Manitoba Backing Amendment For Constitution Change
Manitoba would support a proposed constitutional amendment. Attorney General Stewart McLean introduced a resolution urging referment to a joint Commons Senate committee for hearings and report. Debate paused as opposition leader Morgat questioned timing. McLean argued for progress toward a workable plan.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Stewart McLean
House of Commons
Senate
Gil Morgat
McLean
Insurance Agreement Reached In Manitoba Farm plan approved
Manitoba and the federal government reached a re insurance plan to extend crop insurance to up to 70 percent of farmers in the province subject to contracts signed by April 30. Agri culture Minister George Hutton announced in the Legislature. The plan covers 75 percent of costs by the federal government when claims exceed premiums and reserves plus 242 percent of total liability. Premiums will not rise, remaining tied to area loss experience. Twenty five percent of farmers were covered last year.
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Manitoba
George Hutton
Hutton
Ice palace reappears in Montreal park display
The Garden of Wonders under Snow ice palace returns for the winter, rebuilt after failing to endure Christmas rains. The feature has appeared twice so far this season in a city park and remains a highlight of the display.
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Palace Dissolved
Montreal
Champion Bull Brings $1,800 Price at Manitoba Winter Fair
The senior champion Woodrow Mischief 18T sold for 1800 at Brandon's Manitoba Winter Fair to C A Hookenson of Kisbey Sask for Richardson Stock Farms of Winnipes. Otto Jundt paid 1350 for L Cross Bright Light 10 owned by Walter Kane, while AJR Doc Reward 190 from A J J Rankinat's herd sold for 885 to Ed and Ross Dale. Bulls totaled 168 sold at an average 546.33, down from 581 in 1964. Aubrey Toll of Blythe Ont. named champion six horse team driver before a 4500 sellout audience.
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Brandon
C. A. Hookenson
Kisbey
Sask
Richardson Stock Farms
Winnipes
Woodrow Mischief
Otto Jundt
Camper, Man
L. Cross
Bright Light
Walter J Kane
Charleswood
Man
A. J. J. Rankinat
Killarney
Ross Dale
Lauder
Aubrey Toll
Blythe, Ont
Govt Won't Interfere in Selkirk Doctor Case
Winnipeg Manitoba lawmakers said the government will not intervene in the Selkirk General Hospital dispute involving Dr G R Thompson whose hospital privileges were suspended. Health Minister C H Witney cited regulation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons and the hospital board, noting no local group asked for restoration. The board said Dr Thompson violated ethics by establishing a practice near his former mentor.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Selkirk
College
Physicians and Surgeons
Hospital Board
C. H. Witney
Gil Molgat
G. R. Thompson
Selkirk General Hospital
Thompson
Theanadian Medical Association
Manitoba considers vocational training for prisoners and youths
Attorney General Stewart McLean told the Legislature that Manitoba plans an educational program for prisoners at a rehabilitation camp and a special vocational training project for juvenile offenders at the Portage la Prairie Home for Boys. He disclosed the initiative when asked about inmate rehabilitation efforts.
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Manitoba
Stewart McLean
Portage la Prairie
McLean
Taxes Said Political Death by Own Action
Manitoba NDP member Arthur Wright told the Legislature that the government could not win an immediate election due to taxation policies. He opposed extending a tax rebate system to tenants, noting only 45 percent of Winnipeggers own property. The resolution failed 27 to 17 as Wright warned of political death from recent taxes on utilities and various goods.
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Manitoba
Arthur Wright
NDP
Seven Oaks
Wright
Winnipeg
James Buchanan First Bachelor Inauguration President
James Buchanan became the first US president inaugurated as a bachelor in 1857 marking a historic personal milestone for the nation’s leadership.
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James Buchanan
Winnipeg Man Killed In Crash Near Portage la Prairie
Winnipeg man Pascal Brodie 6? died Monday afternoon when his west bound car collided with a semi trailer on the Trans Canada highway about 14 miles east of Portage la Prairie. The truck driver Joseph Peary 36 of Winnipeg was uninjured as was an unidentified passenger. Brodie was pinned in the wreckage and the car had to be pried open. An inquest was ordered by coroner Dr. G H Hamlin with preliminary hearing held and adjourned. Brodie left a wife Mindel and a son in Winnipeg and another son Robert in Israel.
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Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
RCMP
Pascal Brodie
Beaverbrook Street
Joseph 3. Peary
Ferry Road
Brodie
Portage Detachment
G. H. Hamlin
Mindel
Robert
Israel
Prince Philip to open 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg
Jim Daly executive director of the games Society said last week Prince Philip will be invited to open the Winnipeg Pan American Games. Daly noted the prince opened the British Empire Games in Vancouver in 1954 and the Winnipeg event will be bigger. Daly expressed confidence the prince will attend.
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Prince Philip
Winnipeg
Jim Daly
The
Games Society
Daly
British Empire Times
Vancouver
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