Grain handlers gain support from union official
Saskatchewan Farmers Union official Fred Gudmundson backed Lakehead grain handlers on strike since July 18. He said the case is sound and fair, arguing current company gains last year already cover the demands, and a broader settlement should not hit farmers. He met with Lodge 650 leaders to discuss the dispute and its impact on Western Canada farmers.
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Saskatoon
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Frank Mazur
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Brotherhood of Railway
Western Canada
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Roy Atkinson
National Farmers Union
D.S. Tysoe
New battles flare in South Vietnam
Fierce new battles flared along the northern frontier central highlands and east of Saigon with heavy casualties reported on both sides. U S and South Vietnamese troops repulsed four attacks Thursday and Friday as Marines faced a mortar barrage during a helicopter landing. Total toll 157 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong, 77 American and South Vietnamese dead. The heaviest action occurred around Xuan Loc, 40 miles east of Saigon, where Viet Cong attacked with sappers and riflemen amid a 300 round mortar barrage. Vietnamese sources reported 100 Viet Cong killed and 52 government soldiers dead.
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Nigerians Hit Frontal Offensive Rumors Rise In Lagos
Nigerian capital buzzed with speculation of a major federal offensive into breakaway Biafra. Gowon rejected Selassie calls for ceasefire as Radio Biafra claimed forces neared Aba while Lagos sources noted movements were defensive. Red Cross criticized Nigeria for denying mercy flights to famine victims.
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Yakubu Gowon
Haile Selassie
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Radio Biafra
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International Red Cross
Geneva
International Red Cross Committee
Ike’s condition remains critical after heart attack
Army doctors at Walter Reed reported President Eisenhower remains in critical condition with increasing concern due to irregular heart action after Friday’s major heart attack. He has had two episodes of ventricular fibrillation, briefly losing consciousness but then regaining alertness, and is on continuous oxygen and medication to stabilize rhythm.
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Eisenhower
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UN Security Council warns Israel against more attacks
The UN Security Council condemned Israel for Aug. 4 air strikes in Jordan described as aimed at Arab terrorist bases with Jordanian permission. The council warned against repetition. 34 killed and 82 injured per Jordanian officials. The Arab-backed resolution was watered down to merely note future attacks, with Canada and the United States urging restraint and emphasizing that violations occur on both sides.
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Middle East
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Romanian Leader Backs Czechoslovakia Regime in Prague
Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu endorsed Czechoslovakia's reformist regime during a goodwill visit in Prague. He urged bloc parties to settle differences amicably, called for unity in socialism, and signed a 20 year treaty of friendship and mutual assistance with President Ludvik Svoboda amid debates over independence from Moscow.
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Ludvik Svoboda
Ceausescu
Johnson remains aloof from race amid Democratic speculation
The Associated Press report notes candidates courting delegates face fresh chatter over President Johnson’s role at the convention. A new fourth candidate emerges Gov Lester Maddox of Georgia. Johnson stays secluded at his Texas ranch as Democratic operatives chase support while uncertainty drives the drama. Elliott Roosevelt fuels talk of a Johnson draft if North Vietnam bombing ends. Chicago Mayor Daley dodges the question, praising Johnson as a great president while avoiding a commitment. White House aide George Christian says Johnson has not shown explicit interest in running but is interested in Democratic party affairs.
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Lester Maddox
Georgia
Texas
Elliott Roosevelt
Florida
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Daley
White House
George Christian
Christian
Vancouver court hears admission of three US killings
Claude Wagnar 24 testified in a Vancouver preliminary hearing that he murdered three people over seven years for $8200 from underworld sources. He claimed the slayings occurred near Albany New York Atlantic City New Jersey and Aspen Colorado. Police in those cities later said they had no record of the murders. He spoke while testifying as a material witness in the case of Jean Suzor 30 charged as an accessory to the March 13 slaying of Real Deslodges 35 in Vancouver.
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United States
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N.J
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Montreal
Jean Suzor
Quebec
Real Deslodges
Weston Bakeries to raise bread price two cents
Weston Bakeries Ltd announces a two cent rise per loaf effective Monday in Alberta. General manager G R Law cites higher costs for ingredients, wages, taxes, machinery, and distribution, while Harold Richardson of Richardson's Bakery notes potential follow suit if prices rise.
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Weston Bakeries Ltd
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Mia Farrow and Frank Sinatra end marriage in Juarez divorce
Actress Mia Farrow obtained a quick Mexican divorce from Frank Sinatra in Juarez. Judge Lorenzo Holguin Cisneros granted the divorce after Farrow cited incompatibility due to intolerable arguments. Sinatra, 52, was unavailable for comment while Farrow, 23, remained in seclusion at her Bel Air home.
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Mia Farrow
Frank Sinatra
Juarez
Lorenzo Holguin Cisneros
Peyton Place
Sinatra
Miss Farrow
Bel Air
West Germany may nullify Munich Pact to reset ties
The New York Times says West Germany would declare the 1938 Munich Pact null from the outset if it restores diplomatic relations with Czechoslovakia. In Montreal, four men and three trucks used a rope ladder and chain to haul a 210 pound blueberry pie into the Quebec pavilion for Man and His World, feeding 550 people. In Nassau, police fired in self defense as rioting Haitians deported from the Bahamas attempted to seize a ship, a government spokesman said.
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