Tax cuts unlikely as Ottawa talks stall six year outlook
Acting Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp met Friday with provincial treasurers to discuss money. They saw no near term tax relief for federal and provincial taxpayers and warned that rising government spending will force spending priorities in the 1967-72 period. Provinces pressed the federal role in 1966 for higher education costs and TB and mental health care aid, demanding an early federal-provincial conference timed for 1966 action.
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Ottawa
Mitchell Sharp
Canada
Canada faces university funding crisis and tax plan
The article reports Manitoba Premier Duff Roblin rejecting Ottawa’s sharing of mental hospital and tuberculosis costs for 1966, amid calls from provinces for higher education aid per the Bladen committee. Health Minister Judy LaMarsh calls the issue fiscally driven by the tax-structure committee as provinces push for a new five year fiscal deal after March 31, 1967.
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Canada
Bladen Committee
Ottawa
Manitoba
Duff Roblin
Judy LaMarsh
Sharp signals sweeping five year tax overhaul plan
Mr Sharp told reporters that the next five year tax arrangement will be more far reaching and crucial than any before. He noted shifts in joint programs and in federal provincial relations as municipal and provincial spending rise faster than federal outlays. He avoided predictng the budget’s capacity to act as a balance wheel while stressing growing Ottawa provincial consultation to meet national objectives. He hinted at a cabinet shuffle looming within a week and left open the possibility of becoming finance minister.
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Sharp
Ottawa
Liberal Party
Canada
Mitchell Sharp
Sharp next Whighead
Ottawa reports on Mitchell Sharp as Acting Minister of Finance who is tipped for the full portfolio in a cabinet shuffle. A private, mid-50s MP since 1963, Sharp is viewed as cool and reserved and once authored the hidden report on economic prospects used by Diefenbaker in 1958.
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Sharp
Ottawa
Trade and Commerce
C. D. Howe
John Diefenbaker
Quiet strength gears Mr Sharp toward federal politics
Mr Sharp’s career arc moves from public service to a senior industry post and into politics against Diefenbaker in 1962, winning Toronto Eglinton in 1963. He backs Pearson’s government in Parliament and at the trade and commerce building, showing a talent for quiet competence and leadership amid protective challenges. He shines in closed conferences, but media interaction is limited and quotable quotes are sought.
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Sharp
Diefenbaker
Public Service
Toronto
Eglinton
Pearson
House of Commons
Trade and Commerce Building
Petite
Mr. Pearson
Historic meeting in space Sunday
Gemini 7 piloted by Frank Borman and James Lovell flies a 14 day mission, nearing a planned rendezvous with Gemini 6 as Sunday promises a space forming maneuver. Gemini 7 aims to set a world endurance record and extend U S space flight benchmarks. The crew battles nasal dryness in pure oxygen while planning a December splashdown after 329 hours in space.
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Houston
Tex
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
United States
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Walter M. Schirra
Thomas P. Stafford
Coffs Space
Lovell
Charles Berry
Jim
Frank
Space Twins
Borman
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
Charles Conrad Jr
Ontario rejects Horsburgh appeal
Ontario Court of Appeal upholds former United Church minister Russell Horsburgh’s conviction for contributing to juvenile delinquency in a split decision. His lawyer hints at a possible appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada, citing a dissent by Justice Bora Laskin.
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Toronto
United Church
Russell Horsburgh
Supreme Court of Canada
C. E. Perkins
Horsburgh
Chatham
Ont
Ontario Court of Appeal
Bora Laskin
Federal Supreme Court
Park Street
Dana Porter
Gregory Evans
W. H. Fox
Laskin
Allan acquitted on first charge in Ottawa trial
A jury directed by Judge Peter Macdonald found Brig. John Baxter Allan not guilty on the first charge of accepting advantage or benefit related to hotel bills merchandise and Levy Industries transfer. The four week trial ended with an acquittal and a second conspiracy charge may proceed in February pending Crown decision.
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Ottawa
John Baxter Allan
Allan
Canadian Army
Peter Macdonald
Brig
Levy Industries Ltd
Morris
Mark
Edward
Benjamin Levy
Toronto
Canadian motion on contributions approved by UN
Canada led a UN vote approving a resolution urging voluntary funding for peacekeeping costs. The 88 to 1 adoption, with three abstentions, blocked Ireland’s rival plan and keeps the UN special committee on peacekeeping studying the issue before the next General Assembly session.
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United Nations
Canada
Soviet Union
France
United States
Britain
Special Committee On Peacekeeping
General Assembly
Security Council
World Organization
Ireland
Albania
Burma
Nepal
Zambia
Assembly
Paul Beaulieu
Brazil
Masset BC Holds Civic Elections On Wrong Day
Masset on the Queen Charlotte Islands held its village elections a week early, electing two fishermen to the village commission. Invermere earlier did the same. both communities faced possible rulings from the Municipal Affairs Minister on the legality and potential to keep the results. The Masset council noted the error as a first time civic vote for the town, incorporated in 1961.
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Masset
B.C
Queen Charlotte Islands
Canada
British Columbia
Invermere
East Kootenay
Vancouver
Isabel Wilson
Norman Stewart-Burton
Richard Dale Ward
Dan Campbell
Floods batter English counties with rising rivers and chaos
In England and Wales floods from 24 hours of rain swelled rivers flooding counties including Derbyshire and Yorkshire. The Severn rose over 17 feet with high tides along the east coast. Dozens evacuated in Derby and Beverley as plants closed and thousands faced Christmas job losses.
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London
England
Severn
Britain
Thames
Westminster
Matlock
Derbyshire
Yorkshire
Steel Works
Steel Peach and Tozer Ltd
Rotherham
General Electric Co
Mexborough
Beverley
Hull
Parracombe
Devon
Stephen Bray
Lynn
Mid- Wales
Derby
Wigan
Burnley
Shrewsbury
Hoffa intervenes in East dispute at Local 938
International Teamsters President Hoffa placed Local 938 under trusteeship in Toronto after a factional split. Raymond Greene suspended the local board, reinstated most members, canceled a Sunday meeting, and named Ken McDougall as temporary business manager. The rival group led by Merritt and Thibault accuses leadership of misusing funds and poor contract stances amid stalled negotiations with 85 firms for 3,500 members.
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James Hoffa
Teamsters’ International
Raymond Greene
Montreal
Urer
Lloyd Merritt
Charles Thibault
Ken McDougall
Gordon Newman
Thibault
Ed Murphy
Ontario
Hamilton
Kingston
Windsor
London
McDougall
Greene
Newman
Hoffa
Merritt
International
Jury frees three whites in killing of minister
In Selma Alabama an all white jury acquitted three white men charged with the civil rights era killing of a Boston minister Reverend James Reeb. The verdict sparked warnings of renewed racial tension amid a federal and state case ongoing. Reverend Andrew Young of the SCLC warned of increased demonstrations as church and civil rights leaders condemned the acquittal.
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Selma
Ala
Boston
Martin Luther King Jr
Andrew Young
Dr. King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
James J. Reed
Broad Street
Alabama
Elmer L. Cook
Namon
O’neal Hoggle
William Stanley Hoggle
Reeb
R. B. Kelley
Mr. Reeb
Justice Department
Major battle develops near Saigon with VC forces
A major battle near Saigon develops as a multi-battalion Viet Cong force engages South Vietnamese troops 35 miles southwest of the city. An American spokesman says government forces, backed by air support, faced heavy fire from .50 caliber machine guns and mortars in Go Cong province, with 29 mission flights destroying 47 buildings and damaging 29 others.
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Saigon
Go Cong
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