Diefenbaker Attacks Inquiry Over Handy Document
Mr. Diefenbaker and Davie Fulton boycott the Gerda Munsinger inquiry citing a so called handy document. He denounces the commission counsel John O'Brien and Justice Wishart Spence for the defamatory material and questions its basis. He asserts the statements rely on hearsay and aimed to smear.
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Gerda Munsinger
Diefenbaker
Davie Fulton
Wishart Spence
Commission
John O’brien
Montreal
O’brien
Bell Telephone Company of Canada
Board of Transport Commissioners
Justice Spence
Explosion rocks Parliament washroom in Centre Block
Explosion on the third floor of the Centre Block near the Prime Minister's office left a man dead. ACID smoke filled hallways as MPs and staff rushed to the scene while security crews cordoned off the area and Parliament recessed.
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P. B. Kynard
Simcoe East
Parliament Building
Medicine Hot
Bud Olson
Commons
Olson
Martin
Prime Minister
External Affairs Office
Turued
the Commons
Hugh Horner
Jasper Edson
Lucien Lamoureux
Pearson
House
Horner
Britain weighs price clamp as seamen strike bites
London cabinet emergency committee debates official limits on rising meat and produce costs after a three day seamen’s strike. About 10 000 crew unenlisted ship crews halted 300 ships, with exports of meat and non-pedigree stock banned to safeguard supplies. Prime Minister Wilson urges a three percent wage rise and full inquiry, while ministers watch for price surges in meat vegetables and fruit. The pound weakens as Bank of England buys sterling to steady markets.
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London
Britain
National Union of Seamen
Wilson
Fred Peart
Sud
Den
New Zealand
Bank of England
Federation backs higher world wheat prices
International Federation of Agricultural Producers endorsed a policy calling for higher world wheat prices. Canadian leaders say rising costs justify a modest output boost, with current terms under the International Wheat Agreement extended to 1967 amid Kennedy round tariff talks in Geneva.
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London
International Federation of Agricultural Producers
Jim Bentley
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Alberta
International Federation
Bill Parker
Manitoba Wheat Pool
Geneva
Mediator named for port strike in Montreal dispute
Judge Rene Lippe appointed to mediate a longshore pay strike involving about 4 250 workers on the St Lawrence ports of Montreal Trois Rivieres and Quebec City. The International Longshoremen Association and Shipping Federation of Canada back the talks after a December expir y date.
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Montreal
Rene Lippe
Lippe
Nicholson
Ottawa
Trois Rivieres
Quebec City
International Longshoremen’s Association
CLC
Shipping Federation of Canada
Cant tell a book by its cover nor garbage by its wrapping
Vancouver mayor Bill Rathie received a prank gift as garbage workers vote 958 to 27 against arbitration. The union demands higher wages, plans intensified legal picketing, and uncollected trash accumulates around the city. A separate labor committee seeks to end the Lenhart electric dispute after a plant riot.
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Vancouver
Bill Rathie
Civic
Jack Phillips
Rathie
Phillips
Lenhart
Jack Moore
International Woodworkers of America
CLC
Pat O'Neal
B.C. Federation of Labor
Jack Ross
Interna
Johnson defends Vietnam stance amid White House critique
President Johnson challenged Viet Nam critics at a Chicago fundraiser to unite for the war effort and stop infighting. He urged ending the killings and warned that domestic strife could threaten support for defending South Viet Nam. Secretary Rusk echoed calls to focus on fighting the war and building a new political system.
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Washington
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Farlier
Dean Rusk
Rusk
United States
U.S
Ottawa Liberals survive tight non confidence vote
The minority Liberal government won by 118 to 111 on a Conservative motion accusing it of a tight money policy and denying mortgage funds to home builders. Liberal MPs were joined by three Social Credit members. 85 Conservatives 15 New Democrats nine Christian Socialists and two independents opposed the government.
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Ottawa
Social Credit
New Democrats
Creditistes
Kidnapper dies in dramatic Pennsylvania gunfight
William Diller Hollenbaugh was killed in a mountain manhunt after abducting Peggy Ann Bradnick and drawing fire from state troopers and a deputy. Larry Rubeck, 15, fired a shotgun wounding the deputy and aiding the final confrontation. Peggy Ann, unharmed, was found in a cabin after a 250-strong trooper operation.
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Shade Gap
Pegey Ann Bradnick
William Diller Hollenbaugh
Jack Conmy
William W. Scranton
Larry Rubeck
Hollenbaugh
FBI
Tesca
Rora Mountains
Harrisburgh
Peggy Ann
Francis Sharp
Conmy
Sharp
Rubeck Farm
Rubeck
Larry
Sedrtila
Fulton Medical Centre
McConnellsburg
Chambersburg
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Gerda
Fulton
Dawson
Dawson City
Y.T
Klondike
Yukon
Edmonton
Bulletin
Federation
Parker
Kennedy
Lakehead
St. Lawrence
Deence Department
Halifax
Michael Forrestall
Hmcs Dockyard
Victoria
Tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers National Organization
John Hiebert
IBEW
Local 213
Lenkurt
Burnaby
RCMP
Chicago
Govedges Win
Killer
G. T. Lorentz
Eugene Brodnick
Mrs. Bradnick
Bradnick
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