Viet Nam forms 10 member military leadership council
South Viet Nam announces a 10 member national leadership council to rule under Maj Gen Nguyen Van Thieu replacing the civilian government. The body is fully military with Ky as executive head, while a later plan of three was abandoned amid U.S. concerns conveyed by Ambassador Maxwell Taylor.
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Saigon
Reuters
South Viet Nam
Nguyen van Thieu
United States
U.S
Maxwell Taylor
Washington
Taylor
Nguyen Cao Ky
Marshal Ky
Executive Council
Viet Nam
Thieu
Nguyen Huu Co
Joint General Staff
William C. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Guerrillas mount all out attacks across South Viet Nam
Communist Viet Cong guerrillas carried attacks from the 17th parallel to the southern tip as U S and South Vietnamese planes hit targets in North Viet Nam. An airborne battalion supported by U S paratroopers was positioned near Dong Xoai after a major battle that produced about 900 casualties.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
17Th
U.S
North Viet Nam
Dong Xoai
Phuoc Vinh
North
Viet Nam
Ban Xom Lom
Hanoi
Ba Bon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Air Force
Vinhi
Vinh
Shastri Sees Possible Ceasefire Talks Over Vietnam
Indian Prime Minister Shastri said a settlement may emerge if U S bombing stops and an international conference like Geneva 1954 Indochina is held. He noted U S troop withdrawal is inevitable and will occur eventually as discussions unfold with Commonwealth and Afro Asian leaders.
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Indochina
Mr. Shastri
Viet Nam
Commonwealth Prime Ministers
London
Algiers
U.S
African leaders seek showdown at London Prime Ministers Conference
African and Asian leaders gather for a Commonwealth prime ministers conference in London. They seek a declaration dissociating the Commonwealth from U S action in Viet Nam and Rhodesia, amid deep splits over Africa independence, Southeast Asia, and the Commonwealth secretariat.
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British Commonwealth
U.S
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Britain
Rhodesia
Commonwealth
South Africa
Portuguese Africa
Southeast Asia
New Zealand
Canada
Pearson
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Northern Rhodesia
Robert Menzies
Australia
Asia
Wilson
China views Canada as victim of US economic pressure
Montreal CP report notes Charles Lynch of Southam News Services told 250 delegates at the Canadian Women's Press Club convention that China sees Canada as harmed by American economic actions. He warned that if China enters the UN, it would challenge the US with sharp rhetoric and seek to undermine the body while praising China’s rising global role.
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Montreal
United States
China
Canada
Viet Nam
Charles Lynch
Southam News Services
Canadian Women’s Press Club
Lynch
United Nations
Russia
Mr. Lynch
Tibert
Western
CBC
Don Messer
Trunk-full of service at Canton station keeps elephant cool
Al Turl, a gas station operator in Canton, Illinois, was asked to shower Sophronia the elephant on a hot day. While he stood by the pump with a hose, a Mills Brothers Circus driver phoned to request relief, but the call was interrupted by a prank, leaving Sophronia waiting in the sun.
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Canton
Til
al Turl
Mills Brothers Circus
Peoria
Cuba
Turl
Sophronia
Montreal Bus Strikes Tie Up City Traffic
Montreal faced a citywide transit jam as two bus strikes cut service for 50 000 commuters and 500 000 lost riders from the prior week. Talks between CNTU and MTC resumed amid hopes for a quick settlement, with officials meeting at MTC headquarters and leaders including Lucien Saulnier and Premier Jean Lesage discussing solutions.
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Montreal
Atwater Avenue
Provincial Transport Co
PTC
Montreal Transportation Commission
MTC
Montreal Transport Workers Union
CNTU
Commission Management
Jacques-Cartier
Mercier
Dorchester Boulevard
St. Catherine Street
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Lucien Saulnier
Jean Lesage
Pierre Laporte
Saulnier
Indian leader Shastri in Canada warns against nuclear testing
A joint communique from Indian Prime Minister Shastri during a five day Canada visit expresses deep concern over China's nuclear tests and urges strengthening UN peacekeeping. It notes hopes for negotiations without preconditions, Viet Nam peace efforts, and reactions to Shastri's remarks on the Rann of Kutch dispute and Pakistan.
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Shastri
India
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Ottawa
Johnson
Mr. Shastri
Washington
Congress
Viet Nam
U.S
United Nations
China
Kutch
Pakistan
Pearson
Police seek suspect in Edmonton murder case
Edmonton police seek Robert Desjarlais 23 of Calgary in the Saturday killing of Rosalie Johnson 25 and wounding her sister Linda 20. Desjarlais, charged with capital murder, may have left the city for Calgary or Lac La Biche. Linda Johnson recovered enough to be questioned after surgery for knife wounds.
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Edmonton
Pol Ice
Robert Desjarlais
Calgary
Rosalie Johnson
Desjarlais
Linda
Linda Johnson
Lac la Biche
Northlands Park
Desjarlan
Teeners launch mercy drive for injured boy
Four teenage boys Gary Maye Frank Mora Charles Hairell and Charles Weaton launched a door to door and phone fundraising campaign for Johnny McGloughlin a nine year old left in a coma after a traffic accident. They urged contributions to the hospital as the family endured medical bills and operations.
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Seattle
Johnny McGloughlin
Sharon Barbour
James A. Barbour
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