Alberta Red Deer River diversion plan approved
Alberta government will pursue the Red Deer River diversion costing over 100 million dollars. The project aims to trap mountain western waters and route them east to the Saskatchewan border. Tenders for the first dam on the Clearwater River could be issued within four years after engineering work is complete.
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Red Deer
Alberta
Red Deer River
Harry Strom
Rocky Mountains
Saskatchewan
Strom
Clearwater
Alberta river scheme to divert run-off water to Red Deer River
The plan diverts run-off waters by canal to the Red Deer River in Central Alberta. It connects with the South Saskatchewan River near Saskatchewan. Stored in mountain headwaters, the water will be allocated first to domestic and municipal uses with irrigation and industry as secondary.
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Red Deer
Alberta
South Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Strom
Redistribution delay predicted in federal riding reviews
Ottawa reports from ten independent commissions on redistributing federal electoral ridings will be debated after Parliament opens. Debates can trigger commission amendments, with earliest proclamations by mid April, though loopholes may delay beyond spring. Ontario gains three seats. Alberta two. BC one. Saskatchewan and others lose.
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Ottawa
Commons
Nelson Castonguay
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Manitoba
Saigon awaits Rusk and Harriman amid peace talks
U S State Secretary Dean Rusk and envoy W Averell Harriman head to Saigon after meetings in New Delhi and Bangkok and a Kosygin chat in New Delhi as Vietnam warns against premature peace talks. a US jeep carrying Americans and Australians was hit by Viet Cong fire near Da Nang while an allied patrol responded.
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Saigon
U.S
Dean Rusk
W. Averell Harriman
Rusk
New Delhi
Bangkok
Harriman
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
Shastri
South Viet Nam
da Nang
Greene unfamiliar with CPR railway pact says Emerson
CPR president R A Emerson said Agriculture Minister J J Greene does not know the 1881 agreement or the MacPherson commission. He noted the 1881 pact required CPR to build and run the main line efficiently, not the side lines Greene mentions. The MacPherson report urged abandoning uneconomic lines.
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Toronto
J.J. Greene
Canadian Pacific Railway
MacPherson Commission On Transportation
CPR
Emerson
Green
MacPherson Commission
CNR Takes Over Two CPR Passenger Routes
The Board of Transport Commissioners announced a deal where CNR will run exclusive Montreal Toronto and Ottawa Toronto passenger trains, ending CPR service on these legs. The Ottawa Toronto overnight train would be dropped due to projected deficits, and CPR agrees to abandon Montreal Toronto and Ottawa Toronto while keeping Montreal Ottawa. The board backed the plan as yielding adequate service for most patrons.
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Ottawa
CNR
CPR
Montreal
Capital
Toronto
Ottawa-Toronto
Ottawa Triangle
Liberal leadership race in Alberta narrows to four finalists
Calgary and St Albert candidates lead a four way Liberal leadership contest as 600 delegates gather for the Alberta Liberal party convention. Robert Russell and Adrian Berry are favored with Richard Broughton and Wilbur Freeland also running. voting occurs Saturday to select a leader requiring 50 percent plus one.
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Calgary
St. Albert
Edmonton
Alberta Liberal Party
Robert Russell
Adrian Berry
Russell
Alberta
Lethbridge
Canada
Berry
Calgary North
United Farmers of Alberta
Social Credit
Broughton
Lancashire
England
Hugh Gaitskell
British Labor Party
David Steuart
Sasakatchewan
A. W. Platt
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative
LBJ says New York transit wage deal inflationary
President Johnson denounces the New York transit wage settlement as inflationary while Mayor Lindsay defends it as in the public interest. The dispute centers on wage-price guidelines and the costs of the agreement, with estimates of the toll and settlement at up to 70 million dollars.
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NEW York
Johnson
John W. Lindsay
Washington
Lindsay
Transit Authority
Michael J. Quill
Aflcio Transport Workers Union
Training programs boost weekly wages for trainees
Ottawa and provincial leaders unveil a new job training plan to raise weekly grants to a maximum of 75 dollars for unemployed adults in provincial courses. The pilot involves most provinces, targets high unemployment areas, and shifts funding to expanded training facilities and higher stipends starting July 1.
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Ottawa
Jean
Gerin-Lajoie
Quebec
Lower St. Lawrence
Abitioi
Chicoutimi
Marchand
Wilson cancels Bottomley Rhodesia visit amid impasse
Prime Minister Wilson cancelled temporary plans for Commonwealth Relations Secretary Arthur Bottomley to visit Salisbury as Rhodesia deepened its crisis. Wilson cited intolerable conditions and said he could not guarantee Bottomley’s safety while the Smith regime pressed sanctions and political isolation. The move followed Wilson’s 24 hour Lagos trip meeting Kaunda and Kenyatta and came after Rhodesia ordered three Labour MPs to leave.
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London
Wilson
Rhodesia
Commonwealth Relations
Arthur Bottomley
Salisbury
Smith
Bottomley
Lagos
Kenneth Kaunda
Zambia
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya
Humphrey Gibbs
Pearson says Rhodesia talks strengthen Commonwealth unity
Prime Minister Pearson returned from Lagos where he declared the Commonwealth stronger after the two day Rhodesia conference. He noted African members gained insight into Britain's stance and Afro Asian delegates felt intense reformist sentiment. He urged two more months of sanctions before force and said Wilson believes sanctions are biting and may yield result in weeks.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Wilson
Canada
Lester Pearson
Ottawa
Pearson
Lagos
Rhodesia
Commonwealth
Ian Smith
Kidnap Attempt Foiled at Beverly Hills Home
Pistols drawn two men crashed Leon ard K Firestone’s Beverly Hills home in a bid to kidnap the wealthy industrialist. Police on scene killed both with shotgun blasts. Cal Bailey, 40, was killed rushing the living room and George Scalia, 28, died hours later at General Hospital.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Leonard K. Firestone
Cal Bailey
George Scalia
General Hospital
De Gaulle may be ready welcome U.K. into ECM
Three years after de Gaulle slammed the doors on Britain the French president signals possible welcome to join the Common Market. He says negotiations on agriculture may resume with equitable terms and hopes neighbors will join. A Luxembourg foreign ministers meeting aims to repair Franco Brussels tensions after France’s June boycott.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
European Union
France
de Gaulle
Edward Heath
West Germany
Brussels
Luxembourg
Ku Klux Klan Bosses Discussed Bombing Lady Bird Train
House investigator said Louis Di Salvo a Mississippi barber and gun dealer proposed bombing the Lady Bird Special campaign train in 1964 and forming a firing squad. The plan frightened Klansmen who considered joining a rival group. The committee seeks contempt citations against Robert Shelton and six officers for defying subpoenas.
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Washington
U.S
Appell
White Knights
Ku Klux Klan
United Klans of America
di Salvo
Mississippi
Edwin E. Willis
Dem. la
House
Robert M. Shelton
Justice Department
Shelton
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Harry Hays
Greene
Banff
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Western Canada
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Mr. Green
Western
Ottawa - Toronto
Russell Berry
Alta
LBJ
Supreme Court
Quill
Bellevue Hospital
TWU
Amalgamated Transit Union
Aflcio
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
U.K
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Lady Bird
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