Hans Tholstrup (right) and Dick Smith with their amphibious Mini Moke. Photo: John O'Gready
Two men and a Moke
"Adventurer Hans Tholstrup and larger-than-life electronics millionaire Dick Smith drove a car across the waters of Rose Bay at 59 km/h yesterday," the Herald motoring writer reported. "They will claim the effort as a world speed record for a car-boat. The pair overcame a number of problems – including a puncture – when they set sail in their adapted Leyland Moke, called Eveready, for the speed record bid."
Aldo Moro kidnapped
"Rome, Thursday: The leader of the Italian Christian Democratic Party, Mr Aldo Moro, was kidnapped and his five bodyguards were shot dead in a street ambush today. Mr Moro, 61, a former prime minister who is tipped to become the country's next President, was kidnapped by the Red Brigades urban guerrilla group. The group claimed responsibility in a telephone call to the Italian news agency ANSA."
More refugees
The Herald reported that "another 2000 Indo-Chinese refugees from camps in Malaysia and Thailand will be accepted by Australia this financial year. The Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Mr Mackellar, said last night that the additional intake would, by June 30, bring to about 9000 the number of Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian refugees since the fall of Saigon in April 1975."
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