New York Urban League Targets Expo 67 Racial Bias
The New York Urban League accuses Expo 67 of racial discrimination and releases a letter to President Johnson urging the United States to withdraw from Montreal’s fair. The league cites insulting language and barred Negro recruitment and staff roles, detailing meetings with Canadian officials and Expo reps as fruitless.
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New York
Expo
Callender
Frederick S. Weaver
Urban League
George Hazen
Harry Carlson
Wolcott and Carlson Co
Calender
U.S
Montreal
Canada
United States
Landreville seeks Supreme Court reference in misconduct case
Ontario judge Leo Landreville asks Prime Minister Pearson to refer his removal case to the Supreme Court of Canada or allow appearance before the House of Commons bar. He argues he faced denial of natural justice after the Commons Senate joint committee voted 12 to 4 for his removal over suspicions tied to stock dealings.
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Toronto
Leo Landreville
Ontario Supreme Court
Pearson
Supreme Court of Canada
House of Commons
Landreville
Joint Committee of Commons
Senate
Northern Ontario Natural Gas Co
Joint Committee
Ollivier
Justice Landreville
Supreme Court
Canada
Government info services clash over Bristol Siddeley overcharge
London reports detail a dispute over a 3.9 million pound overcharge on an 16 million pound aero engine servicing contract. John Stonehouse publicly blamed Bristol Siddeley then a ministry statement replaced his name and later was withdrawn. The Sunday Times reports a broader political issue ahead of the reversal.
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London
Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd
Lord Thomson
Sunday Times
John Stonehouse
Technology Ministry
Bristol Siddeley
Stonehouse
Italians in Rome protest divorce and birth control at St Peters
Amid Easter rites Pope Paul urged hope and social justice as Italians demonstrated in St Peters Square for divorce and birth control. In London and Windsor the royals attended Easter services while peace marchers protested the Vietnam War near a US base.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
St. Peter’s Square
Rome
Paul
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Palace
U.S. Air Force Base
London
CPA to Expand Transcontinental Service to Two Flights Daily
Ottawa announces CPA may double its cross country flights to two daily round trips with new stops at Calgary Edmonton and Ottawa and set a 25 percent share of transcontinental traffic by 1970. Start date not set formal air board application required. Five foreign carriers granted Montreal stopover rights for Expo 67 travel.
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Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Calgary
Edmonton
Pickersgill
CPA
Air Transport Board
Secnd
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Air Canada
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Toronto
Montreal
Europe
United States
Expo
Ae? Lingus
SAS
Swissair
Montreal-Chicago
Germany
Lufthansa
Thompson declines offer from External Affairs Minister
Robert Thompson former national leader of the Social Credit party says he declined an invitation to join the foreign affairs branch of External Affairs Department. He said the offer came from Minister Martin before he traveled to Vietnam and that no new job offer followed his return.
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Red Deer, Alta
Robert Thompson
Social Credit Party
External Affairs Department
Thompson
Martin
Vietnam
Mr. Martin
Youths flood beaches as Easter weekend ends in rioting
Across the East and Gulf coasts youth crowds rioted and protested during Easter weekend. In Fort Lauderdale and Biloxi hundreds were arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct while Los Angeles and New York hosted love ins and be ins drawing thousands. Police reported property damage and a few injuries as students returned to campus.
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New York
Gulf Coast
Med
Manhattan
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Biloxi
Miss
Los Angeles
Elysian Park
Christ
Peter Bergman
Central Park
Bears and Sandal
Torrey Canyon Splits In Two Offshore England
The Torrey Canyon lies split amidships on Seven Stones rocks spilling an estimated 80 000 tons of crude oil toward Cornwall and southwest beaches. An armada of fishing boats and Royal Navy ships combat the slick as 15 000 sea birds die and 30 000 more are trapped by oil on the coastlines.
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Land’s End
England
Torrey Canyon
Seven Stones Rocks
Lizard
Newquay
Britain
Cornwall
English Channel
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N.Y. League
Logexpo
South Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Little
St. Peter's
Pope Paul
St. Peter’s
Louise Rosetti
Ocean Drive Beach
S.C
Hollywood
Calif
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