27 Jul 1964
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1964
Page
1
Ottawa reports the government will ask the Commons to grant interim spending power for August and September to enable a short late summer recess. It insists the House act on the maple leaf flag resolution before taking its holiday.
A rear diesel unit snapped couplings and overturned down an embankment near Customs 14 miles from Oporto Portugal killing 104 passengers and injuring more than 100. Officials ordered a three engineer inquiry into the disaster the worst in Portguese Railway history.
Canadian parliament contemplates two to three months of interim spending authority to cover a late summer recess. Observers expect a September return to resume heavy legislative work and finalize the year's main appropriations.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou reportedly suggested a new NATO base on Cyprus, with Turkish troops, separate from Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as part of solving the Cyprus dispute. Archbishop Makarios rejected NATO bases in any solution, while noting Enosis as a possible future issue. Papandreou would brief Makarios on talks with Johnson and Douglas-Home and push for a greater NATO role to prevent a Cuba-like outcome.
Moscow warns it may quit as co chair of the Geneva agreements over Laos. The Soviet government accuses the United States of meddling and says the move could endanger the 1962 Laos neutralization treaty.
James R. Hoffa and six others were found guilty of defrauding the Teamsters pension fund in a scheme involving more than 20 million dollars in loans and over one million diverted for personal use. Sentencing could reach 20 years and 13 000 dollars in fines. hearings on motions are set for August 17.
A Regina woman, Dorothy Donnelly aged 48, died in a two car crash west of Bassano on the Trans-Canada highway. Ten others were injured across three southern Alberta accidents over the weekend including two Medicine Hat residents.
Rochester faced a bloody weekend with four killed hundreds injured and extensive property damage. National Guard units were deployed with 1 000 soldiers as authorities imposed a dawn to dusk curfew and halted liquor gun and ammo sales while police used tear gas hoses and warning shots to quell the unrest.
Police reduced patrols in Harlem and Brooklyn’s Bedford Stuyvesant after a weekend of relative calm. Negro leaders pressed for action on jobs housing and schools amid unrest. A councilman planned a push for a citizens committee to probe the shooting of a 15 year old by a white officer, opposed by the police commissioner.
A West German magazine cites Barry Goldwater telling Revue correspondent Werner Holzer that U S policy should risk war if needed for respect and peace. Goldwater denied giving an interview in Washington saying Holzer asked a few questions. He recalled meeting July 4 in Prescott and discussed alliance issues with De Gaulle and Atlantic Command.
Vancouver aquarium officials conclude the 17 foot captive killer whale dubbed Moby Doll is a female after examination by assistant curator Vince Penfold. The whale captured July 16 off Georgia Strait has struggled to eat, with only two pounds of food accepted in weeks. An effort to tempt Moby with live salmon and other meat is planned as researchers note her feeding can be irregular among captive specimens.
In Rochester hundreds of Negroes riot for a third night prompting Governor Nelson Rockefeller to mobilize 1000 National Guard standby. Buffalo Mayor Kowal holds emergency talks with Negro leaders to curb violence. New York police report easing tensions with reduced patrols. In McComb a dynamite blast targets a Negro couple’s home with no injuries. Davenport Negro leaders call for calm after weekend clashes.
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