Pearson signals election to be held very soon
Canadian Prime Minister Pearson said an election announcement would come “very shortly” and indicated Canadians may vote this fall or in 1967. He noted redistribution timelines delay a fall 1966 poll under new boundaries, stressing decisions by September would be needed for an autumn vote.
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Vancouver
Pearson
Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Dorion
House of Commons
Saskatchewan
Cooper and Conrad set new world space endurance mark
Houston AP reports Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad broke the Soviet space endurance record aboard Gemini 5, reaching 124 hours as of midflight. The mission aimed for eight days in orbit with ongoing experiments, photos, and routine tasks as they approached splashdown on Sunday after surpassing 507 hours logged by Soviet cosmonauts.
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Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Cooper
Conrad
Houston, Tex
Soviet Union
United States
Valery Bykovsky
U.S
Astronaut Corps
Gemini Control
Atlantic
Troops Battle Students In Seoul Riots
A combat division moved into Seoul as six days of student protests against the Japan relations treaty continued. Police used tear gas to disperse about 2,000 demonstrators near three campuses. Soldiers chased and beat fleeing students. scores were arrested.
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Seoul
Japan
Kim Sung Eun
Chung Hee Park
Guam based jets strike Viet Cong bases near Saigon
Guam based B 52 bombers of SAC hit a suspected Viet Cong installation 30 miles northeast of Saigon in the D zone jungle. It was the 11th raid by the eight engine bombers and their third in the D zone. The commander cited security limits on details. South Vietnamese planes dropped 88000 newspapers on three North Viet Nam cities, reproductions of Nhan Dan. Skyraiders dropped leaflets over Ha Tinh, Tuyen Hoa, and Doing Hoi. An F 105 mission 35 miles from the Chinese border destroyed a railway bridge northwest of Hanoi, with other missions damaging bridges trucks parking areas and a radar site.
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Saigon
Strategic Air Command
U.S
D-zone
South China Sea
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Ha Tinh
Vinh
Tuyen Hoa
Hoi
North
South
Viet Nam
Thanh Hoa
Indians advance into Pakistani Kashmir near Muzaffarabad
An informed source says Indian forces pushed deeper into the Tithwal sector inside Pakistani Kashmir to cut off guerrilla infiltration. Pakistan reports say 1,000 Indian troops attacked, with positions evacuated, as guerrilla radio claims 195 Indian soldiers killed in the last 24 hours.
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New Delhi
Kashmir
Himlayan
Tithwal
Muzaffarabad
Kastuir
Lipa
India
Kargil
Ladakh
Rawalpindi
DAR objects to stars n stripes girdle
In New York the Daughters of the American Revolution protested a panty girdle named stars n stripes calling it a shocking caricature of the U S flag. A manufacturer spokesman said about 3,000 had been distributed and plans to remove the item, while other decorated girdles in the same line faced no objections.
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New York
Stars ‘N' Stripes
DAR
U.S
Pageant for Hat Sept 9 in Medicine Hat
The Fathers of Confederation pageant touring Canada will visit Medicine Hat on September 9. A 2 p.m. show at the Vocational School is for three high schools, and an 8 p.m. performance for the public. Written by Medicine Hat born Tommy Tweed, the cast includes seven local actors among nine other professionals.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
Centennial Committee
Tommy Tweed
Military may reclaim its civic astronauts
Washington reports the United States may reuse some NASA astronauts for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory MOL program as part of a 1.5 billion plan ordered by President Johnson. Defense officials say officers could join five two man MOL crews while NASA stresses peaceful aims and UN space norms.
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Washington
U.S
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Johnson
Defence Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Defence
NASA
Robert S. McNamara
Outer Space
United States
Soviet Union
Earth
Edmonton inquiry firm donation linked to mayoral race denied
An inquiry heard that Benson Minsos and Holland contributed to both William Hawrelak and George Pradhan campaigns in Edmonton's 1964 civic elections. Dr. A Minsos said the centennial library contract 3 278 million did not include 500 thousand interior finishing work and that the firm was not promised campaign support. The firm described interior design work as worthless and stated the architects were consultants rather than interior designers.
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Edmonton
William Hawrelak
A. Minsos
Benson, Minsos and Holland
Hawrelak
George Pradham
Minsos
Richards, Barretti
Jellinek
William Morrow
David McDonald
Richards, Berretti
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Florida
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Mexico
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Guam
Stars ‘N
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John Diefenbaker
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Hyacinthe
Mr. Diefenbaker
Quebec
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