Mass jail break and manhunt across Manitoba and North Dakota
Ten inmates armed seized control at a jail yard escape. As the chaos unfolded, five prisoners fled in two stolen cars toward the Manitoba border while four others were recaptured near Langdon North Dakota and Portage la Prairie Manitoba. RCMP and Cavalier County Sheriff identifiers linked suspects, with names including Kenneth Leishman and Larry Ross Case among the escapees and a farm family child unharmed.
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Winnipeg
Headingley
Portage Ta
RCMP
Winnieg
Portage la Prairie
al ‘Thiede
Cavalier County
Langdons
Larry Ross
Case
Edwin Martin Fink
Deepa Cape
Gail
Berry
Littlewood
Kenneth
Leishman
Vancouver
Toronto
Barry Kaye
Duke
Iran assures return of Canadian Sabre jets to Pakistan
India’s Swaran Singh told Parliament Iran has reiterated jets shipped for repairs to Pakistan will be returned. Canada and West Germany coordinate procedures to verify returns, with Canada disinclined to further sales to Iran. Singh noted sovereign limits and said India will watch if assurances are honored.
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New ‘Delhi
Iran
India
Pakistan
Swaran Singh
Congress ‘Party
Canada
West Germany
Giithis
West ‘Germany
Germany
Singh
Rail workers defy back to work order across Canada
Rail workers across Canada continued a wildcat strike though trains ran again. In Vancouver 245 of 25000 CBRTGW members voted to stay on strike and ignore the federal back-to-work law. Montreal Windsor Belleville Calgary and other cities saw dissident workers delay reporting for duty despite union orders.
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Vancouver
CNR
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and General Workers
Montreal
Widdsor
Ont
Belleville
Calgary
Ottawa
Pices
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and General’ Workers
Saskatchewan to convene special session on compulsory arbitration
Saskatchewan announces a special legislature session next week to consider a bill for permanent compulsory arbitration to end the Saskatchewan Power Corp strike. Premier Ross Thatcher said the move follows a note from the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union claiming 4,200 members would strike at 3 PM CST. The measure mirrors a 1955 CGF draft used during a power strike crisis. The SPC says service will largely continue with 200,000 customers in 200 communities unaffected. Opposition Leader Woodrow Lloyd plans to attend from New Westminster as Liberals lead 33, CCF 26, and one Progressive Conservative in the 59-member house.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Power Corp
Ross Thatcher
The
Oil, Chemical, and Atomic ‘Workers International Union
SPC
CCF
Thatcher
CGF
T. C. Douglas
National Ndp
Woodrow, Lloyd
New Westminster
B.C
NDP
Liberals
Progressive Conservative
Canada and Argentina seek sellers club for world wheat market
Agriculture Minister Greene said during a visit to Argentina that Canada and Argentina agreed on forming a seller's club of major wheat producers. He urged Australia and the United States to join to align with ECM buyers' stance, aiming for a united position in global wheat sales.
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Toronto
Greene
Canada
Argentin‘a
Australia
United States
Argentina
Aiculture
America
Weather outlook for Alberta and Saskatchewan today
Southern Alberta and western Saskatchewan expect mostly sunny skies today while other regions see unsettled weather with a few showers. Saturday looks mostly sunny with widely scattered afternoon showers across areas.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Nuns Beaten and Abused by Red Guards in Beijing Convent
Two elderly nuns Catherine Rogan aged 65 from Glasgow and Rosa Milleganti 66 from Italy were among eight forced to leave the Peking Franciscans convent after Red Guards seized the facility. They described slurs such as fat pigs and forced desecration of a cross, plus jeers about God and religion during a raid that housed a school for children of foreign diplomats. Sister Eamonn Mary O Sullivan died after long illness worsened by the events. China accuses the convent of espionage and counterrevolutionary links in the Catholic church.
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HONG
Trom
Reuters
China
Iby
Peking
Catherine. Rogan
Glasgow
Scotland
Rosa Millesanti
Italy
Eamonn
Mary, O'Sullivan
Cork
Ireland
Hiere
Poesid
Millesanti
Red Guards
Wons
Aiipaantt
Mother Mary of the Cross
Winnifred Duff
Frampton
Que
Milleganti
Rogan
Canada passes rail strike ending bill amid wage talks
Senators and MPs expressed cautious hope the late night royal assent to the rail strike ending bill will steady the system. Debate in the Commons focused on wage increases for 1966 and 1967, mediation and possible arbitration while transit staff and non-operating railway workers seek higher pay and better conditions. The measure follows previous failed conciliation, with negotiations aiming to lift freight rate restrictions and boost railway revenues.
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Pearson
Commons
Canada
St. Laurent
Freedman Commission
Labor Department
M. ‘Grattan O'Leary
Ontario
Nicholson
Thompson rejects criticism of Social Credit leader
Ottawa CP report quotes Social Credit Leader Robert Thompson denying blame for the party's federal performance. He rejects W. N. Chant's Port Alberni assertion that the party cannot succeed federally without Thompson, saying Chant's views won't dictate the party's future and that BC members should offer support rather than criticism.
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Ottawa
Social Credit
Robert Thompson
W. N. Chant
British Columbia
Chant
Port Alberni
B.C
Thompson
Hamilton Sees Promise in Bill On Railways
Ottawa Conservative Al vin Hamilton urged a positive view of the transportation bill arguing railways can avoid mass branch-line abandonment if the government acts quickly. He noted grain shipments doubled since 1961 and said railways can stay vital and profitable with timely rationalization by 1970.
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Ottawa
Alvin Hamilton
Hamilton
J. W. Pitkersgill
MacPherson
St Louis Firemen Strike Moves Through City
Firemen walked off duty at fire houses across St Louis in a strike not backed by union leaders. A 75 of 350 day shift firefighters reported to work while a Central Fire Alarm Office spokesman said the strike was fully affecting active members. Local 73 President Chris Burke opposed the action due to international union rules against strikes.
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ST. Louis
Central Fire Alarm Office
Chris Burke
Local 73
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