Quebec Hospitals Extend Strike To 101 More Institutions
About 101 additional Quebec hospitals were added to the strike, bringing the total to 189 of 189 hospitals in the province affected. Pickets formed lines in Montreal after the 7 a.m. deadline, with mediation continuing. The walkout targets dietary, laundry, housekeeping and maintenance staff and ward orderlies seeking higher pay and new work rules. Five pickets outside Royal Victoria Hospital were arrested amid a dispute over entry.
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Montreal
Quebec
Quebec Hospitals Association
Quebec City
National Federation of Services
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Royal Victoria Hospital
Millington Remanded Over Milk License Charges
Millington remanded for two weeks at Magistrates Court on three charges of selling raw milk without a Public Utilities Board license. Plea reserved for August 8. Charges reference Section 109 b of the Public Utilities Act from June 14 after PUB denied a license following a city plebiscite. Millington previously appeared June 30. fined repeatedly for raw milk sales without a license.
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Art Millington
Magistrates’ Court
Public Utilities Board
Public’ Utilities Act
Millington
Hat's UIC office remains open in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat’s Unemployment Insurance Commission offices will not close as proposed. City Council and the Chamber of Commerce protested the plan by telegram. The Manitoba offices at Portage la Prairie Swift Current and North Battleford will close with service routes shifted to Regina Winnipeg and Saskatoon.
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Medicine Hat
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Hat
Bud Olson
Olson
Labor
UIC
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
City Council
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Weiner
Portage la Prairie
Swift Current
North Battleford
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Gemini 10 aims for record altitude and spacewalk
Cmdr John W. Young and Maj Michael Collins prepare to launch from Cape Kennedy in Gemini 10 aboard Titan II and Atlas linked to an Agena target. They plan a 468 mile altitude, do it yourself navigation, with Collins set for a space walk to the dead Agena. Separately Defence Minister Hellyer seeks discipline after Rear Admiral Landymore criticizes unification.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
U.S
Earth
Cmdr
John W. Young
Maj
Michael Collins
Agena Space
Young
Collins
Atlantic
Wildcat strike halts Inco operations near Sudbury
More than 290 provincial police officers are deployed to Sudbury to relieve local OPP after a wildcat strike by United Steelworkers began at Levack mine. No violence reported but sporadic hooliganism noted. Inco executives and Local 6500 leaders met with a government conciliator in Toronto, while unions and management prepared to press on through the day.
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Sudbury
Ont
Wildcat
International Nickel Co. of Canada Ltd
Sam Whitehouse
OPP
United Steelworkers of America
CSC
Levack
Gilling
Copper Cliff
Inco
Department of Lands and Forests
Toronto
Bill Mahoney
Direc
Pearson backs Hellyer on armed forces integration
Prime Minister Pearson, in Lethbridge for the exhibition, says he fully supports Defence Minister Hellyer’s policy to integrate the three services. He notes the policy was laid down over two years ago and will improve efficiency and economy to meet modern defence challenges.
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Defence
Hellyer
Defence Staff
Judge Advocate - General
Landymore
Edmonton
Royal Canadian Air Force Association
Lethbridge
Pearson
Calgary Stampede Sets Attendance Record In World Expo
The Calgary stampede closed with about 654000 visitors, roughly double the city population, drawn by chuck wagon races saddle bronc events and the first Canadian Petroleum Exposition. Irven W Parsons credited the expo for the record crowd, noting 200000 attended the Oilfield equipment showcase and a prior record of 591715 from 1959. Jim Houston of Omaha was all-round cowboy high scorer. Doug Flanagan a top Canadian cowboy.
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Calgary
Corral
Stampede
Irven W. Parsons
Jim Houston
Omaha
Neb
Doug Flanagan
Australia
Ponoka
Goldberg warns Red Cross over Vietnam prisoners rights
United States envoy Arthur Goldberg warned the International Red Cross that there would be disastrous consequences if North Vietnam moves to try captured American airmen as war criminals. He said Geneva Convention protections apply to the Vietnam conflict and noted the Red Cross will meet again with committee leadership to discuss all prisoners.
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Geneva
United States
International Red Cross Committee
North Viet Nam
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Roger Gallopin
Goldberg
Red
Voss
Viet Nam
Gallopin
Red Cross
Samuel Gonard
International Red Cross
W. Averell Harriman
Wilson Opens Talks With Kosygin On Viet Nam War Effort
British Prime Minister Wilson met Soviet Premier Kosygin in Moscow to discuss Vietnam, aiming for a Geneva-like peace conference led by Britain and the Soviet Union. Observers doubt success amid North Vietnam mobilization and Hanoi’s stance on troop withdrawal before talks. A second session was expected but may be cut short by a Kremlin rally in support of North Vietnam and the Viet Cong.
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Moscow
Wilson
Britain
Kosygin
Soviet Union
Indochina
Gandhi
India
Kremlin
Mrs. Gandhi
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
South
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Defence Dept
Department
Robert Welland
Canadian Forces Headquarters
M. G. Stirling
Maritime Command
Pacific Fleet
H. C. Burchell
Wester Prairies
Tor
W. E. Dickie
Dickie
Royal York Hotel
Mr. Mahoney
Viet
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