Postal strike set for next Thursday
Canadians face a crippling postal strike at 5 am EDT next Thursday July 18 unless the government offers a satisfactory wage rise within about 48 hours. Council of Postal Unions co chairs Roger Decarie and William Houle said a 75 cent hourly increase is sought, more than 27 percent above the current top rate of 2.75. They noted ballots would take about three days to tally and strike action could proceed. They criticized the treasury board and urged mediation but would not commit to delaying the strike without a mediator. The walkout aims to secure improved working conditions in addition to pay.
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Ottawa
Roger Decarie
William Houle
Council of Postal Unions
Conciliation Board
Houle
Decarie
Treasury Board
Andre Montpetit
International Grains
Manitoba
Powell's conviction upheld amid slander judgment dispute
New York appeals court upholds Adam Clayton Powell's contempt conviction from 1966 for refusing to pay a Harlem widow's slander verdict. The Appellate Division ruled 3-2, with Powell initially jailed 30 days and fined $500. The citation preceded his 1967 House ban. he later sought re-election and won the Democratic nomination.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Harlem
Appellate Division
State Supreme Court
House of Representatives
Britain Set to Raise Grain Import Prices Post Aug 1
Britain will implement minimum import prices for grain, raising rates by up to 15 cents per bushel for imports after August 1. The measure targets soft French wheat and imports while exempting six month forward deals, and aims to push buyers toward home grown substitutes though Canada remains a key supplier.
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London
Britain
Canada
Agrculture
Cledwynughes
United States
Water bombers battle Banff lodge fire amid reinforcements
Fire near Storm Mountain Lodge in Banff National Park expands to 5000 acres after lightning sparked blaze in Kootenay Park. About 375 firefighters join 125 trained Indian firefighters and armed forces crews from Fort Garry Horse and RCEME as water bombers lob 350-gallon drops to save the 12 unit resort. Officials report partial control, gusty winds, and a cooler front with rain possible while highway closures and airstrip use continue.
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Kootenay National Park
Storm Mountain Lodge
Walter Mielke
Laura Stanger
Lesser Slave Lake
Fort Vermilion
Alberta Forest Service
Lac la Biche
Alberta
Fort Garry Horse
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Currie Barracks
Armed Forces
National Parks
Banff
Banff-Windermere
Pacific Coast
DA claims spies confirm CIA killed Kennedy
District Attorney Jim Garrison said foreign spies confirmed elements of the CIA carried out the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy. He released details naming Dallas police involved, an alleged assassin, and locations in Dallas including the Daltex building, the Texas School Book Depository, and a grassy knoll. He also cited a Dallas trip by David W. Ferrie and said spies knew plot origins since its start.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Central Intelligence Agency
John F. Kennedy
Garrison
Kennedy
The
Dallas Police Force
Daltex
Texas School Book Depository
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
David W. Ferrie
CIA
Times-Picayune
Northwest Nitro plant to stay closed for two weeks
Northwest Nitro Chemical Ltd will extend its shutdown by two weeks after the annual two week break due to high product inventories. Plant Manager Roy Archibald said operations will resume August 12 at maximum levels with a small number of staff staying on. Union official Ian Hope plans a meeting for more details.
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Northwest Nitro Chemical Ltd
Roy Archibald
Archibald
Ian Hope
Pacific Western airlift aims to aid Biafra crisis
Vancouver report: Pacific Western Airlines agreed to airlift emergency food supplies to the breakaway state of Biafra as President R. H. Laidman announced on Thursday. Rotterdam dispatch: six Dutch cleaners are feared dead after an explosion on the Panamanian tanker Agua Clara in a harbor near the Dutch seaport. Tokyo brief: Radio Moscow says Mao opponents seized Wuchow after fighting that killed several hundred. city lies 120 miles west of Canton with population over 200,000.
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Vancouver
Pacific Western Airlines
Biafra
R. H. Laidman
Rotterdam
Reuters
Tokyo
Radio Moscow
Mao Tse-tung
Wuchow
Canton
Army clears flood damage in Britain’s West Country
London AP reports the army airlifted troops to Britain’s stricken West Country to clear flood damage valued in millions of pounds. Seven people died as two days of heavy rain swelled rivers. Roads chaos worsened as holidays streamed home, while floods threatened Leicester and Northampton and AA warned against driving into the area.
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London
Britain
Leicester
Northampton
Midlands
Devon
Cornwall
England
West Country
Trent
Viet Cong infiltrates Saigon as alert lifted
Intelligence reports say a Viet Cong company of about 110 men entered Saigon and split into three groups ready for commando raids. South Vietnamese police placed forces on high alert, while a patrol wounded an American serviceman in central Saigon.
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Saigon
Reuters
Gunman hunted in 15 states for murder of three men
New York AP report says a 15 state alert is out for Bobby Rogers alias Bobby Pugh 31 organizer of the building in front of which the shootings occurred. A massive search by over 200 officers followed a rapid hail of fire from a modified carbine in a Bronx tenement killing three men Erain Castro 21 Manuel Figueroa 19 and Jose Rivera 18. The gunman fled likely through a basement and has ties to the victim group.
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New York
Burton Roberts
Bobby Rogers
Bobby Pugh
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British Columbia
Deeley Plaza
Northwest Nitro
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U.S
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Con Thien
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