Three More Held In Montreal FLQ Detentions
Police said three more men were detained in Montreal as part of the effort to break up the FLQ terrorist group. A total of 15 people remain in custody, awaiting the resumption of an inquest into the April 20 bombing death of 65-year-old Wilfred Vincent O Neill. Lawyers for detained suspects protested, alleging rough treatment and planning a complaint on behalf of one detainee.
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Montreal
le Front de Liberation Quebecois
Wilfred Vincent O’neill
Gilles Duguay
Guy Guerin
Claude - Armand Sheppard
J.-Adrien Robert
Marcel Massicotte
Election Charges Denied in Ponoka Vote Controversy
Allan James, Ponoka returning officer, says he did not reject or disqualify Liberal or NDP candidates in the June 17 provincial election. NDP leader Neil Reimer asks for his removal or a deferred Ponoka election to ensure a free vote, alleging disqualification after nominations closed. James says he warned Harris and Broughton that their qualifications as electors could be questioned, but he did not disqualify them.
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Ponoka
Alta
Allan James
Liberal
New Democratic Party
Neil Reimer
Alberta Ndp
James
Reimer
New Admissions Heighten Scandal in Profumo Case
The Daily Express interview with Christine Keller claims 22 year old witness Jack Profumo and ex Russian attache Yevgeny Ivanov saw her on the same day. The scandal widens beyond morality as security concerns rise and Profumo is excused from a traditional audience with the Queen. Jamaican singer Aloysius Gordon is jailed for three years for assaulting Christine.
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London
John Profumo
Christine Keller
Britain
Profumo
Christine
Aloysius
Lucky” Gordon
Gordon
Profumo Cancels Royal Audience After Resignation
London Reuters reports former War Minister John Profumo, who resigned after lying about his affair with Christine Keller, was excused from a royal audience. He denied national security breach allegations and warned Labour would use the issue against Macmillan. Keller claimed weekly meetings with Profumo in 1961, mentioning Ivanov as a friend.
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London
Reuters
John Profumo
Profumo
Christine Keller
Christine
Macmillan
Pope John Lies In State At St. Peter's for Nine Day Mourning
Vatican City AP reports nine days of official mourning for Pope John as his body rests beneath St. Peter's Basilica. Requiems will be held daily at the central altar while 2,000,000 mourners pass by the candlelit catafalque in the basilica.
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Vatican City
Pope John
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican
Pius XI
Corpus Christi
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vladimir Kotliarov
Pericle Felici
John
Specialists Check Lagoon Burps in Alberta City
The Alberta Health Department sanitary engineering division specialists arrived in Medicine Hat to inspect the sewage lagoon amid reports of recurrent burps and odours. City engineer Allan Gunter said grease sludge may cause the bursts while samples are sent to Edmonton for analysis.
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Alberta Department of Health
Medicine Hat
Ald
Helen Beny Gibson
Allan Gunter
Gunter
Department of Health
Edmonton
Widow awarded 80000 in CPR train crash case
The Calgary widow of Olaf Gunderson won an 80000 damages award after Justice Manning ruled a Canadian Pacific Railway train crossed a level crossing at an excessive speed in 1961. Gunderson died within 24 hours of the crash, and the judge criticized a CPR agent for pressuring the widow for a statement with a typewriter at her home.
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Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway
M. E. Manning
Justice Manning
Olaf Gunderson
Gunderson
CPR
One Dead In Race Riot Shuts Lexington Textile Hub
A race riot in Lexington North Carolina left one white man dead and a white newspaper photographer wounded as about 2000 whites and 100 Negroes clashed on a street near segregated facilities. Police patrols and a potential National Guard call up followed as shots hit a Negro apartment building and a church window.
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Lexington
N.C
North Carolina
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise
Sherriff
Fred
Transients Pay Fines After Public Drink Incident
Three transients from Vancouver and Calgary paid $19 fines in city police court after being intoxicated in a public place. Police reported one man was seen running across CPR tracks near 1st Street subway shouting about someone drowning before officers found him in a drunken state in the river. The three are Donald Chow Jacques Loiselle and Frank LaCouriere.
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CPR
1St St
Donald Chow
Jacques Loiselle
Vancouver
Frank LaCouriere
Calgary
Alberta town boycotts elementary classes over coal dust
In Coleman Alberta 17 of 172 elementary students attended as parents protested ongoing coal dust. A 100 parent meeting approved the action aimed at the provincial government and Coleman Collieries Limited, which employs most locals. Health officials say dust exceeds limits and plans to remedy are in place.
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Coleman
Alta
Alberta
Coleman Collieries Limited
Edmonton
J. Donovan Ross
John Warrecan
Tobacco Stocks Plummet After Florida Court Ruling
New York stocks for tobacco issues fell up to 2.38 a share as a Florida Supreme Court advisory decision suggested cigarette makers could be liable for deaths from lung cancer. Major issuers like American Tobacco, Lorillard, Reynolds, Myers and Philip Morris shed about one dollar or more, amid fears of costly lawsuits and potential sales impact.
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New York Stock Exchange
Florida State Supreme Court
Florida
United States
American Tobacco
Ban On Smoking Urged in Calgary by WCTU
The Alberta branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union at its 49th annual convention unanimously urged the government to ban smoking in all public places and to remove cigarette vending machines from stores. It called for forbidding cigarette advertising and strict enforcement of laws against children under 16 smoking. The group will draft a brief for Prime Minister Pearson seeking a separate ministry of peace. It also urged the Alberta Liquor Control Board to refuse hotel permits for female bartenders and supported mandatory breath or blood tests for liquor license applicants.
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Calgary
Alberta
The
Women’s Christian Temperarance Union
WCTU
Pearson
Ministry of Peace
Departments of
National Defence and External Affairs
Alberta Liquor Control Board
Station seeks Riverhurst rebroadcast outlet in Saskatchewan
CJFB-TV Swift Current applied to the Board of Broadcast Governors to establish a Riverhurst Saskatchewan rebroadcasting transmitter as essential to the station's economic survival. W. D. Frost, president and GM, said audience loss since fall and further losses if Willow Bunch CKCK-TV transmitter takes effect threaten its service.
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Ottawa
Cjfb-Tv
Swift Current
Board of Broadcast Governors
Riverhurst
Sask
W. D. Frost
Swift Current Telecasting Company Limited
Ckck-Tv
Regina
Willow Bunch
Saskatchewan
Utility Bills Up This Month In Medicine Hat
Residents face a new seasonal charge on utility bills this month to fund lawn and garden watering costs. The levy is 20 cents per front foot for homes with a lawn or garden or both, matching last year. Householders without lawn or garden may apply at City Hall for exemption.
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City Hall
Bridge Reopens After Face-Lift In Medicine Hat
The Finlay Bridge resumed operation at midnight Thursday after a two day closure. Northside residents welcomed the restored link to their old friend as the long journey apart ended with the bridge back in service.
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Northside
Medicine Hatters
Finlay Bridge
Plane snaps city as visiting C119 tours in photo
A Royal Canadian Air Force C119 Flying Boxcar was spotted circling the Hat today on a photo graphic mission, drawing attention from residents and authorities. The aircraft conducted aerial reconnaissance imagery operations overhead.
Canada explains protection of historic fishing rights
Canada will protect historic and treaty rights as the 12 mile coastal fishing zone starts next May. Fisheries Minister Robichaud and Prime Minister Pearson said these rights will be respected during negotiations on the North Pacific Fisheries Convention with Japan and the United States. The government will announce details on affected nations as talks proceed and consults provinces on a cooperative extension plan.
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Ottawa
Canada
Commons
Robichaud
Pearson
Washington
Japan
Pacific
Diefenbaker
U.S
Lloyd Crouse
Queens- Lunenburg
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FLQ
Marcel Trahan
Quebec
Pert
Clara Sarkozi
Budapest
Toronto
Jack
Daily Express
Miss Keller
Ivanov
Loris Capovilla
Venice
Little Cloud
Diet
Rock Strikes Girl
Link
John Baskin
Thomasville
J. R. Walker
Southam News Services
John Diefenbaker
NATO
Europe
Exchequer Court
J. T. Thorson
Defence Department
Justice Thorson
Canadian Nuclear Disarmament Organization
Toronto Star
Douglas Harkness
New York
Barry Mather
NDP
New Westminster
Martin
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