SA: Main stories in today's Adelaide Advertiser

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2005
SA: Main stories in today's Adelaide Advertiser

ADELAIDE, Feb 1 AAP - Main stories in today's Adelaide Advertiser:

Page 1: An Australian airman has been killed in the crash of a British Hercules in
Iraq. Lleyton Hewitt and Bec Cartwright are engaged after a whirlwind seven week romance.

Page 2: Adelaide Festival Centre venues have continued to lose money and patrons but
staff still receiving pay rises.

Page 3: Bankrupt winemaker Andrew Garrett is trying to buy luxury cars, despite his
failed businesses owing creditors more than $12 million. Public hospital patients are
paying the price for private health insurance, according to La Trobe University study.

A rock was thrown from a moving car at a pedestrian north of the city last night.

World: Pop star Michael Jackson yesterday made a last-minute plea to be given a fair
hearing and reiterated his claims of innocence just hours before his trial on child molestation
charges was due to begin in California (Santa Maria, California).

Finance: Transurburban shares hit a record yesterday after the company made a $1.8
billion takeover offer for Hills Motorway, whose shares also surged.

Sport: South Australian cricket has finally won its battle for Adelaide Oval to host
a guaranteed one-day international final.

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KEYWORD: FRONTERS SA

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