Escaped convict Keith still at large near Lac Ste. Anne
Police in Gunn Alta search a 25 mile square area near Lac Ste. Anne for Arthur Keith an escaped convict wanted on a non capital murder charge in the Alberta Beach shooting of Frank Buhler. A sleeping bag blanket and supplies were found in an old cabin as authorities chase bush trails and seek sleep water and food. Keith escaped from a work camp near Edson on June 26 and is armed and dangerous.
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Gunn
Alta
Arthur Keith
Keith
Frank Buhler
Alberta Beach
Lac Ste. Anne
Edmonton
Edson
Bavarian Wedding Ties Gerda Munsinger to Ernst Wagner
Gerda Munsinger, linked to a Canadian sex and security scandal years ago, wed Ernst Wagner a German cigar maker in Munich. The registry office ceremony in Schwabing featured Bavarian customs with Munsinger wearing a silk dirndl and myrtle wreath, then a breakfast of Bavarian white sausage with friends.
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Munich
Germany
Gerda Munsinger
Ernst Wagner
Bohemian Schwabing
Munsinger
East Germany
Wagner
Michael Munsinger
U.S
West Germany
United States
New York City
Canada
Defence
Pierre Sevigny
Prisoners battle police in Cook County jail escape attempt
In a two hour gun fight on Chicago's southwest side, more than 100 officers and guards repelled five inmates who seized a guard's rifle and attempted to flee from Cook County jail. One escapee and a guard were wounded, and John Holmes, a 29 year old convicted murderer, was captured after being shot.
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Chicago
Reuters
Cook County
John Holmes
Premier Johnson in Quebec City hospital
Premier Daniel Johnson remains hospitalized at the Quebec Cardiology Institute with circulatory troubles after a heavy cold. Doctors expect a 10 to 15 day stay, with possible transfer to a Montreal hospital if health permits, delaying his planned two week visit to Britain and France. Dominique Lapointe announced the trip was postponed and health discussions for a fall trip were under way.
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Quebec
Daniel Johnson
Britain
France
Johnson
Quebec Cardiology Institute
Jean Loiselle
France-Quebec
Yves Morin
Morin
Dominique Lapointe
Mier
Duke of Kent opens Calgary Stampede
The Duke of Kent officially kicked off the 1968 Calgary Exhibition and Stampede delaying the start by a half hour due to a longer chuckwagon race. He and the Duchess watched from the grandstand with Lt. Gov. Grant MacEwan Premier E. C. Manning Mayor Jack Leslie and Stampede President Charles Kennedy. The duke praised western hospitality and named honorary Blackfoot chief at the Stampede Village.
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Calgary
Duke of Kent
Duke
Grant MacEwan
E. C. Manning
Jack Leslie
Stampede
Charles Kennedy
Alberta
Queen
Prince Philip
Princess Alexandra
Humphrey heckled by antiwar demonstrators in Philadelphia
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey faced a loud antiwar protest during a 4 July address at Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Demonstrators chanted End the war now Bring the Boys Home Now as Humphrey urged national unity and rights for citizens to advocate without fear. Police dispersed a separate Wallace appearance in Minneapolis after demonstrators disrupted his speech.
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Independence Hall
Philadelphia
U.S
Humphrey
Johnson
Minneapolis
George C. Wallace
IWA threatens shutdown of Vancouver Island timber operations
Vancouver CP The International Woodworkers of America states that timber operations across a large Vancouver Island area could halt by Monday as 700 workers have already left. Wage talks left a 16 cent an hour gap unresolved, with wildcat strikes possible unless a new contract is signed. Picket lines also halted jobs at Honeymoon Bay and other sites on Lake Cowichan and related mills.
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Vancouver
International Woodworkers of America
Vancouver Island
Weldon C. Jubenville
IWA
Duncan
Inter
Forest Industrial Relations
Coast
Jubienville
J. W. Clyne
MacMillan Bloedel Ltd
Clyne
Honeymoon Bay
Western Forest Industry
Lake Cowichan
Gordon River
B.C. Forest Products Ltd
Melatchie Lake
T. W. MacKenzie Pacific
Seaway Talks Resume As Striking Workers Meet
Representatives of the St. Lawrence Seaway and its striking workers hold a first sit down in five days in a bid to resume negotiations. A separate dispatch notes six earthquakes across southern California with light damage and a five on the Richter scale reported as the heaviest event. Paris reports France has successfully tested two new long ranged ballistic missiles per the military.
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Ottawa
St. Lawrence Seaway
Los Angeles
California
Paris
Reuters
France
Armed Forces Ministry
Cominco Workers vote 92 percent for strike action
Nearly 4,000 United Steelworkers members in Trail Kimberley Riondel and Benson Lake vote 92 percent to strike Cominco Ltd backing wage demands. 3,523 in favor 310 opposed. They seek a two year contract with a 58 cent wage increase on a 2.64 hourly base. Negotiations began in April after the prior agreement expired June 30. Conciliations failed and a joint bargaining committee meets Monday with talks resuming the next day. Strike notice not yet served.
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TRAIL
United Steelworkers of America
Cominco Ltd
Kimberley
Riondel
Benson Lake
Vancouver Island
Steelworkers’ Joint Bargaining Committee
Cominco
Maddox allegedly told troopers to shoot during King funeral march
A new biography claims Governor Lester Maddox ordered state troopers to "shoot them down and stack them up" if marchers tried to enter Georgia's Capitol during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral procession. The account cites about 200 armed officers patrolling the Capitol as about 200,000 mourners passed by.
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Atlanta, Ga
Lester Maddox
Martin Luther King Jr
Georgia
Capitol
Maddox
Bruce Galphin
The
Atlan
Ta Constitution
Camelot Publishing Co
Atlanta
Smith faces dissension as Harper resigns from Rhodesian Front
Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith announced he accepted the resignation of Internal Affairs Minister William J. Harper amid right wing opposition to multi racial Parliament under the new constitution. Former PM Winston Field also resigned, signaling the party split the cabinet for the first time since 1964. Field cited leadership dissatisfaction and policy disagreements.
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Harper
Smith
Rhodesia
Field
Britain
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