Centennial civic centre plan goes to council
The local centennial committee approved an amended civic centre proposal to be presented to City Council on December 13 by centennial coordinator Jack Cocks. The plan centers a pool with spectator space plus meetings rooms, courts, dining and offices for YM-YWCA and the recreation commission, with broader facilities to attract industry and support community groups.
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Centennial
Jack Cocks
Gordon Sissons
Calgary
Edmonton
Marlin Aquatic Club
Ymywca
Recreation Commission
Ym-Ywca
Medicine Hat
Senior Citizen’s Club
The
Rehab Society
United Fund
Defence questions evidence in Brig Allan bribery trial
Defence counsel challenged the relevance of letters and Levy Industries documents offered by the Crown in the Brig John Baxter Allan trial. The judge urged patience but allowed the material to be read into evidence after objections, noting difficulty in seeing its relevance.
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Ottawa
John Baxter Allan
Allan
Ben Levy
R. K. Laishley
Levy Industries
Laishley
Peter Macdonald
De Gaulle appeals to voters in TV pitch for re election
Paris AP reports President de Gaulle spoke on television urging support for a strong leader. He warned opponents could reverse progress and peace, as polls show undecided voters and a tight race ahead of the December 5 election.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
France-Soir
le Monde
South Vietnam death toll rises amid fierce fighting
The destruction of South Viet Nam's 7th Army Regiment in a Saturday battle pushed the weekly government combat deaths to 459, with 185 missing and 861 wounded. American deaths for the week fell to 40, while Viet Cong casualties were reported at 1,539. The week featured several regimental and battalion sized Viet Cong attacks and continued air and artillery strikes in North Viet Nam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
7Th Army
U.S
United States
Viet Nam
da Nang
Hanoi
Vinh
South
U.S. Navy
Hatch appeals six concurrent sentences in Calgary case
An appeal against the five year sentence and conviction of Stuart W. Hatch for theft by conversion has been filed in Calgary with the Supreme Court. Defense counsel M. E. Moscovitch expects an March or April hearing. Hatch, former supervisor of the Lethbridge Central Feeders Association, received the longest sentence among six concurrent terms handed down in November by Justice W. J. C. Kirby.
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Stuart W. Hatch
Calgary
Supreme Court
M. E. Moscovitch
Q.C
Hatch
Lethbridge Central Feeders Association
Bottomley Arrives in Zambia to Break Troop Deployment Deadlock
British Commonwealth Secretary Arthur Bottomley flies into Lusaka to press talks with Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda on conditions for British troop deployment.
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Lusaka
Reuters
Arthur Bottomley
Air
Zambia
Bottomley
Kenneth Kaunda
Truckers strike over gravel hauling rates in city program
About 10 AMTA truck owners halted gravel haulage for the city in a wage dispute. They seek 12 cents a ton mile, matching provincial gravel pay, with Tollstrup workers affected and talks set with civic officials to resolve the rate issue.
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Jenner
Lethbridge
Tollstrup
Norwood
Goodyear
AMTA
Civic Finance
A. T. Legge
Legge
Civic Finance Committee
Senate abolition and English as sole official language urged
The royal commission on bilingualism and biculturalism heard proposals in Toronto and Montreal. The University of Toronto Students Law Society urged replacing the Senate with a body of provincial leaders. The Protestant Federation urged making English the sole official language and opposing minority language funding, calling for a united Canada.
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Toronto
Senate
Canada
Royal Commission On Bilingualism
Students’ Law Society
University of Toronto
Protestant Federation of Patriotic Women of Canada
Quebec
Railroading jobs hit hard by automation study says
Ottawa CP reports Manpower Trends in Canada 1951 61 finds eight of twenty declining occupations are railways. Locomotive firemen drop near 50 percent to 38000, crew cuts amid 1958 agreement. Mechanics fall 23 percent to 7100, engineers 19 percent to 7700, conductors 10 percent to 5800, brakemen 26 percent to 12000, sectionmen 23 percent to 23000.
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Ottawa
Labor Department
Canada
Centennial canoe program hangs on private funding
Halifax CP report says the Canadian Centennial Commission will bow out of the Voyageur canoe pageant if provinces and private enterprises do not fund by December 31. The event spans springs and portages from the Rockies to Montreal in 1967.
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Halifax
Canadian Centennial Commission
John Fisher
Rockies
Montreal
Centennial Commission
Cen
Commission
Britain to Use Deterrent If Rhodesia Cuts Kariba Power
Prime Minister Wilson warned in Parliament Britain will take necessary action to protect Kariba electric power flowing to Zambia. RAF forces moved toward Kenya for quick entry into Zambia, and Bottomley in Lusaka discussed sending a British battalion. Britain eyeing tougher sanctions amid regional instability.
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London
Britain
Kariba
Rhodesia
Zambia
Wilson
House of Commons
Kenya
Labor
Smith
Central Africa
African ministers meet in Addis Ababa on Rhodesia action
African Union ministers gather in Addis Ababa to decide potential military action against Rhodesia. Delegations from Tunisia Mali Tanzania Kenya and Zambia arrive with more nations expected as vice president Kawawa signals decisive action and extended talks. Observers note urgency after Britain Zambia stalemate over forces at Kariba dam.
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Addis Ababa
Reuters
Africa
Rhodesia
Organization of African Unity
Council of Ministers
Tunisia
Mali
Tanzania
Kenya
Zambia
OAU
Rashidi Kawawa
Britain
Kariba
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Ralston
Francois Mitterand
Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour
Jean Lecanuet
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Lecanuet
Tixier-Vignancourt
South Vietnam
Bob Seitz
Beitz
Gas Department
Utilities Committee
Bob Beitz
Hatch Appeals
Justic W. J. C. Kirby
Alberta Motor Transport Association
E.E. Jenner
Association
CNR
CPR
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