UN Security Council Vote Opens Congo Debate
The United Nations Security Council debated Congo charges after voting to hear both sides. U S and Belgian troops faced charges of interference as Tshombe accused Moscow of aiding rebels. The vote 7 to 4 allowed Tshombe and 22 nations to present claims while the session remained closed to the public.
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United Nations
UN Security Council
Congo
Russia
United States
Belgium
Moise Tshombe
Moscow
Tshombe
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Talbot to stand trial for theft and forged cheques
Robert Neville Talbot 56 former executive director of Alberta division of the Canadian Cancer Society was committed for supreme court trial on theft of 191 411 from Oct 1 1957 to Oct 1 1964 and nine uttering charges. Bail denied as Talbot assets not fully determined. Deposits in 13 bank accounts totaled 302 378 over seven years in Calgary and Invermere.
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Calgary
Robert Neville Talbot
Alberta
Canadian Cancer Society
Supreme Court
Talbot
Fred Thurgood
Invermere
B.C
Tshombe Meets Pope at Vatican City Guarded Visit
Congolese Premier Moise Tshombe arrived at the Vatican with a heavy police escort and received a 20 minute audience with Pope Paul VI. The pope urged Congolese to abandon warfare and work for peace, while security concerns followed Tshombe’s Rome stop en route to the U.N. debate on Congo rebellion and related rescue operations. Seven demonstrators and three police were injured in clashes with leftists protesting the visit.
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Vatican City
Moise Tshombe
Vatican
Pope Paul
Tshombe
Rome
Papal
United Nations
Security Council
Congo
Senate
Rathie Returns Voters Rebuff Downtown Plan in Vancouver Election
Vancouver voters re elected Mayor William Rathie for a second term but rejected most of his civic agenda. They vetoed a 48 million downtown development plan and a Leafs coliseum proposal while turnout exceeded 50 percent of 241 000 eligible voters despite rain.
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Vancouver
Canada
William
Bill) Rathie
Rathie
Toronto Maple Leafs
Leafs
Stafford Smythe
Smythe
Leaf
Tom Alsbury
Marianne Linnell
William Shenton
Bakers closure bid widens Tory rift over flag policy
In Ottawa a flag debate split the Conservative party and its Quebec wing while stirring New Democrats. Quebec Tory Leon Baker urged Prime Minister Pearson to use closure to end the discussion as Diefenbaker and leadership tensions surfaced. The NDP failed in a bid to resume daily questions and labor code debate.
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Ottaway
Conservative
Quebec
New Democrats
Commons
Leon Baker
Pearson
NDP
Baker
Diefenbaker
Conservative House
Gordon Churchill
Wilson rules out an early British election
Prime Minister Harold Wilson ruled out any early election in Britain saying a government that ponders an early vote ceases to govern. He stressed a strong economy and expansion of British industry to boost exports and a stronger pound, and noted talks with Canada on guaranteed markets and anti dumping rules. He also discussed NATO nuclear command plans and potential involvement of France and a peaceful path in Southern Rhodesia.
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Ottawa
Harold Wilson
Labor
Wilson
Britain
Montreal
Canada
Pearson
NATO
Paris
France
United Nations
Southern
Rhodesia
FBI agent cites confession in civil rights workers case
A U S federal agent testified he received a confession from Horace Barnette in the killing of three civil rights workers. Defence lawyers objected as the hearing opened before Commissioner Esther Carter with 19 of 21 defendants charged with conspiring to interfere with federal rights. Barnette, a former Meridan employee, was arrested in Bossier City and faces a separate preliminary hearing in Shreveport.
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Meridian
Miss
FBI
U.S
Esther Carter
Henry Rask
Atlanta
Miss Carter
Horace Doyle Barnette
Rask
Barnette
Minden
Louisiana
Shreveport
Bossier City
Red River
Federal
Medicine Hat Wins Lease for 57 Gas-Section Fields
City finance director A T Legge announced Medicine Hat won permission to lease two gas fields totaling 57 sections from the province for 85036 dollars. One field of 54 sections lies seven miles southwest, with 15 billion cubic feet proven. The second field lies half a mile south of the city with about five billion cubic feet in 3.25 sections. Royalties are set at 16.66 percent.
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Santa Claus
Medicine Hat
A. T. Legge
Bob Beitz
Beitz
Monton
Pembina Pipelines Ltd
Pembina
Eric Connelly
Parliament panel delays hearings into SIU trustees
A Commons committee voted 16 to 8 to postpone public hearings on the Seafarers International Union trustees until mid January. Trustees led by Victor Dryer will deliver a report to Labor Minister by Jan 15, with hearings to follow the review, amid ongoing Conservative calls for immediate questions.
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Ottawa
Commons
Maritime Union
Bryce Mackasey
Montreal Verdun
Seafarers’ International Union
Ind
Michael Starr
Ontario
SIU
Starr
Gerald Regan
L—Halifax
Andrew Brewin
Toronto Greenwood
Tom Barnett
Comox-Alberni
Mackasey
Victor Dryer
Vancouver
Justice Dryer
Rene Lippe
Montreal
Charles Millard
Toronto
Tees
MacEachen
B C gas sale bid hinges on BC survey findings
Edmonton CP report notes Alberta officials say an appraisal of British Columbia gas reserves could determine if BC can challenge Alberta for the California market. Alberta officials caution that BC must prove sufficient capacity, while Alberta and Southern Gas already have pipeline access.
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Edmonton
Alberta
British Columbia
B.C
California
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St. Hyacinthe- Bagot
Lamontagne
Says
Frank Manyluk
Oil and Gas Conservation Board
Manyluk
National Energy Board
Alberta and Southern Gas Co
Lawrence Freedman
London
Freedman
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