Cleo Storm Skirts Cape Kennedy Space Center
Hurricane Cleo moved north along Florida's coast toward Cape Hatteras with winds up to 115 mph earlier striking Miami and the Gold Coast. At Cape Kennedy winds peaked around 65 mph but caused limited damage as six rockets remained secured on launching pads and crews resumed preparations for firing.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Cleo
Florida
Space Centre
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Miami
Gold Coast
Soviet official hints Canada wheat trade may continue
Soviet Agriculture Minister Ivan Volovchenko in Medicine Hat said a good Soviet crop could meet domestic needs while not ruling out continued purchases of Canadian wheat or flour. He noted transit costs affect trade with eastern and far eastern regions. Beef cattle from western Canada were reported to perform well, with ongoing purchases expected in coming years.
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Russia
Ivan Volovchenko
Medicine Hat
Canada
Soviet Union
Soviet
East
Far East
Volovchenko
Western Canada
Viet Nam Rioting Resumes Between Buddhist and Catholic Students
In Saigon Buddhist and Roman Catholic students clashed again as paratroopers with fixed bayonets moved in. At least one Buddhist student was killed, nine dead in two days. Fires, petrol bombs, and melee erupted around the Xay Dung Catholic newspaper near Nguyen Ba Tong School. Education Ministry ordered all schools closed until further notice amid ongoing sectarian violence and political instability under the Nguyen Khanh junta.
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Saigon
Xay Dung
Nguyen Ba Tong
Education Ministry
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Khanh
South Viet Nam
Khanh
Junta
Catholic Technical School
Viet Nam
Red carpet welcome for visiting Soviet minister in Medicine Hat
A Soviet Agriculture Minister Ivan Volochenko visited Medicine Hat greeted by Mayor Harry Weiner and a crowd on 3rd Street. A Russian lecturer Miss Victoria Khoroshilov charmed Hatters at the Assiniboia reception while Russians mingled with locals and officials.
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Soviet
Russia
Ivan Volovchenko
Harry Weiner
Moscow
Assiniboia
Y. P. Germash
Scientific Research Institute of the Ussr
Khrushchev
Medicine Hat
Reds
Ivan Volochenko
Department of Agriculture
3Rd St
Victoria Khoroshilov
Canada
Ivan Khoroshilov
Ussr
Night of high oratory ends Democratic convention
Atlantic City reports the Democratic nominating convention closes with President Johnson’s acceptance speech and a moving Kennedy memorial. About 20,000 attended including 5,260 delegates. Hubert Humphrey attacked Barry Goldwater in his vice presidential acceptance, calling him out of step with the opposition as Johnson urged unity and a renewed push for the great society.
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Atlantic City
United States
Democratic Party
Johnson
President Johnson
Kennedy
Pres
John Kennedy
Congress
Washington
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Barry Goldwater
Humphrey
Arizona
Parliament mulls midnight sittings to clear flag debate
The government proposed three weekly midnight sittings through September to finish the maple leaf flag dispute. Walter Dinsdale dismissed it as legislation by exhaustion while the Liberals push to extend non flag business Mondays and claim the plan could wear down Conservative resistance. Political leaders spar over deadlines and the method to conclude the debate amid pressure from all sides.
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Ronald Lebel Ottawa
Commons
Walter Dinsdale
Favreau
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
NDP
Stanley Knowles
Government House
Knowles
The
Industry Department
Diefenbaker
Fav
City eyes Elkwater park in Cypress Hills swap plan
Medicine Hat weighs against federal provincial land swap that would trade part of Wood Buffalo Park for Cypress Hills land to create a national park. City officials push to be kept informed and may send a delegation after hearing development appeal. The council also reconsiders John Mook’s permit dispute, opting to return to planning staff.
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Medicine Hat
Cypress Hills
Elkwater Park
Alberta
N. A. Willmore
Ald
Jack Edwards
Elkwater
Harry Leinweber
Edwards
Gordon Sissons
Leinweber
Earl Smith
Harry Weiner
Cain
Court of Appeal
John Mook
Municipal Planning Commission
Allowance Ave
Mr. Mook
R. A. Pearce
Council
Medicine Hat bids on police administration building
The civic finance committee in a closed session referred the four bids for Medicine Hat’s new police administration building to council without recommendation. The sole local bid came from Grand Construction, 1959, while Lethbridge’s bid was $284,000, D and H Construction Medicine Hat $285,646, Bird Construction Calgary $290,900, and Kenwood Engineering Construction $291,570.
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Civic Finance Committee
Council
Medicine Hat
Grand Construction
Lethbridge
D & H Construction
Bird Construction
Calgary
Kenwood Engineering
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General Staff
June Lastuka
Irvine
Kay Wintonyk
8Th St. N.W
Swift Current
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Ting
Hatter
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Robert Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
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