Three Found Dead In Cape Breton Boat Sinking
Three men died after a pleasure craft overturned off Arichat Cape Breton Island. The dead include George Wood 46 CNIB field secretary Halifax and Emery LeBlanc ? executive secretary CNIB Cape Breton area. Wood’s 16 year old son Robert survived and another son Richard 18 swam six hours to shore and reported the tragedy. The overturned boat was found earlier with life jackets aboard and four people had set out for a fishing expedition in Chedabucto Bay.
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Canadian Institute For the Blind
Cape Breton Island
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George Wood
Halifax
CNIB
Robert
Emery LeBlanc
Cape Breton
Wood
Richard
Here
LeBlanc
Gardiner Dam seen as first step in vast irrigation plan
ELBOW Sask AP reports the Gardiner Dam dedication marks a $200 million project expected to irrigate up to 400000 acres and generate 400000 horsepower. Leaders including NDP Chief T C Douglas and David Cass-Beggs urge continued water resource work and river diversions to meet Prairie shortages. The dam honors James Gardiner and John Diefenbaker. Prime Minister Pearson calls it a national vision.
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Douglas
David Cass - Beggs
Saskatchewan Power Corp
Cass - Beggs
Science Advisory Council
Ottawa
Prairies
James G. Gardiner
Saskatchewan
John Diefenbaker
Pearson
J. J. Greene
St. Lawrence Seaway
British Columbia
Kitimat
Diefenbaker Lake
City bids to buy Queen Mary from river trade fleet
New York submitted a formal bid of about 2 million dollars to acquire the aging superliner Queen Mary. In Vietnam Premier Ky announces a 55 thousand man expansion and a top-to-bottom military overhaul. Explorer satellite enters lunar orbit after braking jolts. Fierce battles kill nearly six hundred Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops. Newark delegates call for recall of Mayor Addonizio and UN inquiry into treatment of Negroes.
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Eisenhowers call for a formal Vietnam war declaration
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower urged Congress to consider a formal declaration of war on North Vietnam. In paraphrased Q A remarks published by the Republican Congressional Committee Newsletter, he argued with 450000 U S troops in Vietnam the issue should be put before Congress, prioritizing victory and warns against relying on treaties with the Soviet Union. He noted past troop escalations and stressed clear guarantees from the Soviets.
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Soviet Arab split narrows UN path on Mideast crisis
At the United Nations General Assembly emergency session on the Middle East, Soviet Arab tensions surfaced in bitter speeches as the body adjourned 63 to 26 with 27 abstentions. The Security Council is expected to resume urgent consideration next week, with all 13 Arab states voting against adjournment and accusing the West of blocking decisive action.
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C Eral
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Pachachi
Israel
Gromyko
Arthur J. Goldberg
Return doubts shadow Fedorenko UN posting
Nikolai Fedorenko Russia’s UN representative is expected to return to Moscow on leave but Western delegates doubt he will resume his post. Deputy Foreign Minister Soldatov is seen as possible successor. Gromyko heads home empty handed after defeats at the General Assembly over Middle East resolutions. The assembly adjourned indefinitely after letting Security Council resume crisis talks. Kosygin’s resolution on Israeli withdrawal failed, exposing Soviet missteps in UN tactics.
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Britain
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Steady rain urged to save Medicine Hat crops
In Medicine Hat area, agriculturalist Jack Anderson said only a steady inch of rain over the next few days could salvage crops, calling current rainfall spotty and insufficient amid worsening drought. He noted cooler evenings help but warned some crops are past saving without rain, while hail damaged several areas as the storm crossed Alberta from BC. No rain is forecast for the weekend in Medicine Hat.
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Condolences Pour In For Nobel Peace Prize Winner Luthuli
World leaders sent condolences to the home of Albert Luthuli the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize winner and antiapartheid foe who died after being hit by a freight train. He will be buried beside the Bantu Congregational church near Groutville.
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Reuters
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South Africa
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Oslo
Norway
Algerian Premier can veto Congo's Tshombe extradition
Algiers Reuters reports Premier Boumediene can block the Supreme Court plan to extradite exiled Congo leader Moise Tshombe to Kinshasa where he faces a death sentence for treason. The court ruled three weeks after Tshombe hijacked a plane to Algeria, and Kinshasa radio said the traitor would be returned within hours. The cabinet would consider the case after Algeria signaled possible extradition, but no urgency was shown. Tshombe, tried in absentia for treason and state security offenses, dismissed the charges as political.
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