Bells Crown Canada With Centennial Year Festivities
Canada marks 1967 with Confed era pageantry led by the Confederation Train launched in Ottawa. Expo 67 and the Pan American Games highlight a year of national unity, culture, and youth travel programs. Prime Minister Pearson and Governor General Vanier underscored cooperation amid Quebec tensions.
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Civilian casualty figures traced to Communist pamphlet
Washington reports note civilian casualty counts from a North Vietnamese pamphlet on U S bombings of North Viet Nam. The 12 page document titled Report of U S War Crimes in Nam Dinh City was distributed to reporters in Moscow, with figures similar to those in New York Times dispatches.
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Times
the Times
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Q. Salisbury
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Johnson
South Vietnam
Salisbury
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Nam Dinh
Phuly
Dallas slayer Jack Ruby dies of cancer in Dallas
Jack Ruby, who killed accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, died at 10:30 a.m. CST in Dallas. He had just been moved from jail for what doctors diagnosed as a severe cold, later said to have pneumonia and widespread cancer affecting his lymph glands, pancreas, and lungs.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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North Viet Nam rejects British peace talks proposal
North Vietnam rejected a British plan to join talks with the United States and South Vietnam on British soil. The Nhan Dan newspaper denounced the move as a bid to force terms from the Vietnamese people, while Hanoi claimed the Viet Cong controlled most of South Vietnam and urged inclusion of a Viet Cong representative. Soviet and Pravda criticism followed the British initiative amid calls for dissociation from U.S. aggression.
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Hanoi
Gibson Approached to Lead Alberta Liberal Party
Medicine Hat Deputy Mayor Alderman Helen Gibson says she has been approached to allow her name to go forward for the Alberta Liberal leadership at the Lethbridge convention January 27 28. She notes the challenge and a possible historic first for a woman leading a major party but will decide in coming days. The race follows Adrian Berry resignation and interim leadership by Mike Maccagno MLA Lac La Biche.
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Helen Gibson
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Canada
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Lac la Biche
Police raid London homes for eight Old Masters theft
Scotland Yard staged night swoops in London properties as officers pursue the eight Old Masters stolen from Dulwich College gallery. Three Rembrandts and three Rubens along with works by Gerard Dou and Adam Elsheimer were taken. 30 tipsters have contacted police though no location is known. Dulwich College offers a £1000 reward.
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Montreal police plot strike on eve of Expo 67
La Presse reports 30 of Montreal’s 3,500 officers formed a guiding nucleus to plan a general strike at midnight April 27, on the eve of Expo 67. The move follows stalled contract talks, pay disputes, and overtime pay concerns as the fair approaches.
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