Congress poised to avert national rail strike with arbitration bill
Congress races the clock to pass an emergency arbitration measure before a looming midnight strike. The Senate approved the bill 90 to 2, aiming to force arbitration on firemen job cuts and train crew levels, with House leadership seeking quick passage and White House signoff.
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Washington
Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Kennedy
House Commerce Committee
White House
Oren Harris Dem. Ark
Pearson Criticizes Soviet Envoy Over Warhead Comments
Prime Minister Pearson said Soviet Ambassador Shpedko crossed a line by saying Canada may become a target by acquiring American nuclear warheads. Pearson planned to restate pension plan intents and announce next week the Montréal world fair executives, after a midweek cabinet meeting.
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Pearson
Montréal
Ambassador Shpedko
Vancouver
Canada
United States
Europe
United Grain Growers urges dividend tax deduction change
United Grain Growers Limited urged the royal commission on taxation to allow cash dividends paid on share capital to be deducted from taxable income. The brief argues such deductions would enable more capital funding at home, reduce debt reliance, and keep resources under Canadian control. It says current rules force retention of earnings and could drive foreign ownership, urging tax laws to reward ownership and dividend payouts.
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Royal Commission On Taxation
Taxation Commission
Montreal Bank Heist Sparks Overnight Cash Grab
Four armed men escaped from a temporary downtown branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce with 73000 dollars after leaving Brinks Express guards moments earlier. Quebec police later arrested three youths aged 18 to 20 in connection with vandalism tied to a separatist group.
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Montreal
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Brinks
Quebec
Ment de Liberation Quebec 1
Diem Said Army Pushed Martial Law Move
Saigon joint military command says senior officers persuaded President Diem to impose martial law last week. U S statement said Viet Nam leaders had no warning. Barred students released from Saigon University arrest area as curfew eases amid Buddhist protests.
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Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Tokyo
U.S. State Department
United States
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Saigon University
Marchers Demand Civil Rights Legislation in Washington
Thousands marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial pressing Congress to bar racial discrimination. Police estimated 100000 participants, mainly Black, while lawmakers at the memorial signaled continued support for Kennedy civil rights bills though no votes appeared to shift. Leaders reported Republican and Democratic leaders pledged varying levels of backing.
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Washington
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
United States Congress
Robert Murray
Congress
Kennedy
Senate
House of Representatives
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
U.S. Administration
Dirksen
Wilkins
House
Charles Halleck
Indiana
March
Soviet ambassador sees great trade potential with Canada
Soviet ambassador to Canada Ivan F. Shpedko said trade with Canada and Russia holds great potential despite political obstacles. He noted talks on extending a trade pact where Canada would export twice what it imports, while Russia would prefer parity. He emphasized Canada as a neighbor and outlined Russian exports such as industrial equipment and chemical products. He also commented on Canada’s test ban agreement and its relation to world peace and tensions.
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Vancouver
Canada
Russia
Ivan F. Shpedko
Shpedko
United States
China
Edmonton Nominated as Site for Heavy Water Plant
Prime Minister Pearson said the federal cabinet is weighing three sites for a heavy water plant for nuclear reactors and identified Edmonton as one definite option.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Edmonton
Feelings Phoney Vancouver Fraudster Admits Cheques
A glib man in Vancouver admitted responsibility for 20 bad $200 cheques and confirmed the counterfeit certified stamp. He circulated the notes to women in cocktail bars for companionship, with police tracking him after stores reported them. Release followed lack of testified transaction details.
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Feelings
Vancouver
Heavy traffic between capitals signals closer US Canada ties
After May 10 11 chats at Hyannis Port Massachusetts President Kennedy and Premier Pearson touted notably active cooperation. Officials said Ottawa Washington traffic rivals Canada US tourist movement and more contacts could yield concrete agreements including nuclear custody and control arrangements signed August 16.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Washington
U.S
Defence Produc
Haiti’s Duvalier regime and the fear it seeds
A report from Port au Prince notes that Haitian roulette mirrors deadly risks under Francois Duvalier. Invasions by anti Duvalier groups trigger brutal reprisals, with the Tonton Macoutes allegedly firing grenades and executions at Fort Dimanche and in the interior as vengeance and coercion deepen fear across the capital.
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Port AU Prince
Francois
Papa Doc) Duvalier
Papa Doc
Duvalier
Special Security Corps
Tonton Macoutes
Fort Dimanche
Centennial committee to hold first meeting in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat's centennial committee will meet for the first time at 9:30 p.m. Thursday in City Hall council chamber. The initial business includes electing a chairman and appointing a secretary. The group was formed by City Council to explore plans for Canada's 100th birthday in 1967 and will report back to Council.
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Medicine Hat
Canada
Council
City Hall
T Hat
1953 Oil Deal Taxable Exchequer Court ruling
Vancouver businessman Ralph K. Farris saw 1952 and 1953 oil permit transactions labeled as fast profit ventures and not investments by Canada’s Exchequer Court. The court permitted appeals to allow reassessment of income to include profits from Charter Oil Company shares, with the revenue department seeking a taxable outcome. Farris faces perjury charges over Securities Act evidence. tax appeals before the Exchequer Court since 1959 hinge on whether oil permits were capital gains or trading adventures.
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Ottawa
Vancouver
Ralph K. Farris
Exchequer Court of Canada
Farris
Revenue Department
Charter Oil Company Limited
J. D. Kearney
Northern Ontario Natural Gas Company
Ontario Securities Act
Northern Ontario
Exchequer Court
Gas Halts. Crew Rescues, Deadly Potash Mine Explosion
In MOAB Utah AP rescuers faced a deadly carbon monoxide gas event after an explosion entombed 25 miners at the International Minerals and Chemicals potash mine in Esterhazy Saskatchewan near Regina. Some trapped workers were identified as Canadians including William Husil of Yorkton. Names from Esterhazy workers indicated additional eastern Canadian colleagues. hometowns and full identifications were not yet confirmed.
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Moab
Utah
Canada
Saskatchewan
William Husil
Yorkton, Sask
International Minerals and Chemicals Potashimine
Esterhazy
Regina
Charles Clark
Nace Roy
T. Trueman
Probes Seek Missing Miner After Mine Collapse
Hazleton Pennsylvania rescue teams drilled a 12 inch shaft about 305 feet into a void to reach Louis Bova missing since August 13 after a coal mine cave in. A 65 ton rig hit a chamber at 6 15 am while other probes remained active and the mine planned shutdown for safety.
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Hazleton
Henry Throne
David Fallin
Louis Bova
Bova
Fellin
Throne
David Fellin
Davey
Louis
Mine horror in Hazleton resembles hellish nightmare
A mine collapse traps three men 300 feet underground for a week as hallucinations hunger thirst and fear overwhelm them. Henry Throne reports the miners David Fellin Louis Bova and the unnamed narrator describe delays, danger, and the struggle to breathe and stay calm until rescue.
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Mississippi
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