Anglican leaders meet to map Lambeth Conference aims
Anglican church leaders from global regions gather at Church House Westminster to outline themes for the 10th Lambeth Conference. Archbishop Clark directs faith discussions with 185 bishops while Bishop Coggan urges leadership on women in ministry and Bishop Luxton pushes for centralized, streamlined world Anglican mission structure.
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Tropics
Arctic
Howard Clark
Canada
Wales
Durham
Clark
Church House
Westminster
Donald Coggan
York
George Luxton
Huron
World Anglican Communion
Luxton
U.S
Lambeth
Czechs and Russians hold tense border talks near Cierna
Leaders of Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union met in a frontier town near the Soviet border to discuss Moscow’s demand that Prague curb its independent path. The talks opened in a train car at Cierna on the Tisa River amid secrecy and a heavy police cordon.
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Russia
Czechoslovakia
Ceteka
Cierna
Tisa
Presov
Libava
Noravia
Alex
Ander Dubcek
Ypa
Sune eioRe ‘Ay
Kosice
Toronto strikers refuse cheques under line pickets
Postal workers in Toronto dig in for a long strike with 24 000 employees across 11 post offices. The Coun cil of Postal Unions members vow not to cross picket lines to collect pay, as the government offers no cheque delivery. The union plans to aid strikers with rent or groceries, while officials say payments will be made in the lobby.
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Toronto
Toronto Post
Council of Postal Unions
J. G. Fultz
Toronto Postal Services
Postal workers arrange pickup of partial pay cheques
Medicine Hat CUPE local Secretary Norm Bannon says postal workers will collect partial pay cheques today. Details cannot be divulged but he emphasizes no crossing picket lines or crossing post office property.
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Norm Bannon
Medicine Hat
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Canada Workers Get Interim Pay Before July 18 Strike
Unions lack strike funds so workers receive no strike pay. Cheques covering two or three days of wages for work prior to the July 18 strike are available, aiding those affected during the impending action.
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Canada
Attendance up at Stampede as totals rise in 1968
Stampede Company reports a four day attendance of 48 174 this year up 24 percent from 1967 by day counts the event drew more visitors than last year increasing crowd size by about 9 328 overall and ending with higher daily totals across the four days.
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Stampede Company
Pope rules out all artificial birth control methods
Pope Paul bans the pill and all mechanical and chemical means of birth control for Roman Catholics worldwide. He opposes the rhythm method as a regular practice, insisting every martial act remain open to life. The encyclical leaves room for debate but signals no wholesale acceptance of contraception.
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Vatican City
Paul
Pope Paul
Vatican
Pius XI
Pius XII
McCarthy Proposes Shifting Vietnam War Costs to City Issues
Senator Eugene McCarthy says ending the Vietnam war should be paired with redirecting the war’s roughly 30 billion dollar annual cost to solve city and domestic problems as president. Humphrey’s camp claims strong delegate votes make first-ballot nomination likely, while Rockefeller pressures Nixon’s anti-Nixon strategy at Miami Beach convention hearings.
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Associated Press
Eugene McCarthy
Humphrey
McCarthy
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Miami Beach
Kentucky
Virginia
Utah
Rockefeller
Nixon
No end to postal strike seen as mediation continues
Ottawa reports no end in sight to Canada’s postal strike on day 12 as mediation between the Council of Postal Unions and the treasury board, overseen by Judge Rene Lippe, adjourned briefly. Prime Minister Trudeau urged patience while cautioning Parliament could be recalled. union leaders seek a top-notch 14 month deal with pay increases of 75 cents and 95 cents for lower earners.
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Canada
Council of Postal Unions
Treasury Board
Rene Lippe
Trudeau
Pariament
Lippe
Council
Romeo Mathieu
Douglas Love
Tributes pour after death of Colin Cameron MP Nanaimo
Colin Cameron NDP member of Parliament for Nanaimo Cowichan The Islands dies at 71 from a stroke after illness the day before. Tributes flow from NDP Leader T C Douglas and other politicians who praised his public service and foresight.
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Colin Cameron
New Democratic Party
Nanaimo- Cowichan-The Islands
Cameron
Robert Strachan
NDP
Canada
Douglas
Party
Winnipeg
Police hunt snipers in Gary rioting and curfew
In Gary Indiana riot squads hunted for Negro snipers after a four hour siege that included sni ping looting and arson. Police from Indianapolis and Chicago reinforced as 110 Negroes were arrested and a city curfew was imposed amid gang tensions and a rape inquiry involving a white woman.
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Ind
Indianapolis
Chicago
James Hilton
Richard Hatcher
Hilton
Indiana National Guard
Negro Sin City Disciples Gang
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