Soviet Rejects West Berlin Access Protest
Moscow rejects Western demands to override East Germany's tighter West Berlin access rules. Brezhnev defends East Germany's border protections while Britain, the United States and France protest, arguing four power obligations still require free Berlin access.
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Soviet Union
East Germany
Moscow
West Berlin
Leonid Irezhnev
Britain
United States
France
Berlin
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Federal Republic
West Germany
East German Democratic Republic
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Sniper Kills Woman in Central Park Comfort Station
In New York a man shot a woman to death at a Central Park comfort station, then wounded an elderly man and two policemen before he was killed by officers in bullet proof vests. The attack occurred near 85th Street and Fifth Avenue opposite upscale residences near the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of President Kennedy, is in the area but away at Hyannis Port with her children.
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New York
Central Park
Metropolitan Pens of
Art
Stone Comfort Station
Lieut
Arthur Deutsch
McLoughlin
85Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Jacqueline Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Mass
Pilot denies Soviet airspace violation after Moscow intercept
DC-8 carrying 214 service members was intercepted by a Russian MiG over the Kurile chain. Pilot Joseph Tosolini said he did not violate Soviet air space and followed the MiG only to avoid being shot down. The plane landed at Yokota, Japan, with troops recounting varied treatment in Soviet custody and meals during the two day stay.
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Tokyo
Russia
Joseph Tosolini
Yokota
Japan
South Vietnam
Sturup Island
Kurile Chain
Siberian
U.S
Tosolini
Kuriles
Playboy Magazine
Wage settlement ends railway strike threat in Canada
Montreal CP reports a settlement reached between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and Canada’s two major railways after all-night talks chaired by Judge Rene Lippe. The deal averts a planned strike by about 3,400 members, with details not released.
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Montreal
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Canada
Rene Lippe
Quebec Superior Court
Brotherhood
Newfoundland
CNR
CP Rail
Ottawa
Toronto
Judge Lippe
Union
Railways
Conciliation Boards
Confusion over end to Seaway strike grows
Ottawa reports mounting confusion about resuming talks to end the St. Lawrence Seaway strike. The Seaway Authority touts a 12 to 13 percent wage offer over two years, while the union demands 15 percent. Government non intervention policy remains a key factor as losses climb daily.
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Ottawa
St. Lawrence
Tors
W. J. Smith
Dozenman
Authority
Trudeau
Pierre Camu
Smith
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
Bryce Mackasey
CBRT
Seaway
Reagan to seek presidential nomination at Republican convention
California Governor Ronald Reagan said he will place his name in nomination for the presidential race at the Republican national convention in Miami Beach next month. The move follows recent statements signaling his bid and support within the party.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ronald Reagan
California
Miami Beach
CPR wins approval to remove agents in two divisions
The Canadian transport commission approved the CPR plan to remove 58 agents and 15 caretakers from the Calgary and Medicine Hat divisions. It will replace station staff with centralized customer service centres and mobile representatives to handle freight, bookings, and complaints, with continued review to ensure adequate rail service.
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Ottawa
CPR
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Canadian Transport Commission
The
Railway
John M. Woodard
Woodard
Olson leads with 208 vote margin in local riding
The official count Tuesday shows incumbent MP Bud Olson at 9,017 votes, Chuck Meagher 8,809, Sacred Walter Strom 4,243, and Lewis Toole 2,340. No judicial recount request yet. Meagher says no comment. Candidates may file for recount by Saturday.
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Giff Emery
Bud Olson
Chuck Meagher
Olson
Meagher
Walter Strom
Lewis Toole
Hanoi to release three U S pilots
Hanoi said it would release three U S pilots captured over North Vietnam midst a humanitarian gesture. No names or dates were given and it was unclear if linked to ongoing Paris talks or a broader prisoner exchange. The move echoes a February release timed to the lunar new year with a U S response then freeing three North Vietnamese sailors.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
U.S
North
United States
Hanoi
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Vietnam People’s Army
Paris
Divorce rush fails to develop in Canada
The Canadian Press reports a hoped for surge in divorce petitions after new legislation failed to materialize. In Toronto 85 petitions were filed Tuesday versus prior daily volumes of 15 to 20 under the old law, while Edmonton saw eight by noon and Winnipeg one. The changes introduce grounds such as marriage breakdown, physical and mental cruelty, and add homosexuality to existing offences alongside adultery sodomy bestiality and rape.
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Canada
Toronto
Gordon Sirot
Osgoode Hall
Sirot
Erally
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
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Patrick Dean
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Michel Fontaine
Semyon P. Kozyrev
West Ger
Mans
Germany
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Quebec
Daniel Johnson
Legislative Assembly
Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
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