Assassination Plot In France Foiled At Clemenceau Statue
French authorities halted a booby trapped statue plot against President de Gaulle during a west central France tour. Six suspects including a teacher and a doctor were linked to the Secret Army, tied to a failed August scheme at Mont Faron and a new plan to trigger explosives hidden near a Clemenceau statue at Sainte Hermine. Leaders Susini and Salan were named as figures, with Salan imprisoned for life and Susini at large in Europe.
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Georges Clemenceau
de Gaulle
France
Toulon
Mont Faron
Interior Ministry
Secret Army
Clemenceau
Sainte Hermine
Vendee
West-Central
Italy
Jean- Jacques Susini
Algeria
Susini
Raoul Salan
Europe
Salan
Ruby describes pill use before Oswald slaying in Kennedy case
In Dallas AP report Jack Ruby tells how he took stimulant and antibiotic pills before killing Lee Harvey Oswald and fears linkage to a Kennedy conspiracy. He recounts turmoil during a sanity hearing with defense attorney removal ordered by Judge Holland and notes regret over his legal team.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Kennedy
Warren Commission
Joe Tonahill
Tonahill
Louis T. Holland
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
NORAD faces shifts as US moves space defense control
Ottawa reports that the United States may place anti-satellite systems under US forces rather than NORAD. The move signals potential changes when NORAD is renewed in two years and reflects waning joint interest as space based defenses replace bomber era plans.
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Ottawa
United States
Canada
North American Air Defence Command
U.S
NORAD
North America
Montreal Victoria Day clashes end violent downtown protests
Police confronted 100s of demonstrators in Montreal after 10 hours of turmoil marking Victoria Day. About 154 people face charges for disturbing the peace and assaulting officers as 59 are released. Fourteen officers injured. property damage reported near Lafontaine Park.
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Montreal
RCMP
Lafontaine Park
Park Zoo
Quebec
Claude Wagner
Canada
Adrien Robert
Sherbrooke Street
Free Quebec
Kraushar elected Jaycee president at Alberta convention
Medicine Hat Jaycees won outstanding unit honors at the Wetaskiwin provincial convention as Gordon Kraushar was elected president of the Alberta Northwest Territories Jaycees. George Armstrong received the outstanding provincial commission chairman award for 1964 65 and delegates opposed Medicare legislation while pledging a salute to the Canadian Flag.
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Medicine Hat Jaycees
Wetaskiwin
Gordon Kraushar
Jaycees
Alberta-N.w.t
Medicine Hat Organization
George Armstrong
Medicine Hat
Provincial Commission
Jets or MiGs attack border outpost in South Vietnam
Reports from Saigon and Da Nang describe a raid on Gian Linh outpost five miles from North Viet Nam. Four planes in a single pass wounded five South Vietnamese. sources dispute if attackers were MiGs or off course American jets. Bridges damaged by Navy strikes near Hanoi. Viet Cong destroyed railway bridges in South Vietnam's north-south line.
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Saigon
North Viet Nam
U.S
Gian Linh
da Nang
U.S. Navy
Air Force
Thi
China
Coral Sea
Vinh
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Saturn I launches Pegasus II to study space meteoroids
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Saturn I rocket powered Pegasus II into orbit to test a mammoth 98 foot wing span satellite. Pegasus II will record meteoroid impacts and transmit data, part of NASA Pegasus series aimed at evaluating shield durability for long space trips.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Pegasus
Earth
Space Agency
Rebels Predict Peace In Dominican Crisis Talks
Rebels voiced optimism on negotiations for a coalition government led by Antonio Guzman Fernandez while the junta refused to concede. U S officials cautioned the settlement remained unlikely as Imbert Barrera pressed for surrender and a peace accord extended a 24 hour truce amid a month old civil war.
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Ap-Reuters Santo Domingo
Antonio Guzman Fernandez
Juan Bosch
U.S
Guzman
Antonio Imbert Barrera
Imbert
W. Tapley Bennett Jr
Jose A. Mora
Organization of American States
Bennett
Francisco Caamano Deno
Wheat sale announced by Cenede to ship 38.7 million bushels
Cenede reports to Ottawa that 38.7 million bushels of wheat will be sold with further sale details to come from the Canadian Wheat Board. Expo 67 spokesman Joe Blanchard says St Lawrence site construction is complete and underground services finished, with buildings underway as Expo opens in April 1967 for a six month run under the theme Man and His World.
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Ottawa
Cenede
Chine
Sharp
Cenedian Wheet Board
Joe Blanchard
Medicine Hat
Kiwanis Club
Jaycees
Eaton predicts Soviet Chinese attack on Viet Nam within weeks
Cleveland financier Cyrus S. Eaton warned the Economic Club of Detroit that Russia and China would strike Vietnam within one to four weeks, signaling potential world catastrophe. He urged U.S. withdrawal from South Vietnam and a united business push for a sane policy, arguing Moscow or Beijing could act in unison.
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Detroit
Russia
China
Viet Nam
Cyrus S. Eaton
United States
Cleveland
Economic Club of
Europe
Eaton
Pugwash
N.S
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Kosygin
U.S. State Department
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Doug Davies
Webster Niblock
Michele DesHarnais
St. Mary's
Rachelle Moore
Vincent Massey
Nell MacDonald
Riverside
Barry Hoystead
Jackie McDowell
St. Louis
John Weimer
The
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