Stunt pilot killed at Toronto air show
Lt Cmdr Richard Oliver 31 of Fort Mills South Carolina a member of the US Navy Blue Angels was killed when his F 11A Tiger crashed near Toronto Island during the Canadian National Exhibition air show. Eyewitnesses report the plane faltered after a high speed pass and struck a seawall exploding in flames.
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Toronto
Cmdr
Richard Oliver
Fort Mills
S.C
Blue Angels
Oliver
Toronto Island
Grandstand
Air Show
Lake Ontario
Witesses
Cacatinall
Cal de
Chu Saele
Chabot
RCAF
Strikers Still Put in Prairie Centers
The Canadian Press reports rail workers resumed many duties Friday ending a week long strike while some groups refused to return. CPR freight trains moved across the Prairies and CN service remained halted in parts as unions pressed for more discussion time. Winnipeg area reports note 23 CPR freights active, with six CNR locals halting work. Edmonton and Northern Alberta CPR staff also affected.
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GPR
Prairies
CNR
Fe Hashes
Empio
Iit
Catia Pacific
Ailway
Prairie
Winnipeg
CPR
Lakehead
Swift Current
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers Union
Ers
Edmonton
Alberta
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Telecommunications
Saskatoon
Winnipeg Ne
tocResday
AC Street
Rs di
Colling
Maple ‘Leaf
Quilvne
Robin Hood
Moose Jaw
De Gaulle's Cambodia Visit Sparks Viet Nam Troop Outcry
President de Gaulle arrived in Phnom Penh urging foreign troops to quit Vietnam while a joint communique with Prince Norodom Sihanouk kept wording broad enough to include Soviet and Chinese technicians in North Vietnam. French troops faced a prolonged pullout timeline, with U.S. officials rejecting such a timetable. Local crowds greeted him with cheers as rail disruptions continued in western Canada and Prairie mills planned or carried out layoffs amid the strike.
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Caledonia
de Gaulle
France
Pacific
Cambodia
Viet
Nam
Phnom Penh
Norodom Sihanouk
North
Viet Nam
de, Gaulle
Tran Van_Dé
Sai
China
Washington
United States
Nan
Ainless
Seidie ‘Nist
Gaulle
Tara de
Weekend Labor Day traffic forecast across Canada
The nation faces a jammed long weekend as railway strike delays trigger delays on highways. Police and safety bodies warn of heavy travel, with forecasts of dozens more deaths than last year and widespread extra patrols across provinces to curb rising highway danger.
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Canadian Highway Safety Council
Canada
Trai C
Quebec
Department of Transport
Montreal
Provincial Safety Council
W. G. Melnnes
Saskatchewan Safety Council
Saskatchewan
Alberta Safety Council
Reise Ein
Brunswick
RCMP
Nova. Scotia
Maritimes
Prince Edward,Island
Nova Scotia
Truro
Yarmouth
Pictou
Shelburne
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool clerical workers win 13 percent raise
Regina CP reports a tentative agreement for about 600 Wheat Pool clerical workers to gain 13 percent over two years. The contract starts Aug 1 with 8 percent first year and 4 percent second year, ending July 31, 1966. Some terms with the Wheat Pool Employees Association are still negotiated. Wage talks began Aug 1 and included 209 dollar monthly minimum for office staff. negotiations continue with other unions for elevator country workers and maintenance staff.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
C. W. Gibbings
SWP
Wheat Pool Employees ’Association
Lakehead
Vancouver
Saskatoon
Gibbings
Country Elevator
Boy Roams City Sewers For Months Alarming Officials
A 14 year old Memphis youth has repeatedly wandered the city sewers for up to a month at a time over two years. Probation officer Frank Mc Crosby said the boy’s behavior presents a perplexing problem for juvenile court officials as they seek appropriate action after a recent incident.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frank Mc. Crosby
Rouneye Seman
Hae Beety
Pete Chetk
Subterranean hideout boy linked to petty thefts and mental illness
In a sewer hideout the boy, described as mentally disturbed, relied on petty thefts for food under the care of an elderly grandmother. Officers said his parents were divorced and unable to care for him. McCroskey noted police ambush attempts and widespread concern as city agencies debated sending him to reform school.
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Claude’ Pearson
McCroskey
Aleep
Ood
Fugitives hijack plane in Manitoba jailbreak escape
Four armed escapees fled Headingley jail and seized a small aircraft near Stonewall, forcing a young couple to accompany them. They headed to Selkirk and Steinbach before aiming toward the United States, aided by a skilled pilot among the group.
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Winnipeg
Stonewall
Selkirk
Steinback
Here
Mooney
United States
Abe Loewen
Steinbach
Mansbridge
Headingley
Kenneth Leishman
Tass
Leishman
Duke
Wweasonsol
Ity
Joseph Wi Dal
George Wayne Ie
Montreal
Privat
Manitoba
Cf-Ryn
Jules
Chippeway
Dale
Riley Earl Nelson
Archibald Demas
RCMP
Donald Fast
Portage la Prairie
Farm labor vote at Di Giorgio ranches sparks labor forecast
In California the AFL CIO won the field workers vote 530 to 331 while Teamsters took packing shed 94 to 43. Officials say results will boost organizing of about 80 000 farm workers though opposition warns of renewed picketing and boycotts.
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San. Francisco
Farm Labor Union
California
di Giorgio Corp
American Arbitration Association
AFL - Cio
Afl-Cio
Teamsters Union‘sdy
di Giorgio
U.S
Teamsters
Delano
Jamies Drake
Cesar Chavez
Aflcio United Farm Workers Committee
Dio Giorgio
Drake
Nearbranches
Schenley Industries
Schenley
di. Giorgio
Transport bill reshapes railway legislation with broad powers
The government proposes a 24 000 word transport bill creating a single federal agency to regulate rail and other transport. It would allow railways to abandon uneconomic lines with government aid covering most losses. Opponents warn rates and branch-line cuts would hurt Western Canada and the Maritimes. Transport Minister Pickersgill pledged not to rush wholesale prairie line abandonments.
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Diefenbaker
Western Canada
Maritimes
Alvin Hamilton
MacPherson Royal Commission
Ottawa
Pickersgill
Hamilton
Voters apathetic about B C test in provincial election
Victoria dispatch notes nine days before British Columbia vote Premier W A C Bennett faces a two party race with his Social Credit government against the NDP led by Robert Strachan. Liberals under Ray Perrault and Conservatives appear to be third party factors.
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Victoria
British Columbia
W. “A.C. Bennett
Social Credit
New Democratic Party
NDP
Robert Strachan
Liberal Party
Ray Perrault
Strachan
Perrault
Fegistere
Nova Scotia Premier calls session to block Bell takeover
Premier Stanfield convenes an urgent Nova Scotia legislature session to stop Bell Telephone of Canada from gaining majority control of Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Co Ltd. Liberal Leader Regan accuses the move of backing down from plans to force Bell to relinquish part of its 51 percent share bid.
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Halifax
Stanfield
Nova Scotia
Bell Telephone’ of Canada
Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Co. Ltd
Gerald Regan
Bell
Regan
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