Trains Roll Despite Strike Across Major Rail Hubs
A Canadian National Railway spokesman said the wildcat strike by non-operating workers should fizzle out over the weekend as train services continued along CNR and CPR routes. In Montreal and Toronto, hundreds of yard and office staff walked off, with Windsor and Sydney also reporting walkouts, while Ottawa’s cabinet study group paused for the weekend. The unpaid workers, part of 18 unions, seek wage increases and average $2.22 an hour.
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Montreal
CNR
CPR
Pointe St. Charles
Bona- Venture Express
Angus
Carmen
St. Luc
Toronto
Concord
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
London
Windsor
Brotherhood of Railway
BRT
Allen Lemon
Windsor Lodge
Sydney
N.S
Ottawa
Pearson
Alexandria
Benjamin D. Foulois
Wright
Foulois
Army
Josephine
Paul Garber
National Air and Space Museum
Garber
Robbers Hold Nine Captives In Saskatchewan Farmhouse
Two armed men held nine people captive for over an hour during a break in at a Lebret area farm home near Regina. Mrs. Joseph Redmond, 72, described the ordeal as terrifying as her pillowcase hooded husband and others were bound and searched. The Redmonds, aged 74 and 72, had just returned from shopping when the attackers entered and demanded valuables, tying them and threatening with a gun while the second intruder moved upstairs. Police searched the area for the suspects.
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Lebret
U.S. airlines resume flights after machinists strike ends
Washington AP reports five major U.S. carriers began flying again as machinists cut short a six week strike, restoring air service after significant disruption. The stoppage had grounded planes and affected schedules nationwide as talks continued.
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Washington
U.S
Corn Council refutes view on Medicine Hat corn prospects
Alberta Vegetable Marketing Board chair Tony Huber challenged the Corn Council's claim that Medicine Hat corn has mass production potential. Council publicist Jim McCorkle issued a statement noting other markets like Calgary and Winnipeg have taken shipments, and predicting future hydro cooled kernels from a larger supply region. The panel cited a smaller current crop and argued for fact-based statements about local demand.
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Corn Council
Alberta Vegetable Marketing Board
Tony Huber
Bicks
Huber
Jim McCorkle
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Edmonton
Red Deer
Saskatoon
Cranbrook
Winnipeg
Vancouver
McCorkle
British Columbia
Manhunt Intensifies for Scar Faced Robber Across Britain
Britain reels as hundreds of police hunt Harry Roberts for the murder of three Scotland Yard officers. A headless body was found in Sussex, and two young girls vanish in Yorkshire and Cheshire. A Stockport man is charged with two murders, while two convicts escape from Dartmoor. Roberts, dubbed vicious, may hide in London. Crime probes expand across multiple regions.
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London
Harry Roberts
Scotland Yard
Britain
Sussex
Yorkshire
Cheshire
Stockport
Dartmoor
Roberts
Harry
Epping Forest
Margaret
England
Uckfield
Jane Taylor
Two Ontario Officers Earn British Empire Medals
Ottawa CP reports fireman Thomas McDade of Hamilton and Const J F Fitzgerald of Chatham Ontario will receive British Empire medals for gallantry. McDade saved a baby from a second floor crib during a November fire. Fitzgerald, with two others, pursued a robbery suspect on October 12, taking him into custody after three gunshot wounds to his legs and handcuffing the man.
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Ottawa
Thomas McDade
Hamilton
J. F. Fitzgerald
Chatham
Ont
Canada Gazette
McDade
Const. Fitzgerald
Ontario
Earthquake toll may hit 3 000 in East Turkey
An encoded disaster report from Ankara says a new quake near the Iranian frontier devastates Erzurum Mus Bingol and Bitlis provinces. Officials fear the death toll could exceed 3,000 as buildings collapse and villages are erased. Rescue teams recover many bodies while aid from the government and U S forces flows to the stricken area.
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Turkey
Ankara
Erzurum
Varto
Interior Ministry
Istanbul
Hinis
Mus
Bingol
Bitlis
U.S. Air Force
3Rd Army
Milliyet
Armenia
Soviet Union
Tass
Why Not Why Not Named Whynot North Carolina
In Whynot North Carolina residents recall how the town earned its name. Mrs. M C Auman and J B Slack recount that men in the community tried many names before finally agreeing on Whynot sometime before 1900.
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Whynot
M. C. Auman
Mrs. Auman
J. B. Slack
Slack
House poised to pass anti war protest curbs
In Washington, House leaders near overwhelming approval of legislation to curb anti Viet Nam war groups following a tumultuous HUAC hearing week. Rep Joe Pool, chairing the bill, seeks penalties up to 20 years in jail and fines to 20,000 for aiding the Viet Cong or hindering U.S. men and materiel. The Senate awaits House action as clashes and arrests mark the hearings. Arthur Kinoy, ejected witness, was found guilty of disorderly conduct with a suspended $50 fine, to be appealed.
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Washington
Joe Pool
Texas
Pool
U.S
Viet Nam
Senate
House
Arthur Kinoy
New York
General Sessions
Kinoy
Johnson says Hanoi offered pause to bombing if troops stop
President Johnson told a Manchester New Hampshire rally that Hanoi has been informed the United States will halt bombing North Vietnamese military targets if the Communists halt troop deployments into South Vietnam. He tied the offer to broader civil rights goals and urged continued pressure until peace nears.
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Manchester
N.H
Johnson
Hanoi
United States
Viet Nam
New England
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Early Birds recall landmark flights at Fort Myer plaque
Bill Diehl and fellow pilots of the Early Birds gathered at Fort Myer to dedicate a plaque marking the drill field’s aviation history. They recalled stunts from 1919 on New York’s bridges and rooftops, Wright’s 1908 takeoff at Alexandria, and the dwindling membership of their aged group.
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Washington
Bill Diehl
New York
42Nd Street
Diehl
Fort Myer
South Post
Pathe News
North Bergen
N.J
Brooklyn Bridge
Mort St. Clair
California
Pete Goff
Air Force
Francis T. Evans
Alexandria
Virginia
Orville Wright
Pilots Seek Anonymity In Vietnam War News
In Saigon many US pilots request that their names be withheld in news reports to avoid threatening calls to families or reprisals if captured. Military headquarters honors these wishes for air action over North Vietnam. The policy echoes Korea where pilots used aliases for fear of publicity and prisoner risk.
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Saigon
North
Viet Nam
Air Force
Korea
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Trans World
Communications Worker's of America
Western Electric Company
Wayne) Morse
Dem
Ore
Siemiller
United Kingdom
N.C
Sen. Pool
Pathe
Mort
Manhattan Bridge
Williamsburg Bridge
Jersey
Hudson River
Bill Denehie
Dekalb
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