ECM leaders clear way for expansion
Six nation leaders at The Hague commit to entry talks with Britain by year end and set a binding timetable to finalize agricultural financing rules under the Rome Treaty. France backs budgetary control gains, but resists direct parliament elections. Monetary union plans aim for a concrete proposal in 1970 amid cautious optimism.
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Italy
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France
Maurice Schumann
Europe
Georges Pompidou
Denmark
Norway
Ireland
Hall of Knights
Fumes Kill Four Aboard Carrier Bonaventure Near Nova Scotia
Four crew members died aboard the Canadian aircraft carrier Bonaventure from aviation gasoline fumes while venting fuel tanks during fleet exercises off the Nova Scotia coast. The 20,000 ton ship was southeast of Cape Sable Island near Dartmouth and Boston was planned before return on December 11.
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J. C. O’brien
Maritime Command
Cape Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Dartmouth
N.S
Boston
Canada
England
Kootenay
Alberta farmers may join national union if FAA stays out
Saskatoon CP report notes National Farmers' Union would organize Alberta farmers if the Farmers' Union of Alberta rejects joining the national body next week. Roy Atkinson, SFU president, says a coast to coast farm union is essential for progress and that Alberta could reorganize immediately. He also says SFU will likely dissolve the provincial body to join the national union. Mayor Sid Buckwold highlights Saskatchewan's economic reliance on farming.
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National Farmers’ Union
Alberta
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
Roy Atkinson
Atkinson
Saskatche
Wan Farmers’ Union
FUA
National
Farmers
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Maritimes
Quebec
Hawaii Hit by Storm Destroys Homes on Oahu North Shore
A powerful storm battered Oahu's north shore with 50 foot breakers destroying or damaging 81 homes. Two storm related deaths were reported and at least 15 people were injured as authorities warned of dangerous surf. Hundreds of homeless carried belongings from wrecked houses amid seaweed and coral.
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Honolulu
Oahu
Hawaii
NATO ministerial council to probe patterns of power
Brussels reports outline the NATO ministerial council opening amid high talk of power patterns. The meeting follows the European summit at The Hague and considers European unity, U S troop withdrawals, and the Warsaw Pact security conference proposal.
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West
Czechoslovakia
Guerrilla Gunners Hit U.S. Forces in New Attacks
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrillas fired on 30 targets from Monday night to Tuesday night, killing seven Americans and wounding 19. The barrage, mostly artillery and rockets, also hit South Vietnamese camps with casualties. Northwest of Saigon 18 guerrillas were slain as a US mechanized unit repelled a nighttime thrust near Cambodia. Government forces clashed in the Mekong Delta near Giao Duc, reporting 30 enemy killed and 6 Americans dead with 25 wounded in that fight.
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United States Command
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U.S
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Cambodia
Mekong
Giao Duc
Nixon
North Korea frees air crew after US apology
North Korea released three American helicopter crew members after the United States signed a letter of apology for violating North Korean air space. Specialists Hofstatter Crawford and Loepke were returned to U.S. custody and sent for medical checks. The crew had been held 30 months after their helicopter was shot down near the DMZ on August 17.
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North Korea
United States
Herman E. Hofstatter
Lowpoint
Ill
U.S
David H. Crawford
Pooler
Malcolm V. Loepke
Richmond
Ind
Demilitarized Zone
Arthur H. Adams
Korean Military Armistice Commission
Seoul
Fire at Quebec elderly home leaves many dead survivors
Searchers recovered 38 bodies from the charred debris of a three story wooden home for the aged in Notre Dame du Lac Quebec as 28 residents survived and one remained missing. Police and welfare officials reviewed the scene as recounts of the death toll varied with reports of up to 58.
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Que
Welfare Department
Cyrille Charron
Quebec
Fortunat Blanchet
Marjorie Bergerson
A. J. Dupont
Rudolph Bealieu
Augustin Blanchard
Paquetville
N.B
Four or five Tate murder case indictments planned by hippie gang
Police sources said a Death Valley cult linked to Sharon Tate’s murder planned 11 more killings but halted after aOctober raid. Three members Charles Watson Linda Kasabian and Patricia Krenwinkel were jailed on murder warrants. indictments are being sought for others.
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Reuters
Sharon Tate
Death Valley
Charles Watson
McKinney, Tex
Linda Kasabian
Con
God
Satan
Santa Monica
Eight years for slaying in Alberta Supreme Court
Marcel Rolando Parrish formerly of Medicine Hat received an eight year sentence for non capital murder from Justice H. W. Riley in Alberta Supreme Court. Parrish, 30, was charged after his wife Ja nice, 24, was stabbed to death at Brentwood Shopping Centre in Northwest Calgary. The couple had lived in Medicine Hat before moving to Calgary last summer. Parrish appeared alone. he had initially chosen trial by judge and jury but amended that choice before testimony.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta Supreme Court
H. W. Riley
Parrish
Janice
Brentwood
Calgary
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Frokowski
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