Fire kills captain in Astra block blaze
A fire at the Astra block endangering Crescent Finance and Maggie’s Cafeteria left Captain Unwin dead from a heart attack during evacuation and smoke suppression. Firefighters battled thick smoke as witnesses described a garbage fire. Police blocked streets as crews worked with air tanks and saws to reach the blaze.
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Astra
CPR
3Rd Street
Crescent Finance
Ken Biddell
Retail Credit Company
John Boschee
Adolph Dederer
Maggie
Margaret van Riper
Gordon Anderson
Unwin
Captain Unwin
Len Mor
France ignores Breton and other nationalist moves while de Gaulle backs Quebec
Paris reports President de Gaulle waving the Quebec separatist flag while ignoring six French nationalist movements. Bretons, Basques, Flemish, Alsatians, Corsicans and Occitans push for autonomy or nationhood though Breton activists have used bombs and rail blockades to gain attention. The Bretons seek Celtic language rights and economic relief from central France.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Quebec
France
Charles the Bald
Montreal
Brittany
Britanny
Tide of violence continues to ebb
The tide of violence continued to ebb while Congress weighed the role of militant Negro leaders in rioting. Senator Eastland linked rioters to Communist tactics while Vice President Humphrey urged a U S poverty-focused Marshall plan and civil peace councils. In Milwaukee a Negro youth was fatally shot after firebombs were thrown and orders ignored. Violence eased in Wyandanch and Providence with reduced incidents and renewed efforts to curb unrest.
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Congress
James O. Eastland
Dem. Miss
Communist Party
Hubert H. Humphrey
Detroit
U.S
Milwaukee
Long Island
Wyandanch
N.Y
Providence
R.I
Erty
Humphrey
China Nears Civil War Amid Widespread Clashes
Tass reports armed clashes among Red Guards workers students and soldiers across several provinces with famine looting and divisions within the army. Reports describe Maoist supporters and anti-Mao factions fighting in Hunan Shangtung Kwangtung and Wuhan area complicating rail traffic and signaling state of anarchy.
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Moscow
Tass
China
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Hong Kong
Mao Tse - Tung
Hunan
Canton
Hankow
Shang
Tung
Kwangtung
Shanghai
Wuhan
Ming Pao
Medicare plans worry premiers at provincial meet
At a two day premiers conference in Fredericton the six provinces voiced worries over Ottawa's national medical care insurance plan set for July 1, 1968. A six page communique cited timing financing and implementation as key issues while New Brunswick leader Robichaud questioned readiness. Quebec leader Johnson urged more frequent meetings to co ordinate policies and BC's Bennett defended provincial control of offshore mineral rights.
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Fredericton
Canada
Ottawa
Pearson
New Brunswick
Louis J. Robichaud
Quebec
Daniel Johnson
Supreme Court of Canada
British Columbia
W. A. C. Bennett
West Coast
Confederation
Egypt agrees to UN plan delay Suez Canal ship movement
AP reports Egypt accepts a UN proposal to refrain from sailing ships through the Suez Canal for one month as part of ongoing talks. Canada accuses nuclear powers of discrimination in treaty draft to halt nuclear weapons spread. A British correspondent cites Congo and Algerian leaders in Tshombe kidnapping claims. The Boston Red Sox acquire catcher Elston Howard from the New York Yankees for cash and two players to be named later.
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Jerusalem
Egypt
United Nations
Suez Canal
Geneva
Canada
Boston
Boston Red Sox
Elston Howard
New York Yankees Today
Congo Forces Battle Mutineers Near Rwanda Border
Congolese army reinforcements rushed to Kivu to block a force of about 200 mercenaries and 800 Katangans moving toward Rwanda. About 150 troops bolstered Bukavu after clashes left at least 50 Congolese dead and several armored cars destroyed. Rebels reportedly captured Punia and Lubutu, though other sources said those towns were abandoned.
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Kinshasa
Congo
Kivu
Rwanda
Bukavu
Punia
Lubutu
Jean Schramm
Goma
Roblin enters race as Manitoba premier moves to federal leadership
Premier Duff Roblin declares as ninth Conservative leadership candidate with a plan to resign the premiership and pursue federal politics. He schedules a Winnipeg press conference and a national tour to woo delegates, joining premiers Stanfield and other candidates including Fulton Hees Hamilton McCutcheon Fleming Starr and McLean.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Duff Roblin
Conservative Party
Winnipeg
Nova Scotia
Robert Stanfield
Roblin
Stanfield
Toronto
Diefenbaker
West
Quebec
Davie Fulton
George Hees
Alvin Hamilton
Wallace McCutcheon
Donald Fleming
Michael Starr
John McLean
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Moise Tshombe
Houari Boumedienne
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Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Conservatives
Jim Horsman
Hugh Belsher
Dvjart Farquharson Southam News Services
Sterling Lyon
Stewart McLean
Walter Weir
Montmorency
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