Grass roots fire may burn Social Credit in Alberta
The piece argues dissatisfaction with the Manning administration grows in rural Alberta where seven Social Credit members run as independents in the June 17 provincial election. It warns that if enough non Social Credit MLAs are elected, the grass roots anger could ignite into a strong opposition and threaten the government in 1967.
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Social Credit
Manning
Social Credit Party
Edmonton
Alberta
Manning Shall Not Run This Year
A verse-narrative imagines Alberta Premier Manning deciding not to seek re election in 2013. The poem evokes political odds and regional history with references to Liberals Tories Social Credit and a move to Ottawa after three score years as premier.
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Manning
Aberhart
Social Credit
Pediculus Humanus
Chestermere
Ottawa
Alberta
Papal Conclave Looms After John XXIII Death
Vatican observers weigh the impact of Pope John XXIII's death on the church at a crossroads. The new ruler faces a fragile balance between ecumenical gains and old guard resistance, with a secret conclave to choose a successor and John’s possible last will guiding the process.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Church of Silence
Ecumenical Council
Archbi
Josef Beran
Czechoslovakia
Josef Cardinal Minszenty
Hungary
Pope John
Monsignor
Loris Capovilla
John
Gregory X
Pius XII
Giuseppe Cardinal Roncalli
John XXII
Sistine Chapel
William Cardinal Godfrey
Westminster
England
Manuel Cardinal Arreagay Betancourt
Cuba
John Cardinal Dalton
Ireland
Giovanni Cardinal Montini
Milan
Arcadio Cardinal Sarraona
Spain
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Achilles Liewart
France
Jan Alfrink
Holland
Franzs Koenig
Vienna
Julius Doepfner
Munich
Leo Joseph Suenens
Belgium
Amleto Girognani
Augustin Bea
Curia
Alfredo Ottaviani
Carlo Confalonieri
Giuseppe Pizzardo
St. Peter's Basilica
Britain at a Crossroads Ten Years After Elizabethan Era
The piece reflects on a decade since Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, noting Britain's faded empire, widening Commonwealth divisions, strained ties with the United States, and rising tensions with Europe. It cites Dean Acheson's critique, Macmillan's rebuttal, and a shift from global leadership to a more uncertain role.
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London
Britain
George II
Queen Victoria
Everest
Germany
France
Europe
United States
Washington
Paris
Bonn
European Free Trade Association
Elizabeth
Westminster Abbey
Commonwealth
India
Burma
Africa
Mediterranean
West Indies
Dean Acheson
Truman
West West Point Military Academy
Great Britain
Acheson
Soviet Union
Macmillan
Adolf Hitler
Philip
Spain
Courage overreach in Italy United States bridge match
In a 1959 Italy US contract bridge clash a bold Avarelli three spades overcall preempted the East West cards. North passed while Bella Donna held, South bid three no trump then doubled, went down three vulnerable. At the other table three spades made for 140, Italy gaining 660.
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Italy
United States
Avarelli
Belladonna
South
East
West
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Finn Bridge
A.D
Liberal
Tory
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hattie
Bronx
Sanche DE Gramont
Herald Tribune News Service
Charles King
Southam News Services
Hitchcock
East Dealer
North-South Vulnerable
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