French schools luxury says MP debated in Commons
Ottawa CP report on a Commons debate over state secretary Gerard Pelletier's proposal for major cities to have French schools. MPs, led by NDP's Skoberg, criticized costs and warned against forcing swift bilingualism on civil servants, with worries about taxation and potential discrimination in the public service.
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Problem almost stops mission during Apollo 10 separation
The first words from Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford announced a near halt as the Lunar Module and command ship separated, approaching within 9.3 miles of the Sea of Tranquillity to scout a landing site. A docking-ring misalignment raised mission caution. oxygen venting earlier may have shifted alignment.
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Nixon nominates Burger as chief justice
President Nixon nominates Warren Burger to be the 15th chief justice. Burger, 61, a conservative judge with 13 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals, is praised by conservatives for his constitutional fidelity and opposition to what supporters call judicial activism.
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Kennedy rejects mercy for Sirhan on RFK murder
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan waited in an 18th floor cell as Judge Herbert Walker sentenced him to death by gas chamber for the 1968 murder of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Edward Kennedy’s plea to spare Sirhan was denied. appeals could push a U.S. Supreme Court review for years.
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Train crash inquiry starts in Quebec
CNR officials began an investigation into a late Wednesday head on collision between a passenger train and a freight at Point a la Garde Quebec. Two firemen were killed and 26 people were hospitalized. Five locomotives and several cars were wrecked as crews cleared the Matapedia-Gaspe line. The crash occurred about 9 p.m. ADT at an overpass, with a 28 car passenger train and a freight section involved.
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Wilderness band camps in Alberta despite government question
Chief Robert Smallboy and about 150 Cree followers left the Hobbema reserve last August to live in a wilderness area west of Edmonton. About 75 to 100 endured winter on the Kootenay plains and plan a summer camp a few miles farther west. Alberta lands and forests minister Dr J Donavan Ross said the government is not too concerned but will review if action is needed. Band members report reasonable winter comfort despite severe weather.
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War toll rises sharply as Viet Cong attacks escalate
U.S. military briefed Saigon reporting a sharp turn in casualties for the week ending May 17. American deaths reached 430, with 2,185 wounded, while North Vietnamese and Viet Cong deaths topped 5,686 as offensives intensified around Ho Chi Minh's birthday. South Vietnamese losses rose to 527 killed.
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Canada population on April 1 rises 1.5 percent to 21 million
Canada’s population was about 21,007,000 on April 1, up 1.5 percent from a year earlier, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported. In India’s Andhra Pradesh floods 618 deaths were recorded in the coastal area, official figures show. United States living costs climbed six tenths of one percent in April, signaling continued rapid inflation, the Labor Department said.
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