First arrests in Poor People's Campaign protest on Capitol Hill
In Washington the Poor People's Campaign staged a Capitol Hill protest outside a House office building. Police arrested 12 adults and six juveniles for unlawful assembly as they sang and prayed. Absent SCLC officials, Rev. Jesse Jackson pledged future compliance.
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Washington
Poor People’s Campaign
Capitol Hill
House of Representatives
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Abernathy
Jesse Jackson
Evacuation Ordered as Southern Lesser Slave Lake Fire Burns
A wildfire on the southern shore of Lesser Slave Lake forced about 800 people from Faust Widewater Canyon Creek and Driftpile near Slave Lake. Authorities reported the blaze had darkened districts overnight, with more crews en route from Edmonton and surrounding areas. No deaths or injuries were reported.
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Edmonton
Lesser Slave Lake
Faust
Slate Lake
Rocky Mountain House
Edson
Alta
Neil Gilliat
West
Slave Lake
Kinuso
Stanfield accuses Liberals of contrived blandness at rally
Progressive Conservative Leader Stanfield attacked the Trudeau Liberals for “contrived blandness” amid fiscal disorder and a possible crisis. He cited cash resources dropping from 1.3 billion to 356 million and warned of a vulnerable dollar while criticizing cabinet inaction and offhand remarks on European funding. Scuffles erupted at a shopping centre as Trudeau supporters clashed with Conservatives.
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Calgary
Stanfield
Trudeau
Kitchener
Ont
Canada
Mr. Stanfield
Division No 4 School Board Boosts Taxes By Two Mills
The Division No 4 School Board approved a two mill tax increase while holding the increase at that level. The balanced 1968 budget relies on a $60,000 grant from the Department of Education to cover expenditures.
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Division No
Department of Education
School budget pressures push mill rates and grants
secretary treasurer Alex Shand outlined a $1,152,232 division budget with $425,000 for teachers and a potential $798,516 foundation grant up from $748,124. a $60,000 special grant request could force a higher mill rate unless provincial funds are found. board contemplates at least a two mill increase but aims to keep hikes mild.
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Alex Shand
Ted Roll
Walter Wuerfel
Bomb explodes at U S Consulate in Quebec
An explosion at the United States Consulate in Quebec City injured no one and damaged the brick building. Consul General Francis Cunningham and his wife were occupants. a police guard was posted as ballistics experts searched for bomb remnants. The incident follows earlier student protests over U S involvement in Vietnam.
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Quebec
United States
Francis Dunningham
Louis Laurin
Quebec City
Cunningham
Avenue Ste. Genevieve
St. Lawrence River
Russians want talks kept alive in Vietnam peace efforts
Moscow signals preference for keeping Paris talks alive. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart discussed Hanoi's stance and American demands, noting limited leverage over Hanoi. They chair Geneva peace talks but found little to move the deadlocked conference.
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Britain
Russia
Vietnam
Michael Stewart
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
Soviet Union
North Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Andrei Gromyko
Hanoi
Hae Noi
Stewart
Gromyko
Trudeau faces Winnipeg youth in noisy field debate
Pierre Elliott Trudeau engaged 300 students in an open field exchange near the Winnipeg airport. The Liberal leader used a loudhailer to field questions on issues like arm sales, voting age, and the Carter report, while heckling and applause colored the lively event amid a busy campaign afternoon.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Prairie Sun
Trudeau
Winnipeg
U.S
United States and North Vietnam Face Paris Showdown
In Paris, the United States and North Vietnam move toward a showdown in peace talks over ending U S bombing of North Vietnam. Officials say Hanoi aims to win via three fronts while negotiations stall and Johnson vows the U S will not be defeated on the battlefield.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
South Vietnam
Johnson
Washington
Hanoi
France braces for new demonstrations amid de Gaulle TV address
Paris faces fresh protests as millions of students and workers are called to the streets while President de Gaulle plans a national address to restore order. Police report 175 injured, 210 detained, with 78 of the injured police.
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Paris
Reuters
France
de Gaule
de Gaulle
Ists
Maurice Grimaud
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Shand
N. Vietnam
Christian Fouchet
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