Saigon student leaders threaten new protests over national assembly
Viet Nam. Saigon student leaders warn mass demonstrations will occur if the ruling triumvirate names men to the promised national assembly deemed unacceptable. They call last week’s rioting and government actions destabilizing and vow to back the government for two months, then reassess.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
National Assembly
Ton That Tue
Leadership Council of
le Dinh Dhu Cam
Dieu
Information Ministry
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Montreal gun raid at firearms shop links to separatist group
In Montreal a Bleury Street firearms shop raid ended in two deaths and four bandits captured. Police linked the assault to l Armee Revolutionaire du Quebec though no weapons were found on arrestees. Victims were Leslie MacWilliams and Alfred Pinish. Autopsy results awaited.
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Montreal
l’Armee Revolutionaire du Quebec
Leslie MacWilliams
International Firearms Company
Alfred Pinish
Roland Perron
St. Luke Hospital
Montreal Island
Perron
Tomer
Georges Brazeau
Regis Fortin
Parliament flag stalemate persists after leaders clash
Ottawa report says four of five parties failed to agree on a time framework to end the flag dispute. Favreau says no compromise. leaders plan another meeting after caucus briefings. Opponents and supporters track speeches as 17th day drags on with no end in sight.
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Ottawa
Favreau
Gordon Churchill
Conservatives
Stanley Knowles
New Democrats
Charles-Arthur Gauthier
Creditistes
Commons
Knowles
House
Canada Pension Plan
Churchill
Tshombe Says Albertville Recaptured in Congo Crisis
Premier Moise Tshombe claims Congo’s Albertville is recaptured by his army while rebels march toward Bukavu. He says rebels left public safety items behind, air port remains in rebel hands, and 28 Europeans were freed with about 100 others still unaccounted for.
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Leopoldville
Moise Tshombe
Albertville
Congo
Bukavu
Tshombe
Katanga
Congo City
Lake Tanganyika
Gaston Soumialot
Soumialot
Stanleyville
Casimir Bagira
Lake Kivu
Kivu
Surrey Cub Scouts Halt Daily Good Deed
In Surrey England the rural boy scouts stopped their routine duty of warning drivers about a police radar speed trap down the road. Cub master Edgar Lea explains the change ends their daily public safety gesture.
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London
Boy Scouts
Surrey
Edgar Lea
Red China boycotts Soviet led world Communist conference
Peking rejects a Dec 15 planning meeting for a larger 81 party gathering, calling it a historic split in international Communism. It accuses the Soviet Union of aligning with the United States over Vietnam and Gulf of Tonkin actions. The broadcast also criticizes U.S. Africa operations as part of wider special warfare across continents.
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Tokyo
China
International Communist Movement
Peking
Soviet Union
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Viet Nam
United Nations
Red China
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
New China
Africa
South Viet Nam
Venezuela
Colombia
Asia
Latin America
Peking Agency
Arabs pledge aid to Greek Cypriots in Cyprus dispute
In Alexandria, President Nasser pledged support to Makarios amid Turkish Cypriot tensions and anti-U S demonstrations in Turkey. The communique said UAR would provide all possible aid to defend Cyprus and oppose foreign bases, while noting no specific military pledge. Demonstrations and UN reports of rising tensions followed.
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Nicosia
Makarios
United Arab Republic
Cyprus
Turkey
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Alexandria
Nasser
Greece
Thhe
Soviet Union
UAR
Mediterranean
Britain
Egypt
Alexan
Dria Makarios
U.S
United Nations Command
Regina Teachers Plan Mass Meeting Over Strike Demands
Regina elementary public school teachers prepare for a mass meeting to decide on a potential strike in wage dispute. The school board meets at noon to discuss the issue while mediation is urged by Education Minister George Trapp. Saskatoon settled a similar dispute. Regina delays opening schools from Sept. 2 to Sept. 8.
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Regina (Cp
Regina
George Trapp
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
G. L. Gerrand
24 hour curfew after Philadelphia riots
Philadelphia officers imposed a 24 hour curfew on a four square mile Negro section after a weekend of rioting looting and vandalism. About 28 people were arrested and 1 500 police remained on duty as looting and clashes continued on the fringes. injuries totaled 247 with 66 officers hurt and one shooting reported. Roy Wilkins urged federal action amid calls that rioting was planned.
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Philadelphia
H. J. Tate
Tate
sJate
Robert Green
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Queen Victoria tribute reenacts Confederation voyage
Wet ceremony aboard the ice breaker Ernest Lapointe marked the 100th anniversary voyage of the ship that carried the Fathers of Confederation to Charlottetown. Canadian actors, Quebec and Prince Edward Island officials attended as Prime Minister Pearson and premiers prepared for the Constitution talks.
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Quebec
Ontario
Fathers of Confederation
Charlottetown
Prince ‘Albert Coats
Fed
Eral Centennial Commission
Quebec City
Saint Louis
Coastguard
Ernest Lapointe
Pearson
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Wilfrid Hamel
Federal Union of Canada
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