Beer Rush Hits Toronto as Ontario Brewery Strike Spreads
In Toronto and Ontario a brewery strike locks out 2,700 workers, triggering beer shortages and heavy buying. Hotels report booming trade while 7,000 tons of garbage pile up as city workers join the turnout. Seaway traffic stalls with 1,200 strikers affecting tolls and ship movements.
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Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Ighor
Harold Atyeo
St. Lawrence
U.S
David Oberlin
Port of
Duluth
Minn
Tered
Metric Measurement Gap Probe Urged
Washington reports growing pressure to adopt the metric system as the House considers a three year study. John F. Kincaid cites potential annual education savings of 705 million dollars and notes the global shift could leave the U S isolated in inches and pounds while warning of costs to scrap contracts blueprints and instruments.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Kincaid
Commerce Department
Chemistry Industry
Great Britain
Senate weighs Sentinel antimissile funds amid split opposition
Washington opponents of the Sentinel antimissile defense press unproven claims and high costs as the $18 billion military construction bill advances. A Senate amendment by Cooper and Hart to cut $227.3 million for Sentinel faces a likely narrow vote with absentees pivotal. Supporters argue the system deters a growing Chinese missile force while skeptics question its effectiveness and cost. Senate figures Stennis Symington join Cooper and Hart against the project.
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Washington
Senate
House
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Cooper
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Armed Services’ Committee
John C. Stennis
Mississippi
Armed Services Democrat
Cooper and Hart
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Air Force
Armed Services Committee
OEO Denies Gun Buying Charge In Gang Rehab Program
The Office of Economic Opportunity denies that funds from a $927000 Chicago gang rehabilitation project were used to buy firearms or empower the Blackstone Rangers. CEO Bertrand Harding disputed former Ranger George Rose’s Senate testimony alleging weapon storage and church complicity. Police involvement and church support are noted as the program aimed to steer youths toward education and employment with substantial dropout and placement stats.
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Chicago
Office of Economic Opportunity
Blackstone Rangers
Senate
George Rose
Rangers
South Side
John R. Fry
Rose
First Presbyterian Church
Fry
Bertrand Harding
Rev
Harding
OED
Gun Law Urged by Baltimore Constituents
Rep. Clarence D. Long of Maryland says he has received hundreds of letters urging gun control legislation. One caller told his secretary that if Long fails to pass a gun control bill in two weeks, he would shoot him.
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Baltimore, Md
Clarence D. Long
D-Md
Long
Congress
Guns Given Up In Montrose Toy Pistols Turned Over
Four cap pistols were surrendered to sheriff's deputies in Montrose California on Sunday. The Optimist club member Ronala Best six said you can get into bad hair its playing with guns and the officer wrote receipts, kept the toy guns, and will install officers at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Media Inn Motor Lodge.
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Montrose
Calif
Sheriff's Deputies
Ronala Best
Barbara
Media Inn
Receipts Motor Lodge
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