Dieppe remembered by Canadians, Britons, French
Canadians French and Britons gathered in Dieppe to honor the raid’s dead and survivors. Veterans' marches through the town followed a cemetery ceremony 25 years after the August 19 1942 assault that saw 697 Canadian and 247 Allied dead or missing.
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Dieppe
Carl Mollins
France
Prairies
Quebec
Ontario
Vertus Woods
Joachim Lindner
NATO
West Germany
Fritz Mezger
Princess Patricia’s
Canadian Light Infantry
Leo Cadieux
Veterans Affairs
All Great Lakes shipping paralysed by coast to coast strike
In Canada the Seafarers' International Union strike immobilized 181 ships owned by 32 Great Lakes firms. SIU leaders, a maritime trustee head, and company negotiator expressed bleak prospects as talks stalled. Wages and fringe benefits remain the unions' demand while ships stay idle.
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Toronto
Seafarers’ International Union
Montreal
Maritime Unions
Canada
Rene Lippe
Maritime Trustee Board
Force
Ben Truax
Great Lakes
John Royce
SIU
Truas
McLaughlin
SIU of Canada
William Dunkerley
Canada Steamship Lines Ltd
Montreal Oil Depot Inferno Draws 200 Firemen
A fire at the Calex Oil Co depot on Notre Dame Street in Montreal’s east end raged for hours, with 200 firefighters battling the blaze to prevent explosions amid burning fuel oil and gasoline. Foam machines arrived from Dorval and Montreal East, while a fireboat aided the effort. The cause was not immediately known and one worker was burned.
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Montreal
Calex Oil Co
Notre Dame Street
Montreal Island
Calex
Army
Longue Pointe
Hamel
Dorval
Imperial Oil
Calex Yard
James Battle
St. Lawrence
Canada
Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs
Collision on Trans-Canada Highway Kills Four
A three car crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near Moncton New Brunswick left four dead and at least nine injured. The incident occurred early today and involved multiple vehicles drawing national notice.
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Moncton
N.B
Here
Funeral for nine as hunt continues
RCMP report the Peterson family mass murder remains unsolved as nine awaiting burial in Shell Lake Saskatchewan. James Peterson 47 Evelyn 42 and seven children aged one to 17 were found shot at their farm four miles west. A manhunt covered 26 miles around the home with 75 officers. The weapon was a .22 caliber pistol with at least one reload. all victims had multiple bullet wounds. Larry 1 died in his mother’s arms during the attempted escape.
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Petersons
Peterson
Evelyn
Here
Canada
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Peterson Farm House
Brian Sawyer
Sgt. Sondergaard
Larry
Johnson Says Congress Could Rein In Vietnam Policy
President Johnson told reporters that Congress has a built in remedy if it deems the Vietnam handling unwisely or improperly. He cited a 1964 ruling allowing cancellation to prevent aggression and said the policy remains deter aggression with air strikes near China not intended to widen the war. He urged farmers to gain collective bargaining rights for better prices.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
China
Peking
United States
Victoria Cross: A historic badge of courage across eras
The Victoria Cross links 1345 brave recipients from many nations including Irish sailor Charles Lucas and Australian Kevin Wheatley. Only about 210 VC holders are alive, a dwindling group as time passes. The award, devised by Queen Victoria after Crimea, was first presented in 1856 for valor shown in the Crimea.
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Peter Buckley
Charles Lucas
Kevin Wheatley
Commonwealth
Queen Victoria
Hyde Park
London
Crimea
Brown Arrest Highlights Baton Rouge Tensions
H Rap Brown, 23, militant Black Power advocate, was arrested on a weapons charge in New York and held in federal detention. Rallies by Negroes and Ku Klux Klansmen were planned in Baton Rouge, while Syracuse and Painesville reported orderly conditions after earlier violence. Governor John J. Keithan warned that rioting there would be quick, deadly action.
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Associated Press
H .Rap Brown
New York
New Orleans
Maryland
Baton Rouge
John J. Keithan
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Henri Davillard
Earl Mountbatten
Burma
Mountbatten
Europe
English Channel
Mulberry
Normandy
Leonard McLaughlin
D News the Globe
United Nations
Reuters
Security Council
South Africa
U.S. Senate
Alaska
Aden
Timmins, Ont
Alvin Hamilton Friday
Vancouver
Prairie Provinces
Hunt
Shell Lake, Sask
James Peterson
RCMP
Donald E. Sondergaard
Little
Battle of Sebastopol
Victoria
Brown
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