King Constantine forms new Greek government amid coup crisis
Reuters reports from Paris that King Constantine in Larissa formed a new government opposing the military junta as Athens warns of civil war after partial Greek force withdrawal from Cyprus. Radio broadcasts claim the April 21 revolution remains in force while striking to crush disobedience mercilessly.
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Athens
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Reuters
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Greece
Larissa
Paris
Salonika
Peridis
London
Ministry of Information
China Canada sign wheat deal in Ottawa
In Ottawa, Trade Minister Winters announced Canada and China signed a three year wheat agreement valued around 150 million dollars. China will buy 2,000,000 long tons of wheat in the first 10 months of 1968 with delivery and payment terms outlined, while total purchases under the pact rise to about 4.7 million tons by mid 1969.
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Ottawa
China
Commons
Winters
Inter National
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
Johnson defies critics at AFL-CIO gathering in Miami Beach
President Johnson tells labor delegates he will not be deterred by critics over Vietnam. He pledges to pursue his duty and work with any end to the war while blasting Republicans as wooden soldiers. He vows to listen to proposals while asserting his resolve amid polls and elections.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Johnson
Afl-Cio
U.S. Organized Labor
Pioneer VIII heads for the Sun
Cape Kennedy AP reports Pioneer VIII, an interplanetary weatherman, fired into solar orbit to monitor solar radiation storms for astronauts. The Delta booster also placed a relay satellite in Earth orbit to test the U S tracking network between Earth and Mars.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
Pioneer VIII
Mars
America
Blizzard Buries Elkwater And Surrounding District
Blizzard conditions have dumped more than a foot of snow on Elkwater and the Cypress Hills while Medicine Hat reports lighter snowfall. Wind chills of about 20 below zero were recorded on the open prairie, with temperatures dropping further. Snowploughs were out at 6 a.m. as clouds and snow move through, with Calgary and Lethbridge clearing or near clearing.
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Rose Bechtold
Lori
Colter Dr. N.W
Medicine Hat
Elkwater
Cypress Hills
Department of Transport
Calgary
Leth
Doctors seek privacy as first heart transplant patient nears milestone
In Cape Town, 11 days after Louis Washkansky received the first human heart transplant, doctors asked for privacy as media swarms declined. Washkansky dangles his feet, aims for Christmas discharge, while doctors reduce drugs and prepare for a possible second operation filmed for posterity.
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Cape Town
Louis Washkansky
Groote Schuur
Washkansky
Sally Sklar
Sklar
Jacobus G. Burger
Provinces walk out on Pearson housing plan meeting
Ottawa premiers refused Pearson housing proposals after two days of talks. They dismissed a national council on housing as potentially harmful and left without new funding. Quebec premier called the conference premature. Ontario premier said no dramatic progress. Labor minister Nicholson voiced cautious optimism about future cooperation.
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Ottawa
Pearson
National Council On Housing and Urban Development
Quebec
Daniel Johnson
Cof
Ontario
John Robarts
Labor
J. R. Nicholson
Housing
Government joins oil firms in Arctic mineral search
Ottawa announces a 9 million dollar federal stake alongside a 20 company consortium to explore Arctic islands. Panarctic holds 44 million acres, government to own 45 percent of both common and preferred shares, with up to 10 million more possible. Geologists see high potential and aim to share costs over three years.
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Ottawa
Arctic Islands
Northern Development
Laing
The
Commons
Panarctic Oils Ltd
Mr. Laing
Northern Development Fund
Leinweber says Highway 3 and 41 not affected by budget cuts
Medicine Hat MLA Harry Leinweber states no current indications that Highway 3 or Highway 41 projects will be cut or delayed by Alberta budget reductions. He supports the proposed grid system of secondary roads and urges an early start, while noting some expensive overpasses could be postponed.
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Leinweber
Medicine Hat
Harry Leinweber
Highway 3
Highway 41
A. 0. Aalborg
Alberta
Aalborg
Public Revenue and Expenditure Committee
Calgary
Gordon Taylor
Canada seeks closer ties with France says Martin
External Affairs Minister Paul Martin said Canada aims for closer relations with France despite President de Gaulle backing Quebec separatism. He noted potential plutonium sales for peaceful use, with international safeguards, and steps for youth exchanges and space cooperation following talks with Maurice Couve de Murville.
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Brussels
France
de Gaulle
Quebec
Pearson
Paul Martin
Canada
Maurice Couve de Murville
Martin
Britain
Couve de Murville
French Atomic Energy Commission
Power toboggan plate set for next year
Edmonton reports the provincial highways department will require a five dollar licence plate for operating a power toboggan outside an owner’s property starting early next year. Ottawa notes Prime Minister Pearson rejects scrapping the Prince Edward Island crossing project. Bombay reports cracks in the Koyna Dam parpet wall trigger panic evacuation as aftershocks continue following Monday’s killer earthquake.
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Edmonton
Provincial Highways Department
Ottawa
Pearson
Prince Edward Island Crossing
Bombay
Koyna
Pophale
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