NDP Names Lewis New Parliamentary Leader
David Lewis of Toronto moved to share leadership with national head T. C. Douglas as parliamentary leader. Lewis won the Commons post over Andrew Brewin by secret ballot amid a party reshuffle after Douglas’s election defeat.
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Winnipeg
David Lewis
Toronto
New Democratic Party
T. C. Douglas
House of Commions
Douglas
NDP
Lewis
Commons
Andrew Brewin
Busload of junior band members survives 135 foot plunge
A Canadian Legion junior band bus carrying Whalley British Columbia youths plunged 135 feet down a Rogers Pass gorge on the Trans-Canada Highway. Fourteen children and two adults were injured. one child seriously. The band members were returning from Edmonton Klondike Days when a blowout caused the bus to skid and roll.
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Revelstoke
B.C
Rogers Pass
Whalley
Canadian Legion
Vancouver
Edmonton
Joseph McPhee
Legion
Revelstoke Hospital
Revelstoke Rcmp
Robert Hamilton
Hamilton
Maple Creek man to stand trial for non capital murder
Robert McLean aged 50 of the Maple Creek district is committed to stand trial for non capital murder in the May 1 shooting of Freida Anderson, 44, at her home. The Court of Queen's Bench sitting in Swift Current begins November 5. Saigon hit by Viet Cong terrorism as new wave kills 13 and wounds 92 across two provincial capitals.
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Maple Creek
Robert McLean
Freida Anderson
Court of Queen’s Bench
Swift Current
Saigon
Russians press Prague showdown over liberal course
Moscow and Prague clashed as the Soviet Communist party demanded that Czech leaders travel to the Soviet Union for a confrontation. Prague reportedly offered to meet in Prague or elsewhere, while Pravda rejected the Czech denial of charges against Dubcek.
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Moscow
Soviet Communist Party
Prague
Soviet Union
Pravda
der Dubcek
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Warsaw
East Germany
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
East Bloc
Communist Party
Socialist Countries
Alexan
Innocent plea in King assassination
MEMPHIS Tennessee AP James Earl Ray pleaded innocent today to a charge of assassinating Dr Martin Luther King Jr. here April 4 and trial was set for Nov 12. He entered the plea through his lawyer Arthur Hanes of Birmingham Alabama. The arraignment lasted 12 minutes with security officers present and Ray returned to his cell.
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Memphis
Hanes
Ray
Arthur Jr
William N. Morris Jr
Preston Battle
Tornado batters Manitoba no deaths injuries reported
A Manitoba tornado Saturday night damaged a southern resort area near La Riviere. No deaths. three people suffered minor injuries in a car incident. Wilfred Matthys estimates ranch damage at 45000 dollars affecting his brothers Asther and Arsene after earlier misfortunes.
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Manitoba
Lillian Ann Hills
Jack Hills
la Riviere
Miss Hills
Mr. Davies
Wilfred Matthys
Winnipeg
Asth
Arsene
Matthys Brothers
Wilfred
Wilfrid
Violence erupts in Britain as clashes grip London and Oxford
Weekend unrest in Britain saw youth demonstrators clash with police in London ripping fences building barricades and setting fires injuring dozens and leading to around 40 arrests. At Wadham College Oxford Conservative MP Enoch Powell faced shouting demonstrations as police separated crowds. Similar disorder occurred in Manchester challenging traditional calm.
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London
Britain
Vietnam
Plush Park Lane
Enoch Powell
Wadham College
Oxford
Mayfair
Manchester
Nigeria and Biafra begin talks on relief access in Africa
Delegations from Nigeria and Biafra met in Niamey to set an agenda for peace talks in Addis Ababa aimed at breaking the food relief stalemate. They discussed concrete relief proposals and possible sea landings at Aguta and Port Harcourt, with northern river routes to move aid.
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Biafra
Nigeria
Niamey
Niger
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Odumegwu Ojukwu
No Indication of End to National Postal Strike
Ottawa reports the national postal shutdown persists into its fifth day as government and Council of Postal Unions negotiators, aided by mediator Judge Rene Lippe, hold eight hour talks with no clear sign of a settlement. Monetary and non monetary issues were discussed as parties plan further meetings.
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Ottawa
CSP
Treasury Board
Council of Postal Unions
Douglas Love
Romeo Mathieu
Rene Lippe
Mathieu
Mr. Love
Judge Lippe
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Gordon Cole
Etzikom
Royal Bank Trophy
Laurie Hainsworth
Canada
National Council
John Burton
Regina East
Lakehead
Gail Wunderlith
North Surrey
Kamloops General Hospital
D News the Globe
Slovakia
Bulletin
Battle
Powell
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