Costs of University Education Spur Varied Proposals
In Victoria a flood of ideas aims to curb spiralling university costs. Proposals range from televised lectures to year‑round operation and even disbanding the traditional university form.
30 Jan 1969
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1969
Page
1
In Victoria a flood of ideas aims to curb spiralling university costs. Proposals range from televised lectures to year‑round operation and even disbanding the traditional university form.
Educators resist rapid reform as scarce funds press BC universities. Premier Bennett controls total grants with an independent board dividing funds among UBC, U of T side by side with Ontario style schemes. Kenneth Hare warned of a crisis. protests followed at Simon Fraser University as junior colleges are promoted to ease costs.
Canada and the United States launched Isis 1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, using a Thor-Delta rocket to place the 530 pound satellite into a 313 by 2,188 mile polar orbit. The craft, orbiting every two hours, marks a step toward a domestic Canadian communications satellite planned for late 1971.
Ottawa reports that Transport Minister Paul Hellyer outlined early moves toward implementing the housing inquiry’s 47 recommendations. He invited major mortgage lenders to a conference, aims to present cabinet proposals soon, and outlined tax relief on building materials and higher NHA mortgage limits, while noting provincial and municipal action required.
London reports 24 hour postal strike by 93,000 workers crippling mail delivery in Britain’s 19 largest cities. Telegraph and telephone services slowed as unions press for higher pay, threatening weekend soccer pools and broader business disruption. Negotiations hint at a five percent wage rise for overseas telegraphers earning up to £1310 yearly.
Buffalo Narrows Saskatchewan RCMP say seven people were slain with an axe early today in the remote Cree settlement. A man is in custody and not a family member. The victims include two men aged 32 and 48, a 30 year old woman, two boys ages six and five, and two girls ages three and nine. One eight year old boy remains critically injured. The community relies on scarce transport and seasonal fishing cannery.
Baghdad radio quoted by AP Reuters claimed seven Israeli planes struck Iraqi units in Jordan at 11 30 Baghdad time with one plane shot down over the Syrian Golan Heights. Israel denied the attack and said no Iraqi casualties.
BELFAST AP Prime Minister Terence O Neill won an overwhelming confidence vote in the Ulster Parliament amid four months of religious and civil rights strife. Opponents failed by 31 to 3 on an amendment. four cabinet ministers resigned to push firmer action. Rev Ian Paisley, jailed for inflaming clashes, was released on bond for appeal. his ally Maj Ronald Bunting remained imprisoned. Nearly 1,000 demonstrators outside the jail shouted O Neill must go.
Allen W. Dulles former CIA chief died late Wednesday at Georgetown University Hospital. He led the agency from 1953 to 1961 and helped found the Warren Commission. He was the brother of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and died after complications from flu and pneumonia.
Cliff Wright reported in The NEWS that Learn to Ski sessions at Elkwater are cancelled for this weekend due to extreme cold. The closure affects only the upcoming weekend.
Donald Gordon Myers of Ottawa, 48, died after his overturned oil tanker exploded following a collision near Renfrew, while two others perished. David H. Wilkinson, 25, and Jacqueline Wilkinson, 24, were killed in the car they were traveling in. A North Bay driver, Max Layman, reached the scene and offered aid but Myers refused, predicting an explosion. An unnamed Colonial Coach Lines driver and bus occupants tried to free him with a pocket knife and a hammer before the tank ignited.
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