CBC Plans Radio Service In Canadian Northland
CBC will launch a regular shortwave radio service to the Canadian North this summer awaiting government approval. It will use Sackville New Brunswick transmitters from 4 p.m. to 12 midnight MDT daily with a target start date of August 1. The plan aims to serve the entire North and provide a Canadian program alternative to foreign and domestic shortwave broadcasts.
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Don Hanright Ottawa
CBC
Sackville
N.B
Europe
Arctic
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Radio Moscow
Washington
Voice of America
Voice of the Andes
Ecuador
U.S
Los Angeles
Canada
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Rimouski
Que
CKBI
Prince Albert
CFGP
Grande Prairie
Alta
Lacombe
Watrous
Sask
Castro campaign seeks Negro U.S. support in Cuba
Havana reports describe a Cuban program to win African American backing through propaganda and visits. Delegations from the United States are hosted at luxury hotels, shown equality under the regime, and allowed to interview leaders while praising Castro on television and in state press.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Castro
United States
Cuba
Joe Louis
National ‘Committee For Fair Play
Juan Almeida
Ministry of Foreign Relations
Carlos Olivares
Revolucion
United
Liberal government reshapes Quebec education department
Quebec's Liberal administration merges public instruction with youth under Paul Gerin-Lajoie, giving him control of all education areas and a $132 million annual budget. The move consolidates arts, scholarships, and post graduate education and signals rapid action under the new program.
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Quebec
Liberal
Union Nationale
Jean Lesage
Montreal
Mr. Guerin-Lajoie
Lesage
Gerin- Lajoie
Education Department
Provincial Commission On Universities
Noted mascot Bulldog earns bronze star for WWII service
One of the U S Marine Corps bulldog mascots received a bronze star and five campaign ribbons for its World War II service in the Pacific theater.
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U.S. Marine Corps
Pacific
QOR Retrace Part In Riel Rebellion
NORTH BATTLEFORD Sask. (CP) Members of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada retrace their regiment's role in the Riel Rebellion by visiting Fort Battleford. A water color of Chief Poundmaker will be presented to the Indians as Sgt Ignace Riel, Louis Riel’s grand-nephew, joins the reenactment. The march from Swift Current to Battleford covers 180 miles, with a mobile museum recalling the 1885 relief column. Modern troopsCarl now wear a self loading rifle, replacing earlier Enfield of 1885.
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North Battleford
Sask
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
Seige
Poundmaker
Knife Hill
QOR
Ignace Riel
Louis Riel
Queen’s Own
Swift Current
William Otter
Illustrated War News
Fort Battleford
Queen's Own Rifleman
Manhole Miner Rakes In Sewers For Extra Cash
Baltimore construction worker David Robbins describes finding coins and occasional jewelry in city sewers after rainfall. He says he has earned about 800 from the off hours digging, using two flashlights and roomy pockets, and mentions sewer conditions in need of repair. His wife approved the extra spending money.
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Baltimore
George Quire
David Robbins
Quire
Bernard Mills
Robbins
Names Make News In Ottawa And London
Names make news across continents with estate details in Ottawa probate papers for TOM FOLEY who left 139658 to four daughters after his Toronto death on March 17 and a London Channel swim plan by MRS JANE BALDASARE.
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Tom Foley
Ottawa
Foley
Toronto
Jane Baldasare
London
United States
Unions Press Durable Goods Standard in Rail Wage Talks
Frank Hall, chief negotiator for 15 unions representing 120,000 non-operating railway workers, says the unions will defend the durable goods standard linking non-op wages to durable goods industries. The conciliation board opened hearings May 9 on a wage dispute seeking a 25 cent hourly increase over two years retroactive to Jan 1, 1960.
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Montreal
Frank Hall
Hall
Canada
Railways
Nonops
News Service Strengthened with New Washington Chief and Ottawa Bureau Chief
Southam News Services expands coverage with Tim Creery named Washington correspondent succeeding John Walker and Charles King named Ottawa Bureau Chief. Lynch will oversee London Washington and Ottawa bureaus from Ottawa. Creery, a former Montreal Star reporter, brings political reporting experience and CBC contributions. King, Vancouver-born journalist, joined Southam in 1957 and has covered federal elections and major assignments.
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Southam
Charles Lynch
Tim Creery
Washington
John Walker
London
Charles King
Ottawa
Lynch
Creery
Montreal Star
The
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King
Victoria
B.C
Halifax
Rothesay
N.B
Royal Canadian Naval College
Royal Roads
Canada
CBC
Carolyn Willett
Granville Ferry
N.S
Parliamentary Press Gallery
M. R. Creery
Vancouver
Wallace B. Creery
University of British Columbia
Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Daily Province
Southam News Services
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Lester Pearson
George Lees
Parliament Hill
Bobby McDonald
Hamilton
Hamilton South
Progressive Conservatives
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Pearson
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By Kennedy Wells
Jower
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Goodyear
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North Star Service
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Fred’s Shell Service Medicine Hat
G & M Sales and Service
Gaode
White Rose
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