Reason for the worry
Lake Julius, an unlimited water supply for Mount Isa, had become a "giant-sized financial headache" for local council.
The council's share of the $33 million dam and water supply system was at $5.2 million - an account it was unable to meet.
The front page news said council was prepared to face bankruptcy rather than force the financial burden on ratepayers to meet the year's repayment bill of $280,000.
Mayor Ald. Franz Born was hopeful a missing $4.6 million federal government grant would be known on the weekend.
He had been informed by top government officials the money was there but had mysteriously disappeared from the budget when it was bought down.
A desperate search was underway to find the files in Brisbane and Canberra.
Man with top mission to perform
Barry Cassell was named the national director of the Cattlemen's Union and reportedly boasted a salary of $30,000.
He had already injected new thinking - and fight - into the "for-to-long complacent agro-politics scene".
$10 stamps to be issued
A limited edition $10 stamp, the highest denomination ever issued in Australia at the time, was set to go on sale that October.
The series featured the work of famous Aussie painters.
Hughenden hosts Centenary Queen competition
Four young ladies were vying for the title of Centenary Queen and Charity Queen which came with the prize of a two week holiday for two at Hayman Island.
Jeannette McGregor, Patti Cairns, Jeanette Cann and Jessie Wilks were the entrants and were judged on their general knowledge, deportment and dress sense.
Their combined fundraising efforts had reached $7543, well above the $2500 the festival committee had hoped for.
The winner was set to be announced at the end of the town's Centenary Festival.
Stockman injured
The Cairns Aerial Ambulance, piloted by Captain N.Watling, flew to Lyndhurst Station, southwest of Cairns, to bring a 19-year-old stockman back to the Cairns Base Hospital.
Peter Haack had sustained a fractured left wrist when he fell from a horse.
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