Mandy Rice Davies Testifies in Ward Vice Trial
Mandy Rice-Davies told the Old Bailey that her lovers included Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Viscount Astor of Cliveden. She said Ward introduced her to Astor and paid rent for an apartment, with Rachman and Fairbanks later named among her associates.
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London
Stephen Ward
Viscount Astor
Douglas Fairbanks
Marilyn
Mandy) Rice-Davies
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Cliveden
Christine Keeler
Society Osteopath
Old Bailey Court
Ward
Lord Astor
Mandy
Lady Astor
Astor
Christine
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Rachman
Peter Rachman
Fairbanks
England
Canadian businessman buys Ward portrait of Diefenbaker
A London gallery says Ross Henderson of Calgary, an old friend of Prime Minister Diefenbaker, bought a Ward portrait of the former leader for £262 10s. The pencil drawing was signed by Diefenbaker and was arranged to include three unnamed portraits in the sale. Ward, on trial for vice charges, expressed delight at the sale. Henderson planned to take the autographed piece back to Canada next week.
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London
Reuters
Stephen Ward
Diefenbaker
Canada
London Art Gallery
Ward
Ross Henderson
Calgary
Henderson
Canadian Conservative Association
Niefenbaker
Hyannis Port
Kennedy
Not Every Family Has a Cabbit
Ivan Danbrook reports a curious kitten on his British Columbia farm that looks half rabbit and half cat. The animal has a cat face with rabbit hindquarters, large ears, and a bushy tail and cannot meow or lick properly. Experts call it a mutation or impossible cross, noting no feline rodent breeding has been observed.
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Enderby
B.C
Ivan Danbrook
British Columbia
Danbrook
Cabbit
W. L. Parkhill
H. Campbell-Brown
Vernon
Canada Faces Tax Clash With United States
In Ottawa, Prime Minister Pearson told the Commons that U S concessions eased immediate difficulties over a 155 percent proposed tax on foreign investment. Opposition leaders criticized Kennedy and warned of broader economic impact while budget progress continued and a new department of industry was created.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Pearson
Commons
Washington
U.S
Congress
Social Credit
Thompson
Colin Cameron
New Democratic Party
Department of Industry
NDP
General Petroleum
Storm Slams North Across Alberta Causing Damage
Winds to 84 mph ripped through communities north of Edmonton tearing lines loose and uprooting trees. Power and communications were down in several towns as crews worked to restore service. No major injuries reported though a 7 year old boy in Plamondon and a 5 year old girl in Lac La Biche Hospital were affected. A Edmonton mother and two children escaped with minor scratches when a 50 foot trailer toppled, sheltering under a table as a refrigerator fell.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Northern Alberta Railways
Calgary Power Limited
James Dixon
Plamondon
Cheryl
Lac la Biche
Gordon Saunders
Kelly
Pearson appoints royal biculturalism commission faces opposition
Opposition leaders Diefenbaker and Daniel Johnson challenge the move as ineffective and delaying action. Johnson says the commission won t solve Confederation problems, while Laurendeau as co chair expresses confidence in the chance to rebuild Canada through bicultural dialogue.
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Diefenbaker
Quebec
Daniel Johnson
Canada
The
Commons
Quebec City
Johnson
Police Arrest Pickets and City Talks Intensify
Police arrest 81 more civil rights pickets at a Brooklyn hospital site raising total arrests to about 400 as leaders plan a city hall meeting with Mayor Wagner. Similar actions occur at housing projects in Manhattan and Queens with clergy and a lawyer among those detained in South Jamaica. In Cambridge Maryland, white and Negro leaders sign an agreement to end demonstrations and desegregation steps are pledged with officials present.
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New York
Brooklyn
Robert F. Wagner
Manhattan
Queens
Jamaica
Washington
Cambridge
Justice Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Burke Marshall
Calvin W Mowbray
Awdry Thompson
George Gelston
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals to Exchange for CSC Preferred Shares
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals proposes to swap its common stock for new 4 percent convertible CSC preferred voting stock. Commercial Solvents will own 51 percent of Northwest through the deal, with each 20 par CSC preferred share for 1428 Northwest common shares. The move makes Northwest a CSC subsidiary, centering production in Medicine Hat with a $23 million fertilizer plant.
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Northwest Nitro- Chemical Ltd
Commercial Solvents Corporation
U.S
Northwest
T. B. Potter
Maynard C. Wheeler
Commercial Solvents
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals
Chemical Solvents
CSC
Medicine Hat
Potter
C.S.C
Northwest Common
Saskatchewan panel urges end to age discrimination in work
The 600 day report from Saskatchewan’s aged and long term illness survey committee denounces hiring and retirement policies based on age. It calls for abolishing age barriers, flexible retirement plans, portable and contributory pensions, and employer education to keep 65 plus workers employed. It warns against segregating housing and seeks training programs and sheltered workshops to maintain independence.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
French optimism on Moscow talks prompts U.S. ratification push
Paris observers expect Khrushchev to announce progress on the US USSR UK Moscow test ban talks before week’s end. France dissents, demanding a universal ban with destruction of nuclear stockpiles. de Gaulle may pressure for broader terms at a press conference.
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Paris
Reuters
Moscow
Kennedy
United States Senate
France
United States
Britain
Russia
Krench
Khrushchev
de Gaulle
de Craulle
U.S
China
Commission named to study bilingualism and biculturalism
A 10 member royal commission will study bilingualism and biculturalism in Canada with co chairs Andre Laurendeau and Davidson Dunton and a $1000 a day pay per sitting day. Members include Clement Cormier Jean Louis Gagnon Gertrude Laing Jean Marchand and Jaroslav Rudnyckyj. The group aims to address peaceful coexistence of Canada s two main ethnic groups and questions of provincial representation and inclusion of other origins.
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Ken Kelly
Ottawa
Canada
Pearson
Royal Commission Inquiry
Cochairmen
Andre Laurendeau
University Presiden
T Davidson Dutton
Diefenbaker
Manitoba
Duff Roblins
Commission
Dilefenbaker
Laurendeau
The
Montreal
le Devoir
Dunton
Carleton University
Royal Commission
Clement Cormier
St. Joseph’s University
Moncton
N.B
University of
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Nal
Gertrude Laing
University of Manitoba
Jean Marchand
Confederation of National Trade Unions
Labor Council of Quebec
Jaroslav Bohdan Rudnyckyj
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