Unemployment Dips in Canada as July Figures Drop
Canada’s unemployment fell to 371 000 in mid July from 395 000 in June, helped by a larger labor force. The jobless rate slipped to 4.5 percent while employment rose to 7 952 000 and the labor force to 8 323 000, with manufacturing showing softness and teenagers posting strong gains.
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Quebec
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Prairie
Trudeau sets priority on postal rates language and rules reforms
Prime Minister outlines agenda with official languages for all federal purposes and top priority for postal rate hikes and Commons rules changes. He plans fall meetings with Jamaica's Hugh Shearer and possible talks with Canada Bar Association in Vancouver, plus potential U.S. talks and China diplomacy soundings. Parliament opens Sept 13.
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Canada
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China
Peking
Nigeria presses siege on Biafran capital Aba
Nigerian forces push toward Aba with a 6 000 strong force crossing the Imo River and storming Akwete as part of a pincer aimed at crushing Biafra. Ojukwu vows guerrilla resistance while international relief talks in Addis Ababa seek neutral inspection and Red Cross led control of aid flights.
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Britain seeks move toward Common Market entry via science ties
Brussels reports a planned fall push by Britain and four north European nations to deepen ties with the Common Market. De Gaulle’s opposition remains, but Britain aims to prod negotiations through technology and industrial cooperation, highlighting nuclear research and coal and steel sectors to ease accession prospects.
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United States
Unity in doubt as Democrats split over open convention
New York reports a rift as Hubert Humphrey pushes an open convention to unite the party while Eugene McCarthy backers warn of limited access and barriers at the Chicago gathering starting August 26. A coalition led by McCarthy supporters sues Chicago officials over access and free speech concerns. Humphrey issues a reform plan calling for shorter speeches and public platform disclosure before debate.
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Lawrence O’brien
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Soldier Field
Quebec Teachers Seek Conciliator Over Contract Talks
About 70,000 elementary and secondary teachers across Quebec ask for a conciliation officer after a year of negotiations on salaries working conditions job security and classroom control. Joseph Leblanc calls for settlement and avoids commenting on a strike while government negotiator Jean Cournoyer expects no strike.
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Joseph Leblanc
Jean Cournoyer
Labor cuts campaign funds for Ohio Senate candidate Gilligan
Organized labor halted donations to John J. Gilligan after a Humphrey complaint that Gilligan was not backing his presidential bid. The New York Times reports this development from New York.
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John J. Gilligan
Ohio
Hubert Humphrey
Gilligan
New York Times
Helicopter Crash Near Disneyland Kills 21
In Compton California a Los Angeles Airways helicopter crashed near a playground en route from Los Angeles International to Disneyland killing 21. The disaster mirrors a May crash that killed 23 at Paramount. FAA teams assess cause as family members and executives’ relatives were among the victims.
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Los Angeles
United States
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Czechs Welcome Romanian Leader Ceausescu
Prague greeted Romanian Communist Party chief Nicolae Ceausescu as the third bloc leader within a week to visit. He aimed to renew the Romania Czechoslovakia friendship treaty amid Prague's resistance to Moscow pressure and to reinforce the Belgrade Prague Bucharest axis.
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East Germany
Thieu labels Paris talks a trick seeks decisive victory
President Thieu denounces Paris negotiations as a North Vietnamese trick and urges for absolute military victory to secure peace in South Vietnam. He calls for direct talks, vows no halt to bombing, and credits South Vietnam’s armed forces with eventual victory. U.S. bombers pound guerrilla positions near Saigon and North Vietnam, with missions rising after clashes in Paris.
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