Missile sites near Hanoi reported near complete
Washington said two North Vietnam missile sites are virtually complete and two more are at an advanced stage. There is no confirmed evidence missiles are installed yet, but timing is implied. Installations are in the Hanoi and Haiphong area with possible Soviet equipment deliveries contemplated.
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Washington
State Department
North Viet Nam
Robert J. McCloskey
Hanoi
Haphong
McCloskey
Soviet Union
U.S
South Viet Nam
Rouleau Resigns After Pressure In Rivard Affair
OTTAWA CP Prime Minister Pearson and Chief Justice Frederic Dorion clashed over a passage in the judge's Rivard affair report. Rouleau agrees to resign after the pressure, and no early decision on quitting or re election. Opposition leaders in the Commons keep the matter alive.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Frederic Dorion
Lucien Rivard
Commons
Diefenbaker Demands Favreau Exit Cabinet Row
Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker urged that former justice minister Guy Favreau be removed from the cabinet as he labeled his Nov 23 Commons claim about Rivard as deception and contempt. He also said Liberal MP Guy Rouleau acted properly in resigning his seat amid the dispute. The Quebec Superior Court issued a statement revising a report paragraph about Rouleau, amid sharp crossfire from Diefenbaker and NDP leader Douglas as the Pearson judge faced questions.
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Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Justice
Guy Favreau
Liberal
Guy Rouleau
Commons
Rouleau
Favreau
Rivard
Quebec Superior Court
Pearson
New Democratic Party
T. C. Douglas
Canada
Douglas
Pearson says Rouleau should resign from Parliament
Prime Minister Pearson announced that Liberal MP Guy Rouleau will resign as member of Parliament for Dollard and not seek re election. The Dorion report found Rouleau had committed a reprehensible act in Rivard affair and Rouleau agreed to resign after a 20 minute discussion with Pearson.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Commons
Liberal
Guy Rouleau
Dorion
Dollard
Rouleau
Rivard
Montreal
O'Hagan
Justice
Guy Favreau
Favreau
Dupuis to be tried in fall for race track charter influence
Yvon Dupuis former minister in Prime Minister Pearson's cabinet was sent to trial at the fall assizes on charges of accepting 10000 dollars for his influence in an unsuccessful bid to obtain a race track charter. He resigned in January at Pearson's request.
Judge orders new trial for Regina doctor in conspiracy case
Chief Justice E M Culliton quashed Dr M C Shumiatcher's three year sentence, calling the trial flawed for not naming the exact conspiracy agreement. The judgment faulted both the trial judge and Crown for failing to instruct the jury on the specific agreement constituting the conspiracy to defraud the public.
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Shumiatcher
Regina
D. C. Disberg
Permits granted to all breeders for Charolais imports
Ottawa reports every Canadian breeder who applied for a permit to import French Charolais cattle received one. The agriculture department noted 74 applications were submitted and limited the first shipment to about 120 cattle due to quarantine capacity. Each applicant could submit up to three animals. The department denied publishing permit holder lists and defended privacy and nonpolitical selection.
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Ottawa
France
Department of Agriculture
Department
F. Rodney James
Lacombe
Alta
James
Wethbridge Herald
Grosse Ile
Que
De Gaulle recalls ambassador to halt European Market
French President de Gaulle recalls France's ambassador to the six nation trading bloc, Paris inviting Jean Marc Boegner back to France. The move halts EU market operations, leaving the Common Market paralyzed as its financing dispute over agricultural policy remains unresolved.
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Brussels
Reuters
de Gaulle
France
Jean- Marc Boegner
Paris
Council of Ministers
Southern Alberta Wheat Crops Benefit From Rain and Warm Weather
The Alberta Wheat Pool reports for the period to July 2 that rain relieved drought in the Peace River area but damaged central and northern fields. Warm sunny weather later boosted growth across most of the province, with moisture adequate and prospects for bumper winter wheat if heads fill with needed rain.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Peace River
Wheat Pool
Gasoline dealers strike shuts many Quebec stations
Gasoline Retailers' Fraternity members press for higher margins and basing rentals on volume, prompting widespread shutdowns around Montreal, Laurentians, and Eastern Townships. Reports of harassment and some violence followed the strike as about half of Montreal Island stations closed by midmorning.
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Montreal
Quebec
Laurentians
Montreal Island
Calgary Stampede attendance dips on opening day
Opening day attendance at the Calgary Stampede dipped to 98,707, down from 100,129 last year and well below the 110,220 record in 1959. Indians, led by Walking Buffalo of the Stoney band, announced retirement, citing urban drift from nature and God. Cowboys competed for 90,000 in prize money, with Lawrence Lamb leading Alberta cowboys at 69 points in the North American bucking horse contest.
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Calgary
Alberta Cowboys
Buffalo
Stoney Band
Banff
Moral Rearmament
Lawrence Lamb
Turner Valley
Alta
Bob Cosgrave
Newall Brothers
Rockyford
Massive Viet Cong Operation Seeks Joint Action
In Saigon area a combined operation from American South Vietnamese and Australian forces involved more than 2,500 troops. Contact with the Viet Cong was limited while fighting elsewhere caused casualties including one American killed, three wounded and two missing. Pleiku province saw 26 South Vietnamese and four Vietnamese killed with 2,5? missing. Artillery and air bombardment preceded the jungle strike in D zone near Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
Pleiku
D-zone
Ba Gia
Fireblight Ravages Local Apple Orchards
Fireblight has infected about 90 percent of town apple trees per district agriculturist Jack Anderson. Many trees were removed due to severe infection. Brooks Horticultural Station manager P D Hargrave notes sprays like Free Copper or a weak Bordeaux mix may help, but infected parts must be pruned and burned to stop spread. No Medicine Hat cases yet. ornamentals may be affected.
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Jack Anderson
Medicine Hat
Resignation urged for Liberal MP Rouleau
Conservative MP Erik Nielsen said Rouleau should resign after the Dorian inquiry found him involved in a reprehensible act. Nielsen, speaking at a Winnipeg press conference, noted the prime minister Pearson requested the resignation as the only course for the Montreal Dollard member and former parliamentary secretary.
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Winnipeg
Erik Nielsen
Guy Rouleau
Pearson
Quebec
Nielsen
Rouleau
Montreal Dollard
Dorion
Rivard
Yukon
Commons
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Allan MacEachen
Judy LaMarsh
Louisdale
N.S
Liberal Party
Cape Breton
Dief
Dorion Commission
Liberal Youth Association
Pierre Lamontagne
Risvard
Lamontagne
Dupuis
Carol Tidley
Hamilton
Niagara Falls
Carol
Little
St. Jerome
The
Pierrefonds
Calgary Stampede
Fiesta Farms
Ronnie Glass
Peter Bawden
Gil Garstad
Coronation
Viet
Brooks Horticultural Station
P. D. Hargrave
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