Pearson signals early vote in 1965 campaign
Prime Minister Pearson suggested an election in 1965 after a coastal B C tour with Liberal officials. He planned to announce within two weeks after cabinet talks, with fall or late 1967 as alternatives due to new electoral boundaries. He spoke in Prince George Banff Edmonton and attended citizenship court with 36 new Canadians.
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Pearson
Ottawa
Canada
Mr. Pearson
B.C
Joh iXichol
Liberal Federation of Canada
Keith Davey
Prince George
Joint Service Club
Banff
Alta
Edmonton
Alberta Liberal Association
Jericho Beach
Defence Department
New Beach
Citizenship Court
Eric Chown
Diefenbaker Concludes Quebec Tour With Unity Call
Leader John Diefenbaker wrapped up a five day Quebec Eastern Townships tour in Knowlton urging Canadians to preserve strength unity and amity. He defended principle over popularity saying he stayed in politics to help unite a nation torn by Liberal policies and constitutional concerns.
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Diefenbaker
Quebec
Canada
Man Dies After Attack Linked to Civil Rights Criticism
In Greensboro Alabama an 87 year old Black man Perry Smaw died from injuries after being found in a doorway with head trauma and a cut tongue. An autopsy was ordered as two Black men were questioned and one released with instructions to stay in the area.
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Greensboro
Ala
Perry Smaw
David Holloway
Sman
Smaw
Holloway
Greenaboro
Synod approves Anglican United Church union plan
The Anglican Church of Canada backed a proposal to unite with the United Church, promising 13 months until United Church approval and a potential 1975 union act. All bishops backed the plan along with half the clergy. three Winnipeg delegates opposed. The United Church has about two million members. Anglicans about 1.3 million.
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Vancouver
Anglican Church of Canada
United Church of Canada
General Synod
Anglican
United Church
General Council
Winnipeg
Rupert’s Land
Derek Bedson
The
Canada
Reds plot to kill Lee Yew
Singapore police guarded Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his cabinet after an announced Communist Indonesian plot to assassinate them. Twenty armed officers patrolled Lee's residence while patrol cars checked approaches for bombs. Police also refuted permission for a vacant lot behind the house to be used for construction due to assassination danger. The government reported 21 People’s Revolutionary Party members arrested for planning an armed revolution to install a Communist government. Leader Lim Siew Lin allegedly possessed coded correspondence with Indonesian intelligence about a secret Singapore entry route and propaganda to inflame local ethnic groups. Lim had previously attempted to bomb the U S consulate with a bicycle time bomb which was defused. The report notes ethnic tension between Chinese and Malays in Singapore.
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Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee
People’s Revolutionary Party
Lim Siew Lin
Lim
U.S
Malaysia
Federation
Guerrillas strike multiple government positions near Saigon
Communist guerrillas attacked three government positions within an hour near Saigon, with heavy Vietnamese losses at Tan Nhut outpost later overrun. A ranger unit engaged Viet Cong. Long An saw light casualties as two Viet Cong were killed. The campaign included mortar shelling of Binh Chanh and a major road-clearing operation opening Highway 21 from Nha Trang to Ban Me Thuot.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Nhut
Long An
Nha Trang
Ban Me Thuot
Central Highlands
Hue-Phu Bai
Binh Duong
An Hoa
Quang Nam
Nasser l
United Arab Republic
Moscow
LBJ weighs loosening 50 percent wheat sale rule
Reports say President Johnson may lift the requirement that half of U.S. wheat sales to Soviet bloc nations be shipped in American ships. An inter agency panel could decide. several senators and McGovern note active consideration without firm word. The policy trace dates to Kennedy 1963 shipping limits amid union protests.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kennedy
George S. McGovern
Dem. S.D
White House
Commerce
Russia
Soviet Union
Draft marriages surge as midnight ends ban in Las Vegas
Dozens of couples rush to Las Vegas and Yuma to wed as draft status changes at midnight. President Johnson says men ages 19 to 26 who marry after midnight become eligible for the draft until they have children. Arizona requires a two day blood test wait. one Yuma chapel runs its own lab.
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New York
Las Vegas
Nev
Yuma
Ariz
Johnson
Jim Brennan
Arizona
Yuma Chapel
Officials chase eight day Gemini 5 flight
The Gemini 5 mission cleared the seventh day in space and pressed toward an eight day goal. Despite earlier threats to cut short, crews reported improved conditions with 106 orbits planned and controls steady as Cooper and Conrad battled a tumbling craft and a water buildup from the fuel cell.
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Houston, Tex
Gemini
Charles
Pete) Conrad, Jr
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Cooper
Conrad
James A. MecDivitt
Lnthe Guaymas
Mexico
Pete) Conrad Jr
Christopher C. Kraft
Eugene Krantz
City approves shared advertising tab for Chamber program
The Civic Finance Committee will back a $300 City funded ad program for a Chamber of Commerce campaign promoting Medicine Hat. Al Wiggins and Vince McNaughton were asked to prepare a year end plan for council study highlighting local industry and retailers. The July August promotion has cost $300 so far. The City contributes $2,500 annually to the Chamber. Most aldermen favor full city payment while Chairman Jack Edwards supports shared costs.
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Civic Finance Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Medicine Hat
al Wiggins
Vince McNaughton
Chamber
Jack Edwards
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