TransAir Calgary Regina service to face public hearing in Regina
A public hearing will be held in Regina on February 18 on TransAir Limited of Winnipeg seeking permanent withdrawal of its Calgary Regina service. The Air Transport Board has already allowed a temporary suspension of the southern Prairie milk run, effective this Saturday. Saskatchewan’s Russ Brown voiced disappointment that the federal government would not require continuation of the route until a satisfactory alternative is found.
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TransAir Limited
Winnipeg
Calgary
D. F. Quirt
Federal Air Transport Board
Saskatchewan
Russ Brown
TransAir
Air Transport Board
Brown
Pearson
City Without Wings
Medicine Hat
TransAir Ltd
ATB
Missing 5000 Beer Cases From Ste. Adresse Aground
Quebec police report 5000 cases of beer missing from the 40000 case cargo aboard the schooner Ste. Adresse after it ran aground in the St. Lawrence River last month. Officials note celebrations have been observed in the area.
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Montreal
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Indians to press for grants at Alberta conference
Delegates at the Alberta Indian Conference in Edmonton will urge the province to secure federal provincial grants welfare payments and hospital benefits. Chief Clarence McHugh of the Gleichen Indian reserve says a meeting with Premier Manning should be sought to explain why funds have not been received and to learn about centennial grants.
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Calgary
Alberta
McHugh
Blossom bombings aim to publicize daffodil festival
Penticton and other western centres plan blossom drops to publicize spring events. Nanaimo proposals to dump Vancouver Island daffodils on Edmonton and Calgary were reported as part of a publicity stunt. Edmonton and prairie cities may receive peach and apple blossoms in the effort.
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Penticton
B.C
Edmonton
Prairie
Vancouver Island
Department of Transport and Police
Nanaimo
Calgary
Penticton Chamber of Commerce
East West talks begin on Berlin wall reopening
West Berlin and East German officials held preliminary talks in Berlin to explore negotiations that could lead to reopening the wall for West Berliners. It marked the first meeting since the wall was closed last Sunday.
Final agreement near on Columbia project
Ottawa reports a second technical agreement between Canada and British Columbia on the Columbia River hydro and flood control project. The pact outlines pricing for BC power and secures US funding for dam construction, with final federal-US steps expected soon and BC starting work next summer.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Columbia River
B.C
Martin
United States
Columbia
U.S
Snow Closes Roads as Medicine Hat Faces Heavy Snowfall
Medicine Hat and surrounding south central Alberta are blanketed with about four inches of new snow. Roads are slick with spots on the Trans-Canada Highway and the Hilda Shuler route snowbound. Police report few accidents so far as sand trucks clear intersections and hills, with AMA urging caution on passable but snow-covered country routes.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Peace River
Edmonton
Bill McKenzie
City Police Traffic Department
Alberta Motor Association
AMA
Panamanians, U.S. Troops Clash Near Canal Zone
Five Panamanians were reported killed and 96 wounded in fresh fighting today with U.S. troops on the border of the U.S. Canal Zone. The toll since Thursday night rises to 15 dead, including three U.S. soldiers.
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U.S
Panama
U.S. Canal Zone
United States
U.s.-Panama
Canal Zone
Panamanian Demonstrators Clash in Canal Zone Over Flags
Panamanian students moved into the Canal Zone after U S students raised the American flag despite orders. Ambassador Aquilino Boyd prepared to take aggression charges to the UN Security Council. President Chiari urged OAS action as U S casualties were reported near the Tivoli Guest House.
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U.S. Zone
Panama
Johnson
Tivoli
Canal Company
Canal
Eisenhower
Latin Republic
Man held in twin killing shocks Saskatoon
Four year old Donald Wourm described the bludgeoning deaths of his mother Margaret Wourm and Patricia Littlechief in a west Saskatoon home. Police said both women were killed with an axe while Dale Wourm, seven, was seriously injured with skull fractures. A man was in custody hours after the report.
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Pat
Dale
Donald Wourm
Margaret Wourm
Patricia Littlechief
Saskatoon
J. E. Cumpstone
Presidents confer to settle crisis in Canal Zone
President Johnson spoke by telephone with Panama's Roberto Chiari to push a peaceful end to Canal Zone violence. A U S delegation led by Thomas C. Mann traveled to the zone to meet Chiari and press for an immediate halt to the fighting.
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Washington
Johnson
Roberto Chiari
Panama
Pierre Salinger
White House
Canal Zone
U.S
Thomas C. Mann
Panama accuses U S of oppression over canal riots
Panama's UN ambassador Acquiline Boyd arrived in Miami en route to New York to file aggression charges at the UN Security Council. He denounced 50 years of perceived oppression by the United States in the Canal Zone, blaming U S troops for shooting at Panamanian protesters and denying Communist influence.
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United States
Aquilino Boyd
UN Security Council
Miami
U.S
Roberto Chiari
Organization of American States
Fla
United Nations
Acquiline Boyd
Boyd
Birmingham
Latin America
Republic
Panama Canal
New York
San Francisco
Canal Zone
Lefusal
Canal Zone Company
Panama created to realize U.S. dream
The history of U.S. involvement with Panama spans from early 1900s negotiations with Colombia to build a canal, through the 1903 independence and Hay-Bunau-Varilla treaty, to perpetual canal rights and periodic treaty changes. The piece recounts nationalist tensions, flag riots, zone governance, and tolls accruing from 1914 to 1962.
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Panama
United States
Republic of Panama
Pacific Oceans
Senate
Colombia
Caribbean
Colon
U.S
Nashville
Washington
Republic
Thompson to Attend Hat Socreds Convention in Medicine Hat
National Social Credit leader Robert N. Thompson will visit Medicine Hat January 23 for the Hat Socreds annual convention at the Assiniboia Hotel starting 1 30 p m The event follows a date change honoring Lieutenant Governor J Percy Page The meeting includes a 6 30 p m smorgasbord dinner Thompson will attend both sessions and previously spoke here in November 1961 for a Young Social Credit League rally.
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Robert N. Thompson
Social Credit
Red
Olson
Assiniboia
Thompson
Medicine Hat
Young Social Crediit League
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