Douglas Calls for Tenfold Increase in Aid to Developing Nations
NDP leader T. C. Douglas urged boosting Canadian aid to underdeveloped countries to 600 million dollars a year on a CBC telecast. He said sacrifices by Canadians would be acceptable to achieve the larger aid program, while other leaders attacked rivals on fiscal policy and unemployment reports. The campaign moved across Ontario and Quebec with Douglas, Pearson, and Diefenbaker all campaigning in key regions.
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T. C. Douglas
New Democratic Party
CBC
Social Credit
Robert N. Thompson
Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Pearson
Trois- Rivieres
Que
Walkerton
Ont
Quebec
Lake St. John
De Gaulle Hints Jouhaud May Be Spared
Paris President de Gaulle hinted he may spare former Gen Edmond Jouhaud in the national interest. A cabinet spokesman said Jouhaud appealed to end terrorism in Algeria was discussed, with de Gaulle stressing national interest over other factors.
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Jouhaud
de Gaulle
Paris
Edmond Jouhaud
Algeria
Vancouver mob shows ugly face in political clash
Art Evans condemns the Vancouver protest against Prime Minister Diefenbaker as cowardly and un reasonable. He argues the mob nature of the crowd betrays democracy, warns such violence could happen anywhere, and calls for refusal to join or excuse the mob.
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Vancouver
Diefenbaker
Canada
Algerian Talks Continuing
Algerian interim government hosts talks with European terrorists and Moslem leaders as violence persists. Reports from Oran cite police fire wounding 10 to 20 in two incidents. In Paris, Peyrefitte says talks between ETA leaders and Moslem executive continue at Rocher Noir near Paris.
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Algiers
Reuters
Oran
Paris
Alain Peyrefitte
Secret Army Organization
Rocher Noir
Gasoline Prices Raised By Three Oil Companies
Saskatchewan news item reports Attorney General Robert Walker warning of criminal conspiracy charges against doctors who refuse service after July 1. Dr. H. D. Dalgleish of Saskatoon criticizes the imply contract claim and urges reading the criminal code on intimidation. Health officials note potential effects on doctors in Saskatchewan and with British Medical Association concerns about compulsory prepaid Medical Care Plan.
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Regina
Robert Walker
H. D. Dalgleish
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dalgleish
Walker
Birch Springs
Sask
Dalgieish
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Walkers
Birch Hills
W. G. Davies
Donald Tansley
Medical Care Commission
British Medical Association
Saskatchewan
BMA
Commission
Gasoline price rise announced by three oil firms in Edmonton
In Edmonton three oil companies raised wholesale gasoline prices by seven tenths of a cent per gallon, with British American Oil, Texaco Canada, and Red Head Petroleum Products leading the move. Retail prices were expected to climb to about 40.6 cents per gallon for regular and 45.6 cents for premium, while Calgary firms said they had not received word on any Alberta increases.
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Edmonton
British American Oil Company
Texaco Canada Limited
Red Head Petroleum Products
Jack Biddell
Alberta Automotive Retailers Association
Oil Company
Toronto
Calgary
Alberta
Shell Oil Company
Imperial Oil Ltd
British American Oil Co
Coast Packer Charges Big Two Trying Squeeze
Vancouver CP Dispatch reports Pacific Meat Company president Jack Diamond alleging Canada Packers and Swift are pressuring to push him out of business. He criticizes subsidies label amid rate disputes on live cattle shipments from the prairies and contrasts old versus new rail rates.
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Vancouver
Jack Diamond
Pacific Meat Company
Canada Packers
Swifts
Swift
Prairies
Unlikely Freight Rates Did Not Undo Vancouver Plant Closure
CALGARY CP reported Burns and Company will close its meat packing plant in Vancouver. President J Howard Kelly said a rail rate subsidy would likely not have changed the decision, citing enduring economic handicaps on the Pacific coast.
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Calgary
Burns and Company
Vancouver
J. Howard Kelly
Pacific Coast
Rate Reduction Agreement Cuts Livestock Shipping Costs
A Canadian National railways freight official announced a 25 percent cut in liveweight livestock rates from Edmonton to Calgary and the Pacific coast. The plan, involving CNR CP and Pacific Meat Co, lowers rates to as low as 91 cents per hundredweight with new minimums by load weight, taking effect by end of June pending board approval. H D McCallum of the Edmonton Livestock Exchange says the move should boost Edmonton’s market by making live shipments more competitive with dressed weight.
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Edmonton
Canadian National Railways
Calgary
Pacific Coast
CNR
Canadian Pacific Railway
Pacific Meat Company of
Vancouver
Pacific Meat
Board of Transport Commissioners
H. D. McCallum
Edmonton Livestock Exchange
Alberta liquor prices may rise if dollar stays weak
Alberta Liquor Control Board chairman Peter Elliott said devaluation cuts into profits and could force price increases later this year. The board already raised liquor prices by about six percent in February.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Elliott
Alberta Liquor Control Board
Elliott
Difficulties Seen In A- Arms Ban
Negotiators at the 17 nation disarmament conference warned that weapons now fit in a room and could destroy capital cities. British delegate Godber cited a warhead small enough for a cylinder five by two feet and noted uranium reserves exist for multiple weapons. He emphasized verification problems and debated Soviet and U.S. proposals on eliminating delivery systems and bases, with Red and American points clashing over UN charter implications.
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Geneva
Reuters
Joseph Godber
Godber
East
Russia
Valerian Zorin
United States
Waterton Dam Spillway Contract Awarded Three Firms
A 1,531,975 dollar contract to build the spillway of Waterton Dam in southern Alberta has been awarded to Emil Anderson Construction Company Limited Square M Construction Limited and Coleman Collieries Limited. The three firms are already building the earth-fill embankment and won from 13 tenders. The Waterton project under the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration will connect with the St Mary irrigation system to supply irrigation water for 200000 acres once completed.
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Ottawa
Waterton Dam
Alberta
Edmonton
Agriculture Department
Emil Anderson Construction Company Limited
Square M Construction Limited
Coleman Collieries Limited
Hillcrest
Alta
Prairie Farm Rehabilitiation Administration
St. Mary
Waterton
Weather pattern shift eyed with heavy precipitation
Long range outlook suggests a possible pattern change and major efforts may follow. Heavy precipitation is forecast along the West Coast and in southern Ontario.
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West
Ontario
CP News
Medicine ‘Iat
Saskatchewan
United States Weather Bureau
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