Leaders pay tribute to Holt in Melbourne memorial
In St Pauls Cathedral a solemn service honored late Australian Prime Minister Holt. A star-studded congregation included Prince Charles, President Johnson, British and New Zealand prime ministers, and leaders from 20 nations. Holt, missing since five days earlier, was praised as a world figure and his loss deemed profound for Australia.
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Trudeau bills expand Criminal Code rules in Commons
Justice Minister Trudeau unveils sweeping changes to the Criminal Code including therapeutic abortions with hospital consent, compulsory breath tests for suspected impaired driving, provincial or federal lottery power, and legality of private homosexual acts between consenting adults. Debates to resume Jan 22 after Christmas recess. Canada may see lotteries licensed to churches and charities under provincial oversight.
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Quebec
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Christmas and Boxing Day Store Hours Summary
Medicine Hat stores including Liquor Store and banks will close Monday and Tuesday for Christmas and Boxing Day. The Post Office box lobby opens Tuesday. carrier and wicket services are halted both days. The city liquor outlet stays open today and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Banks operate Saturday 9 a.m. to 12:00 noon and close Monday and Tuesday. Sam Stone notes extended hours today to 9 p.m. but 6 p.m. Saturday closure.
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Chamber of Commerce
Four Russian intellectuals convicted in Leningrad
Four Russian intellectuals were convicted in Leningrad of treason for conspiracy to overthrow the Soviet regime and jailed up to 15 years. Secret police found weapon caches last March linking them to a secret opposition network across three regions. Prof Oguri gov of Leningrad University received 15 years, Eugen Vagin 13 years, another defendant 13, and a fourth 8 years.
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Leningrad University
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Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
Heart transplant pioneer buried in Cape Town funeral
Louis Washkansky the first man to receive a transplanted heart was buried in Cape Town. Rabbi who presided at his wedding led the service as Dr Christian Barnard’s transplant team and family attended a modest burial. Ann Washkansky bewailed the loss while a fund drive for heart research replaced flowers.
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Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
United States
Christian N. Barnard
Marius
Ann
Johnson speaks to pilots at Thailand air base in secret stop
President Johnson flew to the American built Khorat air force base in Thailand after memorial rites for Harold Holt in Australia. He told combat pilots he wanted to look them in the eye and praised their just cause, expressing Christmas solidarity. The White House kept plans secret amid Vietnam War context.
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Vietnam
Australia
Harold Holt
White House
Khorat
South Vietnam
Murder conspiracy charge action could be delayed
A Los Angeles sheriff spokesman said action on the murder conspiracy charge against Edgar Eugene Bradley may be delayed until a rest warrant arrives from New Orleans. Bradley, tied to the Kennedy assassination, denies involvement beyond public knowledge and may surrender. Garrison said federal agents know of him. Bradley was in El Paso at the time of Kennedy’s death.
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John F. Kennedy
New Orleans
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Bradley
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Sentative
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Los Angeles
Garrison
Clyde Ballou
el Paso
Tex
Carl McIntire
Collingswood, N.J
American Council of Churches
Train collision near Wamego injures no one
A Union Pacific passenger train carrying Christmas vacationers collided with a freight train near Wamego Kansas late Thursday night. No fatalities reported. Separately TEL AVIV reports say Israeli Army disrupted a major saboteur reorganization, arresting 56 in a week-long West Bank and Old Jerusalem sweep.
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West Bank
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Arctic air retreats northward with chinook conditions
A cold Arctic airstream moves north over southern Alberta today as chinook conditions develop from Banff to Calgary and down to the U.S. border. A strong westerly flow aloft from the mid Pacific keeps most of the district under cloudy skies.
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Banff
Calgary
United States
Pope Paul offers mediate in war
Vatican City Reuters reports Pope Paul VI offered to mediate in the Vietnam War. He lamented failed mediation efforts and expressed readiness to assist, amid word President Johnson might visit Rome near Christmas. The Pope emphasized neutrality and a peaceful path to true peace.
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College of Cardinals
Australia
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Vietnam
Trapped men escape Gorman cave-in in Tehachapi tunnel
Seventeen men buried 19 hours in a Tehachapi mountains cave-in crawled through a narrow passage to reach a 1 1/2 mile state war project tunnel. Workmen from three directions reached them as one team dug through 80 feet of debris. Air stayed good and temperatures remained safe.
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Tehachapi Mountains
California
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