York Centre Race Highlights Toronto’s Diverse Electorate
In York Centre the June 25 federal race centers on a 63 000 voter riding with 40 percent Jewish and 20 percent Italian communities. NDP candidate Douglas Fisher campaigns through a Toronto Telegram column while Liberal James Walker and Progressive Conservative Rev Donald Stirling stress housing unity and economy. Fisher, a former Port Arthur MP, seeks the party leadership as Stirling runs on regional concerns with a focus on anti racist legislation.
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Toronto
York Centre
mini@ebates
NDP
Douglas Fish
Toronto Telegram
James Walker
Walker
Donald V. Stirling
Fisher
Port Arthur
C. D. Howe
Rainfall affects Alberta crops with regional gains and losses
Rainfall across Alberta through June 14 kept crop prospects strong in Edmonton Lloydminster Red Deer and southern Peace River areas but caused damage in the Peace River district with flooded low spots. Wheat condition at 97 percent of normal up one point from last week. drought areas held at 89 percent. High winds slowed seeding and some reseeding may be needed in east central regions. Frost damaged rapeseed mustard and flax in Munson Three Hills Red Deer and Lacrete. Waterlogged fields delay seeding by at least a week.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Edmonton-Lloydminster
Red Deer Triangle
Fan Southern
Peace River
Munson
Three Hills
Red Deer
Lacrete
Wheat Pool
Montreal student fined for petition at World Fair
Andre Julien of the University of Montreal was fined 25 dollars after circulating a petition at Man and His World demanding a 40 hour work week for summer student workers. Police arrested him for violating a municipal bylaw banning political activity on the fair site.
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Montreal
Andre Julien
University of Montreal
Man and His World
Julien
Ex mayor Hanes to defend King assassin James Earl Ray
Arthur J. Hanes, former Birmingham mayor, tentatively agrees to defend James Earl Ray, the man accused of killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Hanes has a history of racial controversy including clashes with civil rights demonstrators and defending Ku Klux Klan members. He plans to travel to England to confer with Ray as inquiries into funding proceed.
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Birmingham
Ala
Arthur J. Hanes
Martin Luther King Jr
Eugene (Bull Connor
Viola Liuzzo
Hayneville
Hanes
King
England
Memphis
Tenn
James
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