MPs Accept One Month House Recess Amid Budget Debate
The Commons approved a one month recess after rushing through most of the 1967 68 supplementary departmental spending estimates leaving two items for later. A short sitting day Wednesday risked a snag over frayed nerves as lawmakers prepared to tackle an interim supply motion to fund day to day government operations. Health Minister MacEachen pledged no deterioration in services for Indians and Eskimos with more funds in the new year. Opposition critics pressed Agriculture Minister Greene over policy and the lapse of the International Wheat Agreement, while questions on hospital wards in Inuvik and Fort Laird remained unsettled.
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Warner Jorgenson
Pc—Provencher
Greene
Air Canada
Lee Grills
Hastings South
MacEachen
The
Department
Abrams Seeks Westmoreland Succession In Vietnam
Gen Creighton Abrams met with President Johnson in Washington amid speculation he may replace Gen William Westmoreland as American commander in Vietnam. Abrams, Westmoreland’s deputy, discussed ARVN modernization and the increased draft force, as Saigon announced ARVN strength rise to 885000 from 750000. The White House said Abrams was in town for a brief visit.
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William Westmoreland
Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Westmoreland
Saigon
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Abrams
Defence
Clark Clifford
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
ARVN
South Vietnam
Johnson
Gen. Westmoreland
Kennedy Attacks Nixon as He Elects Utah Swing
Kennedy heats his Democratic bid with a broadside against Nixon in Idaho and Utah as he tours western states. He accuses Nixon of no new ideas and says the campaign should push for a professional army to replace the draft. McCarthy also calls for draft reform while rallying on campuses.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Idaho
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Kennedy
Pocatello
Utah
McCarthy
Seymour Hersh
Mary Lou Oates
Richard N. Goodwin
Wausau
Wis
Lewis B. Hershey
Seattle
UAW General Motors Canada Reach Settlement
A settlement ends a 47 day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors of Canada spanning Oshawa Toronto London Windsor St. Catharines and St. Therese. Members will vote Thursday to ratify. Wages rise 20 cents an hour retroactive to Nov. 6 1967 with a 30 cent bump for skilled workers. Parity with U S auto workers to be achieved in five steps by June 1970. Annual cost of living allowances will rise. Contract expires Sept. 14 1970.
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United Auto Workers
General’ Motors
Canada
UAW
United States Auto Workers
Burns patient in hospital ward fire in Medicine Hat
An 82 year old woman, Elizabeth Adams of 166 12th Street S.E., is in serious condition at Medicine Hat General Hospital after a fire in a private ward at about 3 am. She suffered burns to both legs and shock. Hospital administrator Robert D. Miller said she was likely smoking, but the cause whether cigarette or match is still undetermined. The flames were extinguished within minutes and she was moved to the general hospital for emergency care. she was already very ill at the time.
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Auxiliary Hospital
Elizabeth Adams
12Th Street
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Robert D. Miller
General Hospital
Miller
Adams
Britains animal lovers attack baby seal killers
London reports hundreds of Britons demand action to stop Gulf of St Lawrence seal hunts. The Daily Mirror launches a five page display and front page story on the so called kill ritual. Prime Minister Pearson calls for an inquiry as Mirror readers offer support and money to anti seal hunt groups.
Research on electric charge of diseased cells to curb cancer
A San Diego specialist reported a new line of research that could lead to a bill to prevent cancer spread by altering the electric charge of diseased cells. In Vietnam, U.S. infantrymen with tanks artillery and planes clashed with Viet Cong northwest of Saigon for the fourth day of heavy fighting. In London defence chiefs from five countries including the United States and Britain met informally to discuss countering Soviet naval power in the Mediterranean.
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Pearson comments on Canadian sealing methods inquiry
Ottawa Prime Minister Pearson said he has made inquiries following British press reports about Canadian sealing methods. He spoke in a brief Commons reply to NDP MP Barry Mather who urged an early and comprehensive statement on sealing operations.
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Pearson
Barry Mather
NDP
New Westminster
Prince Philip invited to view Gulf seals not hunts
Davies said the Gulf event on the East Coast would invite Prince Philip to see the gulf's seals and its beauty while avoiding seal hunting. He wrote Hugh Cudlipp, chairman of The Daily Mirror and vice-chairman of Cecil King's group, asking aid to stop the cruelty.
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Davies
Prince Philip
Gulf
Hugh Cudlipp
The
Daily Mirror
Cecil King
Gershaw resigns from Senate seat due to ill health
Senator Fred W. Gershaw announced in the Senate he is resigning from his seat because of ill health. The 84-year-old Medicine Hat physician has been in hospital in Ottawa. The announcement was made by Senator Jean-Paul Deschatelets, acting government leader in the Senate.
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Fred W. Gershaw
Senate
Medicine Hat
Ottawa
Jean-Paul Deschatelets
Senator Gershaw Leaves Senate After Illness
The Calgary area senator Dr Gershaw resigns from the Senate due to illness after serving since April 18 1945. Colleagues多人 tributes note his quiet but efficient work benefiting Southern Alberta and Medicine Hat associates recall his long service and esteem.
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Social Credit
Alberta
Senate
Mackenzie King
Medicine Hat
Dave Broadfoot
Dr. Gershaw
Gershaw
Pension hike study urges overhaul of veterans pensions
A 1500 page Commons study by Justice Woods Judge Lindal and Col Nantel calls for sweeping changes to veterans pensions. It recommends higher payments for total disability up to 350 percent, end to secrecy, new appeals, and abolition of wartime admin procedures. A public study panel will examine implications.
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Ottawa
Veterans Pensions Administration
Teillet
Federal Public Service
Dubcek Says Czech Liberalization Raises Concerns
Prague AP reports Czechoslovak Communist chief Dubcek told colleagues in Dresden that fellow leaders expressed concern over liberalization efforts. East Berlin and Budapest ideologists voiced fresh criticisms while Italy’s Communist party backed developments. Kosygin urged a soon economic summit to explore practical cooperation. Local elections moved from May 19 to June to improve voting procedures. East Berlin denounced Forester Smrkovsky, candidate for presidency, as his speeches raised West German hopes of defection.
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Alexander Dubcek
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East Germany
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Communist Party
Dubcek
Antonin Novotny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kosygin
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Kurt Hager
Josef Smrkovsky
Hager
Smrkovsky
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