U S actress to reply to charges of treason
Paris Reuters reports actress Jane Fonda back from a North Vietnam trip will answer charges of treason Friday. She plans a New York news conference to respond to critics after a film she showed here supported allegations that U S planes bombed North Vietnam.
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McGovern will keep Eagleton on ticket despite illness
McGovern defended his choice to retain Senator Thomas Eagleton as his running mate after Eagleton disclosed past psychiatric treatment for nervous exhaustion and depression. Eagleton offered to withdraw, but McGovern refused. Eagleton stated he has had no trouble for six years and remains on the ticket. The interview aired as Vietnam War coverage continued and critics questioned the ticket’s stability.
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Protest strikes grow in U K Heath holds line
London reports show protest strikes swelling as five jailed dock leaders are ordered released by the Industrial Relations Court. Britain braces for a general 24 hour strike after the Trades Union Council vote. Heathrow and ports suffer shutdowns while London buses halt. coal pits close and drivers strike. Prime Minister Heath resists intervention as Labour's Wilson decries the government as impotent and bankrupt.
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Britain
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Trades Union Council
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Heath
Trade Union Congress
Prairie premiers seek unity for common Prairie voice
Premier Peter Lougheed of Alberta says the Prairie provinces may speak with one voice at the Halifax premiers conference. He notes the Prairie Economic Council will seek common ground on transportation and agricultural marketing and may push a winter works program. Saskatchewan premier Allan Blakeney says the goal is cooperation not Ottawa opposition and cites cable television as a focus for interprovincial study and joint action.
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Alberta
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Allan Blakeney
Saskatchewan
Ottawa
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Prairie
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Day strike called in Northern Ireland by Protestant groups
In Belfast thousands of Protestant workers walked off the job for a mourning day over IRA violence. Offices and factories shut, but power plant workers kept running to supply electricity. buses operated as public transport continued. The action was organized by the Ulster Defence Association and the Loyalist Association of Workers.
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Ulster Defence Association
Loyalist Association of Workers
Opposition leaders begin campaign in British Columbia
In Vancouver three opposition leaders launched campaigns after Premier Bennett set the Aug 30 provincial election. Liberal David Anderson challenged the premier's stamina and warned against voting for a mandate without change. NDP leader Dave Barrett pressed for the long awaited energy report and criticized its absence as scandalous. Conservative Derril Warren spoke at a businessmen's club event.
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W. A. C. Bennett
David Anderson
Anderson
New Democratic Party
Dave Barrett
B.C
NDP
Social Credit
Derril Warren
Businessmen’s Club
Olson to meet farm ministers in Halifax talks
Federal Agriculture Minister H A Olson to meet provincial farm ministers in Halifax for a closed-doors conference ending today. Provinces express disappointment at slow progress on a national agricultural development plan and will present joint proposals for marketing boards export markets and a short term farm credit program. Dr William Gillis says Olson will also receive a policy statement on farming and environment.
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Canada
C. M. Shelford
British Columbia
William Gillis
Nova Scotia
Olson
Gillis
Shelford
Copithorne Eyes Medicine Hat Visit By Summer End
Highways Minister Clarence Copithorne said from his Edmonton office that he hopes to visit Medicine Hall by late August or early September to discuss highway building priorities and the Maple Avenue Bridge project. He cannot set a firm date until several issues are cleared, though he expects to visit before summer’s end and to draft a five year priority list with flexibility for regional needs.
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