Soviets hail Surveyor I landing and Luna IX note
The Soviet Union lauded the successful Surveyor I landing as an important part of the American moon program while Tass warned that Luna IX delayed impacts aided the Americans. London praised President Johnson for space achievements and noted Moon images broadcast to Britain.
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London
Soviet Union
Britain
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Tass
Earth
Moon
Surveyor
Atlantic
Bird
Surveyor I lands on moon and sends clear surface pictures
Pasadena reports Surveyor I touch down on the moon with a precise landing and television images showing a smooth hard Sea of Storms surface. Scientists say the site offers a potential descent point for future astronauts and note the craft’s retro-rocket and leg design mirror manned landing systems. The mission marks a significant advance over Soviet Lunar X efforts, with five batches of televised views confirming a stable crust and minimal danger to future landers.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
United States
Surveyor
Cape Kennedy
North America
U.S
Shipping strike inquiry opens hearings four weeks from normal
London hearing opens with forecast that recovery to normal trade will take four weeks. Union taps other unions over oil imports as 689 ships and 20 000 sailors are strikebound. Gas shortages hit thousands as Regent Petroleum reports 80 stations dry in Southampton area. Montreal mediation for St Lawrence longshoremen yields little progress. Quebec Police strike averted as union dues checkoff recognized.
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London
Britain
England
Regent ‘Petroleum
Southampton
National Institute of Economic and Social Research
Montreal
Rene Lippe
St. Lawrence River
International Longshoremen’s Association
CLC
Trois-Rivieres
Quebec City
Shipping Federation of Canada
Phil ‘Cutler
ILA
Blame Industry and Government for Quebec Longshore Strike
Quebec longshoremen’s strike attributed to government and industry failure to adapt to technological change. CLC leader Claude Jodoin criticized Labour Minister Nicholson and the Shipping Federation, urging action before conflicts escalate. The International resists a plan to lay off hundreds of older workers.
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Tion
CLC
Congress
Nicholson
Labor
Shipping Federation
Jodoin
Vietnam Officials Map Elections for September Assembly
Premier Ky committee reports tentative conclusions on electoral laws for a 150 member constituent assembly. A 15 day campaign is planned with watchdog boards to screen candidates. Subcommittees draft assembly organization laws electoral rules and a political activity restoration project.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Martin hopes talks from NATO meeting
External Affairs Minister Martin expresses optimism for next week's Brussels NATO meeting to inspire talks with the Warsaw Pact. He stresses maintaining detente and notes Denmark’s tentative proposal for NATO Warsaw Pact talks to ease Europe’s division. He cites Paris talks ahead of the NATO council meeting he presides over.
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Ottawa
Martin
NATO
Alliance
Denmark
Europe
Brussels
de Gaulle
Moscow
France
U.S
Canada
Paris
Balaguer claimed winner in Dominican presidential vote
Balaguer's camp announced a smashing victory over former president Bosch with about 800,000 of 1.2 million votes projected. Bosch failed to win in his Santo Domingo stronghold as rural regions backed Balaguer amid calls for peace after civil strife and U.S. intervention. A third candidate, Rafael Bonelly, trailed far behind.
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Balaguer
Reform Party
Bosch
Dominican Revolutionary Party
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Trujillo
U.S
Santo Domingo
Dr. Quesada
Grit Victory Hangs On Recounts In Prince Edward Island
Discrepancies in unofficial vote tallies at Rocky Point poll threaten a Liberal gain in Queens 2nd riding. A recount could deadlock PEI politics with Premier Walter Shaw's PCs and Opposition Liberals led by Alex Campbell each at 15 seats pending two postponed results and a pending determination day ruling.
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Charlottetown
Vincent Murphy
Rocky Point
Queens
Prince Edward Island
Walter Shaw
Liberals
Alex Campbell
Pcs
Gerald Driscoll
Queens County
Horace Willis
Lloyd MacPhail
Murphy
MacPhail
Mr. Willis
Mr. MacPhail
Willis
William A. Acorn
Kings 1St
Four Cabinet Ministers Hung in Leopoldville Public Execution
In Leopoldville more than 80,000 spectators witnessed the hanging of four former cabinet ministers for plotting against the government. Eva riste Kimba led the quartet to the gallows, followed by Alexandre Mahamba, Emmanuel Bamba, and Jerome Anang. They received Last Post cues as doors opened, while tensions rose among onlookers and officials.
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Leopoldville
Reuters
Evariste Kimba
Alexandre’ Mahamba
Emmanuel Bamba
Jerome Anang
Col
Pierre Ingila
Bamba
Joseph Kasavubu
Congo
Mobutu
Alberta Hutterite Property Act appeal heard in Edmonton
A five judge panel reserved its decision on an appeal challenging Alberta's Communal Property Act. The 1965 Milvain ruling upheld the act as legal, while lawyers Moscovich and Gill argued it targets Hutterites. Government counsel Friedman said land tenure lies in civil authority.
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Edmonton
Alberta Supreme Court
S. Bruce Smith
M. M. Porter
H. G. Johnson
E. W. S. Kane
N. D. McDermid
Smith
Max Moscovich
Lethbridge
W. B. Gill
Calgary
Alberta
Gill
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Calif
National Union of Seamen
William Hogarth
Retary
Lippe
Quebec
Viets
Saskatchewan
Wyoming
Montana
John Walker
Southam News Service
Dominica
Joseph Mobutu
Leonard Malama
Army
Louis Bobozo
Nestor Watum
Anazy
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