Quebec Liberals push for top posts in federal cabinet
Ottawa reports the Quebec Liberal bloc seeks greater French Canadian influence in the cabinet as Prime Minister Pearson contemplates a cabinet shakeup. Despite 56 of 131 seats, French Canadians have held limited senior portfolios since Confederation. Lucien Cardin is the sole senior French speaking minister currently.
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Pearson
Quebec
Justice
Lucien Cardin
Defence
Guy Favreau
Privy Council
Dorion
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Defence Department
Alphonse Desjardins
Rodolphe Lemieux
Laurier
Borden
Union
Mackenzie King
Meighen
King
R. B. Bennett
Diefenbaker
Leon Baker
Paul Comtois
Comtois
Baker
Quebec Liberal
Pearson to reshuffle cabinet with new faces after election
Reports from Ottawa say Prime Minister Pearson will appoint a broad cabinet shakeup after falling short of a majority in the November 8 vote. Jean Marchand features in speculation as several Quebec ministers face renewed scrutiny and possible removal.
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Liberals
Pearson
Quebec
Jean Marchand
Caribbean
Ottawa
French Canadian ministers in federal cabinets through history
The article traces French speaking representation in Canadian cabinets from 1867 to 1963, noting key figures like Cartier Langevin Chapais and Favreau. It highlights patterns of language distribution, with French Canadians often in minor posts and occasional leadership posts across successive administrations.
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Favreau
Citiizenship
Confederation
Militia
Defence
Georges-Etienne Cartier
Hector Langevin
Jean-Charles Chapais
Wilfrid Laurier
Marines and South Vietnamese claim large Viet Cong toll
U S Marines and South Vietnamese troops in a five day battle near Da Nang say ground and air actions may have killed about 1000 Viet Cong. Fighting reportedly dwindled as Viet Cong pull back to jungle hideouts. Reuters cites nearly 400 Viet Cong dead in the Mekong Delta. North Viet Nam raids resume with strikes near Dien Bien Phu and a highway bridge area northwest of Hanoi.
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U.S
da Nang
South
Viet Nam
Que Son Sec
Mekong
Air Force
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Maugham in coma at Cap Ferrat hospital
British writer W. Somerset Maugham lay in a coma after a Saturday stroke at his Cap Ferrat villa. Doctors said he had less than 24 hours to live and that medicine could not save him.
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Nice
France
W. Somerset Maugham
Cap Ferrat
Baby dies as floods sweep England and Wales
A baby is found drowned in a flooded hole near his Staffordshire home and a 35-year-old Derbyshire factory truck driver is missing after his vehicle disappeared into 20 feet of floodwater in the River Derwent at Milford.
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Staffordshire
Derbyshire
Derwent
Milford
Astronauts Seek Wednesday Rendezvous In Space Flight
Gemini 7 crew Frank Borman and James Lovell press on through day nine of the mission as they near a planned Wednesday rendezvous with Gemini 6. Flight surgeon Dr. D Owen Coons reports they remain sharp, alert and fatigue is minimal, while Cape Kennedy efforts race to prepare Gemini 6 for launch.
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Frank Bermen
James
Coons
Borman
Lovell
Cape Kennedy
Houston
John D. Hodge
Borman and Lovell
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
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Peking accuses Canada of covering up for the U S
Peking’s People’s Daily accuses Canada and India of glossing over the Laos situation and covering for the United States as ICC members. It criticizes Britain for publishing the India-Canada majority report and says North Vietnam denies Laos troop claims.
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Peking
People’s Daily Sunday
Canada
India
Laos
United States
International Control Commission
French Indochina
Rgan
Chinese Communist Party
Britain
Commission
Poland
Soviet Union
Peking People’s Daily
ICC
U.S
Sanctions plea postponed by UN Security Council on Rhodesia crisis
The UN delayed a Security Council session on Kenya's push for mandatory sanctions against Rhodesia. Kenyan envoy Burudi Nabwera urged strong action, including an oil and trade embargo or military steps if needed. President Kenyatta signaled a diplomatic break with Britain may be sought if Rhodesia's regime remains uncowed.
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UN Security Council
Kenya
Burudi Nabwera
Rhodesia
Liu Chieh
China
Nabwera
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenyatta
Britain
Organization of African Unity
Jan Smith
OAU
Tanzania
Algeria
United Arab Republic
B C elects Chinese mayor in six British Columbia votes
Canadian Press reports six civic elections in British Columbia produced upsets. Peter Wing of Kamloops won the province’s first Chinese Canadian mayoralty, defeating C H Day and J G Boultbee. Several other cities elected new mayors and fluoridation measures failed.
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British Columbia
Canada
Peter Wing
Kamloops
Union of
B.C
Wing
C.H Day
J. G. Boultbee
Nelson
Bodard
L. G. D. Maglio
T. S. Shorthouse
Vernon
Lionel Mercier
Rice
Mercier
Mr. Rice
Grand Forks
J. A. H. Goddard
Downing
Sauve to Probe Election Irregularities in Magdalen Islands
Forestry Minister Sauve announced an investigation into election irregularities in Iles de la Madeleine Quebec after Judge Duguay said Sauve phoned to protest the release of two men to vote. Sauve will hold a press conference on Wednesday December 15 to provide facts and documents. The Conservative party also said it was investigating the Magdalen Islands election.
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Ottawa
Sauve
Quebec
Iles de-la-Madeleine
Joseph Duguay
Grindstone
Que
Duguay
Conservative
Iles-de-la- Madeleine
Rome
Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
Ecumenical Council
Magdalen Islands
Chicago man admits starting tavern fire that killed 13
Robert Lee Lassiter of Chicago admitted using a borrowed match to touch off a fire at the Seeley Club on Saturday night. He said he was angered after being expelled following an argument with Eddie Gaston a waiter at the club. Lassiter was charged with 13 counts of murder.
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Chicago
Robert Lee Lassiter
West Side
Lassiter
Seeley Club
Eddie Gaston
Gaston
Storm paralyses sections of U S
A storm blanketed the Dakotas and western Minnesota with snow rain sleet and fog. Telegraph and power lines failed as more than 20 000 wire breaks and over 2 000 poles were reported, with 40 percent of Fargo district exchanges out of order and 520 repair workers deployed. A Greyhound bus crashed near Pensacola killing four and injuring 19. An Air Canada jet skidded on approach to O'Hare but all 71 passengers were unharmed. A fogbound pilot died in a crash near White Plains.
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Pensacola
Fla
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White Plains
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