Space walk cut short by heat in Gemini 11 mission
Cape Kennedy Fla AP Astronaut Richard F Gordon cut his space walk after 44 minutes of the planned 115 due to overheating and poor visibility. Command pilot Charles Conrad Jr helped guide him back inside and re pressurized the cabin. The crew docked with the Agena satellite and prepared to test a 100 foot docking line for potential fuel saving in space.
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Railways to raise freight rates by ten percent in Canada
Canadian National and Canadian Pacific announce a 10 percent freight rate hike to offset rising costs including an 18 percent wage rise for 118,000 rail workers. Commuter fares will rise five to fifteen cents a ticket starting September 17. Improvements apply to about 30 percent of cargo, with grain unaffected.
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CPR
Canada
Vorster chosen South Africa leader after Verwoerd death
Bal Thazar John Vorster was elected prime minister by a 163 member Nationalist caucus one week after Hendrik Verwoerd was assassinated in Parliament. The 50 year old right winger pledged to uphold the party’s principles and implement them fully while promising unity between English and Afrikaans speakers.
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Reuters
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Nationalist
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South Africans
Red Guards face strong resistance in China as leaders clash
Japanese dispatches report Red Guards clashing with thousands of peasants and laborers as they press the cultural revolution into rural areas. A 100000-strong crowd battled the guards at Kweilin demanding the mayor’s resignation, army units were sent to restore order.
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Kweilin
New China News Agency
Chou En-lai
Communist Party
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Power strikers return to work in Saskatchewan
Regina reports the Saskatchewan Power Corporation workers ended a strike after government action under the Essential Services Emergency Act. D B Purlong described the return as orderly and urged compliance while the SPC and union name representatives for a three member arbitration board within five days.
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D. B. Purlong
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Ross Thatcher
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Mother Still Hopes As Kimberley McLean Sighting Sparks
A nine year old girl Kimberley Anne McLean vanished June 18 from Big Whiteshell Lake near Winnipeg. A brief sighting in a British Columbia Radium Hot Springs cafe renewed her mother Mrs Donald C McLean s hope she is alive. The search remains ongoing with no hair strand found.
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Manitoba
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Drive in alimony payments eyed in Milwaukee County
Milwaukee County weighs a drive in window for alimony payments. Clerk of courts Francis McCormack says the option could spur timely payments by avoiding parking, leaving the car, and standing in line at the courthouse.
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Francis McCormack
Social Credit loses key minister in BC election upset
In British Columbia the Social Credit party wins a fifth straight general election but sees Attorney-General Robert Bonner defeated by Liberal challenger in Vancouver Point Grey. Premier Bennett vows Bonner may seek a seat in a by election as redistribution altered the legislature to 55 seats.
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NDP
Liberals
Alberni and Mackenzie
Vancouver - Burrard
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Kamloops
Phil Gagiardi
Kelowna
Okanagan South
China denounces Canada Britain and India as scoundrels over Viet Nam war
In a Peanuts Daily style critique the New China News Agency summarizes a People s Daily commentary accusing Canada Britain and India of aiding U S imperialism in Laos and Vietnam. It accuses the International Control Commission members of fabrication and illegality. Canada India and Poland sit on the commission.
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United States
People’s Daily
Laos
Thailand
South Viet Nam
International Control Commission
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International Commission
Poland
Northern California Nevada quake rattles region
A strong quake rattled northern California and western Nevada, halting Southern Pacific main tracks between Truckee and Reno after rocks landed on the line. Buildings suffered minor damage, ceilings cracked in Carson City, and aftershocks followed as Reno residents fled casinos and homes. The epicenter was near Verdi west of Reno. magnitude about 6.5 per UC Berkeley, with some instruments broken.
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Prosser Dam
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University of California Seismology Department
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Verdi
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California Institute of Technology
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Financial
Sacramento
State Resources Agency
Three Way Mayor Race Rumors Surface in Medicine Hat
Alderman Roy Wiedemann admits being asked to run for mayor on October 19 and says he has not decided yet. He has met with supporters but will not announce until final discussions. Also consider Jim Miller and Mayor Weiner weighing mayoral bids.
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Wiedemann
Irvine
Medicine Hat
Jim Miller
Harry Weiner
Zambia quits Commonwealth Rhodesia talks in protest
At Marlborough House the clash over Rhodesia edged toward open disagreement as Zambia’s Foreign Minister Kapwepwe walked out disgusted. Officials prepared a draft communique while discussions shifted to other issues including Bechuanaland Basutoland Swaziland membership and world affairs.
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Rhodesia
Simon Kapwepwe
Zambia
Kapwepwe
Lusaka
Marlborough House
Arthur Wina
Basutoland
Bechuanaland
Swaziland
Australia
Viet Nam
Harold Holt
Sharp temperature drop hits northern Alberta and Saskatchewan
Temperatures fell overnight across northern Alberta and Saskatchewan with Prince Albert Verillion Fort McMurray and Peace River reporting 32F or lower. Skies to be mostly sunny today and Wednesday across the region.
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Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Vermillion
Fort McMurray
Peace River
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