27 Dec 1961
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1961
Page
1
The piece argues for tougher traffic laws and harsher penalties after a holiday weekend with high fatalities. It urges license suspensions for offenders, mandatory jail for impaired driving, and public accountability to reduce needless deaths on roads and highways.
The Winnipeg Tribune reports 50 McGill University professors urged Prime Minister Diefenbaker to adopt candor in foreign policy. They criticized propaganda, called for real discussion of Berlin, non nuclear club studies, and civil defence facts on nuclear war effects.
Manitoba judge Justice GE Tritschler urges legal union incorporation and tighter limits on strikes and secondary boycotts to balance labor and management. He backs secret ballot strike votes, keeps worker voting rights for a fixed period, and calls for responsible union leadership while addressing antiunion sentiment amid Brandon Packers strike echoes.
John Walker reports on a five hour Commons debate about Romany travellers in modern Britain. Estimates vary from 13,000 to 100,000 travellers, with gypsies dating to 1505 in Britain. The piece notes distinct groups such as didicoi and mumpers among roaming communities.
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