Liberal candidate shot at three times near Red Deer
Red Deer Liberal candidate Douglas Irwin reports three gunshots on his station wagon on a rural road near his home after receiving a warning note to quit the campaign. Police kept details tight while RCMP noted top investigators on the case.
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Robert Kennedy
Los Angeles
Olds
Peter Anderson
New Democratic Party
Robert Thompson
National Social Credit
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Trudeau
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Saskatoon
Conservatives in Lords threaten clash over Rhodesia sanctions
In London Conservative peers vow to oppose a government order implementing UN sanctions on Rhodesia. The potential vote could spark a constitutional showdown, as Labour and Conservative leaders brace for possible calls to abolish the House of Lords. Tory MPs charge the Wilson government with economic mismanagement and lost credibility.
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Britain
House of Lords
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Salisbury
United Nations
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Edward Heath
House of Commons
Wilson
Wil
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Roy Jenkins
Sorbonne falls to gendarmes as student revolt wanes
Paris reports the Sorbonne being cleared by gendarmes after a monthlong occupation. UNEF vows peaceful stand while students abandon streets, amid cleanup of trash and a police search for arms. Lectures expected to resume within a week.
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Sorbonne
France
Latin Quarter
Renault
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Jeaders
Teenage girl found strangled in Calgary bush
In Southwest Calgary a 15-year-old girl Patricia Beaton was found dead in Sandy Beach area near the Elbow River. A friend's search spanned over nine hours after her mother reported she left Friday with her poodle. Police determined she died before 6 p.m. Friday and was not sexually molested.
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Patricia Beaton
Doreen Wayne
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Elbow River
Ethel Beaton
Pierre
Waynes
Sandy Beach
Pat
Russian built helicopters downed in South Vietnam weekend
South Vietnamese artillery and US air power shot down a total of 12 turbo powered M-14 helicopters south of the DMZ over Quang Tri province weekend. Ten fell into the sea near the Cua Viet estuary and two landed in South Vietnamese territory.
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Party leaders push campaigns in big cities before vote
The Canadian Press reports Prime Minister Trudeau drew crowds in Vancouver and Quebec and Calgary stops ahead of the June 25 election while Opposition Leader Stanfield faced questions on CBC. Stanfield held a Toronto meeting and defended Marcel Farrellault, with other leaders touring Regina Quebec City and Champlain county.
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John Diefenbaker
Saskatoon
Trudeau
Vancouver
Chinatown
Stanfield
CBC
Victoria
NDP
Douglas
Regina
CCF
Creditiste
Caouette
Quebec City
Champlain County
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Canada
Jéan Lesage
Quebec
Northwest Territories
Toronto
Marcel Faribault
British airline strike grounds BOAC planes for pay dispute
BOAC planes appeared doomed to long groundings as pilots strike demanding higher pay disrupted schedules. Eisenhower remains in stable condition after his second heart attack in two months at Walter Reed. officials say he rests comfortably. France advances hydrogen bomb test plans in the Pacific despite domestic turmoil.
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Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Paris
Reuters
France
Pacific
Gun makers push mail order ban and permit system
The three largest U S sporting arms manufacturers urged Congress to prohibit unrestricted mail order sales of shotguns and rifles to individuals and to allow states to require firearm owner permits. R H Coleman Remington Arms CIn Charles L Dubuisson Savage Arms Emhart and William L Wallace Winchester Western advocated tighter controls amid pending crime bill.
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New York
U.S
R. H. Coleman
Remington Arms Co. Inc
Charles L. Dubuisson
Savage Arms
Emhart Corp
William L. Wallace
Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp
Winchester-Western
Congress
Johnson
Nixon Says Victory Key to Ending Vietnam War
Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon tells Good Housekeeping there is no alternative to continuing the Vietnam War. He argues victory now prevents a renewed conflict in a few years and saves older boys, while younger brothers would have to fight again. Nixon cites world leaders and ambassadors who spoke candidly during his travels.
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Richard M. Nixon
Good Housekeeping
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Northwest Nitro-Chemicals labor dispute over grievances
Stu Sullivan of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union accuses Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd. of reneging on a meeting with union leaders. Workers returned to work after a promise to discuss the two main grievances, while a formal grievance was filed.
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Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd
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