MPs to tour Canada as Agriculture Minister pushes junket
Agriculture Minister Harry Hays backs a summer tour for 60 MPs from the Commons agriculture committee to visit farming regions from Ontario to Alberta. Critics call the trip a costly waste of taxpayers money as Ottawa swelters in August and MPs face heavy legislative agendas and a looming flag debate.
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Canada
Harry Hays
Commons Agriculture Committee
Ontario
B.C
Alberta
Uomawa
Pearson
Code and conduct of youth sparks rising teen violence in parks
The article cites multiple incidents of teen gangs armed with knives clubs and chains terrorizing Riverdale Park Monarch Park York Township and a local shopping plaza. It argues youth deformities stem from lacking elder led discipline and suggests peers impose a code when adults fail to provide standards.
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Riverdale Park
Monarch Park
York Township
Roseto Style Hearts and Habits Highlight Calorie Enjoyment
A medical study notes Roseto Pa residents over 21 consume more calories and alcohol yet show exceptionally low heart attack rates. Researchers suggest cultural joie de vivre and warmth may reduce risk despite cholesterol fears, contrasting with modern health anxiety.
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Roseto
North American
Paradise
Sharp Sees Excellent Wheat Sale Prospects and Cautious Exports
Canadian Trade Minister states 1964-65 wheat sales look excellent yet next year may fall short of the record 590 million bushels. He notes slow growth in new markets, potential gains from Russia if needed, and boosted aid programs. He cites tariff talks, a new flag debate, pension plan, and NDP Liberal merger talks as political context.
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Sharp
Morris, Man
Manitoba
Russia
Canada
China
Africa
Latin America
Southeast Asia
United States
Colombo Plan
World Food Bank
Canadian Wheat Board
Par
Liament
Governmnt
NDP
Liberal Party
Prospecting in Manitoba Increases Over 100 Percent
A Manitoba Mines Department spokesman reports exploration and prospecting in northern Manitoba rising more than 100 percent in the first half of 1964. Prospectors staked 7,009 claims, up from 2,955 in the same period in 1963, with activity centered northwest of Thompson and around Iskwasum Lake between Cranberry Portage and Reed Lake as copper and zinc deposits are sought.
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Provincial Mines Department
Manitoba
Thompson
Iskwasum Lake
Cranberry Portage
Reed Lake
Canada’s 500 Ton TNT Blast Sets 3 Year Evaluation Plan
Suffield Alberta witnesses a 500 ton TNT explosion at the Bri Defense study site aimed at testing blast effects on military gear. The US and UK led experiment, largest above ground controlled Canadian blast, started at 10 58 a m MST with a 3 year results horizon and 2.5 to 3.8 mile observer view. A 30 foot deep crater and 360 foot diameter mark the impact while officials caution on details and animal outcomes.
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Bri
United States
Car
Canada
Suffield Experimental Station
A. H. Zimmerman
Defence Research Board
Medicine Hat
Defence
Paul Hellyer
Gems of Thought on Affection and Love
A collection of aphorisms on affection, love, and the human heart. Quotation sources include Mary Baker Eddy, William Ellery Channing, Henry Ward Beecher, Abraham Lincoln, and Edwin Hubbell Chapin. The passages emphasize love enriching character, warmth from affections, and the transformative power of caring.
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Mary Baker Eddy
William Ellery Channing
Henry Ward Beecher
Abraham Lincoln
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Ambrose Hills on Humor and Society
The column extols humorists like Eric Nichols and contrasts stage and TV comedy with jokes about wives. It argues laughter curbs tyranny, cites Churchill and wartime leaders, and warns against grim, self serious rulers. The piece concludes preferring rascal wit over austere saints.
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Bob ‘Hope
Hitler
Mussolini
Medicare debate in Canada foretells broad plan within a decade
A columnist argues doctors doubt a national compulsory medical care scheme will improve service quality and warn of abuse. He predicts Canada will adopt full Medicare within ten years, driven by voters and the need for universal coverage, leaving the middle class strained by costs.
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Ient
Canada
Young Man Faces Riches or Rags in Modern Society
A young man contemplates joining a society that offers free services or heavy taxes. He weighs teaching and poetry as careers with different pay and tax implications. He fears gentile poverty on a salary while poets may gain from government grants, preferring bohemian poverty. He abandons wealth as unlikely and expects a decade favorable to poets.
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Eric Nichols
Canada Council
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