Air Canada pilots vote on ratification deadline set
Air Canada pilots weigh a proposed 27 month contract as ballots arrive for counting in Montreal. CALPA officials say results due today with over 90 percent cast before Monday night’s deadline. A rejection could trigger a strike while steps to guard passenger service would be decided after tally.
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Air Canada
Cleve Kidd
Canadian Air Line Pilots Association
Association
CALPA
Fights and protests mark opening of Democrats convention
Chicago hosts the 35th Democratic National Convention as clashes with police flare over seating and Vietnam. More than 3,000 anti war demonstrators faced tear gas and 29 protesters were hospitalized. 14 reporters were injured. Humphrey leads in first ballot momentum while platform favors continued bombing with de escalation tied to troop safety. Johnson mulls moving to the convention on his 60th birthday, possibly by helicopter if he arrives.
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Johnson
Chicago
Edward Kennedy
McCarthy
U.S
North Vietnam
White House
Richard Daley
Withdrawal Talks Mark Prague Crisis Turn Toward Deescalation
In a nationwide address President Svoboda urged gradual troop withdrawals by the Soviet Union from Czechoslovakia while affirming commitment to a socialist order. He warned against abuse by those opposing socialism and cited agreements with the Soviet bloc on staged pullouts and censorship. Soviet tanks withdrew from key sites as talks continued with Moscow, with no firm timetable given.
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Communist Party
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Soviet Union
Prague
Czechoslovakia
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Cierna Nad Tison
Bratislava
Bishop O Byurne visits Medicine Hat during return visit
Roman Catholic Bishop Paul J O Byrne of Calgary will visit Medicine Hat on Wednesday. A concelebrated mass at St Patrick's Church starts at 7 15 p m followed by a reception at the Columbia Club. O Byrne, formerly a local priest, was installed bishop of Calgary on August 21 and is the diocese's first priest to reach that office.
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Paul J. O’byrne
Calgary
Medicine Hat
St. Patrick’s Church
Columbia Club
O’byrne
Grain handlers and Lakehead firms in separate talks
Grain handlers and 23 Lakehead terminal elevator companies met separately on Monday with federal mediator D S Tysoe to push toward a settlement of the strike that began July 18. The 1,300 handlers seek a 1.06 dollar an hour raise while the companies last offered 42 cents. A Winnipeg comment urged using Churchill port to move remaining grain, claiming it could handle up to 27 million bushels with on site cleaning.
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Ont
D. S. Tysoe
Lakehead
Tysoe
Brotherhood of Railway
Winnipeg
Walter Weir
Manitoba
Churchill
W. C. McNamara
Canadian Wheat Board
CBC report jammed by Russians on Moscow broadcast
The CBC said a Canadian news transmission from Moscow about the Czechoslovakian situation was apparently jammed by the Russians. Prime Minister Wilson rejected sanctions on the Soviet Union, urging East West coexistence. In Aba, Nigeria, civilians fled as federal troops advanced toward the city.
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CBC
Moscow
London
Wilson
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Aba
Biafran
Child’s liver transplant highest survival record ends in tragedy
Julie Cherie Rodriguez died of cancer at the University of Colorado Medical Center after living with a transplanted liver for more than 13 months. Her parents, John and Mrs. Rodriguez of Pueblo, called the time a blessing and said she had suffered greatly. The donor was a child whose liver was undamaged. The operation took place July 23, 1967, and there were no other known survivors of liver transplant surgery at the time.
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Denver
Colo
Julie Cherie Rodriguez
University of Colorado Medical Centre
John C. Rodriguez
Pueblo
Julie
Ike Remains Critical but Doctors Voice Cautious Optimism
Washington AP reports General Eisenhower, 77, remains in critical condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital after a seventh heart attack on August 16. Doctors note restful sleep, persistent heart irritability, and a cautious sense of optimism amid recurrent ventricular irregularities and prior unconscious episodes.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Newfoundland Liberal feud splits party as Smallwood faces Crosbie
Newfoundland premier Joseph Smallwood and ex-cabinet member John Crosbie clashed over the party's future after Crosbie crossed the floor in May. Smallwood, planning a September 28 meeting with 1200 Liberals to rebuild after a poor federal election, said Crosbie’s advice would be ignored while he is outside the party. Crosbie and Clyde Wells form a reform movement to open the party, challenging Smallwood who intends to retire by year end 1969.
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Nild
Newfoundland
Joseph Smallwood
John Crosbie
Canada
Smallwood
Grand Falls
Nld
Crosbie
Clyde Wells
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