Ottawa postal strike looms as talks falter at deadline
Canada faces a nationwide postal strike at 5 a.m. EDT Thursday unless last-ditch talks yield a settlement. The 24 000 postal unions seek 75 cents an hour more under a 14 month deal, with gains up to 29 percent for some clerks. Union leaders push for better working conditions alongside wage hikes.
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Ottawa
Canada
Council of Postal Unions
Trudeau
Treasury Board
Conciliation Board
Gested
Seaway Workers End Strike With Three Year Pact
About 270 ships began moving as 1 250 striking workers approved a three year contract. The agreement, expiring Dec 31 1970, raises wages 7 percent first year 6 2 percent second year and 5 percent third year. Total cost to the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority about 2 million dollars plus 4 percent in fringe benefits.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Seaway
Seaway Authority
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
Ottawa
Vancouver Island byelections test Social Credit gains
Voter turnout rises in Oak Bay North Vancouver Capilano and Revelstoke Slocan as polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with three opposition seats up for grabs. Social Credit holds 32 of 55 seats while Liberals and NDP hold four and 16 respectively after federal gains and vacancies.
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Victoria
W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit
Oak Bay
North Vancouver-Capilano
Revelstoke-Slocan
Liberals
New Democratic Party
NDP
Mia’s
Liberal
Ray Perrault
T. C. Douglas
Burnaby- Seymour
Randolph Harding
B.C
Bail refused for fraud suspect Myer Rush in extradition case
London court declined bail for Myer Rush a Toronto stock fraud suspect held on an Ontario extradition request. Chief Magistrate Frank Milton cited forged medical affidavits tied to Rushs nonappearance and ordered continued detention at Brixton until extradition proceedings proceed with weekly remands.
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London (Cp
Myer Rush
Toronto
Frank Milton
Bow Street
Rush
Brixton
London Police
Ontario
Michael Neligan
London
Banff Forest Fire In Banff National Park Contained
The Banff area fire, started in Kootenay National Park and burning toward the Trans Canada Highway, was brought under control with 280 firefighters. Mop-up could last up to three weeks. favorable weather may shorten it. Water bombers and helicopters supported efforts as roads reopened with monitoring.
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Banff, Alta
Rocky Mountain National Park
Here
British Columbia
Kootenay National Park
Marble Canyon
B.c.alberta
Banff National Park
Steve Kun
Banff Park
Altrude
Trans-Canada
Eisenhower d Jrnction
Bow River
Banff-Windermere
World Council of Churches urges halt to bombing
The World Council of Churches at Uppsala calls for an unconditional end to bombing in North and South Vietnam and backs Paris peace talks. The drafting committee blends five drafts, all seeking a total bombing halt and urging action without waiting for guarantees.
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World Council of Churches
U.S
Uppsala
Assembly of the
United States
North
South Vietnam
Vietnam
World Council
Defense briefing on Viet Cong threats to Saigon and north
U S Defense Secretary Clark Clifford received a briefing from U S commanders on Viet Cong threats to Saigon and northern provinces as the capital awaited a new offensive. In Massena New York the Norwegian tanker Felje became the first ship to pass through the St Lawrence Seaway after a peak season strike settlement. In New York Police found and removed a plastic explosive tied to the French government tourist office in Rockefeller Center. In Tokyo Radio Peking reported a 100 year flood disaster in Kiangsi's Changkang commune as the worst in a century.
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Saigon
U.S
Clark Clifford
Massena
N.Y
Felje
St. Lawrence Seaway
New York
Rockefeller Centre
Tokyo
Radio Peking Today
South China
Kiangsi
Changkang
Direct Moscow New York flight marks start of weekly service
The Iyushin-62 jet will land at Kennedy at 4 30 p m marking the first direct Moscow New York flight and the start of weekly Aeroflot service with a Montreal stopover. Pan American will run a New York Copenhagen Moscow loop with Moscow return. The IL 62 carries 132 passengers and 11 crew.
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New York
Kennedy International Airport
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Aeroflot
Montreal
Pan American World Airways
Copenhagen
Bastille Day clashes as Paris celebrates in rain
Sporadic clashes between police and demonstrators mark Bastille Day weekend in Paris. Police used tear gas and baton charges as several thousand officers faced hecklers on Boulevard St. Michel. President de Gaulle reviewed troops at the Arc de Triomphe and along the Champs Elysees amid rain.
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Paris
Boulevard St. Michel
de Gaulle
Maurice
Bordeaux
Humphrey Nixon gain delegates amid convention set backs
The Associated Press reports Humphrey added 21 first ballot delegate votes bringing his total to 698 of 1 312 while Nixon added two votes reaching 501 of 667. Rockefeller plans his own poll to gauge presidential strength. McGovern shifts focus to Senate re election.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Colorado
Utah
Humphrey
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Washington
Senate
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
McCarthy
California
Ronald Reagan
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Jacob Finkelman
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William Kelly
W. J. Smith
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Neligan
Panama
Radium Hot Springs
Storm Mountain Lodge
Assembly
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