Montreal postal workers strike faces firing threat
In Montreal 4100 postal workers on day 13 of a walkout reacted icily to a Pearson office threat they could be fired for staying off the job. An unidentified PM spokesman said Ottawa would consider actions, including a special Parliament session or sending servicemen, to restore postal service. 2,500 strikers in the east end rallied. Toronto workers urged solidarity and threatened a national walkout if any Montreal employee is fired.
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William Houle
Postal Employees’ Association
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Bob McGarry
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Peaceful settlement eyed in Hanoi talks briefed by Harriman
U S envoy W Averell Harriman said in Moscow he sensed Premier Kosygin favored a peaceful Viet Nam settlement. He warned of continued heavy fighting as Hanoi rejects talks, while Washington pledges willingness to discuss with any government.
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Viet Nam
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Washington
Johnson
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South Viet Nam
Marines Burn Vietnamese Hamlet Near Da Nang in Fire Raid
U S marines burned about 100 Vietnamese homes near Da Nang after sniper fire, using cigarette lighters and flame throwers. The operation aimed to outflank a Viet Cong unit at Cam Ne, near Dong Son, as part of efforts around Da Nang. Concurrent reports from Saigon described additional clashes with Viet Cong losses and ongoing air strikes.
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United States
Cam Ne
Dong Son
Saigon
Quang Ngai City
South
Viet Nam
U.S
Canadian med students beaten by Congo police
Two Canadian medical students Geoffrey Laundy and Brian Tracy were hospitalized in Leopoldville after alleged beatings by Congolese police at the Lufungula camp. They crossed into Congo from Congo-Brazzaville without visas and said they sought only to pass through. Canadian Charge dAffaires Arthur J. Hicks protested the incident and planned talks with the foreign ministry for their release.
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Danish Red Cross
Congo
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Mindouli
Brazzaville
Hicks
Foreign Ministry
Tracy
Laundy
Lagos
Nigeria
Lufungula
Africa
Search for oil tanker Ced arbranch body delayed
Montreal CP reports the oil tanker Ced arbranch blaze left a 58 year old oiler missing in the engine room after a blast. Engineer Fernand Lavallee, 42 of Sorel, died in hospital from extensive burns after the fire raged for 48 hours. Explosions and a gasoline cargo of 100000 gallons sparked the blaze Saturday.
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Montreal
Fernand Lavallee
Sorel
Indictments in slaying spark tensions at Americus
Sumter County grand jury indicts Eddie Will Lamar and Charles Lee Hopkins, both 21, for first degree murder in the slaying of white marine enlistee Andrew A. Whatley as civil rights protests continue. Out of town workers arrive despite Gov. Sanders urging outsiders to stay away. white residents buy pistol permits amid unrest. Local stores face continued picketing and racial tension as authorities seek calm.
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Carl Sanders
Americus
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Peter Zack Geer
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T. Griffin Walker
Eddie Will Lamar
Charles Lee Hopkins
Andrew A. Whatley
Carl Fox
Fox
Heaths first speech fizzles as Heath faces no confidence vote
In London the Conservative leader Edward Heath failed to spark a strong challenge to Prime Minister Wilson as Labour survived a no confidence vote 303 to 290. Heath’s workmanlike maiden effort drew largely adverse reaction and Liberal abstentions reduced the opposition’s impact. Outside, crowds gathered in rain for seats while a heated clash erupted between the leaders over measures to address the balance of payments.
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House of Commons
Edward Heath
Heath
Labor
Government slows big build boom across Canada
Ottawa announces a government pause on major projects to curb skilled worker shortages and rising costs. Delays include the national museum, Parliament Hill parking, Montreal airport runway, and Toronto postal terminal. Some regions keep steady pace with extended 1967 programs to 1970.
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Pearson
Canada
National Museum
Parliament Hill
Montreal International
Toronto
Forest blaze torches 20,000 acres in Prince George district
A fast moving forest fire sparked by lightning roared through 20,000 acres of scrub timber in the Prince George forest district driving fire fighters into retreat. The blaze crown ed treetops at speeds up to 10 mph with 1,569 workers and over 60 aircraft deployed province wide amid 242 fires.
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Mission
Vancouver
Nelson
Vanderhoof
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Kemano
Cutback called undesirable in major Canadian construction
The Canadian Construction Association called today for avoiding broad deferments of construction across Canada. Neville R. Williams of Winnipeg, CCA president, urged selective federal deferrals only, noting activity remains below late 1950s levels and warning against delaying projects vital to economic development. He criticized government costs blamed on federal policy and urged private industry to match deferrals after Prime Minister Pearson announced upcoming project delays.
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Canadian Construction Association
Canada
Neville R. Williams
Winnipeg
CCA
Mr. Williams
Pearson
Williams
Soviets reject treaty over NATO nuclear force
Semyon Tsarapkin at the disarmament conference declared the Soviet Union will never sign a treaty to halt nuclear spread while Western powers back NATO nuclear forces. He called NATO plans absolutely unacceptable and linked U S aggression in Vietnam to stalled disarmament, while affirming Russia’s commitment to peace talks and arms control.
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Ap.reuters Geneva
Soviet Union
NATO
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
United States
Rivard Argues Extradition Was Political, Stays Silent
Lucien Rivard, accused of masterminding a narcotics smuggling plot into the United States, told a U.S. federal court he was deported from Canada to advance a political conspiracy. Rivard’s Montreal-born lawyer argued he is a political prisoner illegally extradited, unable to be tried in the United States. The 50-year-old former prisoner, under heavy guard, faced a seven-page indictment with co-defendants including Jorge Eduardo Moreno Chauvet Paul Mondoloni Joseph Raymond Jones Julien Gagnon Charles Emile Groleau and Frank James Coppo la. Charges say the group conspired over five years to smuggle heroin into the United States via Bridgeport and other points, with Rivard allegedly arranging heroin deliveries abroad and coordinating transport under directives from Rivard.
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Dominion of Canada
Husky
United States
Wright
Montreal
Bordeaux
Harris County
Houston
Jorge Eduardo Moreno Chauvet
Paul Mondoloni
Joseph Raymond Jones
Julien
Roger Beauchemin
Joseph- Michel Caron
U.S
Bridgeport
Conn
Lucien Rivard
Strike mediator remains hopeful in grain handlers talks
Federal mediator Dr. G Neil Perry said talks would resume in Vancouver to settle the grain handlers strike. Both sides met separately at his home after discussions at the University of British Columbia as work halted at three of seven Vancouver elevators. The strike began with Alberta Wheat Pool over contract talks on June 2 and has spread to United Grain Growers and Saskatchewan Wheat Pool as IUFCD workers refuse to handle diverted grain. Perry is expected to release a mediation report later this week. A T Baker of Alberta Wheat Pool replied to a public debate challenge by Pat O Neal, outlining nine qualifications and conditions, including ethics and potential partial involvement by O Neal as a former conciliation board member.
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Vancouver
G. Neil Perry
Perry
University of B.C
Alberta Wheat Pool
United Grain Growers
Sas
Katchewan Wheat Pool
International Union of Brewery, Flour, Cereal and Distillery Workers
CLC
Alberta
A. T. Baker
Prairies
B.C. Federation of Labor
Pat O'Neal
Baker
O'Neal
Death by Own Action Probed In Calgary Hotel
Police investigate the death of 28 year old Calgary oil rigger George Blake Wilson in a local hotel room. A note indicating premeditated suicide lay beside him near a .22 caliber rifle with a spent cartridge. Wilson worked for Cascade Drilling in Medicine Hat for three and a half months and is survived by a three year old son and estranged wife Carol Elizabeth. Coroner expects the inquest to be unlikely.
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George Blake Wilson
Wilson
Cascade Drilling Company
Medicine Hat
Carol Elizabeth
E. G. F. Skinner
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