Gun Battle at Acapulco Union Banquet Kills 22
A rival faction clash at the 25th anniversary Copra Growers Union banquet in Acapulco left 22 dead and about 100 wounded. Police rounded up 184 suspects as gunmen fired from both inside and outside the two story hall.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Pacific Coast
Claudio Monreal
Copra-Growers Union
Cesar del Angel
Veracruz
Mario Jaime Palacios
del Angel
Union
Pe de la Cuesta Beach
Pearson invites premiers to constitutional rights conference
Prime Minister Pearson asked provincial premiers to suggest dates in early 1968 for a federal provincial conference on a constitutional bill of rights covering language education and other fundamental rights. The invitations were mailed Friday and the conference is planned for January or February to avoid clashing with Robarts' November conference.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Robarts
Montreal Oil Depot Fire Tops 8 Million Loss
A two day blaze at the Calex Oil depot in east Montreal ended Sunday as fuel ran out. Preliminary loss estimates exceed 8 million dollars with 5.5 million gallons of petroleum products affected. Firefighters suffered injuries while combating the oil fed inferno.
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Montreal
Calex Oil Co
Armand Page
Calex
Montreal Island
New England Petroleum Co
New York
Canada
Three men killed in farm shooting near Listowel Ontario
In a bizarre farm shooting near Listowel Ontario a constable and a justice of the peace were killed when arriving to investigate a telephone complaint at Joseph Jantzi’s farm. Jantzi and Mrs Jantzi were involved in the fight and Jantzi was later found dead with a rifle and shotgun nearby. Police swarmed the Elma Township farmhouse and grenades were used as reinforcements were called in.
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Listowel
Ont
Justice of the Peace
James Irvine Hamilton
Carl F. Rocher
Remanded in Capital Murder Case for Psychiatric Review
Victor Ernest Hoffman, 21, of Leask area, was arraigned on a capital murder charge in the Shell Lake area massacre of James Peterson and eight other Peterson family members. He was remanded for 30 days to a mental hospital for psychiatric examination. The hearing drew about 200 spectators as Hoffman, under RCMP escort, responded with brief remarks before the court.
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Battleford, Sask
Victor Ernest Hoffman
Leask, Sask
J. M. Policha
James Peterson
Shell Lake Area
Peterson
Hoffman
Saskatoon
Shell Lake
RCMP
Lee
Kathy) Hill
Chetwynd
B.C
Robert Hoffman
Selijad
Magisad
Brian Sawyer
Exodus from China sparks mass refugee movement toward Hong Kong
Reuters reports 20000 to 30000 Chinese fleeing south China’s Guangdong and Canton toward Hong Kong. Refugees include Red Guards and convicts. two Chinese border battalions are deployed to halt flow. Some wounded flee by boat to Macao while Mao's deadline looms for end to Red Guard clashes.
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Hong Kong
Reuters
South China
Kwangtung
Canton
Truth Daily
China
Cheungmuktau
Canton-Kowloon
Liu Shao-chi
Macao
Asian Weekend
Mao Tse-tung
Strike Pauses as Services Await Move to End Idle Seafarers'
Shipping officers and negotiators for 5 400 seafarers waited for the other side to act to halt a four day inland shipping strike in Canada.
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Montreal
Canada
Slim margin of Senate support for Johnson Vietnam policy
AP poll shows 28 Senate seats at stake in 1968 with 15 to 13 support for Johnson’s Vietnam policies among respondents. The broader 84 senator survey finds 44 endorsing and 40 opposing the course, while hawks seek more force and some defect due to Johnson’s reluctance to reveal all military plans.
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Washington
Johnson
Associated Press
Senate
U.S
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
George D. Aiken
Rep
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Johnson, McNamara and Co
U S planes hammer North Vietnam as Hanoi air defense falters
US aircraft struck North Vietnam at near record rates on Sunday, provoking heavy air defenses that downed a Communist MiG-17 near Hanoi. Col Robin Olds led a Phantom jet sweep as his unit, the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, faced intensified enemy action. Senate hearings resume with Katzenbach as witness on war policy and presidential conduct.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Col
Robin Olds
Olds
8Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nicholas Katzenbach
J. W. Fulbright
United States
Violence in Yorkville as 56 hippies arrested during protests
Police battled crowds in Toronto's Yorkville district as about 3 000 demonstrators gathered for a second hippie protest. Fifty-six arrests were made for creating a disturbance while earlier six were jailed. the unrest followed a drive to close the main street to traffic.
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Toronto
Yorkville
Coffee House
Diggers
Queen’s Park
Ontario
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Renee
Edmonton
Calgary Lethbridge
Phylis Peterson
Kathy Hill
Chetwyn
Constitution
Tee
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Keu Klux Klan
Capitol Steps
Johannesburg
South Africa
Police Today
Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Bukavu
Radio Kinshasa
Durant, Okla
Oklahoma City
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