Alberta budget set at 373.847 million with near balance
The government outlines a 373.847 million dollar budget with only 24,712 dollars unspent, funded without debt or tax increases. Ted Hinman praises cabinet gains while warning against priming the economy with borrowing. Highways minister Gordon Taylor urges driver training and a federal provincial program, while critics spar over meat and gasoline price debates.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Ted Hinman
Social Credit
Manning
Hinman
Gordon Taylor
Taylor
Southland Growers denies public share sale plans
John Betts of Calgary president of Southland Growers Industries says the plant project is privately funded and not open to public shares. He notes shares are limited to directors, relatives, and future employees, with financing from bankers and the Industrial Development Bank. The firm will be employee owned and construction may start within a week. A $300 donation to a vegetable tour is reported for March 10 24 in southern California.
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John Betts
Calgary
Southland Growers Industries Limited
Betts
Maple Creek
Medicine Hat
Industrial Development Bank
Roy Keating
Veal prices expected to drop as March supply rises
Ottawa reports March outlook projects higher veal supply and better quality, with calf slaughter up in central Canada. Pork supplies up seven percent and prices likely to ease. Beef carcasses cheaper than in 1962, cow beef may rise with spring pasture. Egg and broiler prices adjust higher and then ease. Turkey prices stable.
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Ottawa
Federal Agriculture Department
Canada
Diefenbaker Reframes Nuclear Warheads Policy in Canada
Prime Minister Diefenbaker outlined a revised stance on nuclear warheads at Prince Albert. He pledged Canada would gain access to readily acceptable U S warheads via an agreement while avoiding becoming a storage site. He questioned Bomarc effectiveness against ICBM threats and stressed alignment with allies under NATO.
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United States
Prince Albert
Sask
Diefenbaker
Canada
Toronto and District
Young Liberals’ Association
Pearson
Liberal Party
Party of Ideas
Reform
Strand Theatre
Government plans special fund to cover branch line losses
Prime Minister Diefenbaker announced a revolving branch line rationalization fund to reimburse railways for uneconomic branch lines while maintaining an overall plan that protects farmers and area businesses. Abandonments will await board approval with cabinet appeal rights.
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Winnipeg
Diefenbaker
Board of Transport Commissioners
Santa killer moved to different jails for safety
Montreal police say Jean Paul Fournel chief Crown witness in the Santa Claus capital murder trial has been shifted between jails to prevent threats. He testified that Georges Marcotte wore the Santa disguise during the Dec bank robbery that killed two officers. Marcotte was found guilty and faces hanging May 31. Fournel and Jules Reeves await trial on capital murder charges in the same case. Authorities would not disclose current confinement location.
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Montreal
Jean Paul Fournel
Fournel
Georges Marcotte
Santa Claus
Marcotte
Roger Ouimet
Jules Reeves
Gerald Houle
Quebec
Sherbrooke Que
French Miners Defy Government Over Requisition Strike
Officials report near unanimous support from miners in a nationwide coal strike defying a government order to return to work or face fines and jail. In Lorraine, union leaders held a mass meeting as police and riot squads watched. security patrols urged calm. The government signaled compulsory mining actions, while unions vowed to defend their right to strike and demonstrate disciplined, with full effects not seen until Tuesday.
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Merlebach
France
Reuters
Lorraine
Forbach
de Gaulle
Lorraine Basin
Blanzy
Dauphine
Liberal attack and Diefenbaker defence dominate campaign
The Liberal party and Lester Pearson faced crossfire from rival leaders in the April 8 election campaign. Diefenbaker, renominated in Prince Albert, warned Liberals would ruin Canada to rule it, while Thompson in Winnipeg called Pearson unfit to lead. Pearson, returning from Quebec and the Maritimes, received support from Mitchell Sharp in Toronto. The campaign featured renewed defence debate with Hellyer saying the government must take a stand.
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Liberal Party
Lester Pearson
Diefenbaker
Prince Albert
Canada
Winnipeg
Social Credit
Robert Thompson
Pearson
New Democratic Arty
Harry Pope
Labelle, Inc
Saskatoon
Liberal
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Paul Hellyer
New York Post Resumes Publication Ending City Wide Blackout
The New York Post resumes daily publication ending an 87 day blackout as Pressman Robert Lawton starts one of three rolling presses. Foreman Edward Peterson and 5 workers celebrate as negotiations with AFL CIO printers continue and other major dailies face standoff. Cleveland negotiations also drag on after 95 days.
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NEW York
New York Post Today
New York City
The
Post
Robert Lawton
Edward Peterson
AFL - Cio International Typographical Union
Dorothy Schills
Publishers Association of
Publishers Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Caouette Attacks Financiers At Quebec Social Credit Rally
SC deputy leader Caouette condemned financiers and singled out Eric Kierans of Montreal and Canadian stock exchanges. He spoke in an armory to about 1,000 people and followed an earlier Beaupre event introduced as the savior of the French Canadian race. He accused press owners of ties to high finance and warned alternatives if Social Credit gains power.
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Quebec
Real Caouette
Social Credit Party
Eric Kierans
Montreal
Canadian Stock Exchanges
Mr. Caouette
Beaupre
Caouette
Bernard Dumont
Social Credit
Kierans
Gilles Gregoire
Lapointe
Liberal
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Australia
The Queen and Prince Philip ended a day of official engagements in Sydney with a holiday atmosphere as hundreds of thousands cheered from the streets. An unscheduled Moore Park playground visit followed, then a 14th floor home tour of a typical Australian family in a block of 429 flats, amid controversy over British origins.
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Sydney
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philp
Brisbane
Prince
Moore Park
New Zealand
Wellington
Britain
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