MPs pass discrimination bill after long Commons debate
In London the House of Commons approved a bill to curb racial discrimination in housing and employment. The 182 to 44 vote followed a night of debate with a large Conservative rebellion. The bill sets up conciliation machinery and special courts to handle complaints, and includes a controversial definition of discrimination tied to color race or ethnic origin.
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London
Reuters
House of Commons
Britain
Quinton Hogg
House
House of Lords
Home
James Callaghan
John Hunt
Labor
Paul Rose
Firebomb attempt at Reagan home near Sacramento
Secret Service fired one warning shot at two youths approaching Governor Ronald Reagan’s home with two firebombs. The bombs did not ignite. Police linked the incident to earlier civil disturbances in the Oak Park area where cars of Black youths threw projectiles. no major damage reported.
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Sacramento
Calif
Secret Service
Ronald Reagan
Nofziger
Reagan
California
Oak Park
Lakehead grain handlers threaten strike across Ontario plants
A 97 percent vote in favor of strike action by 1,300 Fort William Port Arthur grain handlers may halt deliveries from country elevators in Manitoba and Saskatchewan if talks fail. No strike date set. Aug 25 noted for pulp and paper workers. Most plants span northwestern Ontario with Abitibi Co operations and several one-industry towns. A widespread shutdown would trigger railway embargoes and widespread disruption to grain logistics.
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Fort William Port Arthur
Frank Mazur
Pulp and Paper Company
Ontario
Pine Falls
Man
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Que
Central Canada Council of Pulp and Paper Mill
Abitibi Co
Abitibi
Pulp and Paper
Port Arthur
Fort William
Sault Ste. Marie
Sturgeon Falls
Smooth Rock Falls
Thorold
Fort Frances
Kenora
Red Lake
Terrace Bay
Marathon
Kapuskasing
Espanola
Council
Carl Blasky
Manlestoba
Saskatchewan
Lakehead
Police shootout after traffic mishap on Cross Bronx Expressway
In New York on Tuesday night three off duty city officers clashed after a minor crash. Probationary patrolman Nicole J. Danisi, 24, was critically wounded by a head shot, while Patrolman John Dalton, 41, suffered a chest wound and was in serious condition. Detective Frederick Gibson, 28, was also involved as the men exchanged gunfire amid civilian clothing and cars.
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New York
Cross- Bronx
Nicole J. Danisi
John Dalton
Frederick Gibson
Dalton
East
Bronx
Danisi
Dammed polluted river to be back to normal today
Centreville New Brunswick residents who dammed the Presque Isle River to protest pollution expect the flow to return to normal today as a headpond drains. Officials say fish cleanup will begin and pollution controls have already prompted plant production cuts upstream.
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Centreville
N.B
Robert Caines
Presque Isle
Maine
Caines
W. R. Duffie
New Brunswick
Health Department
Easton
Kenneth M. Curtis
Duffie
Ontario beer strike renewal talks eyed by union and industry
Toronto negotiators hint at compromise as 2700 striking United Brewery Workers seek wage and benefit gains totaling 1.25 an hour. Brewers respond asking for basis and terms, with no talks since June 21. Bottled beer sat unrefrigerated as pickets weighed move options.
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Toronto
Ontario
Harry Simon
United Brewery
Distillery Workers of America
Mr. Simon
Molsons Breweries
Carling Breweries Ltd
O’keefe Brewing Co. Ltd
John Labatt
Ontario) Breweries Ltd
W. J. Hyatt Ltd
Canadian Breweries Transport Ltd
Brewers’ Warehousing Ltd
Formosa Spring Breweries Ltd
Formosa
Ont
Doran
Timmins
Rasminsky Reappointed Bank of Canada Governor
Ottawa Prime Minister Trudeau announced Louis Rasminsky, aged 60, will serve a second seven year term as governor of the Bank of Canada. Toronto reports a 41 year old mother of eight, kidney transplant patient, progressing after receiving a kidney from a five year old donor. A bomb exploded near UN missions in New York with no injuries reported. Magnetic storms from a major solar flare disrupted shortwave radio and provided an unplanned view of the Northern Lights over Boulder Colorado.
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Ottawa
Louis Rasminsky
Bank of Canada
Trudeau
Toronto
New York
United Nations
Fifth Avenue
Boulder
Colo
Heart transplant patient Elena Horvathova dies in Bratislava
Elena Horvathova, Eastern Europe’s first heart transplant recipient, died five hours after receiving a donor heart at Bratislava University Hospital. The 54-year-old underwent surgery by a 22-doctor team led by Professor Karol Siska. The donor was a 46-year-old man who fell to his death. Seven of the world’s 24 prior transplants survive, including Gaetan Paris of Montreal.
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Prague
Elena Horvathova
Europe
Bratislava University Hospital
Ceteka
Karol Siska
Horvathova
Gaetan Paris
Montreal
U S pilot downs Communist MiG near Saigon
U S pilots report shooting down a MiG-17 in a brief dog fight over North Vietnam as government troops clash with about 200 Viet Cong fighters five miles west of Saigon. The Viet Cong withdrew into marshy waste land while North Vietnam saw MiGs 11 miles southwest of Vinh during heavy raids on supply routes.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Vinh
Panhandle
Rockefeller to Run Own Poll on GOP Candidates
Rockefeller plans a self funded cross country poll to show the strongest Republican candidate across major cities, possibly all 50 states. Nixon and Bliss rejected the idea and focus on building delegate strength, while Humphrey reportedly waits to pick a running mate at the Democratic convention in Chicago.
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Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Ray Bliss
Rockefeller
Nixon
Ohio
Chicago
Midwest
Bliss
Hubert H. Humphrey
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