Seaway Strike Estimated Cost As Daily Toll Loss Rises
Montreal reported the St. Lawrence Seaway strike will cost about 130000 dollars per day, with 96000 in lost toll revenue and 34100 in wages. About 60 ocean going ships stranded, 7 downbound vessels anchored, and 32 Montreal harbor ships berthed outside the system. The Seaway Authority and worker group CBRT defend firm positions while government mediation remains unlikely.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
Pierre Camu
Seaway Authority
CBRT
William J. Smith
Seaway
Lake Ontario
Port Colborne
Ont
Lake Erie
Iroquois Locks
St. Lambert
Seafarers International Union
Upper Lakes
U.S
Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
St. Lambert Locks
Vietnam War Becomes Longest U.S. Conflict in History
In Saigon the Vietnam war reaches six years six months and one day since Dec 22 1961, surpassing the War of Independence. About 535000 American troops remain in Vietnam as U.S. withdraws forces from outlying provinces to deter Viet Cong and protect Saigon, with shells striking Saigon and even a British ship London Statesman hit on the river.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
James Thom
Davis
Livingstone
Tenn
Vietnam
Lexington
Mass
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Olson Heads For Victory In Medicine Hat Race
Incumbent MP H A Bud Olson appears headed for a decisive victory in Medicine Hat in the June federal election. A NEWS public opinion survey of 240 voters shows Olson at 39.5 percent, with Chuck Meagher 21.7 percent, Walter Strom 11.7 percent, and Lewis Toole 9.6 percent. The poll notes strong support across Crescent Heights Riverside the Flats and Hill districts while Meagher leads in Redcliff and Strom in Bow Island. Olson previously carried the seat in 1957 1962 and 1963 and won a larger margin in 1965. The survey asks which candidate readers would vote for in the upcoming election.
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H. A
Bud” Olson
Medicine Hat
Crescent Heights
Riverside
the Flats
Hill District
Redcliff
Bow Island
Chuck Meagher
Socred
Walter Strom
Lewis Toole
Olson
Mayor Meagher
Meagher
Strom
Mr. Toole
Mr. Strom
Mr. Olson
Mr. Meagher
Social Credit
Toole
Jim Miller
Robert Gardiner
E. W
Ted” Brunsden
Mr. Brunsden
John Diefenbaker
F. W. Gershaw
U.S. denies claim of North Korean sunk spy ship
The U.S. defense department rejected North Korea’s report that it sank an American spy ship off the Korean coast. Pentagon officials and Assistant Defense Secretary Goulding said the claim was erroneous, with no U.S. vessel confirmed sunk. A South Korean fishing boat distress signal was noted, potentially linked to Pyongyang’s report.
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Washington
Defence Department
U.S
Department
North Korea
Central
Pentagon
Defence
Phil Goulding
U.S Naval
Korea
London
Tokyo
314Th Air Division
Pyongyang Radio
Pyongyang
38Th Parallel
North
South Korea
Seoul
South Korean
Defence Ministry
Parks in Toronto turned into dumps
Toronto city officials converted 40 parks into temporary garbage dumps as a CUPE strike paralysed waste collection. Streets Commissioner Harold Ayteo said fences would section off park areas and residents would receive plastic bags. If the strike lasts, the city may ask schools to use yards after classes end. Ontario labor officials planned mediation to resume talks. Health officials warned against outdoor burning, and incinerators and dumps across the five boroughs faced shutdowns.
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Toronto
Harold Ayteo
Local 43
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Ayteo
Toronto Board of Education
Ontario Department of Labor
CUPE
Department of Health
Toronto Island
Trudeau Campaign Climaxes With Montreal Rally Show
Prime Minister Trudeau capped his campaign with a large Montreal rally after a Toronto show as crowds gathered at Place Ville Marie estimated in the thousands. Stanfield faced his final rally in Hamilton outlining Conservative aims to curb inflation cut interest rates boost growth and tackle housing and medical care costs amid threats and a street clash with separatists.
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Trudeau
Toronto
Montreal
Place Ville Marie
Stanfield
Hamilton
Mr. Stanfield
Hochelaga
Gerard Pelletier
Polka dot dress girl never really existed
Los Angeles police canceled an all points bulletin about a girl in a white polka dot dress seen fleeing the Ambassador Hotel after Senator Kennedy's assassination. Investigators determined the description was erroneous and misinterpretation by volunteer Sandy Serrano led to the false lead. Sirhan Sirhan remains charged with Kennedy's murder, with his lawyer under guard due to threats.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kenneda
Kennedy
John Powers
Detective Bureau
Powers
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel
Sirhan
Russell E. Parsons
Parsons
Sandy Serrano
Ers
Miss Serrano
One man voyage ends off Florida with April Fool
Hugo Vihlen's 85 day solo Atlantic crossing in the bathtub-like April Fool ended near Fort Lauderdale after 4 700 miles. He faced storms, grounding, and whales, then accepted a 25 mile ride on a fishing boat to a hero's welcome as the Coast Guard listed him as a search and rescue case. He lamented not finishing the journey and said the boat was confiscated by authorities.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Hugo Vihlen
Atlantic
Florida
Viblen
Casablanca
Miami
U.S. Coast Guard
Vihlen
Coast Guard
South Carolina
Senator Yuzyk labels Trudeau a socialist masquerading as Liberal
In Edmonton CP dispatch Conservative Senator Paul Yuzyk said Pierre Elliott Trudeau is a socialist masquerading as a Liberal. In Toronto CP dispatch NDP Leader Douglas Friday called Prime Minister Trudeau a barry goldwater who rejects legitimate demands of young Canadians.
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Edmonton
Paul Yuzyk
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Toronto
NDP
Douglas
Trudeau
Barry Goldwater
Ontario beer supply dries up as strike hits breweries
A Friday strike by 2,700 brewery and warehouse workers shuts 350 Brewers Retail stores and forces hotels and liquor stores to ration Canadian beer. Molson Ontario plant workers walked out triggering lockouts at seven major breweries, as unions and companies contend with dwindling stocks and mounting demand across Ontario.
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Liquor Control Board of Ontario
Molson’s Brewery Ontario Ltd
Toronto
Carling Breweries Ltd
O’keefe Brewing Co. Ltd
John Labatt Ontario Breweries Ltd
Brewers Warehousing Co. Ltd
Canadian Breweries Transport Ltd
W. J. Hyatt Ltd
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Federal Conciliation Board
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
Seaway Workers
Gordon Pollard
the News
Rom Toole
Orson Meagher
Cros. Heights
Q Riverside
Hill
Reuters
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
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