House adjourns early as bills run out of business in Ottawa
In Ottawa the Commons adjourned 25 minutes early after finishing its agenda. A resolution to integrate civil service, armed forces and RCMP pension plans with the Canada Pension Plan received first reading. Two civil service bills advanced to a Senate committee for study.
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Ottawa
Com Mons
Civil Service, Armed Forces
RCMP
Canada Pension Plan
Senate Commons
Public Service
Treasury Board
Davie Fulton
Kamloops
Shrine Circus Delights Crowd with High Flying Acts
A Shrine Circus at Stampede grounds drew a capacity crowd for two hours of thrills. A standout was a solo trapeze artist thirty feet above ground without a safety net, performing double somersaults and twists. The diverse lineup included performing dogs elephants a chimpanzee bikers and clowns, with proceeds aiding crippled children through the Shriners.
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Shrine Circus
Stampede Grounds
Batman
Shriners
Lesage to resign after Union Nationale victory
In Quebec Parliament a Liberal defeat leaves Premier Jean Lesage under pressure. Georges Lapalme predicts Lesage will quit if the Union Nationale confirms victory and wins 55 seats to Liberal 51 with two independents.
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Liberals
Liberal Party
Georges Lapalme
Lesage
Lapalme
Strike damages wheat exports in St Lawrence ports
Ottawa CP reports the long shoremen strike in St Lawrence River ports is crippling Canada's wheat exports. Grain backs up to delivery elevators across the Prairie Provinces as the Canadian Wheat Board warns it cannot meet current export commitments this year. McNamara says the strike jeopardizes Canada's reputation and may affect foreign aid shipments and the national economy.
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Ottawa
St. Lawrence
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Wheat Board
Commons Agriculture Committee
Jack Horner
Acadia
McNamara
Riots in Colon and Panama City Prompt School Closures
In Panama eight hours of student disturbances in Colon and Panama City left two students dead and a reported tear gas incident. President Robles ordered indefinite shutdowns of all high schools in both cities. Twenty seven people were injured, including a two year old girl who died at a Colon hospital.
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Panama
Pana Manian National Guard
Colon
Marco A. Robles
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Wess
Teamsters feud over successor plan roils union
In Washington a major rebellion challenges Hoffa’s plan to name a caretaker if he goes to prison. Harold Gibbons may oppose Frank Fitzsimmons, amid a 13-member executive board including Hoffa and John English. The Teamsters convention meets July 4 in Miami Beach as Hoffa faces possible 13-year sentence.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Harold Gibbons
Hoffa
Frank Fitzsimmons
Supreme Court
Gibbons
Fitzsimmons
Teamsters
John F. English
Miami Beach
Fla
Meredith Shot During Mississippi Voting March
James H. Meredith, 33, a key civil rights figure, was wounded by birdshot while walking from Memphis toward Jackson Mississippi. A white suspect Aubry James Norvell, 41, of Memphis, was arrested. Meredith’s condition listed as good in a Hernando hospital. President Johnson condemned the violence.
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Hernando, Miss
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Meredith
Memphis
Hernando
Johnson
Harlem
Air Force
University of Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Claude Sterrett
New York
James Meredith
W. L. Meredith
Aubry James Norvell
Belgian Premier Says De Gaulle Iso Policy Dreams
Belgian Prime Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants told NATO ministers that pursuing an independent policy toward the Soviet Union would break Atlantic solidarity. He urged continued East West rapprochement within the alliance as NATO debated a new partnership including France. Paul Martin called for friendship and moderation to ease the NATO crisis and to pursue a Europe wide peace pact.
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Brussels
Paul Vanden Boeynants
de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Canada
Paul Martin
NATO
Vanden Boeynants
Martin
France
Europe
Seaway workers set strike date for June 17
In Ottawa, 1,159 Seaway workers vote for strike to win pay parity with U.S. crews. W. J. Smith of the CLC says a peaceful withdrawal is authorized as talks stall. The action could close the Seaway for a time, with mediator possible to avert a shutdown.
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Ottawa
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
U.S
W. J. Smith
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
CLC
Seaway
Smith
Seaway Authority
International Waterway
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Federal
Conciliation Board
Alberta Western Beef Plant Auction Delayed Indefinitely
Debenture holder J C Red Wheatcroft paid about 30000 in taxes on the building and property. Plans for a public auction of the plant and back taxes dated Wednesday were postponed indefinitely.
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Alberta
J. C
Red” Wheatcroft
Empress Dam Project Faces ARDA Rejection in Alberta
Alberta officials rejected ARDA funding for the Empress Artificial Lake Project, a 82 acre recreational lake near Empress. The area is excluded from ARDA support, though a three way federal provincial local partnership was proposed.
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Empress Dam
Strom
Empress
Alberta
Harry Strom
Empress Artificial Lake Project Association
ARDA
Agriculture
Association
Agricultural and Rural Development Act
Calvin Steinley
Steinley
Saskatchewan
Acadia Valley
Bindloss
Open Chambers of Commerce
Leader Board of Trade
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
al Wiggins
Gordon
Bedbugs as scent-detecting aid in Viet Nam war
U S officials discuss bedbugs as potential ambush detectors for Viet Nam patrols. A large noisy bedbug would be housed in a pill bottle to sniff and signal enemy presence within about 200 yards, with research on amplifying its cry for human hearing.
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Washington
Reuters
Viet Nam
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