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The wars & local soldiers, 1978

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Train usage lowest since the war

Tribune · Wednesday 14 June 1978 · page 3

MELBOURNE: The number of people using rail transport has dropped to the lowest…

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War Hero Is Knight

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 June 1978 · page 1

He joins a select number of Australian Jews who have been elevated to this high post…

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America Disapproves of Sadat's War Talk

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 June 1978 · page 1

CAIRO: Warlike sounds are emanating from Egypt once again, with President Sadat warning of the possibility of armed conflict unless Israel abandons its current conceptions of a peace settlement. He demanded that Israel,…

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New Knight Was a War Hero

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 June 1978 · page 2

GERALD PYNT, one of Sydney Jewry’s top newspapermen (he was sporting editor of the Daily Telegraph for many years) was a classmate of Group Captain Julius Allan Cohen, the hero of one of the most extraordinary exploits in RAAF…

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Us Enters Timor War

Tribune · Wednesday 21 June 1978 · page 1

American military advisers are fighting alongside Indonesian troops against Fretilin in East Timor, according to a radio message received in Darwin last Saturday…

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International News New Civil War Threat in Lebanon

Tribune · Wednesday 21 June 1978 · page 9

The threat of renewed civil war in Lebanon increased dramatically last week as Israel staged its final "withdrawal" from the southern border region…

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World in Focus New position, new war

Tribune · Wednesday 28 June 1978 · page 9

ISRAEL: The status of Israeli occupied Arab, territories is not negotiable for five years according to a policy adopted by Israel's parliament last week. The…

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International News Yugoslavia warns of new cold war

Tribune · Wednesday 28 June 1978 · page 9

BELGRADE: Yugoslav President Tito warns that relations between the United States and the Soviet Union are "reminiscent of the Cold War". Distrust and suspicion had caused the…

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BOOK Controversial report on war of 1973 ‘The War of Atom Ment' by Chaim He zog (Weidenfeld Nicholson), $18

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 July 1978 · page 14

Chaim Herzog has long been considered Israel’s foremost military analyst (he was also formerly head…

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Fremantle Temporary War Base

Tribune · Wednesday 23 August 1978 · page 5

FREMANTLE: Over 120 people marched against the presence of four nuclear warships…

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Dayan Sees Facts New British book exposes “economic war” on Jews

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 31 August 1978 · page 30

LONDON: A new book “The Economic War Against the Jews,” written by two men who were the first asked to give evidence before the House of Lords’ Select Committee on Lord Byers’ “Foreign Boycotts Bill,” was published on July 31. The book is a timely…

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Campus Events Oh, What a Lovely War

Tharunka · Monday 4 September 1978 · page 7

Musictheatre’s new show is the brilliant satire of “Oh! What a Lovely War”. The talented cast, the clever use of sound and visual equipment and of course the magic…

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World in Focus Civil war in Nicaragua

Tribune · Wednesday 20 September 1978 · page 7

The Nicaraguan Air Force bombed the territory of neighboring Costa Rica while pursuing Sandinist National Liberation Front (SNLF) guerrillas last week. The country's National Guard is fighting the last ditch…

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Our Violent Inheritance From the Viet Nam War from p9

Tribune · Wednesday 20 September 1978 · page 10

Both Vo Dai Ton and Dingh Quoc Hung are involved in the NSW Liberal Party's Ethnic Council. They have been official guests at Council functions attended by NSW Liberal Party leader Peter Coleman and rightwinger Lyenko…

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Tribune Magazine Our Violent Inheritance From the Viet Nam War

Tribune · Wednesday 20 September 1978 · page 9

Commenting on his government's attitude to accepting refugees fleeing Viet Nam after Saigon's liberation in 1975, Prime Minister Whitlam said he feared the…

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Guard Wounded

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 October 1978 · page 11

NEW YORK: A New York City police officer guarding the home of Dr Yehuda Blum, Israel’s…

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Education Board, Central in “war of words”

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 12 October 1978 · page 2

Central Synagogue president Sol Brender this week denied charges that his congregation has not…

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Wheeldon's concern over war refugees

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 October 1978 · page 3

CANBERRA: No immediate action was expected from the Australian Government on the problem of the growing number of Lebanese refugees seeking admission. Speaking in Parliament…

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Book blames UK officials of ‘obstructing’ refugees World War II Foreign Office actions revealed

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 19 October 1978 · page 10

LONDON: A book recently published in Britain claims that British officials obstructed Jewish refugees of the Nazi holocaust. The recently-formed Balfour Diamond Jubilee…

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‘War Game’ man in Australia

Tharunka · Monday 23 October 1978 · page 18

Peter Watkins, the English film-maker, is in Sydney to begin a full-scale research project, the object of which is to create a series of independent research groups…

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