 4 March 1970 · page 9

THE "secret" US war in Laos is no longer secret. It has suddenly replaced the Vietnam war in the…

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Anti-war Move: 9-8 Vote on Actu

Tribune · Wednesday 4 March 1970 · page 12

MELBOURNE: The ACTU executive last week gave guarded approval for affiliated unions to take part in…

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