Snowbound Trains Hold 300 Passengers In Fraser Canyon
More than 300 travelers slept aboard two trains trapped by heavy snowslides in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon. CNR Panorama with 200 passengers couldn't move after being pinched between slides. CPR's Canadian carried about 130 aboard but faced ongoing blockage. Work trains and plows battled ice, mud, and rock as both lines prepared to ferry passengers to Vancouver and onward to Calgary or Edmonton.
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Boston Bar
B.C
Fraser Canyon
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific
CNR
Vancouver
Fraser River
CPR
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railway
Here
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Ottawa weighs family allowance reform at welfare conference
Health Minister MacEachen told provincial welfare ministers the federal government seeks provincial proposals on family allowances. Quebec plans would hand control to the provinces, but Ottawa is not ready to devolve the program. Legislation on the Canada Assistance Plan was pledged for the new parliamentary session.
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Ottawa
MacEachen
Quebec
Levesque
Canada
Warmer weather on way across western Prairies
Slightly milder air is moving into Alberta and western Saskatchewan after a 14 day cold spell. Westerly winds bring high level warmth expected to reach ground level in southwestern Alberta first, then spread elsewhere by Saturday. Forecasts note forecasting difficulties with baffling reports. Temperatures ranged from 19 above at Calgary to near freezing readings elsewhere. Pincher Creek saw a sharp 38 degree rise followed by above freezing temperatures overnight.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Pincher Creek
Unrest Returns to the Dominican Republic Crisis Deepens
In Santo Domingo military leaders including Francisco Caamano Denaro refuse posts abroad as provisional president Hector Garcia Godoy faces a tense standoff. A San Isidro airbase communique sparks unrest while Orlando Bonnelly is shot. Troops occupy the national palace and radio station as Garcia Godoy asserts revocable replacements.
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Reuters-Ap Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francisco Caamano Deno
Hector Garcia-Godoy
San Isidro
Orlando Bonnelly
Juan Bonnelly
Couny
Garcia - Godoy
Organization of American States
Garcia- Godoy
Japan Pledges Peace Talk Push With North Vietnam
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Eisaku Sato told U. S. envoy W. Averell Harriman Japan will press Hanoi toward talks to end the Viet Nam war. Sato sees ripe conditions after bombing pause and hints at steps via Moscow and embassies in Laos Cambodia and other allied nations. Harriman tours capitals while Australia prepares for next stop.
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Eisaku Sato
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Japan
Viet Nam
Sato
Harriman
Moscow
Etsusaburo Shiina
Hanoi
Laos
Cambodia
Johnson
Poland
Zycie Warszawy
Warsaw Life
Canberra
Reuters
Australia
White House
Robert M Menzies
Kashmir dispute dominates tri continental solidarity conference
At Havana Reuters reports the India Pakistan Kashmir dispute dominates the meeting with Pakistan backed by China seeking to raise the issue in the non governmental conference political committee. Russia and others urged against mentioning Kashmir during Thursday plenary sessions.
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Havana
Reuters
Kashmir
India
Pakistan
China
Russia
Egypt
Governor seeks strike settlement with aid request
A delegation from New York City labor unions asked Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller for help to end the subway and bus strike. They pressed for release of jailed union leaders including Michael J. Quill, whose health is poor, and urged swift action to reduce the citywide disruption. Wirtz briefed officials in Washington after meetings with Mayor Lindsay and other parties.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Michael J. Quill
Harry van Arsdale
John W. Lindsay
U.S. Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Johnson
Lindsay
Washington
Quill
Bellevue Hospital
Henry A. Barnes
The
Met
Autonomy urged for two campuses of Alberta University
A University of Alberta committee recommends complete autonomy for the Calgary and Edmonton campuses with own boards and councils. A 10 member liaison commission would coordinate with government financing. The plan preserves government role but expands campus self governance and senate representation.
Alberta university autonomy urged for Edmonton and Calgary
A University of Alberta committee recommended autonomous universities in Edmonton and Calgary with future provincial campuses, keeping local boards of governors as final authorities. It rejected Cresap McCormick and Paget’s single-university plan and proposed expanded senates and a vice president for student affairs.
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Edmonton
Board of Governors and
University of Alberta
Calgary
Cresap, McCormick and Paget
Board of Governors
Banff School of Fine Arts
University At
Medi
Alberta
University Board of Governors
Ants
F. P. Galbraith
Case on Judge Landreville Could Reach Showdown Early
Ottawa reports that Mr Justice Leo Landreville may face a parliamentary showdown when the new session opens January 18 as constitutional precedents are tested. Justice Minister Cardin has sought a possible inquiry into Landreville's conduct as Sudbury mayor and seeks voluntary resignation amid past charges dismissed in 1964.
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Leo Landreville
Lucien Cardin
Ontario Supreme Court
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Landgreville
Ment
Law Society of Upper Canada
Ontario Bar
Justice
Sudbury
Landreville
Quebec
Ontario
Northern Ontario Natural Gas Co
Fathers of Confederation
Commons
Senate
MacEwan Becomes Alberta’s Ninth Lieutenant Governor
John Walter Grant MacEwan, 63, of Calgary, officially took office as Alberta’s ninth lieutenant governor. He spent the afternoon with his wife house hunting in below zero weather, signaling a brisk start to his tenure.
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Edmonton
John Walter Grant MacEwan
Calgary
Alberta
Chamber backs Mel-Air feeder and charter service plan
The Medicine Hat chamber committee endorsed Mel-Air Limited's feeder and charter plan linking main terminals. City engineer Allan Gunter outlined potential regional flights and mail contracts while MP Bud Olson questioned long term viability without reciprocal airline agreements. He warned regional policy is needed for true success.
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Transportation Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce
Mel-Air
Allan Gunter
Bud Olson
City and Chamber
Medicine Hat
Chamber
Gunter
Air Canada
Pacific Western Airlines
Met- Air
Express
Transair
Air Service
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Met-Air
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Canadian Pacific Airlines
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