Conservatives Unveil Manifesto In Election Drive
Britain’s Conservatives launched a manifesto promising to curb union abuses and expand housing to 50 000 homes a year by 1968 while pledging tighter immigration controls and welfare reform. Labour counters with prices and incomes policy and penalties for noncompliance. Prime Minister Wilson warns opponents will face judgment after 13 years of inaction.
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London
Britain
Labor
Edward Heath
Heath
Smith
Rhodesia
George Brown
Labor Party
Harold Wilson
Huyton
Liverpool
Winnipeg blizzard brings record drifts and closures
A massive Manitoba Lakehead blizzard left 20 foot drifts and 70 mph winds. Winnipeg schools closed, many buses halted, hundreds of cars towed, and power toboggans used for emergency calls. Four deaths and 44 births reported as city officials estimate damage and supply delays.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Manitoba
Lakehead
Winnipeg
Stephen Juba
St. James
Free Press
the Tribune
St. Boniface
All male jury acquits Mossler in Miami case
An all male jury acquitted Candace Mossler and her nephew Melvin Lane Powers in the 1964 murder of Jacques Mossler, saying the evidence did not prove their guilt. The couple had faced charges tied to an alleged incestuous motive amid the Key Biscayne home scene.
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Miami
Fla
Candace Mossler
Melvin Lane Powers
Mossler
Biscayne
Hearing Opens on Atlantic Acceptance Collapse in Toronto
Public hearings into Atlantic Acceptance Corp collapse began with commission counsel calling proceedings long and complex. Witness John A. Orr outlined the commission’s plan to trace the firm from its 1954 birth to its 1965 death.
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Toronto
Atlantic Acceptance Corp
Commission
Albert Shepherd
Royal Commission
Atlantic
John A. Orr
Touche, Ross, Bailey and Smart
Orr
Aurora Leasing
Flood danger rises in southern Manitoba due to blizzard
Manitoba Agriculture Minister George Hutton warns the Red River will rise beyond 23 feet, higher if late spring and rapid snowmelt occur. He cites North Dakota headwaters and Grand Forks receiving 29 inches of snow as the main threat, with only a warm spell slowing runoff potentially reducing danger.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Red Deer Valley
George Hutton
Red River
North Dakota
Grand Forks
Mr. Hutton
Resignation talk swirls as Cardin stays mum in Ottawa
Ottawa reports indicate Justice Minister Cardin faces renewed pressure over the Victor Spencer security case. Opposition leader Diefenbaker demands a royal inquiry while Cardin declines to confirm or deny resignation rumors amid cabinet discussions and a stalled 1965-66 spending debate.
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Ottawa
Justice
Cardin
Commons
Diefenbaker
Royal Commission
Canada
RCMP
Victor Spencer
Pearson
House of Commons
Spencer
Person
Pennell
Mr. Pennell
Justice Department
Casus
Wiggins calls reply ridiculous over Elkwater bid rejection
Chamber of Commerce president Al Wiggins blasted a telegram from Minister Harry Strom and MLA Harry Leinweber denying the Elkwater campsite tender. He said five years of work have been stalled and urged revisions rather than excuses to delay the project.
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Chamber of Commerce
al Wiggins
Elkwater
Harry Strom
Harry Leinweber
Wiggins
Blizzard toll rises to sixteen across Dakotas and Minnesota
Rescue teams plow through deep drifts as six deaths occur in South Dakota and five in each North Dakota and Minnesota. Ranchers report heavy livestock losses running into millions while helicopters, planes, and bulldozers aid in rescuing stranded motorists and recovering victims. The North Dakota patrol says 55 people were rescued from stranded cars.
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Fargo
N.D
Dakotas
Minnesota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Frank Maciejewsky Sr
Timber Lake
S.D
North Dakota Highway Patrol
Charles Tighe
William Guy
Inquiry opens into Tokyo air disasters heightening aviation safety calls
Aviation experts from Canada the United States and Britain begin a joint inquiry into three Tokyo area crashes that killed 321 people and prompt Japanese authorities to study aviation safety and push for a new airport. The BOAC CPA and ANA jets failed in storms fog and clear skies with extensive loss of life.
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Tokyo
Japan
Mount Fuji
British Overseas Airways Corp
Canadian Pacific Airlines
All Nippon Airways
Tokyo Harbor
CPA
Theodore Vaskevich
Toronto
Canada
United States
Britain
John G. Adams
U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
BOAC
Torata Nakamura
Eisaku Sato
Weather outlook for Tuesday brings cooler temperatures
A general drop in temperatures is forecast for Tuesday across regions. Snow flurries will be mainly in northern areas this evening and overnight.
Matheson to MC Medicine Hat Sports Banquet
Award-winning football writer Jack Matheson will emcee Medicine Hat's third annual Sports men's Banquet on April 29. He will co sponsor the event with The NEWS and Kinsmen Club, while Herb Capozzi of the B C Lions is the main speaker. Tickets are not available from Kinsmen Club members.
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Football Reporters of Canada
Medicine Hat
Jack Matheson
The
Winnipeg Tribune
Blue Bomber
Bud Grant
News and
Matheson
Canadian Legion
Winnipeg
Jack
Tribune
Navy
Stampeder
Grant
Herb Capozzi
B.C. Lions
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