South Viet Nam elects 117 to draft new constitution
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky announced 80 percent voter turnout as the general for elections reported blank ballots in protest. The 117 member assembly includes 22 teachers and 20 military men and will meet September 26 to draft a new constitution. Thang led the vote with 5,289,652 eligible, 4,274,812 voting, and said defaced ballots were fewer than 15 percent of the 1965 provincial elections. The premier claimed final victory over the Communists as they failed to sabotage yesterday’s vote.
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Gaigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Viet Nam
Military Council
Nguyen Duc Thang
Thang
Gemini 11 completes record first orbit rendezvous
Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard Gordon Jr. achieved the fastest rendezvous in space history by docking Gemini 11 with an Agena target satellite after one orbit. The maneuver occurred about 185 miles above the Pacific with the two craft linked in orbit and confirmed by Mission Control in Houston. The mission, launched from Cape Kennedy, featured careful calculations and thruster bursts to close the gap to 20 miles near Australia before docking.
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Cape ‘Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad, Jr
Mission Control
Pacific
Ocean
Point-Arguello
Calif
U.S. Navy
Cmédr
Conrad
Cmdr
Richard F. -Gordon Jr
Pacific’ Ocean
Cape Kennedy
United States
Tananarive
Malagasy Republic
Africa
Gordon
Australia
Agéna
Satelle
Roger
Conran
Titan
Houston
Tex
Heavy vote seen in British Columbia election 1963
In Victoria CP reports British Columbia faces a heavy voter turnout as the fifth election for Premier W. A. C. Bennett's Social Credit government since 1952. About 600,000 of 873,783 registered voters expected to cast ballots between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. In 48 ridings 55 seats are up, with six two-member Vancouver and Victoria seats. The campaign featured Bennett defending a long tenure, Strachan leading the NDP, and Perrault for the Liberals amid accusations of non-partisan private enterprise versus socialism.
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Victoria
British Columbia
W. A. C. Bennett
Social Credit
Vancouver
Bennett
New Democratic Party
Robert Strachan
Liberals
Ray Perrault
George McLeod
Okanagan North
NDP
Davie Fulton
Gaglardi
Kamloops
Kelowna
Okanagan South
Strachan
Cowichan-Malahat
Lincal
Perrath
Kidnapper believed captured in Oslo arrest
West Berlin police say Juergen Henschel, 22, was arrested in Oslo Sunday night in connection with the kidnapping of Audrey Klewer, a Montreal girl. Audrey was taken from her West Berlin grandparents’ home hours after arriving Aug 21 with her mother Regina Klewer, who was bound and chloroformed.
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West Berlin
Regina Klewer
Montreal
Audrey
Cold air mass moves into Alberta and Saskatchewan
A northern Alberta cold air mass is advancing toward the onion area and will reach most of Alberta and Saskatchewan by Tuesday evening. Temperatures will range from 25 in the north to 45 in the extreme south.
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Alberta
Onion
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan cabinet proclaims emergency state over gas strike
Saskatchewan declares a state of emergency after 1200 Saskatchewan Power Corporation natural gas and clerical workers walk off the job. Premier Thatcher says essential services continue but police arbitration will follow the Emergency Act's provisions. Workers face penalties if the strike persists.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Power Corporation
Saskatchewan
Ross Thatcher
R. L. Hanbidge
Iival
Cams
SPC
Oil, Chemical Arid, Atomic, Workers, International Union
Rsi
Thatcher
France tests largest Pacific nuke without fallout
Reports say France’s third Pacific nuclear test yielded 100 000 to 200 000 tons of TNT in a clean explosion with negligible fallout. De Gaulle observed from the cruiser de Grasse as tests near Mururoa proceed. U S planes sampled radiation and a nearby American submarine was detected amid planned further tests including a doped device. Japan protests the French series as deeply regrettable.
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Papeete
Tahiti
France
de Gaulle
de Grasse
Mururoa
U.S
de‘ Gaulle
de. Gaulle
Mururoa Atoll
Moscow
Japan
United States
Russia
China
Monarchist League leader praises monarchy and exiled kings
London reports on Colonel Julian Du Pare Braham chancellor of the Monarchist League, a 1943-founded group with about 3,000 members aiding exiled monarchs, defending royalty in press and media, assisting libraries and BBC queries, and raising funds for royalists in Yemen. Braham cites travels, ancestry, and a framed portrait of the Prince of Wales.
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London
Sunday Times
Julian du Pare’ Braham
T.D
Monarchist League
League
Hull University
Baron A. Monti
House of Commons
BBC
Yemen
du. Parc Braham
France
Prince of Wales
Commonwealth leaders weigh Rhodesia policy crunch
London reports describe the Commonwealth gathering in late sessions as Prime Minister Wilson proposes a middle path on Rhodesia. African readers react as Britain pledges progress toward majority rule but keeps timing vague. Pearson calls Wilson’s speech helpful amid White minority rule tensions.
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London
Britain
Harold Wilson
Family of Nations
Wilson
Bessie A
Saron
mProanse
Rhodesia
Pearson
Mediation Talks Open Over Canadian Railway Dispute
In Montreal 118000 railway workers, 17 unions and rail executives began mediation behind closed doors aimed at settling the wage and compromise methods dispute. H Carl Goldenberg sits as appointed mediator under new legislation enacted Sept 1 after a week long strike that halted CNR CPR and other lines.
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Montreal
H. Carl Goldenberg
Goldenberg
CNR
CPR
Canada
Quebec eyes sharp clash over tax share with Ottawa
Quebec officials warn of a potential showdown with Ottawa as the tax structure committee meets to review fiscal arrangements for 1967 to 1972. Premier Daniel Johnson says Quebec will be aggressive, defending Tremblay Commission aims to retain 100 percent income and corporate taxes and social security deductions.
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Quebec
Canada
Sharp
Ottawa
Daniel ‘Johnson
Johnson
Tremblay
Maurice Duplessis
Dirksen Teases Civil Rights Bill Attack On Senate Floor
Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen warns of a fierce floor speech against the civil rights bill, telling Democrats his address will burn bridges to the hill. Senator Philip A. Hart responds that Dirksen can walk on water.
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Washington Post
Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Sen
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
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