Gaullist gains in runoff as strikes and riots ripple France
With runoff looming, Gaullist candidates secure favorable postings across many districts as leftist and center opponents struggle. De Gaulle supporters celebrate a stronger majority path, while overseas districts report results including Debre’s reelection in Reunion and early returns from the Caribbean.
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de Gaulle
Accet
Georges Pompidou
France
Party of Modern Progress and Democracy
Gaullists
Independent Republicans
Michel Debre
Reunion Island
Caribbean
Debre
Pompidou
Stampede at Argentina Stadium Kills 71 at River Plate Boca Clash
At the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires 71 fans died and 88 were injured as a gate crowd surged while leaving a River Plate versus Boca Juniors match. Police cited crowded stairways and unremoved turnstiles as deadly. Boca officials offered to cover funerals and medical costs.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Seri
Estadio Monumental
River Plate
Boca Juniors
Carlos Alberto Gonzalez
Boca Junior
Boca
Vietnam War Ceasefire Talk Shows and 1968 Poll Outlook
Senator McCarthy says he may seek talks with North Vietnamese diplomats in Paris to explore a settlement or accommodation this summer while Humphrey pushes for an immediate ceasefire. Reagan doubts total victory. Rockefeller favors peace through negotiations. A Gallup poll has McCarthy leading Nixon and Rockefeller, with Humphrey ahead of Nixon but behind Rockefeller.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
Paris
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ronald Reagan
California
McCarthy
Humphrey
Gallup
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
Spy ship sinking disputed by South Korea fishing vessel claim
North Korea said it sank an American spy ship, but Hankook Ibo cites South Korean military intelligence saying the vessel was a small fishing boat. Seoul asserts Pyongyang’s account is propaganda while Rodong Sinmun calls the act a just response against U.S. imperialists.
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Seoul
North Korea
Hankook Ibo
Seoul Daily
Pyongyang
Communist Korean Central
Communist Party
Rodong Shinmoon
Do or die on gun control
Representative Clarence D. Long of Maryland reports receiving many messages urging gun control reform including a caller who warned his secretary that if Long fails to push a bill within two weeks he will shoot him.
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Baltimore, Md
Clarence D. Long
Dem. Md
Long
Congress
CPR and CNR Workers Prepare Nationwide Strike
Firemen and enginemen of the CPR and CNR will strike at 6 a.m. Thursday after conciliation board Judge Rene Lippe’s report failed to be implemented. The BLFE says the walkout follows wage recommendations of 24 percent for passenger roles and 15 percent for freight foremen, though the union reluctantly accepts the Lippe plan.
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Montreal
CNR
CPR
Co. J. Allen
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Rene Lippe
Brotherhood
BLFE
Allen
Canada
Lippe
Mr. Allen
Canadian Railway Labor Executives
Canadian National Railways
Federal Labor Department
Trudeau shifts from politics as Stanfield targets Liberal switch
Prime Minister Trudeau remained non political on Sunday while opponents pressed election issues. Stanfield used a French heavy Quebec tour while Trudeau opened the Red River Exhibition in Winnipeg and spoke in Sault Ste. Marie and Ottawa. Trudeau urged national unity and equal opportunity as Stanfield criticized Liberal distraction tactics and Trudeau’s lighter tone in French slips drew laughs.
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Trudeau
Stanfield
Townships
Quebec
Lester B. Pearson
Liberal Party
Real
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Ottawa
Canada
Montreal
St. Jean
Sherbrooke
Police arrest Abernathy at Capitol as Resurrection City evacuated
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy was arrested at the foot of Capitol Hill while leading demonstrators toward the U S Capitol grounds. Police ordered Resurrection City evacution with more than 1500 officers enforcing the deadline as fires burned in huts and the power was cut.
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Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
Poor People’s Campaign
U.S. Capitol
Resurrection City
Abernathy
Capitol Hill
J. M. Powell
Capitol
Capitol Grounds
Metropolitan
Park
Lincoln Memorial
John Diamond
Vote Early Tuesday Urges Morning Balloting To Ease Congestion
Returning Officer Giff Emery expects record turnout and asks housewives and others to vote in the morning. Polls open at 6 am and close 7 pm to speed results, with four extra phones and results due within three hours after closing. Poll numbers on enumerator slips urged to speed lines.
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Giff Embery
Emery
Bombers Hit Viet Cong Training Centre Near Saigon
US Air Force B 52s struck a Viet Cong training camp 13 miles southeast of Saigon. Secondary explosions lasted six minutes after bombing. In two weeks B 52s flew nearly 100 missions within 75 miles of the capital to disrupt infil tration corridors from Cambodia. Saigon faced shelling on three consecutive days with casualties among soldiers and civilians. North Vietnam rejected the US appeal to halt shelling and vowed to fight. American pilots reported destroying or damaging 53 trucks. In a ground clash 44 South Vietnamese soldiers died and 71 wounded while guerrillas killed a further 41 and wounded none registered as heavy casualties for the government battalion reinforced by helicopters.
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52S
Saigon
U.S
Hanoi Radio
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Panhandle
Navy
Baid
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Creditiste
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NDP
Douglas
British Columbia
Winnipeg
Red River Exhibition
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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