City faces rapid choices on Centennial Civic Centre
MEDICINE HAT must decide immediate steps for a 1967 Centennial project. The Civic Centre Recreation complex stalls as the Junior College and provincial policy hold up progress. If barriers are real, the joint plan may be abandoned and the city must select alternative projects for quick 1967 construction.
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Medicine Hat
Civic Centre
Junior College
Civic Centre Board
Junior College Board
College Board
Thick skulls and thick words at medical nursing meeting
R HAL Worrall, spokesman for the Calgary and District Medical Association, spoke at the 50th Alberta Association of Registered Nurses convention. He urged nurses to use collective bargaining to improve patient care, criticizing politicians and promising organized political pressure to channel funds to medical and nursing services.
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R. Hal Worrall
Calgary and District Medical Association
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
Canadian peers and foreign honors spark Commonwealth debate
Lord Thomson of Fleet, a Canadian member of the House of Lords, faced citizenship hurdles to accept a peerage. Critics question the ruling choice, noting other nations award honors to Canadians and foreign leaders alike. Ralph Cowan defends the idea, arguing double standards in honorary titles within the Commonwealth.
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House OF Lords
Canada
Commonwealth
Lord Thomson of
Fleet
United Kingdom
Chamber of the Commonwealth
Ralph Cowan
York Humber
Jean Lesage
Quebec
Greece
France
Netherlands
Belgium
England
Cowan
Lord Beaverbrook
Ord Thomson
Medicine Hattie Quote Reflects Restless World Worries
Hattie notes that many people only exercise by tossing and turning in bed due to anxiety about the state of the world. The quip underscores public concern and fatigue amid turbulent events.
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Medicine Hattie
U S Eyes Alberta Oil Sands Model For U S Shales
The U S studies Alberta's Fort McMurray project as a guide for exploiting Athabasca oil sands with 600 billion barrels of shale oil thought in U S lands. Interior officials urge caution on conservation and landscape impact while noting the huge capital needed to reach 45 000 barrels daily and the shift to public private cooperation. Canadian Press
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United States
Alberta
Athabascan
Interior
Stewart Udall
Congress
John A. Carver
Independent Petroleum Association of American
Fort McMurray
Petro
Leum
Carver
Tragic BEA crash echoes past disaster at Heathrow
A post mortem on a BEA Echo Alpha test run at Heathrow mirrors the Double Echo tragedy of last October. The two ships performed repeated high risk dives near the runway with the same fatal outcome for all on board, prompting theories of disorientation instrument delay and misreadings.
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London
Heathrow
British European Airways
BEA
Double Echo
Ministry of Aviation
Echo Alpha
Pearson backs Sharp on Canada economic policy at editors’ meeting
Prime Minister Pearson outlined six policy goals aimed at balancing independence with international cooperation. He favors unilateral measures, domestic development, inviting foreign investment in moderation, higher domestic savings, and acceptable foreign ownership. He contrasts with Walter Gordon's borrowing approach but notes Sharp’s plan may prevail. Southam News Services.
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Pearson
Walter Gordon
Finance
Sharp
Canada
U.S
Gordon
Southam News Services
LSD Vision In Senate Hearing Spoofs Washington
Art Buchwald recounts a drug fueled dream after stealing sugar at a Senate LSD hearing. He imagines Dean Rusk as a hawk, President Johnson on the ceiling, and Bil Moyers dancing the Watusi as a mock referendum plays out with thunder and a quip about better opinions.
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Tony
Dean Rusk
President Johnson
Bil Moyers
Elizabeth Taylor
Cleopatra
Sophia Loren
David Brinkley
Chet Huntley
Welter Cronkite
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
LSD Trip Through a Senatorial Dreamscape
A 1966 satire describes a vivid LSD hallucination by a senator figure reacting to surreal visions of Humphrey, Kennedy, Lindsay, and others. The scene spirals through political figures and pop culture as the narrator claims control despite the chaos. The report parodies newsroom dialogue and high profile names amid the drug era.
Debate on Seaway tolls and adjournment in Commons
A member used standing orders to move an adjournment for urgent debate on the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority toll increase and Welland canal fees. The discussion warned toll rises would raise transport costs, affect iron ore and coal, hamper steel, and risk inflation. MPs from across Canada opposed tolls, urging continued Seaway support without elevating prices.
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Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Seaway
United States
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
House of Commons
Seaway Authority
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Maritimes
North America
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