Prairie crop prospects are good to excellent
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports prairie crops generally good to excellent despite drought heat and hail. Rain across Manitoba and other areas improved conditions, with cooler weather aiding growth and moisture supplying cereals to maturity. Wheat leaf rust rises but late enough to not hurt yields. prospects vary by region with Alberta hail damage and late-season needs noted.
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Ottawa
Prairies
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Peace River
Lethbridge
Hanna
Calgary
Sedgewick
Edmonton
Red Deer
Lacombe
Swuth
Eight dead in Ottawa bridge collapse
An eight man was identified as the final victim in the Ottawa bridge collapse leaving 53 injured. Rescue efforts ended as rain turned the rubble to mud while officials confirmed all workers were accounted for and ongoing investigations continued.
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Ottawa
Leo Seguin
Ottawa Police Department
Rideau River
Don Reid
Board of Control
People
Elmer Ivall
Angers
Quc
Ottawa Civic Hospital
Negotiators Reach Police Contract Agreement For City
Negotiators from the city and the Police Association agreed on a contract after conciliation recommendations. Ratification by union members and the city is now needed. The accord includes a 5 percent wage raise this year retroactive to January 1, another 5 percent in 1967, half the medical plan cost from January 1 to September 1, 1966, full coverage thereafter, and stepped service pay at 10, 15, 20, and 25 years. The deal ends wage disputes as the last city union settles.
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Police Association
Musical chairs in U K cabinets spark political debate
Prime Minister Wilson reshuffles the cabinet moving George Brown to the foreign office and Michael Stewart to prices and incomes policy. Four ministers swap roles while no new faces appear, drawing mixed critique from newspapers and strong opinion from the Labour and Conservative press.
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London (Cp
Wilson
George Brown
Foreign Office
Brown
Labor Party
Michael Stewart
Sun
Chairman backs 40 cent raise for CBRT workers
A conciliation board chaired by J C A Cameron recommends a 40 cent hourly wage rise for 21 000 CBRT members in their dispute with CNR, spread over two years. The proposal mirrors Munroe's earlier plan for other railway workers, drawing union opposition as Unrealistic.
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Ottawa
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
CNR
J. C. A. Cameron
Labor Department
Craig Munroe
Vancouver
W. J. Smith
CBRT
Joint Protective Board
Montreal
Munroe
Cameron Board
House aims to end U S airline strike with new bill
A House committee moved to order airline machinists back to work for 30 days under congressional authority and consider extending mediation for up to 150 days. The dispute centers on a voluntary arbitration proposal and potential federal seizure of the airlines.
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House
U.S
Washington
P. L. (Roy) Siemiller
International Association of Machinists
House Interstate and Foreign Committee
Siemiller
House Committee
Johnson
Senate
Congress
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Rainmaker at Lake Morena Aims for 2 inches of Rain
Edmond Charles Jeffery of West Los Angeles claims Hatfield’s rainmaking secrets and works near Lake Morena to generate a modest two inch shower before Sunday. Residents host Jeffery and his wife as city officials study waterproofing hillsides with petroleum asphalt strips to prevent runoff.
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Lake Morena
Calif
Hatfield
San Diego County
Edmond Charles Jeffery
Los Angeles
Charles M. Hatfield
San Diego
Jeffery
Morena
Otay
Tom Fletcher
New Mexico
Libya
Missing 20-ton boulder on Boulder Island puzzling town
Vancouver police say they cannot investigate yet as no complaint has been filed about a 20 ton granite boulder missing from Boulder Island. Island owner William Lightheart, 91, suspects theft, noting the eight by 13 foot rock may have been left since the ice age. Mrs. Thomas I. Anderson reported the disappearance to the transport department.
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Vancouver (Cp
Boulder Island
Here
Thomas I. Anderson
Deep Cove
Anderson
Department of Transport
North Vancouver Rcmp
William A. Lightheart
Lightheart
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Bowden
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Staggers
Charles Hatfield
Los Angeles Times
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