Britain seeks talks to ease Peking China crisis
Britain aims to prevent a full break with China over Hong Kong by offering discussions on normalizing relations after violent protests in Peking and London. The move signals a bid to avoid deterioration as Mao's purge intensifies and observers watch for leadership shifts.
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London
Britain
Peking
Hong Kong
China
George Brown
Chen Yi
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Brown
Chen
Foreign Office
Shen Ping
Peking-London
Transport paralyzed as fighting continues
In central China amid Mao Zedong power struggles Wuhan and Hankow areas report renewed clashes. Szechwan provinces see paralyzed transport as Maoist and anti Maoist forces clash. Travelers from Canton warn of bloodshed while reports vary on army loyalties and battlefield roles.
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Hong Kong
Wuhan
China
Mao Tse-tung
Szechwan
Mao
Canton
Liu Shaochi
Yangtze River
Hankow
Hanyang
Wuchang
Hupeh
Peking
Formosa
Chungking
Chentu
Chengtu Ang
Liu Chieh-ting
Chengtu
Chang Hsiting
Spin
Yangtse
Liu
Red Army
Mao Tsetung
Britanny cultural aid urged by Liberal MPs in UK
In London Liberal MPs urged the British government to offer cultural aid to Britanny citing President de Gaulle's plan for French aid to Quebec. In Saigon Viet Cong attacks marked pre election violence with shelling of provincial capitals and 39 kidnappings. In Khartoum Egypt and Saudi Arabia discussed a political solution to Yemen's civil war at the Arab summit.
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London
de Gaulle
Quebec
Saigon
South Vietnam
Khartoum
Sudan
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Israel
Shipping firms to meet minister in Ottawa talks
Representatives of 32 shipping companies with vessels tied up by the Great Lakes strike hope to meet Labour Minister Nicholson next week. John McGiffin calls for a sane talk as 178 ships are idle, with 3 sailing in Arctic waters. The Seafarers' Union chief Leonard McLaughlin had urged a mediator, a request awaiting response.
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Montreal
Great Lakes
Nicholson
John McGiffin
Canadian Lake Carriers Association
Ottawa
Leonard McLaughlin
Seafarers’ International Union
Arctic
City greenhouse workers vote to join retail union
Medicine Hat plant workers at Medicine Hat Greenhouses Ltd voted 47 to 6 to affiliate with the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union and the Canadian Labour Congress. Alberta Board of Industrial Relations certification expected within a day or two, with contract talks to follow. Union leadership and local organizers credited the breakthrough with setting wage scales for area greenhouse workers and hinted at similar organizing efforts in other greenhouses.
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Alberta Board of Industrial Relations
Driscoll
Medicine Hat
Mr. Driscoll
CLC
Diefenbaker Seen Set To Run In PC Leadership
The Star reports John Diefenbaker ordered 1500 campaign photos and posters printed secretly in Ottawa Valley shops, signaling a likely bid for the Progressive Conservative leadership as nine candidates compete and convention opens in Toronto. Diefenbaker has not publicly declared his entry and has until Sept 8 to file. A spokesman in Ottawa denied the report.
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Toronto
Star
Ays
John Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Diefenbaker
The
Campaignhoto
Trouble at home for Duff
Premier Duff Roblin faces local pressure as United Steelworkers collect over 800 signatures to protest an unpaved 20 mile road and a bridge at beardson Manitoba nickel mining town. The telegram targets Roblin before the Conservative leadership convention in Toronto.
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Thompson
Man
Duff Roblin
Progressive Conservative
United Steelworkers of America
Manitoba
Toronto
Duff
Beard
P.S
Hose-chopping proved costly for Dunmore man
Dunmore man David Wright faced Magistrate E W N Macdonald after taking revenge on Joseph Boschee over a high water sprinkler. Wright seized an axe, chopped the hose into pieces, and was fined 25 dollars with costs and ordered to restore 4.60.
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Dunmore
David Wright
Joseph Boschee
Wright
E. W. N. Macdonald
Alberta teachers urge kindergarten plan and end to grade nine exams
The Alberta Teachers Association asked Education Minister Ray Reierson to pass legislation to allow all school systems to establish kindergarten classes and to abolish grade nine departmental exams. They call for a provincial director of kindergartens, funding for implementation, and earlier grade 12 results release for prep courses, plus expanded teacher certification and internship requirements.
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Edmonton
Alberta Teachers Association
Ray Reierson
Alberta
Education Department
Association
Department of Education
University of Alberta
De Gaulle frames Quebec French autonomy as a national issue
Paris report says President de Gaulle views Quebec French autonomy as a French national question. Foreign Minister Couve de Murville told the National Assembly that France must not be indifferent and will deepen cultural and economic cooperation with Quebec. He noted cabinet talks on increased French aid while acknowledging Canada-France tensions after Montreal speech.
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Paris
Reuters
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve Dé Murville
France
National Assembly
Foreign Affairs Commission
Quebec
Canada
Couve de Murville
Montreal
Senate approves Court's first Negro justice Thurgood Marshall
The Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, making him the first Black member of the high court. Marshall, previously solicitor general and longtime NAACP chief legal officer, was nominated by President Johnson on June 13 to succeed retiring Justice Tom C Clark.
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Washington
Senate
Thurgood Marshall
U.S. Supreme Court
Marshall
U.S
National Association For the Advancement of Colored
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New York
Johnson
Tom C. Clark
Clark
Ramsey Clark
No News on Labour Day for Medicine Hat edition
The Medicine Hat News will not publish on Monday September 4 Labour Day. Advertising copy deadlines for the next edition are Friday September 1 at 5 p.m for Tuesday September 5 and Saturday September 2 at 12 p.m for Wednesday September 6.
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Medicine Hat News
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