Navy Secretary weighs exchange for North Vietnamese sailors
Navy Secretary Paul H. Nitze said the United States is considering the future disposition of 19 North Vietnamese sailors held as prisoners. He did not rule out a possible exchange for captured U.S. airmen, while noting he does not know the status of any deal. The sailors were captured in June during a Gulf of Tonkin engagement. In the same period Secretary Rusk urged Geneva talks with Britain and the Soviet Union to pursue a peaceful Vietnam settlement.
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Washington
Navy
Paul H. Nitze
United States
Nitze
U.S
Hanoi
The
Gulf
Tonkin
South Viet Nam
Rusk
Soviet Union
Britain
Geneva
Southeast Asia
USS
Viet Nam
Haiphong
Two American cities hit by Negro riots
Bullets from a speeding car critically wounded one man and injured another in Brooklyn New York as six white men were arrested amid a racially charged night. Another shooting occurred in Cleveland as rioting in the Hough area prompted calls for martial law and National Guard intervention.
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New York
Brooklyn
N.Y
Cleveland
East Side
Hough
Scholarships Totalling 600 Open to Youths by Medicine Hat News
Four local and district youths will share 600 annually in scholarships from the Medicine Hat News. Two are tenable at a junior college or university and two at a technical institute, each worth 150 dollars. Deadline August 14, applications due August 1 at The News.
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Medicine Hat News
Neville Mathews
the News
Canada
Government to make new bid to end hospital walkout
Montreal CP reports the Quebec government plans another offer to end an eight day strike by 32 000 non medical hospital workers. Talks focus on a promotion issue affecting 2294 nurses in 53 hospitals and a wage rise of eight dollars weekly for non medical staff. Negotiations continue with stalemate on promotions and benefits.
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Montreal
Gaetan Charbonneau
Confederation of National Trades Union
Quebec Hospitals Association
Water Main Bursts in Downtown City Slows Supply
A six inch water main burst around 12 a.m. outside Black's Hardware at 3rd St and 6th Ave, flooding the downtown area. Sewer crews deployed two pumps as pressure dropped. by 8 a.m. Dave Kerr reported most buildings would regain water soon, with 600 Block of 3rd St still without until repairs finished.
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Suffield Experimental Station
Charles Kingerey
Washington
G. H. S. Jones
Black’s Hardware
3Rd St
6Th Ave
Dave Kerr
Striketalks Resume as Walkout Bogs Down
Washington AP report notes the 16 day airline strike continues with multi million dollar wage losses. Negotiators reached little progress while federal efforts and a congressional bill to seize control failed to break the deadlock. Assistant Labor Secretary Reynolds called Friday talks sluggish not wasted and Senator Morse proposed a national emergency to force a return to work and government run unions.
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Washington
USS
U.S
James J. Reynolds
Wayne Morse
Dem. Ore
Uuions
Navy pilot escapes from N Vietnam camp and is rescued
A U S Navy airman shot down over hostile territory more than six months ago escaped a jungle prison camp and was rescued after a one in a million sighting by another American flyer. He suffered severe malnutrition and shock after a 23 day escape through difficult terrain in Asia. next of kin have been notified.
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Saigon
Asia
U.S
Sudbury Nickel Strike Nearing Key Union Meeting
Hundreds of workers at Inco in Sudbury negotiate a path to cross picket lines as the United Steelworkers aim to persuade members to remove barricades and vote on new union policies. The 15,000 striking employees have halted production at the world’s largest nickel producer while they await a secret ballot.
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Sudbury
International Nickel Co. of Canada Ltd
United Steelworkers of America
CSC
Inco
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Kingerey
Highspeed
Medicine Hat
Frank Toledo
Gregorio Cruz
Cleveand
Ralph Locher
SNTU
Daniel Johnson
Quebec
Hospitals Association
CNTU
N. Viet Camp
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