Municipal finances at federation convention stress shared costs
Delegates at the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities convention in Edmonton emphasized two needs: redistribute funding responsibilities among federal, provincial, and municipal levels, and set spending priorities. With rapid urban growth and limited municipal tax resources, governments seek a three to five year funding pact and an agreed system of priorities to guide cut or expansion decisions. A constitutional revision adds urgency to resolve financial roles.
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Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Edmonton
Canada
Alberta
A. W. Johnson
Pollution in Canada threatens lakes and tourism
Canada faces a growing pollution challenge with Okanagan Lake cited as a troubling example. The piece argues pollution is not new to Canada, notes Great Lakes contamination, praises U S lessons, and urges early action to prevent broader environmental and economic damage to lakes and rivers nationwide.
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B.C
Okanagan
Canada
Penticton
Doug Stuart
Great Lakes
Lake Erie
United States
U.S
Johnson Presses Tougher Gun Law After Kennedy Slaying
President Johnson urged Congress to strengthen gun control in the wake of Robert Kennedy’s assassination and related violence. He called for banning mail order gun sales, closing loopholes, and ordering states to tighten age and residency restrictions to curb deadly weapons.
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Robert Kennedy
Congress
Johnson
United States
Canada
England
Sen. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Washington
West Coast
Georgetown
National Rifle Association
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Violence as a American political tradition in history
Dr. Joseph Boskin traces a long pattern of gun violence in U.S. politics since the Civil War. The record includes four presidential assassinations Lincoln Garfield McKinley Kennedy and attempts on Truman Roosevelt Lincoln elect etc. The article surveys other assassinations and attempts across nations and eras and notes fates of Booth Guiteau Czolgosz and Oswald.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Joseph Boskin
University of Southern California
United States
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
John F. Kennedy
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Milwaukee
France
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Italy
Spain
Greece
Turkey
England
Victoria
Boskin
Jackson
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Treasury
Robert Kennedy
White House
Bull Moose
John Schrank
New York
Roosevelt
Washington
Baltimore
Franklin Roosevelt
Guiseppi Zangara
Miami
A. J. Cermak
Chicago
Zangara
John Wilkes Booth
Ford
Charles Guiteau
Leon Czolgosz
Schrank
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Los Angeles Times
Nostalgia Paints Nostalgic Scene Of Past Days In New York
The piece recalls bygone habits and fashions in New York, noting cod liver oil for children, radios rejected in cars, lace curtains as status, and two goldfish with a canary in a parlor. It contrasts idle rich life with simple tools like carbide lamp headlights and old style signage, ending with a nostalgic invitation to remember.
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New York
Art Buchwald Portrait Of The United States As A Mental Asylum
The columnist compares America to a grand but chaotic insane asylum with guards gone, gleaming exteriors, and patients running wild. Doctors are ignored as efforts to cure the chaos are dismissed. The piece argues the nation is a uniquely troubled system despite surface polish.
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United States
Inmates Seize Control and Guns in Hospital Asylum
A troubling account describes inmates gaining gun access in a hospital built in 1775, with weapons sold on site or by mail. The piece condemns racial segregation, delayed reforms, and growing violence as decades pass, ending with fear of further deaths and the asylum’s possible collapse.
Wider choice of goods in USSR
The article notes growing consumer variety in the Soviet Union driven by reforms and foreign trade. It highlights increased fruit availability through imports from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, including oranges from Morocco and dried figs from Turkey, plus new juices like mango from Pakistan and pomegranate juice from Soviet Afghan relations.
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Soviet Union
Russia
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Developing World
Morocco
Pakistan
Cyprus
Algeria
Moscow
London
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George Brimmell
America
Southam News Service
George Getze
Hal Boyle
Art Buchwald
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