Apollo 9 weather improves for Atlantic splashdown
Apollo 9 astronauts James McDivitt David Scott and Russell Schweickart enjoy a calmer Atlantic recovery area as winds drop to 15 knots and seas four to five feet. Forecast calls for a 10:24 a.m. EST splashdown near Guadalcanal with mission control hopeful after earlier wind and wave concerns near Bermuda.
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No action planned in teachers strike
In Alberta Three Hills, Education Minister Robert Clark said the education department planned no immediate action in the teachers strike. He noted the dispute hurts students and mediation services are offered. The 109 teachers seek higher pay. trustees and teachers discuss settlement with limited progress.
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Banff
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Trochu
Alta
Donald Day
Sirhan Insanity Claim Spurs Kennedy Trial Testimony
Los Angeles AP says Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the Kennedy assassin, is described by psychologist Dr. Martin Schorr as constantly thinking of destroying others and himself. The defense argues diminished capacity to plan the murder, while prosecutors seek first degree murder with premeditation.
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Sirhan
Martin Schorr
Kennedy
Schorr
Kierans Under Fire Over Postal Strike Tactics
In Ottawa, postal workers walked out in several cities as Opposition MPs assailed Postmaster General Eric Kierans for a stiff necked stance on the postal strike issue. Conservative L broadside and NDP criticisms pressed Kierans during a marathon Commons session amid debate over new delivery changes.
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Commons
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Gordon Ritchie
Dauphin
NDP
Winnipeg North Centre
Kierans
Arnold Peters
Timiskaming
General strike shuts down France utilities and transport
Millions of French workers walked off the job in a 24 hour general strike pressing for substantial wage increases. Suburban trains halted, electricity dimmed, and offices dark as many services, flights, and newspapers were disrupted.
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Paris
Air Force International
Kings widow says murder work of more than one man
Memphis Tenn AP the widow of Martin Luther King Jr says his assassination was the work of more than one person and remains on the nation s conscience despite James Earl Ray s 99 year sentence. Rev Ralph David Abernathy says he is convinced by Ray s admission of guilt that the murder was part of a conspiracy. District Attorney Canale says no evidence of a conspiracy was found and notes Ray s funds came from his own crimes and prison earnings. Ray s court statements last Monday added confusion as he disputed the conspiracy theory.
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London
United States
Gulf seal hunt halted by ice and helicopter impact
The Gulf of St Lawrence seal hunt was suspended on its fourth day due to bad ice conditions and the effect of helicopters on pregnant seals. In Saigon heavy fighting continued at four points northwest of the city as Viet Cong shelled over 60 bases and towns including Hue. In Karachi ten thousand longshoremen returned to work after a six day strike paralysing West Pakistan's main port.
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
Saigon
Hue
Karachi
West Pakistan
Wildcat postal strikes dwindle as workers return
The Canadian Press reports a wave of wildcat postal strikes slowed as carriers in Winnipeg, Sault Ste Marie, Windsor and London went back to work. Postmaster General Kierans seeks third party mediation while prosecutions for strikers loom. Halifax warns of chain reactions toward a national stoppage. Remaining walkouts include Saskatoon and southern Ontario cities.
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London
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Welland
Egyptian forces on alert as canal clashes intensify
Cairo reports say Egyptian armed forces stand ready after warnings of new flare ups along the Suez Canal amid continued artillery duels. Gen Abdul Moneim Riad is mourned after being killed by an Israeli shell as Arab ministers meet in Cairo seeking unity, while UN observers and Israeli sources offer conflicting blame over who started the fighting.
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New wells found in Strachan area Alberta discovery
Pacific Petroleums Ltd reports a major discovery in a highly productive formation in Strachan Alberta about 80 miles northwest of Calgary. Three exploratory wells were drilled on 30 000 acre blocks owned 50 percent by Pacific Petroleums with Pan American Petroleum Corp holding the remaining 50 percent in the properties.
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Pacific Petroleums Ltd
Strachan
Alberta
Here
Pacific Petroleums
Pan American Petroleum Corp
CBC Staff Strike Vote May Disrupt CBC Service
ARTEC representing about 1,800 CBC announcers clerical sales and professional staff began a strike vote in Ottawa that could halt CBC service. The union seeks a 20 percent raise or at least a $1,000 minimum for low paid workers on a one year contract, while CBC offered a three year deal with 7 6 percent yearly raises.
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Association of Radio and Television Employees of Canada
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CBC
Canadian Union of Public Employees
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