CBC Host Alleges Vendetta Against CBC Leadership
LaPierre, co host of This Hour Has Seven Days, accuses CBC President Alphonse Ouimet of a personal vendetta amid contract non renewal and program changes. He claims CBC News Magazine aimed to isolate him and threaten his dignity, naming executives including Douglas Leiter man Patrick Watson and William Hogg.
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Ottawa
Laurier LaPierre
CBC
Alphonse Quimet
LaPierre
CKOY
CBC News Magazine
Ouimet
Seven Days
Douglas Leiterman
Patrick Watson
Watson
William Hogg
Corporation
CBC Hearing Set Over Seven Days Firing Stir
Ottawa The Commons broadcasting committee schedules a Thursday 9:30 a.m. hearing as CBC Toronto producers threaten a strike over the removal of Patrick Watson and Laurier LaPierre from This Hour Has Seven Days. The session will address management decisions and potential resignations.
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Ottawa
Commons’ Broadcasting Committee
CBC
CBC Toronto
Patrick Watson
Laurier LaPierre
Toronto
Alphonse Ouimet
Reeves Haggan
Douglas Leiterman
Watson
LaPierre
Puckish
Pelletier
Dief Demands Emergency Debate On CBC Chaos
In the Commons the opposition leader called for an immediate debate on the CBC crisis sparked by the Seven Days dispute. CBC producers in Toronto demanded prompt remedial action and threatened possible withdrawal of services if no settlement is reached within 24 hours.
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Commons
Diefenbaker
CBC
Lucien Lamoureux
Toronto
Miss
McGill Co-host warns Leiterman on material choices
Pierre told 500 Ottawa Valley Graduates at McGill that Leiterman was responsible for program material. LaPierre said Leiterman should have been fired if CBC did not approve content, and that he will file a formal grievance with his union over the dispute.
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Ottawa
Laurier LaPierre
Douglas Leiterman
CBC
LaPierre
Ottawa Valley Graduates’ Society
McGill University
Leiterman
McGill History Department
MPs Seek Single Boss for Broadcasting Under Fowler Plan
The Canadian Broadcasting League urged a powerful single head to oversee broadcasting, backing the Fowler committee's year long study. It called for ending aggressive advertising and criticized the Board of Broadcast Governors for favoring profits over programming while citing democratic chief executives as czars in other sectors.
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Ottawa
Canadian Broadcasting League
Pearson
League
Fowler
Board of Broadcast Governors
Canadian Labor Congress
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Consumers’ Association of Canada
Federated Womens’ Institutes of Canada
Harvard Radcliffe marriage plea to escape dorm life
A Radcliffe College student, restricted to off campus living only if married, places a one year marriage ad in the Harvard Crimson. Nineteen responses pour in from Harvard men led by Richard Appleby who says practical experience is needed. The woman refuses to reveal her identity.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Radcliffe
Radcliffe College
Harvard Crimson
Crimson
Richard Appleby
Great Neck
N.Y
Non-confidence motion defeated in Commons over budget debate
The budget row tied to tax exemptions split MPs as 105 Liberals, 63 Conservatives, four Social Credit opposed the NDP bid to raise personal exemptions. NDP deputy leader David Lewis argued for a guaranteed income floor, while Creditistes and independents backed the motion in a tense budget week.
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Chicago Black Hawks
Detroit Red Wings
Detroit
New Democrats
Lewis
Thomas M. Bell
Saint John Albert
Atlantic
Sharp
Mr. Bell
Berlitz
Maritimes
Bombers Press North Viet Raids Hit Haiphong and Hanoi
US Navy bombers moved toward Hai Phong as raids extended into the Red River Delta. A bridge was blasted north of Haiphong while Soviet missiles missed. Three U S jets were lost in 24 hours, raising total losses to 213.
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AP Reuters Saigon
Haiphong
Viet Nam
Red River
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
da Nang
Yong Bi
Hanoi
An Khe
Trial of Dupuis Nearing a Close
SHERBROOKE CP The trial of Yvon Dupuis former federal minister without port folio in the Pearson government is expected to hear its last testimony today Defence counsel Marinoau says one more witness to call Crown prosecutor Bienvenue will have no rebuttal and one witness to hear. Dupuis faces a 10000 dollar bribe charge over a racetrack permit for Roc Deslauriers.
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Sherbrooke
Yvon Dupuis
Pearson
Paul Martineau
Jean Bienvenue
Mr. Dupuis
St. Johns
Que
Roc Deslauriers
Real Rousseau
Federal Liberal Organization
Quebec
Miami
Fla
Jean Lesage
Dupuis
Rousseaux
Bernard Pinard
Queen marks 40th birthday amid publicity glare
The Queen celebrates her 40th birthday as Parliament opens, with critics and writers weighing royal modernization. Commentators note the monarchy's burdens and limited power, while royal protocol and ceremonial roles sustain public mystique despite unease about royal influence.
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London
Legion proposal sparks turmoil at national convention
At Montreal a 21st Royal Canadian Legion convention faced turmoil over proposals to raise per capita tax and drop the bonspiel. The bonspiel elimination was rejected while a 50 cent tax increase remained under debate as the Ways and Means committee flagged a 1966 budget deficit amid falling Legion magazine revenue and other profits.
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Montreal
Dominion Command
Royal Canadian Legion
Ways and Means
Robert Kohaly
Estevan, Sask
Legion Magazine
The
Legionary
Legion
Special review ordered in Truscott murder case
Seven years after his conviction Steven Truscott will receive a government review of the case. Solicitor General Larry Pennell announced a review, with government sources saying it could take the form of a Supreme Court review an inquiry by a judge or a royal commission. The decision followed Isabel Le Bourdais book alleging a miscarriage of justice and influencing public concern.
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John Walker Southam
Ottawa
Steven Truscott
Larry Pennell
Supreme Court
Pennell
Isabel LeBourdais
Toronto
Ontario
Arthur Wishart
Diefenbaker
LeBourdais
Truscott
Collins Bay
Kingston
Lynne Harper
Chinton
Ont
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