Warsaw pact pledges help to North Vietnam
The Warsaw pact nations led by Russia said they would send volunteers and provide increasing moral political and material aid to North Vietnam if asked by Hanoi They called for end to U S air raids withdrawal of U S troops and bases from South Vietnam recognition of the Viet Cong and self determination for the Vietnamese people.
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Romania
Reuters
Russia
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Warsaw Pact
Pact
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
U.S
South Viet Nam
National Liberation Front of
Viet Cong
Wilson to visit Moscow for Viet Nam peace effort
Prime Minister Wilson plans a surprise visit to Moscow before a Washington conference with President Johnson, aiming to reopen lines of communication on Viet Nam. Britain and Russia co chaired the Geneva talks. U S officials offer mixed views on peace prospects as Rusk cites no sign the other side seeks peace.
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London
Wilson
Moscow
Johnson
Washington
Soviet Union
Britain
Viet Nam
Kremlin
White House
Russia
Indochina
U.S
South
Dean Rusk
Kyoto
Japan
Hanoi
Haiphong
Government dismisses unfounded highway expansion claims
A Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce director warned that local business leaders expect major road construction on Highway 41 and a new numbered highway between Seven Persons and Orion. Edmonton officials rejected the claim as unfounded and urged backing with solid figures.
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Orion
Gordon Taylor
Medicine Hat
Department of Highways
Chamber of Commerce
Edmonton
Taylor
Seven Persons
al Wiggins
Public Works
Allan Gunter
Harry Leinweber
Alberta
Manyberries-Lethbridge
Seven Persons-Orion
Bank Act revision stalls as Parliament delays action
Ottawa MPs debate the Bank Act overhaul amid a long recess and looming summer adjournment. Davie Fulton questions whether work will restart in a new session while Finance Minister Sharp guards details on the lifting of the six percent ceiling. The 40 000 word bill aims to modernize banking rules and bring trust and loan companies under federal law.
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Ottawa
Commons
Davie Fulton
Kamloops
Mr. Fulton
Sharpe
George McIlraith
Government House
J. Waldo Monteith
Perth
Monteith
Sharp
Fulton
CBC talks urged to end TV production stalemate
Producers of This Hour Has Seven Days Document Compass and Le Sel de la Semaine press CBC management for serious discussions on June 24 proposals to restart halted Toronto programs. Douglas Leiterman Jim Carney and Pat Watson say staff will return to work once talks begin.
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Toronto
Management Today
Douglas Leiterman
This Hour
Leiterman
CBC
Pat. Watson
Document
Quarterly Review
Jim Carney
Compass
Reeves Haggan
Haggan
Marc Thibeault
Leiterman-Watson- Carney
CEBC
FBI testimony links Vegas casino to the underworld
The Nevada Gaming Control Board reviews FBI testimony tying the Desert Inn in Las Vegas to underworld activity and skimming. FBI agents described a hidden microphone in the Desert Inn executive office on March 22, 1962, monitored 18 hours daily as part of an extortion appeal involving owner Ruby Kolod.
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Las, Vegas
Nev
Nevada
FBI
R. Burns Toolson
Desert Inn
Sam Giancana
Meyer Lansky
Miami
John Scalish
Cleveland
Toolson
Giancana
Chicago
Pasems
Las Vegas
Edward G. Marshall
Ruby Kolod
Denver
Trade talks begin on Caribbean Canada pact revision
Caribbean nations and Canada opened discussions on renegotiating the 1925 trade agreement in Ottawa. Jamaica’s trade minister Robert Lightbourne warned that tariff cuts could hurt West Indies preferential access and urged compensation as Kennedy round talks proceed. He cited reduced Canadian preferences and direct-shipment rules as barriers to Caribbean exports and criticized higher duties on Caribbean imports.
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Ottawa
Canada
Robert Lightbourne
Jamaica
West Indies
Lightbourne
Caribbean
Saskatchewan wheat farms impress Russian visitors
Regina report on Soviet deputy premier Dmitri Polyansky touring two southern Saskatchewan family farms. He observed 2300 acres under the Seidlitz operation and 960 acres with a neighbor, noting clay land, expensive wheat soil, and extensive machinery. Farmers described soil conservation, reduced plowing, fallow practices, and fertilizer use to protect topsoil. Polyansky examined equipment costs, including a heavy tractor priced at 8700 dollars.
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Regina
Dmitri Polyansky
Saskatchewan
Max Seidlitz
Mr. Seidlitz
Polyansky
James D. Traynor
Mr. Traynor
Polyan‘sky
Agricultural Institute
Traynor
Seidlitz
Chamber Seeks Unity For One Centennial Project
Medicine Hat faces confusion over a centennial plan as the Chamber of Commerce calls for a united effort on a single project. After weeks of debate and a proposed 75000 museum, leaders decide to first gather public input and present a definite plan to the centennial committee. Aldermen note the city's process has become tangled with competing groups and unclear terms of reference.
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Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Wiggins
Roy Osborne
Ald
Osborne
Rod Ashburner
Centennial Committee
Mr. Ashburner
Ald. Osborne
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Underworld
Elson
Yukon
Calgary
Eesasss
Lethbridge
America
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Michigan
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