Admiral Welland retires amid wave of early leave
Ottawa AP Rear Admiral Robert P Welland 48 deputy chief of operations at Canadian Forces Headquarters retires on Monday as a spate of early exits follows unification policy changes. A Winnipeg native, Welland served since 1936 and earned the Distinguished Service Cross for wartime anti submarine actions aboard HMCS St Laurent Assiniboine and Haida.
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Ottawa
Robert P. Welland
Canadian Forces Headquarters
Soes
Defence Department
Admiral Welland
William Landymore
Maritime
Pacific
Herbert G. Burchell
Landymore
McCreary
Man
Navy
St. Laurent
Assiniboine
Haida
Bombers Hit Demilitarized Zone In Viet Nam War Update
U S B 52 bombers raided the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam for the fourth time in a week and hit two North Vietnamese positions near the Cambodian border. The United States reports enemy forces broke contact with about 10 000 troops southwest of Pleiku City. Elsewhere in Vietnam air and ground actions continued with 83 U S missions and strikes on Haiphong region, oil installations, barges, storage buildings, bridges and trucks. The ICC investigates complaints from both sides as Canada seeks a full inquiry with India and Poland.
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Saigon
North
South Viet Nam
U.S
Pleiku City
North Viet Nam
Northeast
Haiphong
Tennessees Nomination Battles Highlight LBJ Ties
Buford Ellington a Johnson ally won the Democratic nomination for Tennessee governor after a tight contest with Kennedy-linked rival John Jay Hooker Jr. In the U S Senate race, Frank Clement unseated Ross Bass after most votes counted. Baker Jr. won the Republican nomination. Haywood County elected two Black leaders to county court. Ellington, 59, former governor, campaigned with little Washington emphasis.
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Nashville, Tenn
Buford Ellington
Johnson
Tennessee
Kennedy
Ellington
U.S
U.S. Senate
Frank G. Clement
Ross Bass
Clement
Bass
Howard H. Baker Jr
Everett Dirksen
Rep. Ill
Hooker
Baker
Kenneth Roberts
Haywood County
West
Dan Nixon
A. D. Powell
Washington
Waterfowl Hunters Face $2 Federal Permit Canadawide
Ottawa announces a $2 federal permit for all waterfowl hunters this year along with questionnaires for the Canadian Wildlife Service to collect data on hunter numbers hunting patterns and species killed. New bag and possession limits vary by province with regional date ranges and season openings specified.
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Ottawa
Canada
Northern Affairs Department
Canadian Wildlife Service
The
Wildlife Service
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchemap
Quebec
Ungava
Ontario
Lennon remarks spark faith row. Cleave defends context
AP reports Maureen Cleave defends Lennon's Christianity remarks as misinterpreted and not irreverent. Cleave says Lennon deplored that The Beatles are better known than Christ, while U.S. stations ban songs amid a boycott push. Only Paul McCartney weighed in urging readers not to take interviews too seriously.
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London
Maureen Cleave
John Lennon
United States
Lennon
Christ
Miss Cleave
Jesus
John
Paul McCartney
Strikes Hit CNR and CPR Express in Canada
About 1,200 CNR express freight workers in Montreal and others in Toronto walked out in a wildcat strike causing an embargo on express shipments between the cities. CPR workers in both cities also staged protests but resumed work after union pressure. union leaders urge a quick return while demanding higher wage increases and fringe benefits. A nation-wide poll of non-operating railway workers aims to pressure for faster conciliation board action.
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CNR
Toronto
CPR
W. J. Smith
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
CLC
Ottawa
Atlantic
Montreal Cpr
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship
Craig Munroe
Vancouver
William McGregor
Justice Munroe
Express Handlers Union
CNR Express
C. A. Cameron
Airline talks begin in stalled strike response
Washington(AP) The House opens hearings on airline pilots strike as Congress weighs a 30 day to six month back-to-work order. Senate approved measure would compel IAM AFL CIO members to return to work and grant Johnson authority to extend the period. Labor opposes the plan and signals slower cooperation if enacted. President Johnson prefers the Senate plan.
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Senate
Congress
International Association of Machinists
Afl-Cio
Johnson
P. L. (Roy) Seimiller
Contract signed to end strike in Quebec hospitals
Montreal CP reports a 19 day strike by 32,500 non medical hospital workers in Quebec ended with a formal contract signing Thursday night. Yves Pratte signed for management and CNTU representatives for the workers union. The pact covers 2,294 nurses plus 2,000 other workers in 138 hospitals. It runs 30 months with weekly wage increases of 8 to 10 dollars, lifting average weekly pay from about 69 dollars.
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Montreal
Quebec
Yves Pratte
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Workers’ Union
Quebec Hospital Association
Quebec Federation of Labor
CLC
CNTU
Wildcat steel strike continues at Stelco plant
Hamilton reports a three day wildcat strike by 12 000 Steel Co of Canada Ltd employees. Strikers remain at odds with management as 30 event attendees gathered for a delegation meeting. Police patrols at the Stelco plant followed overturned cars and blocks on entrances. About 3 500 non union workers are blocked from the plant while 400 maintenance staff settle inside with food. Conciliators in Toronto aim to propose a new contract by Sunday.
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Hamilton
Steel Co. of Canada Ltd
Stelco
Leinweber invited to council liaison meeting
Medicine Hat MLA Harry Leinweber is invited to attend next Friday's Civ ic Finance Committee meeting to discuss better liaison with the provincial government. Members want monthly meetings and Finance chairman Ald. Jack Edwards noted prior discussion and lack of reply from Leinweber.
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Medicine Hat
Harry Leinweber
Civic Authority
Civic Finance Committee
Leinweber
Ald
Jack Edwards
Johnson Wedding Picket Ban Denied by U S Court
Washington Committee to End the War in Viet Nam failed to obtain a restraining order to bar picketing Luci Johnson and Patrick Nugent’s wedding at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The bid sought to avoid arrests during the Saturday ceremony. The request will be carried to Chief Justice Earl Warren. The president’s 19 year old daughter marries 23 year old Patrick Nugent in New York news accounts mention the protest plans by civil rights leaders to call off demonstrations at the wedding.
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U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Luci Baines Johnson
Washington Committee
Viet Nam
William Higgs
Earl Warren
Patrick Nugent
New York
Stokely Carmichael
Luci Johnson
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
A. Philip Randolph
The
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Roy Randolph
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Whitney Young Jr
National Urban League
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