Air Canada slowdown begins amid union dispute
Air Canada passenger agents and switchboard operators start a work-to-rule slowdown at 6 am local time as mediation talks stall. union leader John Hayes says the stoppage will persist until a settlement, with possible job and pay restorations as a condition. Conciliation chair O'Connor delays talks until Tuesday. airline warns suspensions may occur.
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Toronto
Air Canada
John Hayes
Canadian Air Line Employees Association
Canada
Hayes
Bryce Mackasey
J. E. Dickson
North Vietnam and Ky trade sharp charges at Paris talks
A Hanoi spokesman called Ky a puppet and Hitler devotee ahead of expanded peace talks in Paris. Ky denied admiration for Hitler and argued he is not a U.S. puppet. Negotiations stall over table shape and NLFs status as U.S. North Vietnamese exchanges continue, with a four sided conference contemplated.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
Hitler
Hanoi
Bui Nhan
South Vietnam
U.S
National Liberation Front
NLF
Washington
Bilingualism Report Proposes Official Language Minority Schools
Ottawa CP—The royal commission on bilingualism and biculturalism calls for public education in both French and English in specified areas across Canada. It urges every pupil to study the second official language and suggests English kids begin French in Grade 1 while French kids start English in Grade 3. The plan envisions official financial support for minority schools without federal control, with instruction in the minority tongue in those schools. The report, tabled in Parliament, is led by co chairmen Davidson Dunton and Jean Louis Gagnon as provinces hold primary responsibility for education.
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Ottawa
Canada
Royal Commission On Bilingualism
Commission
House of Commons
Royal Commission
Lester B. Pearson
Davidson Dunton
Carleton University
Jean-Louis
Gagnon
Montreal
Andre Laurendeau
Laurendeau
Montreal le Devoir
Liberal leader condemns poll tax detention in Nova Scotia
Halifax Liberal Gerald Regan described a five month jail spell for a Black debtor over poll tax as outrageous. He said authorities demanded full payment and later refused release until work offered no payment. Regan urged concrete reforms to prevent such imprisonment of poor people and criticized budget-driven municipal tax collection practices.
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Halifax
Gerald Regan
Digby
N.S
Regan
Nova Scotia
George Smith
Czechs Fear Secret Soviet-Czechoslovak Summit in Kiev
Prague reacts to a Kiev meeting between Soviet and Czechoslovak leaders held in secrecy. The communique spoke of cordial cooperation but offered limited detail, contrasting with past open talks and fueling unease among officials and the public.
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Prague
Ukraine
Alexander
Dubcek
Kiev
Moscow
Kremlin
Communist Party
Czechoslovakia
U S Destroyers Reach Black Sea Amid Turkish Passage Row
Two U S Navy destroyers Dyess and Turner entered the Black Sea after transiting the Dardanelles and Bosporus despite Russian protests. Turkish and U S officials called it a routine visit in line with the 1936 Montreux Convention, while Russia decried the action as a violation.
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U.S
Black Sea
Istanbul
United States
Dyess and Turner
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Dardanelles Straits
Mediterranean Sundiary
Bosporus
Turkey
Black Seacoast
Izvestia
Sea of
Marmara
Russia
Romania
Bulgaria
South Vietnam
Weekend toll rises with 26 dead across Canada
Weekend accidents kill at least 26 people across Canada including 17 in traffic as news reports note continued fatalities. Bomb attacks in the last seven days, three in Paris, lead President de Gaulle to halt exhibitions. Three U.S. Air Force T-33 trainers crash near Sondre Stroemfjord. all four crew survive via parachute.
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Canada
Paris
de Gaulle
Godthaab
Greenland
Sondre Stroemfjord
Albania Grants China Naval and Missile Bases in Europe
The Sunday Observer reports Albania has allowed a Chinese military foothold with a defence pact permitting temporary stationing and naval and missile bases on the Adriatic coast. The agreement, signed in Tirana, follows a high level Chinese military delegation led by Huang Yung-shen.
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London
Albania
China
Europe
Sunday Observer
Lajos Lederer
Adriatic
Tirana
Huang Yung-shen
Dynamite Found At Brandeis University Sparks Scare
Police found dynamite near a building housing a soldier in sanctuary at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. At San Francisco State College protests continued with rallies downtown calling for a campus shutdown as ethnic studies demands rose among minority groups. The incidents followed unrest over campus politics and safety concerns involving a National Guardsman. no major damage reported.
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San Francisco State College
Washington University
St. Louis
Brandeis University
Waltham, Mass
AWS
John G. Rollins
Wilmington
N.C
San Francisco State
Moon landing trainer crash cited as setback
Houston AP report says a spider like Lunar Landing Training Vehicle crashed after losing control during a test. Pilot Joseph Algranti ejected safely. NASA calls the incident an unassessable setback to the moon program while noting overall effects on training remain to be evaluated.
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Houston
United States
A. Space
Joseph Algranti
Algranti
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Paul Haney
NASA
Spacecraft Centre
LLTV
Haney
Neil Armstrong
Moon
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Thomas C. O'Connor
Mr. Hayes
Saigon
Diemard
TONKS
Ot Tho
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus R. Varice
Pham Dang Lam
Bui Diem
Johnson
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Quebec
Reuters
THE
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