The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 2

1 feTlw 5yJny Horle HwiM, 1m, in 3, 1978 2 Another glider death Running back to the past national "Marxists, tussle charges 'fairytale ramblings' ABC puts i staff liaison body 'in lj Jf brings to MELBOURNE. A hang-glider pilot died yes terday when he plunged into a mountainside near Sunbury, 32 km north-west of Melbourne the sec ond kite death in Victoria in a week. -accident brought the Australian hang-glider deaths to 29 in the past three years. Six of these have occurred in Vic toria in the past 12 months. Ojars Silins, 33, married, of Balwyn, Melbourne, was killed when he crashed on Mount Lyons about 4 pm.

Witnesses told police that soon after Silins jumped from a 7 recess If wJn! 29 in 3 rocky outcrop near 'the top of the bare mountain, his hang-glider seemed to collapse in the air, and then crash. Police said Silins, who had been flying hand-gliders for a year, was flying alone. His wife was expecting their first child. The bills around Sunbury are popular with hang-glider pilots because of the sparse number of trees. Another kite pilot, Brian George Barclay, 28, died last Thursday near Myrtleford, northeastern Victoria, when he fell' into a cleared pine plantation.

The vice-president of the National Safety Council, Mr Max Eise, called last night for "He intends to leave his Bundara flat and live with his mother at Ipswich," he said. "A bottle of petrol with a lighted rag wick was found lying against the outside wall when the congregation went to investigate the smash," he said. "A nearby resident who heard the windows break chased and caught Lane and a female companion." An ABC staff liaison committee has been placed in "indefinite receBs" following: "unacceptable" demands made on the man agement by the NSW branch of the ABC Staff Association. The demands included the establishment of autonomous working groups at the ABC within six months. Youth threw petrol bomb at church, court told years the 'registration of all hang-sliders and the certification of their pilots, "1 would like to see the Australian Government investigate hang-gliding," he said.

It could require pilots to undergo examinations to earn a certificate similar to that, required for normal gliding. "The way it is now, anyone can buy or build a hang-glider and go to the nearest cliff, and off they go. I would say this would be one reason for the number of fatalities. "I think the snort is fantastic but it is becoming so popular that it is now( possible for anyone to hang-glide without any knowledge of hang-gliding, wind currents or weather patterns. Mr Hay remanded Lane until January 10 for mention.

He allowed $500 self bail on the explosives charge and $200 self bail on the drug charge. Mr Hay ordered Lane to report daily to police at Ipswich, A girl, 16, is expected to appear in the Children's Court today on charges relating to the incident. Government had failed to provide new homes. "More than $2 million was allocated by the Federal Government," he said. "The white section of Burke- town, which was only half the population of Mornington Island (about 800) has been completely I I i rcsiureu.

is. a uisgrace. Senator Bonner called for an immediate Federal' Government grant for an airlift to take roofing iron and timber to the island so the islanders would not have to spend another wet season under canvas. Senator disgusted at Aboriginal homes delay The association also wanted the management representative on the Organisational Development Staff Com mittee to have the power to take executive decisions on problems without referring them to higher ABC management. The committee is made up of members of the ABC management and staff asso ciations and deals with non- industrial problems raised by staff members.

The general manager of the ABC, Mr Talbot Duck-manton, confirmed last night that the NSW committee had been put into indefinite recess just before Christmas. But the committees were still operating on a Federal level and in all other States. Mr Duckmanton said the ABC management had decided to take this action as a result of demands made by the NSW branch of the ABC Staff Association. "The demands made by the NSW branch were demands which were not acceptable," he said. Mr Duckmanton said the organisational development committees had been operating for several years at the ABC.

BRISBANE. Senator Neville Bonner attacked the Queensland Government last night over delays in its housing reconstruction program for cyclone-ravaged Mornington Island. "It's been more than a year since Cyclone Ted ripped through the place but Mornington Island Aborigines are still living in tents provided as temporary accommodation," Senator Bonner said, The Liberal- senator said he was disgusted that the State Allegations of a Right-JLeft tussle on the executive of the ABC Staff Associa-'tion and of Marxists at retk in the NSW and Vic-'Mrjan branches are mischievous fairytale gamblings," the association's lecretary. Mr Ron Minogue, said yesterday. Hid "Poru that resigna-tipm of the president and a vice-president of the association had created political divisions were obviously designed to create conflict within the ABC and the association.

-He accused the National Civic Council and its operatives of attempting to take over one of. Australia's largest media unions. A report in the Herald yesterday outlined the power struggle for the leadership of the association. Mr Frank Banks, the association'! senior vice-president- and now its nominal' head, was quoted as saying that "politically it is a Right versus Left situation." The Tasmanian branch secretary, Mr Adrian Brennan, claimed there was a Marxist operation within the NSW and Victorian branches of the association. Mr Minogue said the president, Mr Pat Kavanagh, had resigned early in December for the second time in 12 months because of health reasons.

He had another 12 months of his term to run. The federal vice-president, Mr Peter Knudsen, had resigned at the same time for domestic reasons. An attempt had been made the federal conference of the association in December to put in a new president for the remaining time without nominations being called from the rank-and-file membership and an election being held. Mr Minogue said the Victor-fan secretary, Mr Frank Lee, had moved for the appointment of. Mr John Craddy as the new president.

Consultant Mr Crartdy was a senior consultant on industrial matters to the Controller of Engineering in the ABC, a factor which could lead to a definite conflict of interests. Mr Minogue said he firmly believed the membership should decide who would be the new federal president. He had moved that the Industrial Registrar be approached to conduct a ballot for the two vacant positions but this had been rejected by the-Victorian, Tasmanian, Queensland and South Australian delegate and the appointment of Mr Craddy was subsequently carried. Mr Minogue said he received letter later from a firm of solicitors acting for a NSW branch member. It said that unless the conference proceedings, including Mr Crad-dy's appointment, were held to be null and void by those present, action would be taken in the Federal Court.

"The conference determined to seek a senior industrial barrister's opinion on the grounds of challenge to the validity of federal conference," he said. The barrister, in his opinion, said the conference had been held invalidty because of major irregularities in the election of delegates from various States." Mr Minogue said a federal council meeting late in December had decided to call for nominations for the vacant positions and to request the Industrial Registrar to conduct a ballot. Bill Gilliver of the Sydney University Athletics team wore a 19th century outfit when he won the 200m event at Hensley Field, Pagewood yester-dcy. The university athletics club was founded 100 years ago and team members dressed up to celebrate. "The ABC pioneered this concept involving staff at various levels in solving pro blems.

he said. Other Government depart' menu had sought the ABC's advice on setting up similar projects and that there had been several papers done on the work of the OD com mittees, he said. The Federal treasurer of the association, Mr Bill Gibbs, said that the branch had told the ABC manag- ment that the branch did not wish to be involved in such committees if certain re quirements were not met He said the management had been given six months to meet the requirements, but had found the demands and conditions unacceptable. The NSW branch of the association was now without a committee and he was not sure of what would happen in the future, Mr Gibbs said that recent ly the work carried out by the committee had dimin ished. The committee normally dealt with non-industrial mat ters, he said.

The association had alway jealously guarded us in dustrial a million, had only 50 general practitioners and fewer than 40 of them were awazis. "There is such a shortage of doctors throughout Africa, and an ansoiute lacK ot nuoi health care, that TB and malnu trition are rife. "We do what we can. Mr Op penheimer provides 95 per cent of our operating costs and transport fees but the service runs incredibly cheaply with an overall cost of about $10,000 year," he said. From this budget Dr Cohen has furnished an orthopaedic workshop, a pathological laboratory, a dental unit and physiotherapy department Swaziland.

His voluntary specialists have performed more than 5,500 operations, including some com plicated heart surgery. inree weeks tietore the aircraft is due to fly into Swazi' land, Dr Cohen contacts the re gional hospital and is told the ailments of current pauents, I know from that report what kind of specialists are needed on the flight and I have a number of doctors who want to do this kind of work they almost queue up to go, said. he The flights leave every two weeks and are likely to do so lor many years to come, cording to Dr Cohen. ac' South African studies Flying Doctor Service 120 IN ASBESTOS AREA AWAIT X-RAY RESULTS Rick Longstaff Land, air search for trawler survivors continues AUCKLAND, Monday! Helicopters and land patrols searching a North Island coastal area today to find more survivors of" a fishing boat Only Rick Longstaff, i.ot New Plymouth, has been found alive so far. He was on a beach south of Tirau Point.

Six other people, -including his father, were aboard the Kawhia-based trawler Tyrone when it left on a crayfishing expedition last Friday. Police said the' 12-metre aluminium boat had apparently foundered, trapping in the cabin a Rotorua woman, her four-ycar-oid daughter and two teen-aged sons of the owner. Three other people got on a liferaft but were thrown intp the sea several hundred metres from shore. Fishing gear and other equipment from the boat have been washed up in the about 70 km south-west of Hamilton where Rick Longstaff is in hospital, recovering from bruising and shock. The southerly gale in area moderated last night.

(AAP) the bottom of the cliff. His gyrocopter powered by a Volkswagen engine can reach 460 metres altitude (1,500 feet) take off in 120 metres (about 400 feet) and land almost in its own length. It differs from helicopters in Dial the main rotor is not powered in flight the movement through the air keeps the rotor turning. All power comes from a pusher-propeller. A Department "of Transport official said the air navigation order permit did not mean blanket operational approval for gyrocopters.

The department always had been hesitant about gyrocopters because no one had provided proof of their airworthiness, he said. But structural tests now had been done on gyrocopters and "possibly they have now come up with some justification to allow them to be operated in a restricted way," he said. Correction Sir Thomas Foley, who became a Knight Bachelor in the Queen's New Year Honours, was wrongly stated in Saturday's Herald to have retired as chairman of Amatit Ltd. He has retired as managing director, but remains chairman. BRISBANE.

A youth hurled a bottle of petrol with lighted rag wick at a church in the Brisbane sub urb of Buranda during a service on Sunday night, Brisbane Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. Before the court was David John Lane, 17, unemployed, of O'Keefe Street, Buranda. He entered no plea to a charge of having thrown an explosive substance at the Church of God church in O'Keefe Street under circumstances that may have caused injury to any person and damage to property. Lane was also charged with being in possession of hashish on Sunday. The Police Prosecutor.

Senior Sergeant E. M. told the court about 15 people were attending a service at tne church when a window was broken about 8.40 pm. sergeant Murdoch asxea Mr Hay, SM. to impose a surety on Lane if bail was allowed.

Mr A. J. Lalor, for Lane, said the youth's parents were separated. Night on woman rescued MELBOURNE Police rescued a young woman yesterday after she had spent 17 hours trapped on a narrow ledge on a 135-metre cliff in the Grampian Mountains, 240 kilometres west of Melbourne. Miss Kate Crowley, 20, student, of East Brighton, Melbourne was strapped to the back Constable Charles Grieve, of the Police Search and Rescue Squad, and lowered to safety.

A rescue party carried her through rugged bush to an ambulance which took her to Stawell Hospital, where her condition last night was "quite satisfactory." Miss Crowley's rock anchor pins gave way while she was climbing the cliff face at the summit of Mount Rosea on Monday evening. She plunged about seven metres on to the ledge, 60 metres from the cliff base. One of her companions reached her a few hours later and stayed with her throughout her ordeal. Former police chief dies MELBOURNE. A former chief of the Victoria Police Homicide Mr John Edward (Jack) Matthews, 67, died yesterday in a Melbourne private hospital.

He and another former Homicide Squad chief were sentenced to five years' jail in 1971 on charges arising from the Victorian abortion inquiry. TSG17.M7.107 The results of chest x-rays of about 120 people living in and around the asbestos mining community at Bar-yulgil, near Grafton, are expected to be announced soon. Reports are also awaited on eight asbestos miners referred to the Workers' Compensation Dust Diseases Board because an initial screening showed they had chest abnormalities. The board is deciding whether they have asbestosis, a fibrous deterioration of the lungs caused by inhaling asbestos fibres, Altogether 105 miners were examined in the initial screening, conducted late this year by the NSW Health Commission's occupational health division. Attention was drawn to the mainly Aboriginal Baryulgil community by officers of the commission's Aboriginal health section.

Last month the NSW Minister for Health, Mr Stewart, said that preliminary investigations had shown that, of the 25 miners who had died since beginning work at the mine during the 1940s, eight had died from respiratory diseases. Post-mortems had shown evi dence of asbestosis in the lungs ot two ot these men. Mr Stewart said the survey had revealed an unusually high incidence of bronchitis among miners and others living in the Baryulgil area. He also announced that everyone in the area aged over 12 would be given a chest x-ray. The Commissioner for Envi ronmental and Special Health Services, Dr John Krister, said x-rays of about 120 people had been taken and a report on them was expected this week or next.

A spokesman for the Dust Diseases Board said no decision had been made yet on Baryulgil miners in whom chest abnorma lities had been detected. The board had x-rayed and given lung function tests more than 20 miners and many oi tnese nad already been informed that they were free from compensatable disease. At least two miners had been brought back to Svdnev for fur ther lung-function tests by physicians at Prince Henry Hospital. Search off as yacht sighted A search by air for a missing entrant in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race was called off at 5 pm yesterday when the 31ft yacht Vanessa was sighted in the Derwent River. Vanessa had failed to report its position since December 29.

I Kate Crowley is helped from the harness at the A South African doctor who pioneered an aerial medical service which flies voluntary specialists to remote areas of black states in southern Africa is visiting Australia to examine the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Dr George Cohen, 50, heads Harry's Angels, a service which has treated 45,000 patients in Swaziland, Botswana and several of the black African "homelands" of South Africa during the past 10 years. Dr Cohen has 180 of Johannesburg's leading medical consultants who are prepared to "drop everything and leave paying patients in their waiting rooms" and fly with him to attend sick patients for nothing. Harry's Angels is the nickname of the aerial medical service which uses aircraft provided by Mr Haqry Oppenhei-' mer, the mining magnate and chairman of the giant Anglo-American Corporation. Dr Cohen said: "Our flying doctor service is nowhere near as big or well financed as the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Yours is much larger than ours both in the number of people and the area covered and it uses full-time remunerated doctors." Dr Cohen said Swaziland, with a population of about half of Recruiting, Dept. el Dtlinct, In air legally after 12 years Gold Coast warning on nude bathing BRISBANE. The Mayor of the Gold Coast, Sir Bruce Small, appealed to the public yesterday to report incidents of nude bathing on Gold Coast beaches to police or beach authorities. He was commenting on an incident when three men stripped off to sunbathe at Nobby's Beach, on the Gold Coast, on Sunday. He said the Gold Coast City Council would enforce laws against nude or topless bathing, or any indecent conduct on beaches.

"Nude bathing is against council policy and the law," Sir Bruce said. "It comes under the offence of indecent exposure and is subject to arrest and heavy penalties. "We have set all-time crowd records on Gold Coast beaches this year and the council is determined to preserve the family holiday atmosphere." Sir Bruce said lifesavers who were reported as saying they had no power in the matter were wrong. "They have the authority to maintain order and keep the law on the beach. Parents.

Did you know that during the next 12 months there will be over 8,000 career opportunities for young people iri the Australian Defence Force? MELBOURNE. After a 12-year battle with the authorities, a Melbourne Hying enthusiast, Mr Bob Higgins, has finally persuaded the Federal Department of Transport to lift its ban on gyrocoptcrs. The department has just issued an air navigation order which allows restricted gyro-copter use and Mr Higgins was first to take advantage of it. Mr Higgins, 48, a roofing contractor, admitted yesterday that he has been flying gyro-copters illegally for the past four years since he imported his $1,800 craft in kit form from the United States. At Geelong Court last March he was found guilty on charges of having flown an unregistered aircraft and flying below 150 metres (300 feet).

"But I have been flying illegally while they worked on the air navigation orders since they cauoht me." he said. Mr Mi-sins who lives In Box Hill received his permit last Fridav to fly for two days at the Sports Aircraft Association's fourth national fly-in at the Latrobe Valley airstrip during the New Year weekend. If there are any young people in your family who have left school or who will be leaving school soon, now is the time more than ever before to consider the rewarding opportunities offered by the Navy, the Army and the Air Force. Careers Advisers at any Defence Force Recruiting Centre will be happy to provide information. Just consult your telephone directory.

We offer a secure and worthwhile future an extremely valuable asset in times when young people are often unable to find a career that will satisfy them. Job training Is taught and supervised by experts, and career advancement is dependent on the ability of the Individual. Ambition and energy often regarded as terribly eld-fashioned attributes these days are rewarded in the Navy, Army and Air Force. Of course, it's not the right sort of life for everyone and we are very careful to choose the people we think will be able to make the most of Service life and opportunities. We try to find the position that makes the very best use of their talents.

Some will enter the Navy, Army or Air Force general enlistment ranks and learn valuable skills. Others will want to become apprentices. There's officer training, too, through the Service Colleges and for those from the ranks who show special promise. And there will be young graduates and undergraduates who will join us as officers to follow their chosen professions. Altogether, the Navy, Army and Air Force will have over 8,000 vacancies for young people in something like 100 different employment opportunities In each Service.

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