Kenya faces tribal clashes after Mboya assassination
Nairobi reports show Luo and Kikuyu clashes flaring after Tom Mboya's murder. Finance Minister Odero Jowi warns of tribal warfare while police hunt the attacker. Mboya to lie in state then be buried on Rusinga Island with a large memorial and foreign condolences including Mrs Martin Luther King Jr.
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Kenya
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Rusinga
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Lavington
Pamela
Martin Luther King Jr
United States
Viet Cong Attack Hits U.S. Headquarters Near Saigon
Viet Cong forces launched a ground assault 120 miles northeast of Saigon injuring six U.S. personnel and wounding 18. The attack damaged material at the camp and destroyed armored vehicles. In other actions, 103 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers were killed, with eight U.S. and four South Vietnamese fatalities.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Israel and Egypt clash across Suez Canal and Cairo spy case
Israeli officials report artillery and small arms fire across the Suez Canal with casualties including a killed lieutenant and two wounded. Egypt claims downing an Israeli jet over the Gulf of Suez and the breakup of a major spy network in Cairo.
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Israel
Egypt
Associated Press
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Gulf of Suez
Cairo
Canal
el] Quantara
Great Bitter Lake
Gaza Strip
Sinai
Dynamite blasts target Montreal construction firms
Five bombs exploded at entrances of construction offices in Montreal and surrounding suburbs between 5:00 and 5:45 a.m. No injuries reported though several buildings suffered heavy damage and shattered windows. The incident follows a pattern of attacks amid labor disputes between CNTU and QFL over union hiring halls and wages.
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Spine Construction Co. Ltd
Secant Construction Co
Anjou
Montreal
Quebec
Construction Company
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Quebec City
Eastern Townships
Quebec Federation of Labor
CNTU
QFL
Ohio storms kill at least 33 as rescue continues
Death toll from northern Ohio floods rose to 33 with at least five missing. Wooster Norwalk and Vermilion faced emergencies as crews expanded searches, while leveled areas reported receding floodwaters and widespread power and water outages. Coast Guard scaled back operations and Gov Rhodes sought federal aid.
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Cleveland
United States Coast Guard
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Norwalk
National Guard
Wooster
Canada weekend deaths tally eighty four in accidents
A Canadian Press survey shows at least 84 deaths over the weekend across Canada with 52 in traffic, 26 drownings, and six in other mishaps. Ontario reported the highest toll with 28 fatalities, including 18 traffic deaths and nine drownings.
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Canada
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Apollo 11 astronauts finish holiday rest and ramp up training
Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins spend Independence Day weekend with families near Houston then begin final training at Cape Kennedy ahead of July 16 launch and a July 20 lunar landing Armstrong will walk on the moon on July 20 with Aldrin. Collins will orbit.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin
Michael Collins
Houston
Tex
U.S
Manned Spacecraft Centre
Armstrong
Aldrin
Canadian farm income climbs past five billion dollars
Gross income from farming in Canada topped 5.0 billion dollars for the first time last year, while net income fell for the second straight year to 1.5917 billion. Cash receipts rose to 4.385378 billion in 1968, with supplementary government aid at 7.968 million and income in kind at 536.795 million.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Weir resignation ends Weir led government in Manitoba
Premier Walter Weir announced his resignation to the lieutenant governor effective July 15 and recommended Ed Schreyer of the New Democratic Party be asked to form a new government. Larry Desjardins of St Boniface considered seeking renewed confidence after leaving Liberal ranks to back Schreyer. Desjardins warned he would resign if not given support at a Tuesday meeting and would join the NDP caucus if confirmed.
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Winnipeg
Walter Weir
New Democratic Party
St. Boniface
Larry Desjardins
Schreyer
Mr. Desjardins
New Democratic
Desjardins
NDP
Ed Schreyer
Weir News Conference Sparks Schreyer Leadership Interest
Mr. Weir schedules a 2 p m CDT news conference where observers expect Ed Schreyer to back the premier's move aside. In the June 25 provincial election Conservatives drop to 22 seats from 31 while the NDP wins 28 of 57 seats, up 16, leaving them one seat short of a majority with Liberals five, Social Credit one and one Independent elected.
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Weir
CDT
NDP
Ed Schreyer
Conservatives
New Democrats
Liberals
Social Credit
Storm wrecks hit Normandy Brittany coast drowning eight
A severe windstorm along the Normandy and Brittany coast caused boats to sink a circus tent collapse and panic at a film festival. Eight people drowned and three are missing as winds swept France.
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Rennes
France
Normandy
Brittany
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