Trans-Canada tourist centre near Maple Creek opens next summer
A Saskatchewan government funded Trans Canada tourist and information centre rises west of Maple Creek. It will supply campers with electricity running water a laundromat shower rooms and washrooms when the grounds open next summer. The four shelter blocks provide electricity and water. photos show the main building information booth laundromat and a cement picnic shelter.
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Maple Creek
Sask
Saskatchewan
Ter
Manitoba MLA Maitland Steinkopf resigns from cabinet and seat
Manitoba MLA Maitland Steinkopf resigned Friday as cabinet minister and member of the Manitoba legislature citing lack of broad support for a bill to validate his election and exonerate him from a potential breach of the Legislative Assembly Act. The move vacates the provincial secretary and minister of public utilities posts and his legislative seat amid questions about unpaid government work for a property purchase.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Maitland Steinkopf
Manitoba
Legislative Assembly
Steinkopf
Workmen Clear Line of Wreck After Ottawa Montreal Crash
Workmen straightened wreckage and restored the CPR Ottawa to Montreal rail line after a Friday train truck collision that killed eight and injured twenty five. The line was to be usable by nightfall as rails remained snarled and three coaches lay on the tilted gravel track.
Alberta NDP calls for treasury probe and minister enticement claim
The Alberta New Democratic Party urged a full investigation of treasury branches after debating terms of reference and personnel to be set by the Bank of Canada governor. The party also pressed cabinet disclosure of assets, Manning’s ties, and party funding sources while Edmonton land developer Tom O Dwyer named A J Hooke as the cabinet minister lured by an Edmonton clique. He urged a tribunal and hinted Hinman’s dismissal reflected cabinet standards, calling for broader ministerial changes.
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NDP
Social Credit
Alberta
Edmonton
Tom O’dwyer
A. J. Hooke
Manning
Calgary Albertan
O’dwyer
Edmonton Journal
Jim Hume
Hooke
O'Dwyer
Mr. O'Dwyer
E. W. Hinman
Hinman
Firemen tag six calls in six hours in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat fire crews answered six alarms in six hours on Friday. Four minor fires included a grass blaze east of the Goodyear plant fanned by shifting winds, threatening homes but confined by 15 firefighters. a farm basement fire caused smoke damage. a fence blaze and a garbage fire were extinguished. NEAR THING NEWS photographer nearly caught by flames.
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Medicine Hat
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. of Canada
Jim Middleton
Ave. N.W
Middleton
Goodyear
Nitro-Chemicals Ltd
Charlie Dee
THING
Pat Flinn
Allowance Ave
9Th St. S.E
Holsom Road
Calls for probe into Dr. Heard over chiropractic act
Edmonton North East MLA Dr. Lou Heard named in Alberta NDP leader Neil Reimer’s letter to Premier Manning seeking an investigation into possible conflicts with MLA conduct statutes. Reimer requests a by election if conflict is confirmed, citing a report Heard sent to the Alberta Chiropractic Association about government pensioner chiropractic aid.
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Edmonton
Neil Reimer
Alberta
New Democratic Party
Lou Heard
Social Credit
Edmonton Northeast
Reimer
E. C. Manning
Heard
Alberta Chiropractic Association
ACA
Makarios Rejects Cyprus Peace Proposal From Acheson
Archbishop Makarios the president of Cyprus has again rejected a peace proposal from former U.S. secretary of state Dean Acheson. The rejection follows prior diplomatic efforts and sustains tensions in the island's efforts toward a settlement.
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Ap-Reuters
Nicosia
National flag bends under pressure as three leaf design wav ers
Charles Lynch analyzes Prime Minister Pearson's flag policy, noting how initial resolve for a three leaf flag faded under political compromise. The Union Jack resurfaced, Liberals balked at nationwide campaigning, and the Red Ensign gained visibility as the debate and the flag process stalled.
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Charles Lynch
Southam News Services
Ottawa
Pearson
Mr. Pearson
NDP
Creditistes
Creditiste
Real Caouette
Peace Tower
Queen and Commonwealth
Diefenbaker
House of Commons
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Norman Coleman
Lethbridge
Treasury
Little
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Queen
Commonwealth
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