Grain strike threat at Vancouver elevators
Grain handlers in Vancouver moved toward a strike against one of five elevator firms threatening to halt shipments of 15 million bushels monthly from the port. About 200 workers, part of the International Union of Brewery Flour Soft Drink and Distiller Workers, demand a 30 cent hike to the basic hourly rate of 2.48 while conciliation talks continue.
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Vancouver
Cpi
Prairie Provinces
International Union of Brewery, Flour, Soft Drink and Distiller Workers
CLC
Tie-up would be expensive for Vancouver grain flow
Vancouver port faces costly strike as 450 grain handlers vote to strike. Seven port elevators ship at near capacity 15 million bushels monthly, with potential impacts on rail traffic and Prairie deliveries. The dispute centers on pay raises, while Alberta Wheat Pool sues the union over a September walkout and related damages claims.
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Vancouver
Prairies
China
Port of Vancouver
Alberta Wheat Pool
International Union of Brewery, Flour, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers
CLC
Man and space partner ready for Gemini IV launch
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP James A McDivitt and Edward H White II said their Gemini IV mission looks promising on the eve of launch. Kraft noted no holy limit to 20 feet from the booster as White prepares for a weightless walk. Takeoff could be 10 am EDT with a four day mission depending on early flight data. Weather forecasters called launch day conditions favorable.
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Edward White
Cape Kennedy
James McDivitt
Fla
James A. McDivitt
McDivitt
Air Force
Edward H. White II
Waltz
White
Space Agency
Christopher €. Kraft
Kraft
Ernie Amman
Weather Bureau
Debate on freedom of speech in Commons guillotine rule
Ottawa discussions on streamlining Commons rules sparked a debate on free speech. MPs weighed time limits for experienced versus backbenchers, the definition of party leaders, and a proposed six day cap under a guillotine rule with varying exemptions. A government amendment seeks cross party agreement to restrict speech length flexibly.
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Ottawa
The
Commons
House
Andrew Brewin
NDP
Toronto Greenwood
Government House
Mellraith
Brewin
Aiken
Warm weather hoped to finish seeding across Prairie farms
Prairie grain farmers in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba push for warm days to speed germination and complete late seeding. While spring moisture aided crop potential, cool wet conditions delay sowing especially in central and northern zones. Officials report varied progress with wheat and coarse grain seeding in the 60 to 90 percent range and expectations of acreage shifts due to weather.
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Edmonton
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Weyburn
Regina
Moose Jaw
Yorkton
Peter Peterson
Cam Caswell
Melville
Carman Cook
Estevan
R. E. English
Rimby
Evansburg
Rocky Mountain House
Peace River District
Esmond Jarvis
Manitoba Agriculture
Outcasts in Folcroft Pa Becomes Family’s Test of Race
Horace Baker 28 and his family are the first and only Black residents in Delmar Village Folcroft near Philadelphia. After facing an angry mob, shattered windows, and police protection since moving in August 1963, neighbors now keep to themselves. Baker and his wife, both professionals, view the experience as a catalyst for human rights though Baker would not move in again.
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Folcroft
Horace Baker
Delmar Village
Philadelphia
Terri
Baker
Lakeland
Fla
Miami
Sellers
Dear Hal letter on union of churches draws mixed reaction
Reaction favorable to a proposed union of the United Church of Canada and the Anglican Church surfaced while church leaders urged caution. Moderators and primates called the plan a starting point and urged study and slow action to avoid splintering. Some Baptists and evangelical ministers doubted quick success. Catholic, Lutheran and Presbyterian spokesmen offered more enthusiasm.
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United Church of Canada
Anglican Church
E. M. Howse
Toronto
United Church General Council
Canadian Churchman
H. H. Clark
Winnipeg
G. W.bayne
Edmonton
Banff
United Church
Montreal
E. M. Jenkins
Eastern Association of Baptist Churches
Union
Paul Smith
People’s Church of Toronto
Kingston Mayor Gets Egg Coxswain Signals Hero Letter
A Kingston housewife praises traffic signals at an intersection near her home for cooking eggs. Mayor Robert Frayso received her letter this week thanking him for the installation. She notes two red lights and three green lights are just right for cooking John’s eggs.
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Kingston
Ont
Robert Frayso
John
Bomb scare evacuation at The Province building Vancouver
A bomb scare forced evacuations at The Province newspaper building in downtown Vancouver after a New Westminster operator warned police. The all clear came when employees were allowed to return by 5:45 a.m.
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Vancouver
Province
New Westminster
Letter undercuts premier aid in Stonehill case
In Vancouver, RCMP witness testifies that Al Williamson said he wrote the dear Hal letter urged by Gunderson and Dornan to help American financier Harry Stonehill gain Canadian landed immigrant status. Williamson links Bennett aide Gunderson and Dornan to the plot, admitting signature use or forging Bennett’s on official stationery. He pleads not guilty to forgery and related charges.
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Vancouver
Hal
al Williamson
RCMP
Williamson
Einar Gunderson
Bennett
Hal Dornan
Pearson
Harry Stonehill
Canada
Stonehill
Philippines
United States
William Halloran
W. A. Bennett
Social Credit Party
Gunderson
Joseph Atherton
Social Credit
Dornan
Halloran
Time Magazine
Supt. Atherton
Atherton
Time
B.C
Airlines split exclusive zones for Canada
Air Canada and Canadian Pacific Airlines receive world regions as Canada’s sole international carriers. Air Canada covers Britain, Ireland, western, northern and eastern Europe, and the Caribbean, while CPA Pacific operates in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, southern and southeastern Europe, and Latin America. Transport Minister Pickersgill announced the plan in the Commons and noted possible extra transcontinental service for CPA if public Air Canada remains not in the red. CPA began transcontinental service in 1959 under a prior Conservative government, linking Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver with two daily flights.
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Ottawa
Air Canada
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Canada
Pickersgill
Britain
CPA - Pacific
Asia
Australia
New Zealand
Europe
Latin America
Mr. Pickersgill
CPA
CPR
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Army withdrawal expected today from Dominican palace
SANTO DOMINGO Reuters reports that Brig. Gen. Antonio Imbert Barrera's troops will largely withdraw from the national palace today under a Tuesday night OAS brokered ceasefire. About 25 troops to remain as symbolic possession, replaced by Brazilian peacekeepers. Imbert backs OAS supervised elections but will not seek nomination.
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Jose Mora
OAS
Imber
Mora
Imbert
inter-America
Quebec motorist sits out tow fee protest in Vancouver
A Montreal man stalled for hours inside his car to protest a $5 tow fee. The tow truck driver Fred Aldred could not unhitch until the vehicle finally came loose after the driver destroyed the car. Police took a civil matter stance as the scene ended with the car removed from a private lot.
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Quebec
Fred Aldred
Aldred
Montreal
Nuclear stockpile in Europe to double in a year
United States Defense Secretary McNamara said the European nuclear stockpile will be 100 percent larger within 12 months than in 1961, refuting withdrawal reports. NATO ministers agreed to study shared nuclear controls via a committee of four or five defense ministers, including the US Britain France West Germany and a smaller ally.
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Parisapi
Defence
McNamara
U.S
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Japan miners strike over Yamano colliery disaster
Reuters AP reports Japan coal miners strike planned for Friday to protest a fatal Yamano colliery explosion that killed 236, with 316 escaping and 39 hospitalized. The blast, likely sparked by gas ignition at a remote pit face, follows Japan’s worst postwar mine disaster in 1983 near Omuta.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yamano
Japan Coal Miners’ Union
Omuta
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