Mafia asks Commons for details on deportation probe
Ottawa CP report notes two New Democratic lawyers filed questions in Parliament seeking details on the March deportation of Mafia figure Onofrio Minaudo and on related correspondence between the immigration department and Ontario Police Commission investigators. They request whether Minaudo had Mafia ties and any representations for his deportation, plus discovery of when his Canada residency came to light.
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Ottawa
The
Commons
Immigration Department
Ontario Police Commission
Commission
Ontario
New Democratic
Andrew Brewin
Toronto Greenwood
Reid Scott
Toronto Danforth
Royal Commission
Diefenbaker
Police Commission
Canada
Brewin
Onofrio Minaudo
Windsor, Ont
International Crime Syndicate
Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Minaudo
Italy
White mercenaries plan attack to rescue hostages
Reuters reports two pronged rescue plan for 700 whites held behind rebel lines in the northern Congo. A strike force of white mercenaries and Congo lese troops would target Poko and Paulis, with a second column approaching from Bunia toward Watsa and Paulis. The operation aims to free refugees within about two weeks amid ongoing political reforms discussed by Congolese Premier Tshombe in Paris.
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Leopoldville
Reuters
Congo
Dingila
Stanleyville
Poko
Paulis
Bunia
Uganda
Wamba
Paris
Moise Tshombe
Bribery hearings planned in Ottawa for Dec 15
Chief Justice Frederic Doroin of the Quebec Superior Court said hearings into bribery and coercion charges by ministerial assistants are to open in Ottawa on December 15. After talks and a courtesy call on Prime Minister Pearson, he announced appointments: commission counsel Andre Desjardins, secretary Nicol Henry, and court reporter Oscar Bois Joly, all from Quebec City.
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Ottawa
Frederic Doroin
Quebec Superior Court
Pearson
Commission
Andre Desjardins
Quebec City
Nicol Henry
Oscar Bois- Joly
Canadian flag proposal faces plebiscite delay
Ottawa CP report notes Conservative MP William H A Thomas urges excluding both the Red Ensign and the government three maple leaf flag from any national plebiscite. Speaker Macnaughton allows a plebiscite debate as government hopes for early adoption fade after a committee vote favoring the one-seal flag.
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William H. A. Thomas
Middlesex West
Commons
Alan Macnaughton
Pair held after theft in Taber incident
A man and woman were arrested in Taber after a Medicine Hat woman, Eugenia Loran, reported a purse snatching near her home at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday. The purse, containing $10 and papers, was recovered near Braemar Street and North Railway Street as police said the suspect claimed a gun. They followed Mrs. Loran to her driveway, then entered the back of the house before the theft. The pair were expected in court today.
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Taber
Eugenia Loran
4Th St
Braemar St
North Railway St
Pope Paul II greeted by vast crowds in Bombay arrival
The Pope arrived in Bombay amid an immense welcome, with police estimating 100,000 at the airport and over 1,000,000 along the route. He called the trip a journey of peace and love and urged deeper ties with Hindu and Muslim communities as part of a broader dialogue between East and West. He waved to the sea of cheering people from a white convertible, while security pushed back crowds that surged around him.
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Bombay
Pope Paul
Pope
Orient
West
Loan sharks invade Wall Street in six day hearings
New York witnesses describe a nationwide loan shark racket infiltrating Wall Street as six days of public hearings begin. Commission Chairman Jacob Grumet calls New York law weak and notes crippling interest rates of two to five percent weekly. Witnesses recount borrowers paying thousands in interest on small loans and even ceding businesses to lenders. Assistant District Attorney Frank Rogers cites a Wall Street messenger stealing securities to cover debts to lending rings. Michael Genovese, brother of Vito Genovese, testifies while Genovese pleads the fifth amendment 26 times.
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New York
Wall Street
State Commission of Investigation
Mafia
Commission
Jacob Grumet
New York State
Frank Rogers
Rogers
Michael Genovese
Cosa Nostra
Vito Genovese
Genovese
Silent night at Phoenix Cafe ends in brawls and theft
Edmonton police report a restless night at Phoenix Cafe on Jasper Avenue. A man was beaten in the aisle at 10:50 pm and another man beaten in the washroom by two men described to police. A purse was snatched from a woman at 2:05 am. A suspect was arrested after a man with a head wound was taken to hospital at 4 am. Witnesses gave mixed accounts and a waiter said nothing untoward occurred.
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Edmonton
Phoenix Cafe
Jasper Avenue
Fury crew rescued or missing in 100 mph Nova Scotia storm
HALIFAX CP The RCAF reported at least 17 of the 18 crew of the 3800 ton Liberian ship Fury had been rescued with medical aid sought for some. The Fury ran aground at Barachois Point in winds gusting to 100 mph as baracious seas hampered relief. two deaths in the Maritimes were reported and a mother and two sons were missing in northern Nova Scotia. Elsewhere a German freighter Elisabeth Schulte anchored off Cape Blomidon reported cargo shift. another vessel stood by.ropolitan Winnipeg posted record cold as Arctic air gripped Saskatchewan Manitoba and Ontario with Hudson Bay at 31 below.
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Halifax
RCAF
Fury
Coast Guard
Narwhal
Barachois Point
St. Mary’s River
Here
Valiant
Maritimes
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Elisabeth Schulte
Cape Blomidon
Walter E. Foster
Saint John
N.B
Schulte
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Hudson Bay
Sask
Regina
York
Oshawa GM plant hit by 15000 worker walkout
About 15,000 General Motors of Canada workers at Oshawa walked off the job amid stalled talks in Toronto over pay parity with U.S. counterparts. A 2.8 percent wage offer was rejected as insufficient, with broader GM Ontario plant action affecting about 23,000 workers. Police watched as supervisors entered past pickets. no incidents reported.
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Oshawa, Ont
General Motors of
Canadia
United States
U.S
GM Ontario
Oshawa
Toronto
London
Windsor
St. Catharines
Chrysler Canada Limited
Brazil stops Peron on return to Argentina
Former dictator Juan D. Peron arrived in Rio de Janeiro on his return to Argentina but was prevented from continuing his journey to Montevideo. Joao Lampreia Gracie of the Brazilian foreign ministry said he will not go on, meeting Iberia airliner from Madrid that ended nearly four years of Spanish exile.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Montevideo
Joao Lampreia Gracie
Madrid
UN General Assembly postpones key peace-keeping vote
The United Nations General Assembly opened a fall session with a last minute delay in a high-stakes clash over peace-keeping assessments led by the Soviet Union and United States. Talks between Andrei Gromyko and Dean Rusk were planned as Canada pressed for removal of any Soviet voting rights, while the assembly elected Alex Quaison-Lackey president and admitted Malta Zambia and Malawi.
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United Nations
UN General Assembly
Christman
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Canada
Paul Martin
U Thant
Repre
Alex Quaison - Lackey
Ghana
Malta
Zambia
Malawi
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Raymond Triboulet
Tshombe
Brussels
David Grant
Sonia
St. John
Wall St
East Coast
Ton
Dauphin
Pilot Mound
Gretna
Little
Rivers
the Pas
Kenora
Sioux Lookout
Portage la Prairie
Mercury
Broadview
Alberta
United Auto Workers
CLC
Brazil
Peron
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Martin
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