Government boards face call for watchdog over power
In Ottawa, MPs from the three major parties urged a committee to curb the growing influence of government boards and crown corporations. The debate focused on a proposed 17 member board controlling land, sea, and air transport with about 480 million dollars in spending over eight years.
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Ottawa
Commons
Baldwin
Liberals
NDP
Super Board
Board of Transport Commissioners
Favreau quits as Quebec's federal Liberal leader
Ottawa reports Guy Favreau, in frail health, resigns as Quebec leader of the federal Liberal party. He will exit politics within a year after letters reveal his illness, retaining registrar general and Privy Council president posts, with Marchand poised to take over in Quebec.
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Ottawa
Guy Favreau
Liberal Party
Quebec
Pearson
Favreau
Guy
Privy Council
Supreme Court of Canada
Marchand
Liberal
Favreaul
Montreal Papineau
Mayor walks out of police meeting in Vancouver
Vancouver mayor Tom Campbell left a police commission meeting after being denied a copy of a controversial report by Vancouver lawyer George Murray. The 1965 document, tied to a $1.2 million warehouse robbery and serial bank robberies, implicated police in suspected crimes and noted the death of constable Leonard Hogue and his family. Campbell has pressed for public release for 18 months, arguing transparency and accountability.
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Vancouver (Cp
Tom Campbell
Vancouver Police Commission
Vancouver
George Murray
William Rathie
Leonard Hogue
Campbell
Mr. Murray
Rathie
Bonner
Murray
Unification views to affect promotion in Canadian forces
Ottawa reports reveal new CF255 assessments adding tri service potential as a factor in officer employment suitability. Orders also tighten fast promotion rules, requiring detailed letters explaining why rapid advancement serves the unified force.
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Ottawa
Canadian Forces
Violence in Peking as workers pour into capital
AP report from Tokyo cites a Japanese correspondent in Peking noting mass worker influx into the capital, with over 1,600,000 already arrived and daily increases. The piece describes Maoist purges, security measures, arrests for hindering purge or ridiculing Mao, and rising tension between workers, Red Guards, and officials amid broader China-wide unrest.
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Peking
Mao Tsetung
Yomiuri
Red
Mao
Shanghai
China
Mao Hng
Liu Shao-chi
Kyodo
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Lin Piao
Asahi
Security Ministry
Hsieh Fu-chih
Liu
People’s Daily
Red Flag
Tanjug
Tao Chu
Communist Central Committee
USSR tries ruin Mao's reputation
In Moscow the Soviet Communist Party plots to undermine Mao Tse tung by attacking his legitimacy and alleged ties to Russian ideas of guerrilla warfare. Informed sources say a sharp assault is coming, challenging Mao's place in Marxist theory and portraying his regime as soft on capitalists while pushing anti Soviet policy.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Kremlin
China
Liu Shao-chi
Liu
Lenin
Marx
Socius
Soviet Communist Party
Montreal 9000 teachers walk out closes 500 schools
A strike of 9,000 teachers in Montreal closed 500 schools affecting 217,000 students in elementary and high schools. Classes did not start and unions said no picket lines would form as negotiations continued. Some students were sent home with study guides for the coming week while talks aimed to resume Monday.
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Montreal
Montreal Catholic School Commission
School Commission
Philip Shore
Judy La Marsh Returns Quietly To Ottawa Politics
Prime Minister Pearson faced opposition questions in the Commons about Judy La Marsh the only woman in cabinet after her western trip. She returned Thursday but did not sit for question period as Pearson noted plans to discuss with her. Diefenbaker pressed on her BC remark calling Walter Gordon the cabinet glue and questioned if it reflected policy.
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Ottawa
Judy
Judy la Marsh
Pearson
Commons
Miss LaMarsh
British Columbia
Walter Gordon
Mr. Gordon
Diefenbaker
Mr. Pearson
Mr. Diefenbaker
Edmonton
Sir John A. Macdonald
David MacDonald
Prince
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Li Hsueh-fang
Tang Ping-chu
Hu Chi
Liu Chi-chien
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Canton
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Chiang Ching
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