Trudeau draws huge crowd to Riverside Park rally
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau addressed a large crowd in Riverside Park amid security by RCMP from Lethbridge and a Medicine Hat detachment. He focused on fiscal responsibility, denounced subsidy reliance, and urged a unified Liberal approach while avoiding a Quebec focus and promising careful language on bilingual civil service communication.
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Election fever up new charges made
The Canadian Press reports with one week until the general vote. Stanfield in Toronto vows mortgage interest tax relief. Trudeau denounces NDP promises. Douglas backs a two price wheat system with $2.12 minimum and $1 extra for domestic sales. Campaign tours span from the prairies to Quebec and Ontario.
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French strike ends as most workers go back to work
Thousands of French workers return to their jobs led by Renault with 65,000 striking employees voting to accept a settlement. Some auto plants and shipyards resume production while holdouts at Citroen Peugeot seek the same terms. Police at the Sorbonne draw broad condemnation as students remain encamped.
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Ships Threatened by Seaway Strike
Montreal CP report says time is running out for ocean going vessels that may be caught on the St. Lawrence Seaway as a seaway workers strike looms for Friday. Shipping agencies are not allowing upbound vessels into the seaway while efforts continue to clear about 80 ships in the system. The Shipping Federation of Canada seeks intervention by Transport Minister Hellyer to mediate a parity settlement with the seaway workers, hoping a third party can avert port closures.
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Football star's widow sues over husband's shooting deaths
Nathalyn Watkins, widow of Ted Watkins a Black Power advocate and Hamilton Tiger-Cats player, files a $30 million suit in San Francisco Superior Court. She seeks $1 million for each of her four children and $5 million punitive damages, naming clerks Fred Larsen Louis Huerta and store owner John Doe Taylor as defendants. Watkins was killed June 2 in Stockton amid an alleged attempted liquor store robbery by him and his brother Clifton, who faces armed robbery charges.
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Mass surrender in Saigon suburb ends major action
In Gia Dinh suburb near Saigon, 116 Communist soldiers surrendered after marines surrounded a pagoda. Reports say North Vietnamese helicopters were sighted near the DMZ and a MiG-21 downed a U.S. Phantom, with two aviators missing. US command notes radar sightings of unidentified aircraft and ongoing bombings.
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Britain sets June 27 hearing on King killer case
A British magistrate scheduled a June 27 hearing on the U.S. request to extradite James Earl Ray to Tennessee for trial on the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The proceeding marks a key step in the legal fight over where Ray should stand trial.
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Lords Fight Over Rhodesia Sanctions Threatens Reform
London AP reports the Conservative Lords may block the Labor government push for harsher Rhodesia trade sanctions passed by the Commons 319 to 246. Prime Minister Wilson risks political backlash as a cabinet action could still enact the measures, while reform talks loom amid debates on Lords power.
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Tough gun control in San Francisco
San Francisco officials approved a stringent gun registration plan forcing every privately owned weapon to be registered. The ordinance would make failure to register a misdemeanor with up to six months in jail and a $500 fine, with final passage anticipated in two weeks after Kennedy assassination spurred action.
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Violence Erupts In Canadian Election After Kennedy Assassination
Violence stirs across Canada as Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles. A Liberal candidate reports being shot at near Red Deer Alberta while a Halifax protester taunts NDP leader Douglas. Cabinet offers RCMP protection to leaders. Stanfield and Douglas reject protection amid rising threats.
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