Manning May Step Down as Alberta Premier After 25 Years
Edmonton reports speculation that Premier E C Manning may resign this fall at age 60. Sources hint four cabinet ministers eye his job as leadership talks begin with the Social Credit party. Manning, longtime ally of Aberhart, could leave a three to four year window before the next provincial election.
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Possible Hajek Next to Go in Czechoslovakia Crisis
Reuters-AP reports leaders in Prague forecast more resignations as Moscow backed limits tighten. Information Minister Miroslav Galuska and absent foreign minister Jiri Hajek were named as potential successors. Hajek plans to return from vacation as Warsaw Pact troops remain in place.
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Russia
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Montreal Construction Workers Strike For Union Security
About 3,000 construction workers marched in rain from Jeanne Mance Park to Dominion Square in a one day strike in support of union security demands. The Quebec Federation of Labor plans to muster about 20,000 carpenters bricklayers pipefitters plumbers electricians and others to pressure the Quebec Labor Relations Board on certification delays. The action is billed as a principled protest by the federation secretary general Claude Merineau noting Quebec’s first such strike over a principle rather than bread and butter issues.
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British extradition ruling in Rush stock fraud case
Magistrate Kenneth Barraclough ruled that Myer Rush, a Toronto stock promoter, should be extradited to Canada to face a 100 million dollar stock fraud conspiracy charge. Rush may appeal within 15 days. The defense argued Rush was duped by partners. Crown contended Canadians could have been affected.
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Viet Cong attack Saigon with children as shields
In Saigon, Viet Cong battalion used women and children as shields as they smashed into a U S paratrooper company in three waves northwest of the city. Thirty-one American and an equal number of Viet Cong soldiers were killed as clashes continued. A bomb at the Cholon information office killed eight and wounded six.
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Wilf Horne Seeks Aldermanic Seat in Civic Elections
Wilf Horne 71, a retired CPR engineer and former city alderman, seeks election as an aldermanic candidate. He advocates a new bridge funded by a provincial grant, opposes extensive urban renewal, and supports a long term financing plan to keep mill rate and utility charges low. He favors a Stampede Grounds site for a sports complex for better parking and potential linkage with Stampede Company activities. He notes the pool bylaw defeat shifted priorities and aligns his views with Mayor candidate Harry Weiner on the project. He stresses experience as a civic asset.
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Montreal school board caves to students over French instruction
In St Leonard Quebec French speaking students protested a decision to hand Aime Renaud school to English speakers. After occupation and barricades Le Royer regional board agreed to keep French instruction at the high school. Parents of Italian origin kept 1700 children home in solidarity as seven year plan for French only instruction faced compromise.
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Red Cross Night Flights to Biafra Amid Government Talks
The Red Cross increased night food flights to Biafra as tensions between the Nigerian and Biafran governments hinder the daytime relief lift. In Washington, Defence Secretary Clark Clifford urged the United States to harden its stance toward the Soviet Union by advancing missile development and defence.
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Soviet Union
Grain handlers strike talks collapse at Port Arthur
Federal mediator Tysoe of Vancouver abruptly stopped mediating a contract dispute involving 1,300 striking grain handlers and 10 Lakehead terminal operators after 50 days. The union says talks can resume if companies stop gamesmanship. companies cite no two year pact above 70 cents as required by a federal conciliator.
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