Alberta moves to extend French language schooling
Alberta proposes amendments to the School Act expanding French instruction. Education Minister Raymond Reierson says growth depends on curriculum, textbooks, and teachers, with potential September increases. The bill lets districts offer up to 50 percent of class time in French for grades 3–12, while Grades 1–2 retain English minimums. It also raises debenture borrowing to 200,000 and shifts interest caps to cabinet-set limits amid financial market fluctuations.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Raymond Reierson
Reierson
Bank revival plans for Western Canada bank in Regina
Sinclair Stevens announced that the Bank of Western Canada would be revived with head office in Regina if a Manitoba court stay of proceedings halts wind up. Through Westbank Securities Ltd. shareholders and former directors reach an agreement with York Lambton Corp. to reactivate the bank subject to Ottawa sanctions and shareholder ratification. York Lambton currently holds 50.1 percent of voting stock, with plans to sell 28 percent and option for 12 percent, eventually reaching a 10 percent stake.
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Ottawa
York Lambton
Medicine Hat district eyes vegetable export boom
District Agriculturist Jack Anderson told an economic development advisory meeting that the Medicine Hat area has irrigated land and favorable climate for vegetable production. He cited Alberta's low share of regional lettuce and tomato carloads, noted near one million irrigated acres in Southern Alberta, and warned of obstacles such as high costs and storage limits. He stressed the need for continuous wholesale supply and quality processing to beat competition.
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Medicine Hat
Jack Anderson
Anderson
Alberta
Canada
Red River Valley
Manitoba
Loss of U S plane could hand secrets to foes
North Vietnam reports shot down an F-111A fighter bomber from a six-aircraft group as officials warn the loss could hand $1 billion in U S research to Communists. The aircraft carries advanced electronic countermeasures and terrain following radar. the fate of two crew members remains uncertain.
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Washington
U.S
Air Force
Southeast Asia
North
Ha-Tinh
North Vietnam
Laos
Israelis and Jordanians battle along Jordan River frontline
Reuters reports ongoing fighting across the Jordan River from the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. Artillery duels intensified with Israeli jets silencing Jordanian positions. both sides deployed tanks and mortars as clashes spread. No Israeli casualties were reported amid shifting front lines and evacuations in Jordan’s river valley.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
Arty
Beisan
Amman
Jordan
Gilad
Fesher
Beit Yosef
Yardena
Massada
Lake Galilee
Cairo
Beirut
Damascus
Bagdad
Israel
Jordan Valley
Global finance chiefs meet after clash with protesters
Stockholm hosts ministers from ten industrialized nations as they open a vital monetary conference amid clashes between police and about 150 antiwar demonstrators. In Panama a night of riots follows a silent women’s protest leaving tear gas and gunshots amid a complex political struggle. Tel Aviv reports four Israeli civilians killed when a trailer strikes a mine near Kibbutz Massada in Beisan valley.
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Stockholm
Canada
Panama
Supreme Court
Tel Aviv
Kibbutz Massada
Beisan
Memphis Riots Endure After Beale Street March
In Memphis a 6 000 strong Beale Street march led by Rev Martin Luther King Jr in support of striking sanitation workers erupted into violence. A 16 year old was killed, more than 150 arrested, and 50 injured as police and guards fought looting and fires downtown. King blamed onlookers not marchers.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Beale Street
Martin Luther King Jr
Hernando Avenue
Frank Holloman
Larry Payne
Holloman
Payne
Memphis Transit Authority
Biford Ellington
King
City faces loss as greenhouse operators exempted from tax
Finance Chairman Ald. George Renner noted the province ruled greenhouse operators are exempt from municipal business tax, despite some greenhouse operators performing retail business. The committee urged further review and asked for licensing authority to investigate revenue impact.
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Finance
Ald
George Renner
Renner
City Hall
Ron Craven
Bill Gray
Alberta
Russians pay last respects to Yuri Gagarin
Russians filed past the ashes of space pioneer Yuri Gagarin as grief struck crowds. relatives of air force Col. Vladimir Serovgin, 46, who died with Gagarin in a MiG jet trainer crash north of Moscow, stood nearby in mourning.
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Moscow
Reuters
Yuri Gagarin
Air Force
Vladimir Seryogin
Gagarin
Here
Congress presses Tonkin repeal as LBJ faces Viet Nam advice
President Johnson absorbs unsolicited Vietnam guidance as 21 congressmen led by Rep. Wolff move to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Edwin Reischauer urges Rusk ouster while Fulbright proposes a new cabinet post to oversee peace talks. The clash signals shifting tactics in Washington's Vietnam policy.
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George Brimmell
Southam News Services
Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Niew
Congress
Gulf of Tonkin
Lester Wolf
N.Y
Theodore Kupferman
Edwin Reischauer
U.S
Japan
Reischauer
Lbjs
William Westmoreland
Rusk
Sen
William Fulbright
D.- Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
LBJ
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