Newark Negroes Bury Riot Dead In Quiet City
Newark N J reports a quiet night after nearly a week of bloody battles as 23 Negroes fell to gunfire. Muted observances planned funerals for three of the slain, while a white policeman and a white fire captain were buried or prepared for burial. Nearby towns saw scattered violence and calm urged by officials.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Plainfield
New Brunswick
City Hall
Patricia Sheehan
Aldrage Cooper Jr
Paterson
Jersey City
Elizabeth
Viola Logan
Erie
Indonesian plot to restore Sukarno crushed quickly
Jakarta claims to have foiled an armed revolt aim ed at restoring deposed President Sukarno by month end. Arab leaders resume talks on Soviet aid to push back against Israel gains from last month’s war. Cairo gunfire and fires prompt guard deployment in Cairo Illinois. Edmonton Bank of Western Canada offered control by a group led by J L Bodie of Toronto. Edmonton Eskimos columnist Stan Maher dies at 58 after heart attack complications.
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Reuters
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Cairo
Israel
Edmonton
J. L. Bodie
Bank of Western Canada
British International Finance Ltd
Toronto
Edmonton (Cp
Stan Maher
Edmonton Eskimos
Canadian Football League
Population Drops 388 in Medicine Hat Census
The 1967 Medicine Hat city census shows a total population of 24 988, down 388 from 1965. City Clerk Bill Keith notes the count covers 15 sections gathered over two months. Crescent Heights shows higher growth while Crestwood grows slower due to retirees and smaller households. Basements suits decline as more residents move to houses and apartments.
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Medicine Hat
Bill Keith
Keith
Crescent Heights
Crestwood
Stanfield silent on Tory leadership bid plans
Halifax Nova Scotia premier Robert L. Stanfield avoided direct remarks on entering the Progressive Conservative national leadership race amid escalating speculation sparked by reports in the Sydney Cape Breton Post. A staff member suggested a press conference to “straighten things out” later today as Diefenbaker and others figure in the jockeying.
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Halifax
Robert L. Stanfield
Nova Scotia
Progressive Conservative
Stanfield
Sydney Cape Breton Post
Ottawa
No survivors after Piedmont Airlines crash near Hendersonville
A Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 with 78 aboard collided in flight with a Cessna 310 near Hendersonville North Carolina. Deputies reported no survivors and found bodies scattered near a rural area by a boy’s summer camp. The airliner carried 73 passengers and five crew, and witnesses described the midair explosion and crash after departing Hendersonville Asheville Airportbound for Roanoke and Washington.
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N.C
Piedmont
Airlines
Sheriff's Department
Piedmont Airlines
Winston-Salem
stow-Salem
Atlanta
Asheville-Hendersonville
Roanoke
Washington
Hendersonville - Asheville
Labour government clobbered and lauded over defence cuts
Britain’s Labour government faced sharp criticism and praise as a defence white paper outlined further cuts to the armed forces. Conservatives condemned the shrinking of Britain’s forward line east of Suez amid ongoing security concerns.
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Britain
Suez
Daily Express
the Times
Far East
Defence
Denis Healey
Middle East
The
Guardian
Singapore
Malaysia
Daily Telegraph
Hees aims cross country delegate blitz in leadership bid
George Hees plans an eight week campaign hitting about 160 ridings to woo convention delegates in Toronto. Campaign manager Robert MacAulay says the organization has 147 staffers, with 47 in Toronto, and most supporters are delegates yet undecided. Hees backs a wide open convention and refrains from naming rivals while predicting a Liberal leadership contest and next election.
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Southam News Services
Ottawa
George Hees
Toronto
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Mr Hees
Ontario
Robert MacAulay
Toronto Tory
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Justice
E. Davie Fulton
John Diefenbaker
Commons
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Pearson
Mr. MacAulay
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