Diet Camp clash over meeting details in leadership saga
Ottawa report notes a Feb 3 4 Montreal executive committee meeting as the next flare in the Progressive Conservative leadership drama. Factions led by John Diefenbaker and Dalton Camp clash over date place and convention composition with Winnipeg and Ottawa as viable options.
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Ontario
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Prairie storm disrupts communications and drives extreme cold
A Prairie storm disrupted communications across the region and brought severe cold. Quebec and the West froze as arctic air moved south with temperatures plummeting to 26 below in Quebec City and Saskatoon reporting 10 below. Rain and gale winds lashed Victoria while Alberta saw blizzard warnings and power outages in Regina.
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Dairy Farmers seek aid as subsidies look unlikely
Delegates at the Dairy Farmers of Canada convention voiced dismay over federal minister J. J. Greene’s forecast of little chance for direct dairy subsidies in the coming year. They backed a policy plan urging higher returns for industrial milk and proposed a national support level of 5.10 per 100 pounds, with 0.10 to export assistance to boost profits.
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Pickersgill says Crowsnest debate won at high cost
Ottawa transport minister Jack Pickersgill says the opposition won a pyrrhic victory as 36 grain products lose protection under the Crowsnest Pass rates clause. He warns railways could charge higher compensatory rates and notes Canada’s rates compare unfavorably to U.S. levels.
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Olson welcomes S C unity move
Tentative steps toward reuniting the Social Credit movement are reported behind the scenes. Real Caouette invites Social Credit officials to a February 12 Rally as M P Bud Olson praises reconciliation to sustain the party's national status.
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Bud) Olson
Medicine Hat
Liberal stance tightens on national transportation bill
In Ottawa the government signaled it will not risk losing votes on the national transportation policy bill. An emergency Liberal caucus criticized MPs who missed Wednesday’s Commons session as Conservatives won a three year review clause defeat. Aimed at Atlantic protections, a Conservative amendment to shield Maritimes shippers failed 68 to 41.
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Anti Ky protest erupts as South Viet Nam premier arrives
About 2,000 demonstrators gather in Brisbane to protest the visit of South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky. Police arrest at least 20 after the crowd cheers and hoots as Ky exits a car and is whisked into a hotel amid dispersing officers.
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Sect seeks state aid to keep children at monastery
In St Jerome Quebec Father Jean de la Trinite leader of the Apostles of Infinite Love seeks government support to keep about 50 children at the Laurentian Mountains monastery. Police say 18 children have been found and turned over. authorities search for the rest amid allegations of danger.
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Government action urged to curb cigarette smoking
Sir Alexander Haddow of London's Royal Cancer Hospital urged gradual changes to smoking habits rather than outright bans. He cited 25,000 England lung cancer deaths yearly and warned environmental factors plus cigarettes drive cancer risk. He discussed chemotherapy limits, enzyme substitutions, and the role of air pollution in enhancing smoking’s cancer effects.
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