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OTTAWA ‘CP) —The Com- mons wound up its debate on the federal labor code bil! Fri- day to a burst of cheers and jesk - thumping applause {rom Liberal and New Democratic Party benches

But Gordon Churchill (PC — Winnipeg South Centre) blocked

move to give the bill immed- late third reading It required

ento Greenwood) moved that

Attempted Military Coup Collapses In S. Viet Nam

SAIGON (AP) — A military coup d'etat aimed at overthrow- ing armed forces commander Lt -Gen Nguyen Khanh appar- ently collapsed this morning Gen. Khanh, who managed to rally the armed forces around him. was expected back in Sai gon soon, reliable sources said

There was still no. shooting anywhere in Saigon and the op- posing army factions told US authorities they were prepared to talk over their dispute

In a major confrontation, the $rd_paratroop battalion moved into Saigon from nearby Bien Hoa, »arleyed briefly with rebel tank crews holding Saigon radio station and then moved into the station without opposition.

The rebel tanks remained in Position outside the radio sta- tion but did nothing to prevent one of Gen. Khanh's aides from

TRAPPED

Timothy Span, 28, a carpen- ter, is trapped in the Vicary Creek Mine of Coleman Col- lieries near Coleman, Alta. Coleman is about 100 miles northwest of Calgary. Span has been trapped behind rub- ble and mud since Wednesday when underground floodwater ripped through the mine. Res- cue operations were contifu-

ing Friday. (CP Wirephoto)

ST. JOHN'S Nfld. (CP)—Re- ductions affecting nearly half,

the personnel and two complete |base in 1956. squadrons at the United States /orweRS TAKING OVER

‘Navy base at Argentia, about 220 miles southwest of here, were announced Friday by the US. Navy. ’

The base, set up in 1941 under a “destroyers-for-bases” deal worked out between Britain and the U.S., employs about 950 ci-

the vacation perind be boosted to three weeks after three years of employment. It was rejected 86 to 21

DEADLINE PROPOSED Stanley Knowles (NDP—Win- nipeg North Centre) proposed a three year deadline be set for imposition of the 40-hour week in those industries that make use of the deferment clauses in

any one class of employee te-ac-

entering the station and begin- ning to broadcast

Passes by loyal! fighter planes on. rebel strong points through- out Saigon were called off im- mediately KHANH WILL RETURN

Khanh's aide, in civilian clothes, told The Associaled Press Khanh would be back in Saigon soon

The main rebe! force was con- centrated at Saigon airport

A reinforced regiment of loyal troops adv ed to within 2,000 yards of them, but then stopped moving

Rebe! leaders remained gt the joint general staff headquarters near the airport. Everywhere in the city, rebel troops appeared to be giving in to advancing troops

Detachments of South Vietna- |

mese troops, marines and air-

BULLETIN

MALCOLM W. BROWNE SAIGON (AP) — South Viet |Nam's latest attempted coup was declared officially ended to- |day with the capitulation of one i its top military leaders.

i| Tax Reductions Reena By Liberal Gov't In Sask.

ate reduction to four from five per cent in the provincial sales tax was one of 43 tax reduc- tions announced Friday in the first budget presented by a Lib- eral government in Saskatche- wan for 20 years. One tax in- crease was announced. Premier Ross Thatcher, who also is provincial treasurer, |announced tax cuts which will save taxpayers an estimated | $14,300,000 It was the first budget speech since the Liber- als toppled the CCF government last April.

Major cuts inglude

General sales tax reduced to four from five per cent imme- diately on all taxable products except liquor and beer

Exemption of an additional 24 items of agricultural products from the sales tax, | from welding machines to live- stock scales. People getting married will

jwarning squadrons 11 and 13 which first were formed at the |

The U.S. defence department has not yet given any indication how the reduction wil) affect the civilian employees, 50 of whom | are Americans.

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GET THREE WEEKS

He said managerial and office employees now usually get three weeks but industrial workers, whose work is just as hard afd just as exacting, generally are limited to two weeks

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3-Week Holiday riun, Rejected In Labor Code |

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iday he understood only two per jeent of Canadian civilians work-

ylanemous consent to put this the bill ‘The vote was 57 to 4 would increase employee effici | t. oa oe M approval on the a jainst it ency and rather than harm in $ egislation 1 | John Loney (PC--Bruce) of- dustry, would increase produc Scheduled ~ , However jee aaa NOW fered an amendment that would me MacEach dt 4 | . ® S practically automatic and ; ; rachen sa) fed- e | empt all privately owned MI acBachen sa he ° | likely will come Monday with- crain’ etevators feed mitis and eral government already has is orning | , v oul further debate seed-cléaning mills in Eastern been accused of invading the | | : : The code. which affects only ¢ . : field ‘of ‘employer-emplovee_re- t * ame. i Canada {rom provisions of the |! Pp Pp , . , : qandtul “ industries acre code. It lost n to » lations by providing a minimum Bone ree eae PORNO RURERT BC. ew lus an tn was 1 under eral jurisdiction, wi of two weeks paid vacations | , , — "ERT, BA. : come into effect July 1 The three—week holiday Pro sitar one year for the estimated Ranger VIII Friday, trying to| A fleet of 11 helicopters took | which could raise the danger.ot It provides a $1.25 hourly min- Posed by Mr. Brewin was soo ooo persons affected by the decide whether to change the |120 survivors of Thursday's| further slides, bat ) imum wage, eight-hour day, 40- Promptly rejected by Labor 4,,), , angle of its cameras slightly so {giant glacier slide to safety Fri-| Communications with the hour week, two-weeks annual Minister MacEachen as an un- The Liberal party still con- they will better be able to pno- iday astated campsite were ‘ vacations® ant eHht paid stata. due invasion of the field of col- dered collective bargaining to tograph the moon . | Behind them, a mountain res- | ang intermittent : tory holidays lective bargaining he the best method of determin. _1¢ tiny spacecraft is ex | jee team moved in to search |The slide smashed but Three ‘Wpposition bids to make On a standing vote, five Con- ing vacation arrangements be- {Bected to retura more than 4,000 the wrecked Granduc mining building in the Pare major changes in the bill were servatives voted with the New yond the proposed minimum Pictures of the lunar landscape camp for 20 missing men. | When the snow ice : . j -the best shots yet—just ‘be- Th h i off a tunnel the i rejected shortly before the Democrats and Creditistes in standards f | e shuttie- service first , eurvivors, i House completed its clause-by - favor No province had _ legislation fore Jt crashes this ae the | plucked away 22 injured men heavy eqr’ ment wrecked clause study ef the bill, the last Mr. Brewin said three weeks requiring a three-week vacation world. have ‘been tracking and for treatment in an Alaska hos- ee eames shovels main debating stage. paid vacations after three years after three years. Contracts ne- puiding the 800 pound vehicle pital. ie s and cu -“ way Liberals outnumbered their of continuous service isn't advo- gotiated by strong railway un- ¢i1., its launching Wednesday The rest were ferred 60) miles 20 men inside tunnel. t opposition in all three votes catéd as a game of political pne- ions generally provided three from Cape Kennedy, Fla.. and west to 8 temporaty rescue \ teen af ena brought out. 4 i oe aneirew Bromine t NDP Fer capmansiip..-LWibe- WRORE...L06.,. weeksonly alter15. YOALS. RLY: chapting--ite-pathe-seress 2400... vous at’ Chickamin River, leoveraly were injured, seved ;

a miles of space:

Precise calculations on this : trajectory will tell scientists at couver, deputy chief af evacna- Jet Propulsion Laboratory here tion operations there whether they need to send radio4 ; » enld late

| commands twisting it around to \point its cameras: at the best | angle. Impact is scheduled for 4:57 a.m. EST. (5:57 AST)

Scientists hope the manoeuvre will not be necessary. Comm- | _ unications with the spacecraft | men—led by a Roman Catholic pave been spotty and an error | army officer who was recently in reception of ground a on diplomatic duty in Washing- mands could point the cameras | ton—rebelled Friday against Lt./off in space instead of at the Gen. Nguyen Khanh and quietly moon took over Saigon.

US Ambassador Maxwell D Taylor and Gen. William C. Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam, eonferred with South Viet-

Rivard Bids For Freedom |

three nurses and three oxygen tanks - aboard

RESCUE WORKER, left, helps one of the first evacu-

vehicle which carried four of the six evacuees to the Gen-

sonnel reached and were flown to Ketchikan by U.S. Coast

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namese officers at military ees from the avalanche disas- eral Hospital at Ketchikan, Guard seaplane. Two of the |90W® the Portland canai (or the | headquarters in an effort to un- MONTREAL (CP) — A new ter at the Granduc Mine in Alaska, Friday. The six were injured were stretcher cases. round-about trip to Chicka- | tangle the situation and avert | MONERE! ct for freedom '|Northern British Columbia to from the first 17 injured per- (AP Wirephoto) |™in_ River. bloodshed. habeas corpus bid for . { - | The copper mine is near Stew-

American officials reported by er Rivard | | \art, a town about 20 miles the embassy was surprised by Re eae AT DORI | IRY. a aint Ont. Magistrate , \Borth of the city of Prince Ru- ig t’ coup. Taylor s@ a 7 ~~ — > - c ~ : ‘hint come when heated? alist nag ft re aw, Finds Maritimers tary movement on the SaigOM | narses of conspiracy ’ ‘ riverfront as he was returailG \smuggling of narcotics | tT Often Offenders to his office from lunch. | Mr. Justice Pierre

Rebel tanks, fighter-bombers |of the Quebec Court of a eee Ont. and men had launched their | gave no indication when e © e —— et mission at 1 p.m. They took bring down a decision - Friday has found lover the city strongpoints with-|mew habeas corpus proceed: | | sons from ’ Quebec, lout firing a shot | ings. } land and the Maritime The tactical director was Col. bb anc faeew-en-teneeiehnets:

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—— =e Pham Ngoc Thao, 42, who il . . r charged Khanh was a dictator 12-Mi & Limit ie = mire eo interested only in money rtment been come | before . deur wer. He said the aim was to | up with a key document in the) RCMP Inspector J. P. Drap- fet tid of him and restore Has Pro EMS Dorion judicial inquiry into al-|eau testified to the commission yo ohh week in - order. legations of attempted bribery |this week that he and Denis |*cperes possession OTTAWA (CP) — Negotia- 2nd political pressure by mimis- checked the files for the docu- "Cities Desrocher, 20 tions with some countries about a - on the , mow bu hadn't bees avail- | nesrocher, 17 Andre | iti of . - 4 to immigra' rt-| a the recognition Canada’s 12- a letter mqneding one, |* immigr depart- |i and J L hell

mile. fishing limit have been A ment before July 16. He said)

“rather difficult,” Fisheries fia mah Joe Bonanno—and proot | this check was made Aug. 25, \% this ae dental Minister Robichaud: told the Of its existence before last Jaly | i pleaded guilty

|14 are the core of the defence INVOLVES CONFLICT 11 rear-view mirrors

|Commons Friday. lef Raymond Denis against: the| The importance of the docu- | automobile

He did not name the coun- ; : pay the sales tax but will be allegations by Montreal lawyer ment and its presence in immi-/iee said had been pul oa) 2 to — a refund vn tries involved but said some of | pierre Lamontagne. |gration files involves the con-|cars Jan. 25. t irst purchase the negotiations are continuing, On Dec. 23, then immigration flicting accounts of Denis and rf Survi Grandoe min household furnishings at aMY |and he is hopefdil of a settie- | minister Tremblay to Mr. Lamontagne about their Strike Ends : ing camp siide said Friday the. hill. They at wi time within their first year of | ent. |file a photostat of it with the |July 14 meeting. thought more than 20 men kitchen with a chain married life. Canada last summer began a | inquiry. To suggestions of law- mf. Lamontagne has testified : are missing at the devastated| Malcolm Comeeet Mr. Thatcher said the only |round of talks with the United | yers that it doesn’t exist, Mr. jthat on that date he was. sum-| At Quebec's site. ver, a miner, tax increase proposed would | States, France, Britajn, Den- | Tremblay said he would be very | moned to Ottawa by Denis, then Frank Sutherland of New |ing Just outside see the ee sales tax of mark, Norway, Portugal, Spain | surprised if that were so. lexecutive assistant to Mr. ° Westminster, BC. said he|When the slide five per cent on tobacee jand Italy on the new fishing| Liberal MP Guy Rouleau filed | Trembley at immigration, and Liquor Stores |e aeieane sy ost | “St dved eae | dropped ro at ll Bean limit, increased from three |a July 9 letter with the com-| was offered a $20,000 bribe to | cheee dead. what jemi tax levied ective 'miles by Parliament last July. | mission three w 480 1 sot oppose bail for Lucien Riv-| MONTREAL (CP) — Thirsty ois E | April 1, 1965. Mr. Robichaud was replying to | Montreal. But there was noth- ;

‘J. Angus MacLean

(PC —\iee to show. that this was. the |@rd, wanted in the U.S. on nar- | Queens).

document Mr. Tremblay had |coties conspiracy charges.

Boston Cardinal To Have Surgery

BOSTON (AP)—Richard Car. dinal Cushing, Roman Catholie archbishop of Boston, will un- dergo surgery today for an un- disclosed ailment, his physician announced.

The 69 - year - old prelate en- tered St. Elizabeth's Hospital| Wednesday for tests and exam- ination. |

Capt. Semmer said other de- fence measures are gradually) taking over the functions ‘per- |

The move was prompted by the U.S. defence department's study of technological improve- ments and evaluations of poten- tial threat of attack, he said. Semmer said there

ing on the base would be af-

and this would “have more serious effect” on the re gion than the proposed layoffs.