Roblin declines federal bid as Macnaughton quits
Premier Duff Roblin says he cannot fairly leave his duties to run in the November federal election and will back John Diefenbaker and the Progressive Conservatives. Speaker Alan Macnaughton, Montreal Mount Royal MP since 1949, will not seek re election citing family and practice pressures.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Duff Roblin
John Diefenbaker
Progressive Conservative Party
Manitoba
Progres
Ottawa
Alan Macnaughton
House of Commons
Montreal Mount Royal
Mr. Macnaughton
Diefenbaker
House
Macnaughtons
Commons
Pearson and Diefenbaker Campaign Speeches Rally Support
Prime Minister Pearson urged a strong majority to pursue federal provincial negotiations with a united Canada. Opposition leader Diefenbaker spoke at Halton County and Oakville urging election support to preserve Confed eration ideals and promising a capital fund for teaching hospital construction and research facilities.
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Pearson
Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Ontario
Prince Albert
Sask
Espanola
Canada
Halton County
Liberal Party
Oakville
Progressive Conservative Association
Weather delays harvest as crops stay wet in Alberta
Farmers face at least two weeks of warm dry weather needed to finish harvest. In early reports 70 to 80 percent of wheat swathed, 20 to 25 percent threshed, barley 60 percent harvested, oats 5 to 10 percent, with moulding and some sprouting in swaths. Edmonton office expects unsettled skies, rain, cooler temps into Thursday. little threshing done last week as grain remains wet.
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Cypress Hills
Edmonton
Edmonton Weather Office
Alberta
R. E. English
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Rivard defence presents two witnesses in narcotics case
Defence for Lucien Rivard and three Montreal accomplices called two minor witnesses in a brief reply phase. No Rivard witnesses were called as the jury nears closing arguments. The case involves a plot to smuggle heroin valued around 200 million dollars into the United States in 1963.
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Glaredo
Tex
U.S
Lucien Rivard
Rivard
United States
Montreal
Ben C. Conally
William C. Wright
Paul Rioux
Armand Morin
Joseph Michel Caron
William Jackson
Caron
Charles Emile Groleau
Julien Gagnon
Joseph Raymond Jones
Groleau
Simone Huard
U S Troops Repel Viet Cong After Two Day Battle
Lt Col Wilfrid Smith recounts a weekend clash near An Khe in which 250 American troops from the 101st Airborne faced about 300 Viet Cong. The engagement ended with 155 Viet Cong killed and U S forces securing captured weapons and documents from the guerrilla battalion.
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Saigon
U.S
Wilfrid Smith
101St Airborne Division
502Nd Infantry
Col. Smith
An Khe
Rogers seeks nomination for federal election
Retired farmer J. D. Rogers 72 will seek the NDP nomination at a party meeting October 1. He previously ran as CCF candidate in the 1958 national election and 1959 provincial election, both unsuccessful. Rogers has long ties to CCF and NDP, served as Medicine Hat School Division 4 trustee, and is active in the Alberta Farmers' Union and Westminster United Church. He is married with seven children.
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J. D. Rogers
NDP
Rogers
CCF
Medicine Hat School
Alberta Farmers’ Union
Erhard's party wins clear victory in federal election
In Bonn, Chancellor Ludwig Erhard's Christian Democrats secure a comfortable win over the Social Democrats led by Willy Brandt. The CDUs gain 15,392,974 votes to 12,711,726 for the SPD with 86.9 percent turnout, and a 47.6 percent share, while the SPD reaches 39.3 percent. A grand coalition seems unlikely despite talks with Franz-Josef Strauss.
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Bonn
Reuters
Ludwig Erhard
Christian Democrats
Free Democrats
Erhard
Eco
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Konrad Adenauer
Onl
Social Democrats
Franz - Jose Strauss
Stabbing and chaos mark Toronto Go Go show
The Toronto Go Go celebration at city hall ended in violence as Brian Skinner, 19, was stabbed in the chest in front of thousands. Police struggled for hours to control crowds of teens while Mayor Givens and city officials urged order.
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Toronto
Givens
Mayor Givens
Bobby Curtola
Dennis Flynn
Brian Skinner
Brian Batt
Liberal nomination heats up with local candidate
Gordon Moulton 32, a Hussar resident and Hussar Credit Union official, enters the Liberal race announced by Donald Crerar. Moulton, a former Wheatland County counsellor and father of three, faces J C Miller, ex Medicine Hat alderman and current Police Commission chair, who seeks the federal nod for November 8.
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Gordon Moulton
Hussar
Grits
Brooks
Donald Crerar
J. C. Miller
Miller
Medicine Hat
Police Commission
India PM vows to resist Chinese incursions at frontier
Prime Minister Shastri said Chinese troops were firing across the Indian frontier in two sectors the Sikkim eastern border and Ladakh western front. He pledged to defend India by all means if China persists, amid UN Security Council calls for a 48 hour ceasefire.
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New Delhi
Shastri
Sikkim
Ladakh
Kashmir
China
Nath Pai
UN Security Council
New York
India
Pakistan
Peking
Moscow
Kina
China- India
Lesage Opens Western Canadian Tour
Quebec Premier Jean Lesage told Saskatoon crowds that Canada is formed by two majorities and that French Canada should extend beyond Quebec borders. He began a three week Western Canada tour stressing national unity and the diverse French speaking communities across provinces.
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Saskatoon
Quebec
Jean Lesage
Canada
Lesage
Cana
UN Security Council Demands India Pakistan Ceasefire
The UN Security Council votes 10 to 9 to urge India and Pakistan to halt hostilities within 48 hours. Jordan abstains. The Netherlands sponsored the measure, reaffirming earlier ceasefire appeals and warning China to stay out. The draft omits a coercive UN Charter threat but reserves this option if needed.
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United Nations
UN Security Council
India
Pakistan
Jordan
Netherlands
China
Peking
China-Sikkim
Security Council
J. G. Beus
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Council
de Beus
Johnson
U Thant
Wacky war tips flood McNamara office in Vietnam aid
With hundreds of letters arriving weekly, readers suggest bizarre ideas to win in Vietnam. Carpet tacks rattlesnakes and itching powder top the list sent to Defense Secretary McNamara and the armed services. Some proposals aim to mislead or deter via deceptive gear or clever camouflage.
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Washington
U.S
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Defence
Robert S. McNamara
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