Montreal postal strikers await government offer
Montreal postal workers report no new offer from the federal government and will not vote on ending the walkout at today's general meeting. Leader William Houle says return to work requires definite salary figures, amid reports of a potential $550 yearly wage increase for Canada’s 22 000 postal workers.
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Montreal
William Houle
Houle
Canadian Postal Employees Association
Mail
Ottawa
J. C. Anderson
Canada
Anderson
Jury considers indictments in Midnight slaying case
A grand jury meets in Americus Georgia to consider indictments against Eddie Lamar and Charles Hopkins both in their early 20s charged with the murder of a white Marine enlistee Andrew Whatley during a civil rights demonstration. Demonstrators vow reinforcements as tensions rise and churches face unrest.
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Americus, Ga
Eddie Will Lamar
Charles Lee Hopkins
Americas
Andrew Whatley
Heath challenges Wilson in no confidence vote
Edward Heath, new Conservative leader, accuses Prime Minister Wilson of undermining world confidence and calls for a no confidence vote in the House of Commons. Wilson’s Labour government faces censure amid economic critique, with Liberal backing and potential rebellions within Labour.
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London
Edward Heath
Wilson
Britain
Heath
House of Commons
Labor
Liberal Party
Labor Administration
William Warbey
Third elevator closes on Coast in grain dispute
Vancouver faced a sharp downturn as Saskatchewan Wheat Pool suspended 30 workers for refusing to unload hot grain, widening a row with SWP and United Grain Growers. Picket lines surround SWP and UGG, talks with Dr. G Neil Perry to resume, ships leaving Vancouver without cargo.
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Vancouver
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
United Brewery
Alberta Wheat Pool
United Grain Growers
SWP
UGG
SWPV
B. D. B. Johnson
G. Neil Perry
Perry
Rivard to face charges in multi nation narcotics ring
Lucien Rivard 50 of Montreal was to appear in a federal court in Laredo Texas to be charged with masterminding a multi million dollar heroin smuggling operation. Six men including Canadians Charles Emile Groleau Julien Gagnon and Joseph Raymond Jones were charged. three await trial next month in custody on bail.
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Laredo
Tex
CP AP
Lucien Rivard
Montreal
Rivard
Cuba
Houston
U.S
Laredo, Tex
Ben C. Connally
United States
Mexico
Charles - Emile Groleau
Julien Gagnon
Joseph Raymond Jones
Papandreou Follower Move Triggers Quorum for Greece Vote
In Athens pro Papandreou followers plan to flood Parliament with enough Centre Union deputies to create a quorum for a confidence debate on the new government. The tactic aims to speed the vote, while other blocs retreat to a lounge until called for quorum checks.
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Athens
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Centre Union Party
Centre Union
George Athanasiadis Novas
United Democratic Left
EDA
National Radical Union
ERE
Ths
Progressive Party
Rivard Faces Arraignment in Texas-Mexico Border City
The article notes Rivard awaiting arraignment in a Texas border city near the U S customs seizure of October 1963. A car entering from Mexico was found to contain 76 pounds of heroin valued at about 56 million on the U S market. Driver Michel Caron, a Canadian, is serving 100 years. Rivard and six others face charges from a May 27 1964 grand jury indictment.
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Rivard
U.S
Mexico
Michel Caron
Grain strikers fail to halt Montreal harbor access
Grain handlers in Montreal failed to strengthen a picket line on the waterfront as heavy rain and lack of solidarity from longshoremen kept access open. Some CNTU members resisted entry while ILA officers noted only unofficial sympathy had been offered. Wage increases remain the core dispute.
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Montreal
Longstoremen
Montreal Port Employees’ Union
CNTU
Place Jacques Cartier
International Longshoremen’s Union
Canadian Labor Congress
Paul Asselin
ILA
Asselin
Pensions portability likely at premiers meeting
At the sixth premiers conference in Winnipeg the leaders from Ontario Quebec and other provinces signal support for country wide portability of private pensions. Governors note portability within provinces and discuss cross border moves while private pensions remain separate from the Canada Pension Plan.
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Winnipeg
Quebec
Ontario
Remiers
Jean Lesage
John Robarts
E. C. Manning
Alberta
W. A. C. Bennett
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Ross Thatcher
Nova
Lesage
Robarts
Britain aims to win Soviet support for Atlantic Nuclear Force plan
Disarmament Minister Lord Chalfont defended a Western Atlantic Nuclear Force as a minor non dissemination agreement to curb weapon spread while preserving Britain and the United States right to strategic defense. He said no Russian signatory would occur, stressing verification and guarantees for non nuclear powers could be added later.
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Geneva
Britain
Soviet Union
Lord Chalfont
Chalfont
United States
Hatters two police to try for Canoe Classique team
Const. Lance Mayer and Const. Adam Borys of Medicine Hat police have been chosen for Alberta's Canoe Classique trial team. They depart next week to North Bay for selection events ahead of the 1967 race, a 3500 mile centennial feature. The route begins at Rocky Mountain House, follows the North Saskatchewan to Lake Winnipeg, then Lake Winnipeg and the Winnipeg River to the Lake of the Woods.
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Medicine Hat
Lance Mayer
Adam Borys
Alberta
North Bay
Voyageurs and
Couriers du Bois
Canada
Montreal
Rocky Mountain House
North Saskatchewan
Lake Winnipeg
Winnipeg River
Lake of the Woods
Bombers strike Viet Cong in seventh reported raid
U S B 52s conducted a 45 minute raid 350 miles northwest of Saigon targeting Viet Cong installations near the Doxa range in Quang Tin province. Ground fighting southeast of Saigon yielded little result with 3 Viet Cong killed and 3 captured while American casualties were reported heavy among a marine patrol near Da Nang.
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Saigon
U.S
Guam
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Forest fires surge across British Columbia thresholds
Forest Service reports the worst fires in four years as heat and low humidity grip British Columbia. Closures threaten thousands of loggers on the south coast and Vancouver Island while Prince Rupert and Prince George districts report fires up to 13 000 acres. A 1500 acre blaze near Port St James and a 1300 acre fire near Vanderhoof worsen the situation. cloud cover may ease outbreaks.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Forest Service
South Coast
Vancouver Island
B.C
North Coast
Prince Rupert
Prince George
Southbank
Burns Lake
Port St. James
Vanderhoof
Kamloops
Nelsen
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Benjamin van Clarke
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Clarke
SCLC
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
First Baptist
Fist Methodist
Baptist Church
H. K. Henderson
Drink and Distillery Workers
CLC
M. Hale
Webb County
Bordeaux
Pro-Papandreou
Little Cloud
Hatters
Long An
Go Cong
North
Viet Nam
South
Honolulu
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William C. Westmoreland
New Delhi
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