Ottawa Parliament Extends Recess Amid Budget Strains
Ottawa recess begins after a rancorous day as Parliament suspends for four weeks with MPs to reconvene Jan 21. Government faces unpassed spending estimates totaling billions, while a Montreal 1967 World Fair body is formed predicting up to 40 million visitors and a $200 million construction bill. Ministers push policy on railway branch-line abandonments and direct NHAs loans for private rental housing with a projected $15 million annual demand.
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Don Hanright
Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Montreal
Defence
Sevigny
Churchill
Government House
NDP
Frank Howard
Arnold Peters
Transport
Baker
Board of Transport Commissioners
Fulton
NHA
Conservatives Jubilant Over Liberal Challenge in Parliament
As Parliament recessed, Conservatives expressed gleeful relief at what they call a grave Liberal tactical error. A top Tory compared the scene to the pipeline debate and cited the Wednesday Commons disruption as proof of Liberal misstep.
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Ottawa
Commons
Congo Students Stone U.S. Consulate in Katanga Crisis
About 150 Katanga university students attacked the U.S. consulate in Elizabethville ripping down the flag and firing a rock barrage amid protests over new U.S. military aid to United Nations forces. Police fired into the air to disperse them as they also protested the Congo government.
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Elizabethville
the Congo
Kennedy
Katanga University
U.S
United States
United Nations
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Patrice de Beauvais
France
Unite Nations
U Thant
Universal Plan Urged for Unemployment Aid in Canada
A four member committee tabled a 55 000 word blueprint urging a universal unemployment insurance plan for a limited time and a 150 million dollar annual government fund to aid long term jobless. The plan would use existing federal provincial aid for chronically unemployed and build on the current program from 1941 facing reserves collapse.
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Ottawa
Toronto Insurance
Ernest C. Gill
Montreal Labor Council Calls for Gordon Dismissal at CNR
The Montreal Labor Council adopted a resolution demanding Donald Gordon be dismissed as president of the CNR. A second resolution urged a royal commission to probe French-language discrimination at the CNR and other Crown bodies. It urged a federal-provincial conference to revise the British North America Act.
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Montreal
Montreal Labor Council
CLC
Donald Gordon
CNR
Gordon
Refugees due in Calgary for Christmas
Fourteen refugees from Communist China are set to arrive in Calgary today and Saturday to spend Christmas in Calgary Lethbridge and Red Deer. The item notes a scheduled arrival and destinations.
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Calgary
China
Lethbridge
Red Deer
Calgary hog market falters as prices pressured down
Hogs at the Calgary public stockyards failed to sell after noon as commission firms refused a $2 drop. Firms bid $27 per 100 pounds dressed weight while packers offered $25. Edmonton yard hogs traded at $25.50 after $28 Friday. Calgary Friday's price was $28.80.
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Calgary
Edmonton
Northwest Nitro- Chemicals and Local 9693 Sign Two Year Pact
Ambrose Rubey of Northwest Nitro Chemicals and E A Gene Mitchell of Local 9693 Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers announced a two year contract retroactive to July 1 1962. It provides seven cents per hour raise this year and seven cents more on July 1 1963 plus double time after 12 hours or a day, and two extra paid holidays at time and one half if worked in year one.
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Ambrose Rubey
Northwest Nitro- Chemicals Ltd
E. A. “Gene” Mitchell
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers
Alberta trustees seek policy changes to foundation program
The Alberta School Trustees Association presented to the provincial cabinet five major changes to the School Foundation Program. They propose monthly fund payments to districts, earlier fund distribution before January, adjustments for vocational training costs, broader tax base to ease property load, and municipal power and pipe line requisitions beyond the 32-mill levy.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta School Trustees’ Association
ASTA
U S and Britain to form joint nuclear force by 1970
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan announced a two stage plan to create a NATO nuclear shield. The United States and Britain will share bomber forces for NATO missions and supply Polaris missiles minus warheads for British submarines. Skybolt plans are canceled.
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Nassau
Kennedy
Macmillan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Western Alliance
United States
Britain
NATO
Death Appeal Refused in Edmonton Golf Pro Murder
Alberta Supreme Court refused an appeal by Raymond Workman and William Huculak, both jailed for the capital murder of golf professional Frank Willey whose body has not been found. The men were sentenced Jan 9 after a September conviction. Crown financing for a further appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada is under consideration by provincial officials.
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Edmonton
Alberta Supreme Court
Raymond Daniel Workman
William Huculak
Frank Willey
Huculak
Workman
Supreme Court of Canada
Alberta
J. E. Hart
Frank Lieber
Attorney-General’s Department
Frank Dunne
Hart
Prairie rail lines face halt after prairie abandonment talks
Prairie leaders from Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta pressed for an immediate meeting with Ottawa to halt uneconomic railway abandonments. Premier Lloyd said about 5000 miles of lines in the three provinces were slated for shutdown and urged a national blueprint and broad Board of Transport Commissioners powers.
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Regina
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prairies
Woodrow Lloyd
Duff Roblin
Gordon Taylor
Lloyd
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Federal Board of Transport Commissioners
Board of Transport Commissioners
Ing
Diefenbaker
MacPherson Royal Commission On Transportation
Taylor
Canada
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