Buddhists vow renewed campaign to oust South Viet Nam premier
In Saigon Thich Nhat Thien, spokesman for the Buddhist hierarchy inactive since the National Council purge, says Buddhists will resume methods to oust Premier Tran Van Huong. He criticizes arrests, press attacks, and a December hunger strike while the government extends martial law after the Christmas Eve hotel bombing.
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Tran van Huong
Thich Nhat Thien
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Thien
Armed Forces Council
Huong
U.S
Flood Death Toll Rises Across Five Western States
Floodwaters across the Far West have killed more than 40 people and left over 14 000 homeless. The Willamette River crested at 29 8 feet near Portland before receding, while California faces continued rescues and mass dinners as flood zones ease in some areas.
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Sierra
Nevada - California
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Eureka
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Feather River
Russian River
Guerneville
Rio Nido
Monte Rio
City offers free taxi ride for Christmas revellers
Medicine Hat police report about thirteen people used the annual free taxi service for Christmas revellers. Eight took home Christmas Eve, while officers noted passengers simply enjoyed the service. It will run again on New Year’s Eve with the same no questions asked policy.
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Medicine Hat
Regier Opposes Ending Closure Rule in 1962 House
Ottawa CP report recalls March 26 1962 when Erhart Regier then MP urged preserving the closure rule as John Diefenbaker multi party debate eyed repeal. J W Pickersgill urged immediate removal while Regier argued misuse in 1956 pipeline debate did not justify ending the rule.
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Commons
Erhart Regier
Regier
John Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker
Pickersgill
New Democratic Party
Burnaby-Coquitlam
Christmas Day Weather Breaks Records Across Canada
Record high temperatures were set in four Eastern cities including Montreal at 57.4 degrees on Christmas Day while Western prairies faced a three week cold snap with Medicine Hat recording minus 33. The day saw fog disrupt Air Canada travel and Vancouver logging its first white Christmas since 1951 with 13 inches of snow.
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Medicine Hat
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Atlantic
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British Columbia
Manitoba
Soviet Union eyes UN showdown over peacekeeping dues
UN diplomats say the Soviet Union may force a vote on Article 19 to challenge U.S. efforts on funding UN operations in Congo and the Middle East. Moscow pushes immediate voting with no deadline for contributions, while the United States seeks pledges before any vote.
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Soviet Union
United States
U.S
General Assembly
Congo
Middle East
Assembly
UN Security Council
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Lome
Moncton Sends Christmas Greeting To Medicine Hat
Telegram from Moncton City Council reaches Medicine Hat Centennial Committee with wishes for a merry Christmas and prosperous new year. Mayor Leonard C. Jones Jr. signs the message on behalf of the Moncton council and citizens.
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Medicine Hat
Moncton
Leonard C. Jones, Jr
Traffic Death Toll Rises Across Canada During Christmas
A Canadian Press survey at noon Thursday reports 27 traffic deaths, 6 drownings, 2 fire deaths, and 4 other fatalities during Christmas across Ontario and Quebec leading with 15 deaths each. Prince Edward Island, Port aux Basques, and various regions report drownings and accidents. Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Nova Scotia report no fatalities.
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Ontario
Quebec
London
Prince Edward Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Port Aux Basques
Mid
Manitoba
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Alberta
Saskatchewa
Nova Scotia
Obliging thieves strip lights from Baird Christmas tree
In Fredericton on Christmas Eve thieves stripped strings of lights from an outdoor tree in front of Dr. and Mrs. R. D. Baird home. Mrs. Baird placed a sign on the bare tree asking for the thieves to take the tree as well. The tree and sign were later stolen.
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Fredericton (Cp
R. D. Baird
Christmas Peace and Conflicts Mark World Day
The Associated Press reports a Christmas observed worldwide with feasting worship and gifts while conflicts endure in South Vietnam Malaysia Indonesia and Congo. Pope Paul VI led three masses including a midnight service in the Sistine Chapel and later visited a Roman district.
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Associated Press
Prince of Peace
Viet Nam
Malaysia
Congo
Deerfield Beach
Fla
Pope Paul
Nation Newsmaker of the Year Snag Dominates Headlines
Ottawa columnist Charles Lynch hails Homer Q. Snag as the era defining headline-maker of 1964. Snag appears across pension talks, currency and diplomacy reports, Vietnam and Geneva coverage, and even Nikita Khrushchev’s fall, with Chauncey X. Swoop as a police counterpart.
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Columbia
Snag
Cyprus
Vietnam
Geneva
Ter
Chauncey
Swooup
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New Smoking Danger Seen By Copenhagen Scientist
Danish biochemist Poul Astrup reports a non lung cancer related risk from smoking. About 15 percent of smokers may have blood that retains oxygen, risking tissue undernourishment under low blood pressure in the heart and liver. Further study is planned in the United States and Denmark.
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Reuters
Poul Astrup
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Politiken
United States
Danish State Hospital
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