City mechanics clash over headlight testing at inspection unit
At an Alberta Retailers Association meeting mechanics urged looser testing amid equipment differences between stations and the inspection unit. Officials cited lack of provincial standards, varying light types, and 25 foot testing ranges as factors while aiming for a provincial plan by 1970 and potential talks with Edmonton.
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Alberta Retailers’ Association
Ken Baker
ARA
Gordon Taylor
J. W. McKay
Highway Board
Safety Division
Edmonton
Mr. Baker
McKay
Society of Automotive Engineers
Alberta
Ontario
De Gaulle dissolves National Assembly in risky pullback
President de Gaulle announced he would not seek re election and dissolved parliament after cabinet talks. He postponed a referendum on economy and university reforms, warned of dictatorship dangers, and signaled new elections likely within the constitutional window as unrest grows among workers and students.
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Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Paris
Georges Pompidou
France
le Monde
Pompidou
Columbey-Les- Deux-Eglises
Radio message raises hopes for missing U.S. submarine
A radio signal heard near Norfolk sparked cautious hope for the missing Scorpion with a vast search by 10,000 personnel, 55 ships, and 30 planes. Investigators flagged a possible hoax as no repeat transmissions followed and no bearing fix was obtained.
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U.S
Norfolk, Va
Scorpion
Naval
Atlantic
Norfolk
Navy
Ingraham
Pentagon
Cau
Campaigners urge radical social action in splendid time
Canadians greet politicians with cheers jeers and yawns as Barbara Ward urges poverty action at a Montreal conference. Stanfield stresses caution on Eastern Europe while Trudeau pursues closer ties with the Francophone world. Douglas focuses on slow economic change. A Toronto editors conference recalls Diefenbaker calls for liberty for Eastern Europe.
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Barbara Ward
Montreal
Toronto
Stanfield
John Diefenbaker
Europe
Students force president to leave by back door
West German students protested the emergency powers bill as demonstrations spread to universities. In Bonn a theater scene forced President Heinrich Luebke to exit via a back door while police faced clashes in West Berlin near the Bundeshaus.
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Bonn
Reuters
Heinrich Luebke
Bundestag
West Berlin
Bundeshaus
Sportsmen Dinner Tickets Sell Out Despite SRO Sign
The fifth annual Sportsmen Banquet at The Westerner tomorrow features headliner Jake LaMotta and football star Jackie Parker with a 1954 Grey Cup film. Emcee Bill Hunter of the Edmonton Oil Kings will host the event, with festivities starting at 6 30.
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Grant Gardiner
News and Kinsmen Club
Jake LaMotta
Jackie Parker
Edmonton Oil King
Bill Hunter
Novotny expelled from Czechoslovak central committee
The Czechoslovak Communist party announces the expulsion of former president Antonin Novotny from the central committee and suspends six other leading officials. The action targets those involved in 1950s political trials as reforms under Alexander Dubcek are pushed.
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Prague
Reuters
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Antonin Novotny
Novotny
Alexander Deubcek
Deubcek
Central Committee
Marines clash with Viet Cong across DMZ and Saigon
Allied forces fought monsoon rains and scorching heat from Saigon to the DMZ as Marines reported 63 North Vietnamese killed in two days along the northern frontier. Rocket strikes hit Saigon while attacks wounded civilians and soldiers. Marine losses rose to nine dead with a helicopter crash adding two fatalities. Air power hit North Vietnam with 129 missions and significant destruction of trucks and boats.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
South Vietnam
Dong Ha
Mekong Delta
Quang Tri Province
da Nang
North Vietnam
Catholic Hospitals Seek Royal Commission On Abortion
Vancouver CP report notes delegates at the Catholic Hospital Association of Canada urge a royal commission to study abortion before Parliament acts. Rev Maurice Dussault says Catholics and professionals are confused and urges delaying decisive action until Canadians and Catholic leaders understand the issue. Father Dussault spoke to delegates Tuesday night.
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Vancouver
Royal Commission
Catholic Hospital Association of Canada
House
Maurice Dussault
Association
Father Dussault
UN Security Council votes for trade ban on Rhodesia
The UN Security Council approved unanimously a chapter seven resolution halting most trade with Rhodesia and banning international air services and investments. Exceptions include medical supplies and certain educational or food items. A monitoring committee will oversee implementation.
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Rhodesia
United Nations
Reuters
Security Council
Salisbury
G. Parthasarathi
India
South Africa
Portugal
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