Gainer Delivers Vigorous Banff-Cochrane Address in Legislature
Edmonton reports Francis L. Gainer from Banff Cochrane held a forceful hour long address in the Alberta Legislature. He touched on sex education rural universities jail reform and death penalty debates while sparring with Social Credit colleagues and praising ministers before criticizing federal politics in Ottawa.
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Edmonton
Francis L. Gainer
Banff - Cochrane
Spy Hill
Canada
Gainer
Tragic LaSalle Blast Leaves 26 Dead With Many Missing
Hag gard rescue crews recovered 26 bodies in the LaSalle apartment bloc blast raid and searched charred ruins for more. Four officially missing raise potential toll to 39. Fifteen children among the dead, three Sylvia girls among non residents. Police probe. gas service halted as investigators scrutinize cause.
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Montreal
LaSalle
Sylvia
Political bias charge on grant policy debate heats council
City council Monday night debated a plan to form a Charitable Appeals Review Board to guide grant decisions. I. F. Carney urged premeeting talks with aldermen, citing a 1963 proposal. Ald. Gibson supported, while Ald. Osborne challenged specifics and politics influencing grants. The dispute centered on grants to the John Howard Society and Salvation Army. Council agreed to hear CSS in an open meeting and to receive a written brief prior to the session.
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Helen Beny Gibson
Roy Osborne
Ald. Gibson
Ald
Gibson
Osborne
John Howard Society
Salvation Army
Cliff Adam
Jack Edwards
Edwards
Harry Weiner
CSS
Veiner
Medicine Hat Reports 1964 City Deficit Smaller Than Forecast
City treasurer A. T. Legge released figures showing Medicine Hat ran a 1964 deficit of 48167, below the 163910 estimate. Expenditures fell to 6192397 from 6274893, while revenues rose to 6144330 from 6110983, aided by a 540755 electric and 455422 gas utility income.
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A. T. Legge
Medicine Hat
Legge
Boards discuss common wage front for Alberta teachers
Public School Boards of Medicine Hat Lethbridge and Red Deer meet in Calgary to consider presenting uniform wage proposals to teachers at contract time. The move aims to limit salary demands by pointing to wage scales in other cities and to counter the teachers negotiating strategy.
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Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Red Deer
Calgary
Jim Newton
Newton
Negro MP heckled in Ontario legislature over ice cream trucks
In Toronto Leonard Braithwaite, Liberal MPP for Etobicoke, was heckled twice by PC lawmakers during questions on a loophole allowing ice cream trucks. One remark asked "Vanilla or chocolate" and a second asked "What about watermelons" as Braithwaite spoke about municipal enforcement obstacles.
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Toronto
Ontario
Leonard Braithwaite
Toronto Etobicooke
Hackett
Mr. Braithwaite
Alberta tightens watch on charities after cancer society embezzlement
Alberta plans tighter oversight of charitable groups after $191000 was stolen from the Alberta division of the Canadian Cancer Society by its executive director Robert Neville Talbot. Public Welfare Minister L C Halmrast cited limited authority and supported new legislation enabling audits, court-ordered trustees, and government inquiries. Opposition MLA F L Gainer urged a full inquiry to quell public fears of a broader scandal.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Cancer Society
L. C. Halmrast
Robert Neville Talbot
Canadian Cancer Society
Supreme Court
F.L. Gainer
Banff - Cochrane
Lawyer argues RCMP adviser not competent in Denis case
Ottawa Conservative counsel told the Dorian inquiry the RCMP chief legal adviser should have referred Denis’s case to justice department lawyers. Inspector Reed testified there was insufficient evidence for prosecution, noting no crown witness could corroborate Lamontagne’s claim Denis offered $20 to aid Rivard. Reed suggested a bail approach to a judge would be more logical.
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Ottawa
Ross Drouin
Conservative Party
RCMP
Raymond Denis
G. W. Reed
Denis
Justice Department
Lamontagne
Drouin
Reed
Rivard
Norman Mathews
Jules Deschenes
Frederic Dorion
Favreau
J. R. Lemieux
G. B. McClellan
Lemieux
Diefenbaker Triggers Commons Uproar Over Dorion Inquiry
Opposition Leader Diefenbaker accuses Justice Minister Favreau of intimidating RCMP leaders as a press statement challenges evidence from Deputy RCMP Commissioner Lemieux. Favreau denies the allegation while Speaker Macnaughton blocks an emergency all day debate.
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Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Dorion
Justice
Favreau
RCMP
J. R. Lemieux
Alan Macnaughton
Pearson
Guy Rouleau
Rouleau
Rivard
Lemieux
Dorian
George MacClellan
City sets June 1 deadline for Alberta Western Beef debt
City Council urged debenture holders to pay over $50,000 owed by Alberta Western Beef Co Ltd by June 1 or risk action. Debenture priority debate centered on taxes and utilities. extension possible if payment is acknowledged. Three local businessmen with plant interest attended, urging firm resolution.
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Alberta
Alberta Western Beef Co. Ltd
Weiner
Civic Finance
James Kidd
Mr. Kidd
Kidd
Veiner
Gill
Albert Pahl
Ralph Schlenker
New Math Principles Promise Easier Computation
The article explains PM1 and DPMA as tools to simplify multiplication and distribution. It shows 14 times (92 plus 8) equals 14 times 100, illustrating DPMA, and gives examples with 9 times (8 plus 2). It also lists key principles like CPM CPA APM PMO PAO and previews real numbers in the next piece.
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D.P.M.A
PMI
DPMA
APM
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