Students in Seoul Demand Resignation as Martial Law Declared
About 20 000 students and citizens clashed with police in Seoul as martial law was proclaimed after President Park Chung Hee called the National Security Council into session. Injuries mounted with 409 policemen and 200 demonstrators hurt, hundreds jailed, and an army crackdown ordered to quell the riot.
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Seoul
Chung Hee Park
South Korea
Park
National Security Council
United State
U.S
Samuel D. Berger
Hamilton H. Howze
United States
Korea
Berger
Howze
Lo Suk-Chan
National Assembly
Syngman Rhee
Democratic Party
Farm Credit Corp. seeks $200 million to bolster lending reserves
Ottawa reports that the Farm Credit Corporation faces near depletion of funds due to rising demand. Agriculture Minister Hays announced amendments to add 200 million dollars to reserves and raise loan ceilings from 20 000 and 27 300 to 40 000 and 55 000, with new loans bearing a six percent or higher rate beyond those limits. The measure aims to ease farm credit needs and allows easier succession and estate operations.
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Ottawa
Hays
The
Commons
Farm Credit Corporation
Farm Loan Board
Agricultural Committee
Royal Commission Banking and Finance
Two Die in Fire at Edmonton Soap Plant
Police and fire officials investigated a two-storey soap factory after explosions and a blaze Friday night killed William Osechewski Jr. 17 of Edmonton and Reginald Putz of Calgary. Chemist Charles Francis of Calgary and William Osechewski, 40, were seriously burned. Eyewitnesses described a roof lifting during the first blast as two workers were trapped.
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Edmonton
William Osechewski Jr
Reginald Putz
Calgary
Charles Francis
Harrison, Crossfield and Company
William Osechewski
Pollsters misread California primaries amid Goldwater Rockefeller shifts
Experts differed after California voting with Goldwater narrowing Rockefeller's lead. The piece notes prior NH and Oregon results, including Lodge’s write in win and Rockefeller's Oregon triumph, and cites Louis Harris on Goldwater gaining momentum in the final 24 hours.
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San Francisco
California
New Hampshire
Oregon
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Henry Cabot Lodge
Goldwater
Louis Harris
Thatcher asks Blakeney to join Wascana Centre board
Regina Saskatchewan Premier Thatcher said the government will ask former CCF Health Minister A G Blakeney to serve as director of the Wascana Centre Authority. If he accepts it would be the first time an opposition member serves on the board, a non political gesture supported by both sides of the legislature. The authority controls development around the legislature grounds.
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Regina
Thatcher
CCF
A. G. Blakeney
Wascana Centre Authority
Blakeney
Authority
House of the Legislature
Legislature Grounds
Goldwater Captures California Primary Delegates in Tight Race
In California Goldwater wins 86 delegates after edging Rockefeller as results from most districts show a close race. Salinger claims Democratic Senate nomination over Cranston, while Murphy to face Salinger in November. Brown’s slate defeats Yorty’s for Democratic convention delegates.
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San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
California
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Goldwater
Rockefeller
South Dakota
Pierre Salinger
White House
George Murphy
Alabama
Mike Mansfield
Montana
John C. Stennis
Mississippi
Los Angeles
Oregon
Henry Cabot Lodge
New York State
Republican Committee
Alan Cranston
U.S. Senate
Clair Engle
Salinger
Cranston
Edmund G. Brown
Kennedy
Virginia
Brown
Samuel Yorty
Typhoid Epidemic Rages Through Aberdeen After Outbreak
Aberdeen faces Britain's worst typhoid outbreak since 1937 with 241 identified cases and 39 suspected, one death, and drastic measures. Schools, pools, and dance halls closed. tourists and hospitality suffer as government probes blame corned beef and market slicer practices.
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Aberdeen Hund
Aberdeen
Britain
Mayors told by editor news withheld from public
James Purdie, editor of Civic Administration Magazine, told the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities that municipal bodies hide information and hold more closed meetings. He urged officials to recognize the public’s right to know and improve access for reporters and residents.
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Philip Smith
R. G
Jack Tower
Three Valley Gap
B.C
Regina
Canada
James Purdie
Toronto
Civic Administration Magazine
Purdie
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Mr. Purdie
Pro Red Lao Leaders Seek Tripartite Summit
Prince Souphanouvong renewed a call for a three-way Lao leadership summit as Pathet Lao forces appear to pause. In letters to Britain and Russia, he urged neutralist and right wing leaders to respond to his summit plan. Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma offered to meet Souphanouvong without preconditions but did not deem it necessary before a Geneva conference. The six nation talks on Laos were in recess. Russia Poland and North Vietnam did not attend the initial session.
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Vientiane
Reuters
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
Britain
Russia
Souvanna Phouma
Luang Prabang
Souvanna
Laos
United States
Canada
India
Thailand
South Vietnam
Poland
North Vietnam
Pickersgill to enter flag fight in Commons debate
Transport Minister Pickersgill faces parliamentary scrutiny after a London and Paris trip, with Opposition leaders demanding disclosure of his Queen visit. Prime Minister Pearson defends the trip as private business. Questioning centers on when the Union Jack may fly and how flag legislation compares with other Commonwealth nations.
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Ottawa
Pickersgill
London
Paris
Pearson
Buckingham Palace
Diefenbaker
Newfoundland
Smallwood
Commonwealth of Nations
Marcel Lessard
Canada Pension Plan
Commons
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Revelstoke
Farmer Lending Agency
Frank Urbanovitch
Gerald Lorento
Little Cloud
Barry
Blakeney Offered
Gov't. Post
Scotland
Michael Noble
Noble
House of Commons
Ian MacQueen
MacQueen
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