Two Victories for Kennedy RCMP Going to Gleichen Edmont
J D Lee director of correctional services said RCMP have been asked to investigate theft and delinquency by children at Gleichen Alberta after local businessmen said most shops were broken into by Indian children aged seven to 14. If evidence supports charges they would be tried by juvenile court in Calgary and, if delinquency is proven, offenders would be placed in the care of G L MacPherson superintendent of juvenile offenders.
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J. D. Lee
Alberta Attorney-General’s Department
RCMP
Gleichen
Alta
Blackfoot Indian Reserve
Calgary
Lee
G. L. MacPherson
Kennedy Defeats McCarthy in Indiana Primary
Kennedy defeats McCarthy in Indiana Democratic primary and heads a district slate that could win most of Indiana’s 63 delegate votes. Nixon runs unopposed and outpolls his 1960 result. In D C Kennedy and his slate dominate, while Humphrey foes trail. Branigan’s Ohio group may claim some delegates.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Indiana
Hubert H. Humphrey
District of Columbia
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Lausche
John J. Gilligan
Cincinnati
Ohio Democratic Organization
U.S
Democratic Central Committee
Roger D. Branigan
Branigan
McCarthy
Washington
Fresh compromise eyed to ease CLC Quebec dispute
At the Canadian Labor Congress convention in Toronto a fresh compromise aims to avert a clash between French and English speaking delegates over who negotiates with the CNTU. The Quebec Federation of Labor pulled a resolution challenging CLC limits on CNTU talks, while 14 Quebec proposals seek more provincial labor powers. Delegates debated international affairs, urging a warmer stance toward exchanges with Eastern European worker groups and arms shipments to the United States.
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Quebec
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
Quebec Federation of Labor
Confederation of National Trade Unions
QFL
CNTU
CLC Executive Council
Quebec Federation
Bridge TO East
United States
Joe Morris
Europe
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Rain restores moisture in southern Alberta fields
A soft rain swept Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan from Monday afternoon to Tuesday evening, greenening the prairie around Medicine Hat. Officials warned farmers and ranchers of potential water shortages without more rain, noting poor spring runoff and risk to small dugouts, though large dugouts may survive with last year’s supply. The forecast calls for a cooler week with occasional light showers.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
The
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Brooks
Empress
Acadia Valley
Fox Valley
Maple Creek
Cypress Hills
Jack Anderson
Murray Turnbull
Mr. Turnbull
Anderson
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Tension over Poor People's March in Washington grows
Washington is tense as the Poor People’s march prepares to begin on Monday. Officials cite fears of a drawn out protest echoing April disturbances in the Negro quarter, with 12,000 troops once calming unrest. Congress weighs budget cuts amid calls for welfare and housing aid and 26 bills seek to ban use of federal property for camping. The marchers plan a prefabricated shanty town and may ignore prohibitions.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
House of Representatives
Giant pumps lift rescue odds in flooded WV mine
Ten pumps drawing 3200 gallons per minute boost hopes of saving 15 miners alive in a flooded Hominy Falls coal mine. Foreman and a miner deeper in face uncertain fate as rest receive food, water, and blankets via conveyor. Air, radio contact briefy restored before battery failure.
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Hominy Falls
W.va
H. E. Sundstrom
Frank Davis
Edward Rudd
Big Sewell Mountain
One ton of silver prize in Montreal tax lottery
Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau unveils a voluntary tax lottery with 150000 in prizes paid as tax free silver bars totaling one ton. Each 2 donation buys one entry. first draw for entries before May 15 will be held publicly May 27 with a nine digit number formed by spectator picks. Candidates examined publicly by a three member jury, with flexible exam methods including telephone or radio options. So far 200000 in $2 donations reported, with mailbags unopened.
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Montreal
Jean Drapeau
Treasury
Drapeau
Paris Students clash with police in five hour march
Thousands of students marched through central Paris for five hours to protest overcrowded universities. Police fired tear gas and used clubs to block the Sorbonne as demonstrators built a barricade with paving stones. The protests, tied to recent campus unrest, drew 10 000 to 20 000 people and saw clashes intensify on Monday.
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Paris
Sorbonne
France
Nanterre University
University of Paris
French National Students’ Union
Seine
Champs Elysees
U S Peace Talks Move Forward With Hanoi Delegation
A six member U S diplomatic team led by W Averell Harriman prepares for Paris peace contacts with Hanoi negotiators as North Vietnamese troop infiltrations and Viet Cong attacks raise U S concerns Washington notes record North Vietnamese troop ingress since late January surpassing 100000 with over 6500 in early February no U S reinforcements reported Officials say Paris was chosen after weighing other sites including the Vatican and several Communist oriented nations and the Vatican was among possibilities
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U.S
Paris
Hanoi
W. Aver
Ell Harriman
North Vietnam
Ha van Lao
Xuan Thuy
Sargent Shriver
South Vietnam
Saigon
United States
Vatican
Bagotville to host first CF-5 squadron in 1969
The Canadian Armed Forces base at Bagotville in Quebec, about 110 miles north of Quebec City, was designated the home of the first CF-5 tactical fighter squadron to be formed in the summer of 1969. A mix of international dispatches covers wheat import policy pressure in Britain, a Canadian student arrested in Tashkent on narcotics suspicions, and a North Vietnamese clash with South Vietnamese forces in Saigon.
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Bagotville
Que
Quebec City
Moscow
Tashkent
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