India and Pakistan Agree to Withdraw Troops at Tashkent
At Tashkent leaders Prime Minister Shastri and President Ayub Khan signed a nine point declaration calling for troop withdrawals by February 25 and restoration of normal relations. They pledged non interference and to resume diplomatic exchanges while leaving Kashmir unresolved. They also agreed to resume trade cultural ties and repatriation of prisoners.
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Tashkent
India
Pakistan
Shastri
Ayub Khan
Kashmir
Alexei Kosygin
Ayub
Viet Cong fortifications fall as allied force mauls Iron Triangle
The 8000 strong Allied operation near Saigon destroyed Viet Cong fortifications on the Iron Triangle edge. Guerrillas avoided direct contact. 22 Viet Cong killed and 38 captured as troops cleared tunnels with tear gas and explosions. An Australian U.S. contingent uncovered a large weapons cache.
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Ap-Reuters
Saigon
U.S
Iron Triangle
Psychiatrists urge coverage under national health plan
Dr Charles A Roberts of Toronto urged Ottawa to include psychiatric care in hospital and medical insurance programs. He criticized excluding mental illness from the Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act and urged political action to end the injustice. Prime Minister Pearson indicated psychiatric care would be paid under the proposed federal provincial scheme.
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Ottawa
The
Canadian Psychiatric Association
Charles A. Roberts
Toronto
Canada
Roberts
University of Toronto
Pearson
Canadian Mental Health Association
Strike talks fizzle as New York transit strike drags on
Marathon negotiations to end the 10 day old bus and subway strike recessed with unions calling talks unproductive. Officials cited millions of commuters facing hardship, emergency traffic rules, heat cutoffs, car pools, and legal actions amid a $322,000 a day damages claim and a $10 million funding suggestion.
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New York
Manhattan
Johnson
Harlem
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York City
Transit Authority
Transit Woes Pile Up in New York Strikes
A city resident describes how a bus and subway strike compounds a housing shortage a dock water and taxi shortages and a newspaper strike leaving locals unable to move or access services. The account highlights the cumulative impact of multiple labor actions on daily life.
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New York
Pearson reshuffles House secretaries in major cabinet shuffle
Prime Minister Pearson announced a large reshuffle of parliamentary secretaries, adding eight new faces including a woman and dropping four from the last Parliament. He said Parliament will be asked to authorize six more secretaries, bringing total positions to. The changes place Pierre-Elliott Trudeau and John Matheson as new secretaries, with several MPs reassigned to different ministries as Parliament convenes January 18.
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Pearson
Nigeria
Pierre-Elliott Trudeau
Montreal
Mount Royal
John Matheson
Leeds
James E. Walker
York Centre
Benson
Lagos
CLC proposes major overhaul of federal election laws
The Canadian Labour Congress unveils a 4,800 word brief urging full public disclosure of political contributions over 100, tax exemptions for all political contributions and limits on candidate spending. It calls for free broadcast time and postal distribution for each candidate and formal recognition of parties under the Elections Act.
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Canadian Labor Congress Today
Special Committee On
CLC
New Democratic Party
Veiner proposes eight city owned dayliner service
Mayor Veiner proposes a city owned eight city dayliner network to connect Moose Jaw Calgary Winnipeg with three self propelled cars financed per capita. The plan would use CPR rails with a five percent revenue charge and require provincial and transport board approval.
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Prairie
Dominion
CPR
Harry Veiner
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
Brandon
Regina
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
Calgary
Weiner
Board of Transport Commissioners
Eastern Irrigation District
Comany
Medicine Hat Transportation Co
MHTC
Vein
Soviet Aide Urges U.S. Viet Cong Talks in Vietnam War
Soviet troubleshooter Alexander Shelepin urged the United States to meet with the Viet Cong to resolve the Vietnam War. He spoke in Hanoi accusing U S policy of not recognizing the Viet Cong and emphasized collective Communist aid to North Vietnam while defending Soviet peace aims.
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Alexander N. Shelepin
United States
Viet Cong
Viet Nam
Shelepin
Hanoi
U.S
South Viet Nam National Liberation Front
Communist Party
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
China
Peking
Saskatchewan protests CPR cancellation of Dominion Transcontinental
The Saskatchewan government urged the federal government to issue an immediate halt to CPR actions after the Board of Transport Commissioners allowed suspension of The Dominion Trans continental passenger train. D. G. Steuart and Attorney-General D. W. Heald said formal appeal cannot proceed until the board's 90 page judgment is published, and action should wait until the appeal is heard. The Dominion train was canceled east of Vancouver and western service reduced from Montreal, with the last run to Meetcal from Sudbury scheduled Tuesday.
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Saskatchewan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Board of Transport Commissioners
D. G. Steuart
Paul Martin
CPR
Steuart
D. W. Heald
Vancouver
Montreal
The
Dominion
Meetecal
Sudbury
Tuesay
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