French government offers pay rise to end 11 day strike
Paris and other cities rejected the plan as workers shouted opposition at Renault and Citroen plants. Pompidou proposed a 10 percent raise in two steps plus yearly reviews and shorter hours, while Debre and some ministers opposed parts of the concessions. Unions planned to bring the package to members.
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Lyon
Marseille
Nantes
Gas and Electricity Company
Georges Pompidou
Renault Automobile Works
Citroen
Michel Debre
Debre
Georges Seguy
General Confederation of Workers
James Maranger
Quebec leader calls for independence within ten years
Rene Levesque told Souverainiste supporters in Amos that Quebec must accept independence within ten years and be prepared to separate from Canada within five to ten years. He warned French speakers risk losing a majority as English immigration rises and birth rates fall, especially around Montreal.
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Amos
Que
Quebec
Canada
Rene Levesque
Sune Day
Ottawa
Mouvement Souverainere Association
Mr. Levesque
Liberal Welfare
Legislative Assembly
Montreal
U.S. and North Vietnam Hold Fifth Round of Talks
U.S. and North Vietnamese envoys met for over four hours in Paris for the fifth session of Vietnam war talks. Cyrus Vance flew to Washington to brief President Johnson, while Harriman and Xuan Thuy pressed toward a possible concession on admitting North Vietnamese troops in the South. The deadlock remains on key issues as both sides slow move toward a showdown over ending U.S. attacks.
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Paris
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Washington
Johnson
Vance
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Pham van Dong
Ofanoi
Vietnam
Saigon
South
Thuy
Warning of violence prompts debate on British democracy
London reports say Anthony Wedgwood Benn warned a Welsh Labour meeting that without constitutional adjustments Britain could face bloodshed and protests. He urged plebiscites and more public participation while ministers fear political risk and note plebiscites are not government policy. The Times and Guardian debate Benns stance and the democracy future.
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London
Britain
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
Welsh Labor Party
Benn
Wilson
Ple
House of Commons
the Times
France
Guardian
Trudeau delivers revived footing in Quebec rural swing
Prime Minister Trudeau smooths a rough start by drawing small crowds in Mont-Joli Ma tine Rimouski and Riviere du Loup while opening a soft ball game and launching a $258 million federal provincial Rural Development plan. He and Quebec Premier Johnson chatted amicably at a pre banquet reception as Sauve signs for Ottawa.
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Que
Trudeau
Quebec
Mont-Joli
Matane
Riviere du Loup
St. Lawrence River
Trois-Rivieres
City Hall
Montreal
Mr. Trudeau
Premier Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Sauve
Ottawa
Paris wage concessions shake franc as bankers doubt devaluation
Reuters reports that wage concessions in France unsettled the franc while senior bankers largely dismissed a currency knockout blow such as devaluation, suggesting limited immediate impact on the exchange rate.
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Paris
Reuters
Transplant Patients Stabilize as Talks Resume in Africa
A young laborer in Sao Paulo and a retired Richmond worker recover after heart transplants. In Kampala Uganda negotiators from Biafra and Uganda meet in a final push to salvage talks ending Nigeria’s 10 month civil war.
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Associated Press
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Richmond
Kampala
Uganda
Biafra
Nigeria
Communists introduce Russian anti aircraft guns in Vietnam war
The Communist command widened the Vietnam war weekend fighting and for the first time deployed Russian 100 millimetre long range anti aircraft guns just above the DMZ. Allied forces reported over 1,000 Communist deaths and 54 American fatalities with 192 wounded. Major clashes continued around Saigon and Dong Ha as Hanoi pressed from the DMZ northward.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Kennedy Leads in Iowa Delegates and Pennsylvanias Nominating Votes
Kennedy won the bulk of Iowa's Democratic convention delegates while Humphrey held 63 percent of Pennsylvania’s 130 votes. McCarthy trailed with 19 and 2 percent for Kennedy. Vermont and Oregon contests loom as conventions near the decisive nominating votes.
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Associated Press
Robert F. Kennedy
Iowa
Hubert H. Humphrey
Pennsylvania
Eugene J. McCarthy
Kennedy
Humphrey
Newsweek
McCarthy
Vermont
Oregon
Richard M. Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Reagan
Rockefeller
Nixon
Tension easing in fire area Slave Lake fire threat recedes
Forest fire near Slave Lake Alberta, the largest in the province, threatened the town as it burned about 363000 acres. Officials blamed picknickers for the Calling Lake and Faust fires while 115 fires burned in Alberta with seven water bombers aiding the effort and no lives reported.
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Alta
Edmonton
Forestry Department
Calling Lake
Faust
Wally West
Fawcett
Here
Lesser Slave Lake
Simonette
Whitecourt
Forestry
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