Canada Backs 30 Percent Tax to Curb Foreign Takeovers
Ottawa unveils a budget plan under Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson calling for a 30 percent tax on sales of large holdings to foreigners and a reduced 10 percent withholding on dividends for certain Canadian owned firms. The move aims to Canadianize industry while maintaining spending of $6.8 billion and a projected deficit of $585 million for 1963-64.
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Ottawa
U.S
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
John Diefenbaker
Walter Gordon
Gordon
Stripes Goofed On U.S. Stance
The Army and Pacific Stars and Stripes faced distress after a May 26 photo showed a U S helicopter crewman pointing a rifle at a bound Viet Cong prisoner. The Army stated no reprimand was issued to Stars and Stripes or staff.
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Washington
South Viet Nam
Ne Army
Stars and Stripes
Dramatic Advances in Fight Against Leukemia
Government cancer researchers report major progress against acute leukemia over the past two years with three new drugs raising hopeful prospects. Vincristine, Methy Gag, and Cyclophosphamide comprise six drug weapons now available, mainly extending lives for children though overall acute leukemia survival remains under two years.
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Washington
Ernie Davis
Syracuse University
Cleveland Browns
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
Icans
National Cancer Institute
Meredith Urges Peaceful Path in Desegregation Fight
James H. Meredith urged Negroes in Jackson to end protest marches and pursue passive resistance. The 29 year old Mississippi native, first admitted black student at the University of Mississippi, called for safety of women and children and a shift to a new civil rights phase.
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Jackson, Miss
James H. Meredith
Meredith
Jackson
University of Mississippi At
Oxford
Mohandas Gandhi
India
Kennedy
Senate Group Reveals INS Trujillo Publicity Ties
Senate Foreign Relations Committee released testimony showing the old International News Service produced and funded an anti-Communist roundup for Rafael Trujillo's Dominican Republic for three months in 1956. The INS remained linked to the Dominican information center until INS merged with United Press in 1958.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
International News Service
Dominican Republic
Rafael L. Trujillo
Alliance Director Sees Progress in Latin America Plan
Teodoro Moscoso, head of the Alliance for Progress, defends Kennedy’s billion-dollar program. He argues the 10-year effort will reduce poverty and illiteracy, banish communism, and that results will emerge as nations submit plans and accelerate with experience, despite criticism and slow early gains.
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Washington
API
Teodoro Moscoso
Kennedy
Latin American Alliance For Progress
Moscoso
U.S
Latin America
Puerto Rico
Alliance
Organization of American States
Duryea to Play The Heavy Again On Sunday's TV
Dan Duryea, veteran screen villain, discusses his on screen deaths and star persona. He appears as an unsavory character in Major Adams on ABC Sunday afternoon, a Wagon Train rerun from Ward Bond era. Weekend viewing also suggests The Devil's Disciple on ABC and San Francisco Detective on NBC.
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Dan Duryea
Dan
Major Adams
ABC
Ward Bond
George Bernard Shaw
Sir Laurence Olivier
Burt Lancaster
Kirk Douglas
San Francisco
NBC
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