Tollestrup quits contract over local labor rule
G S Tollestrup withdraws from a 42600 dollar gravel haul and crush contract citing Winter Works labor rules requiring 70 percent local workers. He says city decisions made the program void and will shut the job down. Local truckers claim they were fired by radio report but Tollestrup denies. six Lethbridge truckers brought in to replace Medicine Hat operators plan to return today.
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Power House
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The
Acting Prime Minister Pickersgill Takes Canada Relay
Jack Pickersgill becomes Acting Prime Minister as Paul Martin leaves for Europe. Martin defends Pearson holiday amid cabinet reshuffle talks and says Sharp handles finances competently. Martin plans NATO talks in London and Paris before presiding at the NATO ministerial meeting.
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Southam News Service
Ottawa
Jack Pickersgill
Canada
Paul Martin
Europe
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Pearson
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Ottawa raises salaries for 19300 public professionals
The federal government announced salary increases for about 19 300 professional employees, costing roughly 8.6 million annually. Increases of four to six percent are retroactive to July 1 1965 with an average rise of 446 dollars per year.
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Leslie Barnes
Professional Institute of the Public, Service of Canada
Alberta to proceed with water program without waiting for others
Agriculture Minister H. E. Strom announced in Edmonton that Alberta will move ahead with a water management program without waiting for aid from Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He stressed immediate action to conserve water resources, noting any measures will benefit downstream users.
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Alberta
Prairie Provinces
H. E. Strom
Kaunda presses for British troops to guard Kariba Dam
President Kaunda of Zambia renews his call for British ground troops to safeguard the Kariba Dam amid Rhodesia tensions. He seeks a force on the Zambian side ready to move into Rhodesia at signs of threat, after Britain already deploys RAF Regiment personnel in Zambia.
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Kaunda
Zambia
Kariba
Rhodesia
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RAF
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Financial Times
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Robert Menzies
Medicine Hat gravel strike pits locals against city bids
Bridge truckers and local operators clash as Lethbridge trucks replace idle haulers for Tollestrup Sand and Gravel. City council refuse rate boost provoking talk of limited work and possible pickets while Winter Works Program pays part of trucking costs. Residents blame Tollestrup for lower bids and higher losses from idle time.
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Lethbridge
Tollestrup
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Fisher absolved of responsibility for 1964 CNR strike
The Freedman commission ruled Douglas Fisher did not cause the 1964 CNR run through strike in Wainwright Alberta and Nakina Ontario. It found he did not worsen labor relations though he aided the strike after it started and remained a Labour grounded MP for Port Arthur.
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Freedman
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CNR
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Fisher
Port Arthur
Podgorny Named Soviet President as Mikoyan Resigns
Anastas I. Mikoyan resigns after four decades in top Soviet command and is replaced by Nikolai V. Podgorny as president. Alexander Shelepin is removed from deputy premier post and head of a key committee, reassigned within the party, amid rumors of ambitions for higher office.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
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Russia
Alexander N. Shelepin
Shelepin
Kremlin
Alexei Kosygin
Gemini 6 launch crew prepares for historic rendezvous
Astronauts prepare for a Sunday morning firing to complete the first U S space rendezvous. Cape Kennedy readiness is 24 hours ahead for the Titan II rocket blastoff propelling Gemini 6 to chase Gemini 7. Frank Borman and James Lovell will maneuver into a 185 mile circular Earth orbit to meet in formation if all goes well.
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Frank Borman
James Lovell
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Inquiry backs labor over run throughs at CNR
Justice Freedman recommends CNR be barred from introducing run throughs without union bargaining. He notes run throughs improve operations by longer crew runs but criticizes CNR for pushing them amid employee resistance. Testimony recalls the Oct 1964 strike at Nakina and Wainwright that disrupted national rail service. The report, 65 000 words, was released by Labor Minister MacEachen who called automation a key issue.
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CNR
Samuel Freedman
Winnipeg
CNA
Nakina
Ont
Wainwright
Alta
Justice Freedman
MacEachen
Bick outlines new cucumber pickle firm in Medicine Hat
Wal ter Bick of Bick s Pickles tells about a new wholly owned Ontario subsidiary named Bick s of the West to be located at the airport in Medicine Hat in 1966. He says cucumbers are hard to grow and harvest and promises to buy all contracted cucumbers at agreed prices, with a guaranteed $200 per ton for certain sizes.
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Bick
Medicine Hat
Ontario
Bick’s of the
West
Mr. Bick
Southern Alberta Vegetable Marketing Board
Coaldale
Bicks Pickle Plant Names Senior Staff in Medicine Hat
Walter Bick announced the senior personnel for the new Bick's Pickle plant in Medicine Hat. E T Buffum will be manager, Miles Johnson serves as field representative. Buffum, 64, has 43 years in food canning and freezing and previously led Frazer Valley Frosted Foods Ltd. 1956 64. Johnson hails from Barnwell Alta and spent 18 years as field rep in Lethbridge.
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Frazer Valley Frosted Foods Ltd
P.E.1
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Barnwell
Alta
Lethbridge
Canada imposes sanctions on Rhodesia amid crisis
Ottawa announced new economic sanctions targeting Rhodesia including ferro chrome, chrome ores, concentrates, and Rhodesian meats. The action aims to embargo over 90 percent of Rhodesian imports and aligns with UN Security Council calls to sever economic ties, reflecting Canada’s stance against the unilateral declaration of independence.
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