Gemini 9 mission delayed amid Agena failure and scrub
The Gemini 9 mission was scrubbed after the Agena target exploded, ending hopes to practice rendezvous and docking maneuvers. Stafford and Cernan would have spent three days in space, with an ATDA standby option planned if Agena could not reach orbit.
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Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Stafford
U.S. Navy
Walter M. Schirra
Agena
Cernan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Seamen Warn Against Navy Use to Break Strike
London CP The National Union of Seamen warns Prime Minister Wilson it will take counter-action if the Royal Navy is used to break the seamen strike. Union leader Bill Hogarth says dockers would blacklist ships moved to avoid disruption. Wilson says navy could be used in a national emergency as ships pile up at ports across Britain.
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London
National Union of Seamen
Wilson
Royal Navy
Bill Hogarth
Navy
Britain
Geoffrey Marr
Outside workers reject city arbitration offer in Vancouver
In Vancouver the Civic Employees' Union Outside Workers voted 958 to 27 against the city's bid for arbitration to end an 11 day walkout over wages. City council approved an 8-3 plan to have an arbiter appointed by the provincial labor department. Mayor Rathie said arbiter findings would bind both sides, while some aldermen disagreed. In Montreal the International Longshoremen's Association said it will ask the federal government to place all ship owners in the three Quebec ports under federal trusteeship after a three port walkout disrupted shipping.
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Vancouver (Cp
Vancouver Civic Employees’ Union
The
Ciy
William Rathie
Quebec
ILA
Montreal
Trois - Rivieres
Weather outlook calm with sun after overnight drop
Winds will drop off overnight and Wednesday will be sunny as temperatures begin a moderating trend. Some thunder shower activity is possible in Central Alberta and Western Saskatchewan.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Turbine powered trains to run Montreal Toronto service
CN announces turbine powered passenger trains to operate non stop between Montreal and Toronto starting April 1967. United Aircraft of Canada will lease five 14 car tandem trains with top speeds up to 160 mph, initial run over 360 miles in about four hours, speeds to rise after track upgrades. CN to maintain trains in its shops under UA supervision. crew details under negotiation with unions.
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Montreal
Toronto
Canadian National Railways
United Aircraft of Canada Ltd
CNR
N. J. MacMillan
MacMillan
United Aircraft
United Aircraft Supervision
Ant rocket mission ends in failure at Edmonton
A model rocket built by Kenneth Cretney, Hugh Boyd and Brian Hopkins, all grade 5 students, failed on the launch pad. The single stage Starlight I burned out after eight feet ascent, killing one ant and injuring none others. The boys noted no radio contact was expected.
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Edmonton
Kenneth Cretney
Hugh Boyd
Brian Hopkins
Earth
Cretney Boy
Vietnamese Move Troops to Saigon Amid Crisis
The South Vietnamese government relocates a Mekong Delta division to Saigon after Viet Cong attacks on the capital’s outskirts. Buddhist leaders threaten a clash with Premier Ky’s regime as dissident troops resist. In Hue a soldier fires at a U S helicopter carrying Maj Gen Huynh Van Cao and Brig Gen Jonas M Platt. the helicopter’s crew remains unharmed.
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Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
U.S
Huynh van Cao
Viet Nam
Jonas M. Platt
da Nang
Ky Sunday
Knack Draws High Praise At Dominion Drama Festival
Victoria CP report notes Mac Theatre Society Calgary staged Ann Jellicoe play The Knack drawing rare praise from adjudicator Marius Goring. He lauded acting directing sets and costumes as beautifully done and charming though he suggested a minor set change in the third act. The festival continues with Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman by University of New Brunswick Drama Society.
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Victoria
Dominion Drama Festival
MAC Theatre Society of
Calgary
Arthur Miller
University of New Brunswick Drama Society
Ann Jellicoe
Marius Goring
Britain
Old England
Goring
Insurance firms scored in House
Ottawa MPs from Liberal Conservative and NDP blamed private lenders for housing shortages during a two day Commons supply debate. A Liberal MP accused insurers of withdrawing mortgage money to pressure higher National Housing Act rates, with private sources drying up under tight money policy. The vote on the issue loomed as the minority Liberal government faced potential trouble amid sparse attendance and tense exchanges.
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Ottawa
Liberal
New Democratic
Joe Macaluso
Hamilton West
Alfred Hales
Wellington South
Pearson
Govt plans enter medicare field
Ottawa will enter the medical insurance field July 1 1967 with or without all provinces. Legislation would authorize Ottawa to aid any province that sets up a plan meeting federal standards. Health Minister MacEachen said several provinces indicated readiness to proceed. Federal payments would begin July 1 1967 to plans meeting four federal requirements.
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Ottawa
MacEachen
Commons
Bonanno Surrenders to Face Grand Jury Indictment
New York AP report says Joseph Bonanno, missing since a 1964 kidnapping, surrendered at the federal courthouse and faced a one count indictment for failing to appear before a grand jury investigating gambling and racketeering. He arrived with attorney Albert J. Kreiger and remained silent.
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New York
Joseph
Joe Bananas
Bonanno
U.S
Albert J. Kreiger
Government to tighten crackdown on LSD traffic
Ottawa reports the federal government will strengthen controls on LSD illegal possession and trafficking. Health minister Allen MacEachen says LSD is highly potent and dangerous with growing youth use, cites Vancouver Montreal and Toronto as major sale centers, and notes existing law restricts manufacture for clinical research only.
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John Walker
Ottawa
National Health and Welfare
Allen MacRachen
The
Commons
Canada
Vancouver
Montreal
Toronto
RCMP
MacKachen
Canadian Health Department
MacEachen
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Atlas
Atlantic Ocean
Nazi Party
Metropolitan
Washington Monument
International Longshoremen’s Association
CLC
Lethbridge
Mekong Delta
Knack
Govt
Medicare
Gov't Plans
Timothy Leary
U.S. Senate
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