Glassco report urges Ottawa to end federal role in hospitals and education
The Glassco royal commission proposes transferring federal hospitals for veterans Indians and military personnel to provinces or communities and pulling back from Indian schools and military education. It calls wasteful duplication and urges Ottawa to finance only extra provincial burdens and to end several unfunded programs.
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Ottawa
Glassca
Royal Commission
Diefenbaker
Veterans’ Land Act Administration
Federal
Civil Service
NDP Leader Scolds BC Legislator over Cuba Trip
Vancouver report says Cedric Cox Burnaby legislature member left Jan 1 on an expenses paid trip to Cuba as guest of Premier Fidel Castro. Party leader Robert Strachan criticized Cox while Harold Winch Vancouver East MP defended his brother in law’s travel.
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Vancouver
Robert Strachan
New Democratic Party
British Columbia
NDP
Cuba
Cedric Cox
Burnaby
Fidel Castro
Harold Winch
Vancouver East
Cox
Strachan
Nashville pastor fined for illegal whiskey in church
Rev Bernard Swain 30 pastor of St Psalm Spiritual Church was fined 50 dollars in city court after a raid found a 55 gallon mash drum and a 15 gallon coffee urn containing mash. He said he was making sacramental holy wine for his congregation.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Bernard Swain
St. Psalm Spiritual Church
Swain
Andrew Doyle
Simpson Wins Seat and Recreation Post in City Elections
Alderman Helen Gibson and G H Davison were reelected to the library board. Peter Simpson won a seat on the recreation commission from eight candidates, with Norma DeMan Dr Leo Lewis and Al Wiggins also reelected. The vacancies fill terms of three and two years respectively.
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Helen Gibson
G. H. Davison
Library Board
Norma DeMan
Leo Lewis
al Wiggins
Peter Simpson
Recreation Commission
Cliff Wright, Jr
Ald. Gibson
Council On
Weiner
Gibson
Davison
Rotary Club
Wright
Kinsmen Club
Bert Maltin
DeMan
Council of Social Services
Lewis
Simpson
Royal Canadian Legion
Wiggins
Ym-Ywca
Galvin DesHarnais
Art Frey
Medicine Hat
Norstad warns NATO on Canada nuclear role
former NATO commander Lauris Norstad told reporters in Ottawa that NATO would suffer a substantial loss if Canada shifts to a non-nuclear role. He praised Canada's high quality ground and air forces and urged Canada to maintain its nuclear commitment and training for atomic weapons in operational capacity. He noted Canada pledged nuclear capability but has not yet signed a bilateral agreement with the U.S. Continued Canadian nuclear participation is essential to NATO, Norstad said.
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Harold Morrison Washington
Lauris -Norstad
NATO
Canada
Norstad
U.S
Ottawa
Trailer Dwellers Seek Assurance At Riverside Council
Morley Fach and his wife, longtime trailer tenants at a Riverside auto court, urged the City Council to ensure trailer residents aren’t singled out for taxation. A report on mobile home numbers and tax proposals was before the council, which noted that trailer dwellers have escaped civic taxes and discussed licensing fees. Fach argued a friend moved to a cabin and would avoid taxes if his trailer would be taxed. aldermen explained rent, cabin taxes, and landlord charges differ, with business taxes currently unpaid on trailers.
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Morley Fach
Riverside
Council
Fach
Mr. Fach
Cliff Adam
Kennedy to unveil Mona Lisa in U S visit
News in Brief from multiple cities reports President Kennedy planning a Palm Beach flight to introduce the Mona Lisa to Americans. Also notes CN rail line blockage in British Columbia after a rock slide, a Winnipeg plan to exempt low earners from filing tax returns, weather delays in English soccer cup games, Sons of Freedom Doukhobors set to encamp near Victoria at legislative start, and Alberta Farmers Union leader backs a study of property rights.
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Washington
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Edmonton (Cp
Ed Nelson
Alberta Farmers Union
Pay Boost Granted to Medicine Hat Firemen
Medicine Hat council accepts the October arbitration wage findings for firemen with protests, granting increases from 4% to 10% retroactive to Jan 1 1962 and adding a third week of annual holiday after five years. Total 1962 city cost is $9,471. police had earlier secured raises totaling 5% for 1962 and 1963. Firemen are Local 263 of the IAFF.
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Patrick J. Roe
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Fire Departments
Arbitration Board
H. J. McCallum
Jack Cuthbertson
E. D. McLoughlin
K. A. Pugh
Anffort
A. T. Legge
Leonard Morris
James Middleton
Legge
International Association of Firefighters
Wednesday Deliveries To Cease In Medicine Hat
Union Milk Co and Purity Dairy plan Wednesday milk deliveries halt in Medicine Hat as of Jan 16 due to a new union contract. Al Wiggins says his unit has no confirmed price rise though a one-cent per quart increase was discussed. layoffs expected as Wednesday routes end.
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Ralph Sutton
Union Milk Co. Ltd
Calgary
Purity
Medicine Hat and
Lethbridge
Public Utilities Board
Edmonton
Union Milk
Medicine Hat
Wiggins
Union Milk Co
Purity Dairy
Norstad Remarks Delay Canada Nuclear Weapons Decision
Canadian officials expect no immediate policy shift after Gen. Lauris Norstad’s press remarks. Analysts note Ottawa resists military pressure and will likely delay any decision on accepting nuclear warheads for NATO, citing public policy resistance and non-commitment to NATO terms.
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NATO
Europe
Canada
Katanga Regime Totters as Tshombe Returns to Elisabethville
Katanga leader Moise Tshombe, backed by UN forces, returned to Elisabethville amid a UN siege and scattered armed forces. He warned of scorched earth tactics to resist integration with The Congo Republic as Swedish UN troops tightened control in northern Katanga.
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Elisabethbille
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Congo
Kaniama
Katanga
Congo Republic
Grain Grower Impressed by Abandonment Suspension Plan
A M Runciman president United Grain Growers said he was favorably impressed by a major railway agreement to suspend branch line abandonments in Western Canada. Transport Minister Baker announced the suspension pending parliamentary action on an overall abandonment program. The plan allows railways to reveal short term abandonment plans while awaiting the MacPherson royal commission transportation blueprint.
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Winnipeg
A. M Runciman
United Grain Growers
Canada
Transport
Baker
MacPherson Royal Commission On Transportation
Board Faces School Room Shortage Amid Population Growth
Medicine Hat Separate School Board hears five year population projection shows rising enrolment and possible serious shortages in junior and senior high classrooms. Superintendent Cauntishly Nearing warns of potential jam next September while building committee heads a report for the next meeting.
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Jean Holt
Medicine Hat
J J. Nearing
R. F. Cote
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