Montreal youths riot burn Union Jack in midtown clash
About 300 youths shouted revolutionary slogans in midtown Montreal burning a Union Jack and overturning three cars near Lafontaine Park. Police arrested 76, planning to charge them with disturbing the peace and resisting orders after a torch-lit rally tied to FLQ sympathies.
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Montreal
Lafontaine Park
Quebec
Montreal- Matin
Marie-Anne Street
Boyer Street
Paul Picard
Vive le Quebec Libre
Long Live Free Quebec
Vive le
FLQ
Long Live
le Front de Liberation Quebecois
L'Independence
Independence
Aches, Papineau
Parc Lafontaine
Sherbrooke
Long Sault
Queen's Canada Tour Sparks Safety Concerns
London reports a British tabloid questions the Queen's safety in Canada amid fears of terrorism. The Daily Sketch notes Canadians flood letters urging the trip be canceled and cites expected Quebec security measures as potentially insufficient against attacks tied to English domination fears.
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London
Canada
The
Daily Sketch
Quebec
Traffic Deaths Top 500 in Labor Day Weekend
AP reports fatalities in the United States over the long Labor Day weekend surpassed 506, with Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council crediting cautious driving as keeping the toll below the 557 record set in 1963. The weekend’s deaths largely tracked the 1963 figure for most of the 78 hours.
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Chicago
U.S
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Safety Council
Garibaldi bids for Olympic site amid postponement push
Garibaldi Park supporters seek to delay the 1972 site decision for Canada and press Whistler Mountain as preferred host. The four man committee led by Jack Bain argues Banff’s 1968 bid bias and calls for postponement until the IOC selects a site in three years.
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Vancouver
Garibaldi Park
Garibaldi
Banff
Alta
Canada
Garibaldi Development Association
Jack Bain
George Sherwood
Jack Shakespeare
Dave Mathews
Mathews
International Olympic Committee
Accidents claim 101 on weekend
The Canadian Press reports 101 people died in Labor Day weekend accidents across Canada from Friday to Monday. Quebec led with 39 fatalities, 30 highway deaths. Ontario recorded 34 deaths, BC eight, New Brunswick five, Alberta two, Newfoundland one, Prince Edward Island none. Drownings totaled 16, plus fires and other incidents.
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Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Alberta
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Labor Day riot and protests mark Canadian weekend
A three day holiday weekend saw violence and arrests across Canada. In Grand Bend Ontario about 500 people clashed with police during a fight on the main street. 81 were detained with 59 liquor charges and 13 criminal counts. Montreal protesters burned flags and blocked traffic, 76 arrested for disturbing the peace. At La Macaza Quebec 51 blocked a missile base entrance with demonstrations by pacifists. Labor disputes featured large parades in Toronto by the International Typographical Union and in London by the United Auto Workers. Talks continued at Thompson Manitoba as United Steelworkers strike against International Nickel Company entered weekend negotiations.
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Ont
Lake Huron
Murray Desjardins
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la Macaza
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Bomarc
Toronto
London
Wolverine
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Man
United Steelworkers of America
CLC
International Nickel Company
Burglar found by spinning dryer at Norwalk laundry
Police answered a burglar alarm at the Norwalk Steam Laundry in Connecticut. The suspect Richard O Ray, 32, an ex convict, was discovered when the dryer started spinning after the manager arrived and turned on the electricity. He was charged with breaking and entering with criminal intent.
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Norwalk
Medicine Hat Separate School Board to explain bus deal
The Medicine Hat Separate School Board will reveal why it contracted Ludwig and Son of Drumheller to transport 300 students living over 1.5 miles from their schools. The board and City Council spent over an hour in closed session and will issue a full statement Wednesday, as criticism from the MHTC continues.
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Medicine Hat
W.A. Keith
Harry Weiner
Ludwig and Son
Weiner
R.A.E. Bolduc
Medicine Hat Transportation Co
Ludwig and Son of
Drumheller
MHTC
Ludwig
Peter Ludwig
Ludwig and Son Company
Edmonton
Calgary
Red Deer
Camrose
Peace River
W. Z. Brown
Wet Weather Pummels Medicine Hat Area Tourism and Harvest
Rain totals soar in September with 1.59 inches in Medicine Hat this month surpassing June July and August. The last 24 hours brought 0.49 inches. Elkwater saw holiday weekend attendance and snow decline as heavy rains threaten grain and hay, while Cypress Hills Park reports a 90 percent drop in visitors and campgrounds show far fewer registrations than last year.
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Medicine Hat
Cial Park
Andrew Salus
Salus
Elkwater
Kerala votes no confidence topples Congress government
In New Delhi the Communist led opposition wins a 72 to 50 no confidence vote in Kerala with 15 Congress defectors. Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri faces possible president's rule or transfer of Kerala administration as Parliament debates the crisis amid food shortage blame.
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New Delhi
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Congress Party
Kerala
Congress
India
Shastri
Shashri
Johnson and Miller Clash With Goldwater on Nuclear Questions
In a Labor Day rally in Detroit, President Johnson charged that no president can surrender control of nuclear weapons and denounced the idea of conventional nuclear arms. In Indiana and Ohio, Vice Presidential hopefuls Miller and Humphrey focused on taxes and civil rights, while Goldwater stayed out of the immediate clash. Miller campaigned in South Bend promising tax cuts and job protection against foreign competition.
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Associated Press
U.S
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Detroit
Indiana
Ohio
Wil
Liam E. Miller
New York
H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Goldwater
Cadillac Square
NATO
United States
Miller
Canada backs Malaysia policy amid Malaysia Indonesia rift
The author argues Canada should support Malaysia against Indonesia and Sukarno while lamenting loss of warm ties with Indonesia. He notes Commonwealth unity, British and allied stance, and contrasts Malaysia's fragile nation-building with Indonesia's large, diverse population and armed-forces stance.
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Sukarno
Indonesia
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