MPs Return To Work To Clear Summer Agenda
Ottawa reports MPs resume session to push priority bills before recess. Government eyes potential fall pension increase while considering recommendations on Canada Pension Plan and a guaranteed income for those over 65. White paper on broadcasting expected to be tabled by Judy LaMarsh.
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Kingston Prisoners Protest Pay Scale Movement
About 250 of 950 inmates at Kingston Penitentiary stayed outside their cells after a Sunday night recreation, protesting pay ranging from 25 to 55 cents a day and food. Warden H F Smith said there were no premonitions of the disruption and no violence occurred.
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Royal car targeted by brick and bottle in Belfast
In Belfast today, a brick and a bottle were hurled at Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s royal car during a drive after a civic luncheon. Police detained a man near the city hall as witnesses described a woman throwing a bottle wrapped in paper, while detectives moved the suspect back to a hotel. The couple continued their journey through Sandy Row amid a rare citywide truce mood.
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Police Chief Bull to retire after 20 years leading Medicine Hat force
Chief Constable A. R. Bull will retire at end of March 1967 after 20 years as head of the Medicine Hat Police Department. His successor will be chosen from applicants closing August 15. Bull, 66, began his term September 1, 1946, overseeing a force expanding from 15 to 38 and moving to new quarters on Ash Avenue. He helped introduce radio patrol cars and welkie-talkie radios and cites low major crime. he plans to stay in Medicine Hat with wife Violet after retirement.
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England
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Edmonton
RCMP
Lethbridge
Cabinet minister resigns as Britain pursues price curbs
London reports a key cabinet minister resigning in protest against Prime Minister Wilson’s deflationary price and wage controls. The move signals growing left wing revolt and predictions of further government instability as the economy seeks to protect itself.
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Frank Cousins
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Edward Short
Wedgwood Benn
Russians tour steel plants in Canada visit
An 11 member Russian parliamentary delegation led by Deputy Premier Dimitri Polyansky toured steel and auto plants in Ontario. They visited Niagara Falls during dinner, viewed an Ontario Hydro plant, and planned visits to Ford Oakville and Steel Co of Canada in Hamilton with a return to Toronto and Kitchener.
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Russia
Canada
Dimitri Polyansky
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Oakville and Steel Co
Hamilton
Ottawa
Kitchener
Vancouver
Alexandr Pushkin
Defence heads four senior posts in armed forces command
Ottawa announces four senior appointments in the integrated armed forces command by Defence Minister Hell yer and Associate Minister Cadieux. Maj. Gen. W A B Anderson of Montreal is promoted to lieutenant general and named commander of the new mobile command, succeeding Gen. Jean Allard. Air Vice-Marshal Fredrick R. Sharp of Moosomin is promoted to air marshal and becomes vice chief of the defence staff, succeeding Lt. Gen. Robert Moncel. Air Vice-Marshal Edwin M. Rey of Halifax is promoted to air marshal and becomes chief of personnel, succeeding Vice-Admiral Kenneth Dyer.
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Moosomin
Sask
Robert Moncel
Edwin M. Reyne
Halifax
Kenneth Dyer
Jets strike Haiphong oil depot and SAM site near Hanoi
U S fighter bombers hit a strategic oil depot near Haiphong and demolished a surface to air missile site 15 miles west of Hanoi. Three Soviet designed missiles fired at the planes. Navy fliers pounded the De Son fuel depot southeast of Haiphong for the second time in five days as U S pilots flew 89 missions in the North.
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Dominion Day fatalities second worst on record
Dominion Day weekend death toll reaches 138 across Canada in a Canada Press survey from Thursday to Sunday. Quebec leads with 57 deaths including 27 traffic and 26 drownings, Ontario 41 with 19 road and 22 drownings.
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Dominion Day Heat Hits Ontario Cities Across Region
Ontario and Quebec baked in 90s with Toronto Hamilton Windsor Ottawa hitting 97 degrees while Montreal 93 and Quebec 91. Windsor set a 1949 record at 96. Traffic deaths fell short of predicted 85. Wet weather spread through BC and Prairies as Edmonton, Calgary saw rain during events.
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Camille Andre Leblanc
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