Saskatchewan Securities Bill Introduced With Cooling-Off Period
A Saskatchewan bill from Attorney-General D. W. Heald proposes a two day cooling-off before finalizing security sales, offering refunds if buyers change their minds. The 97 page measure also contemplates a 21 day review for shareholders and prompts Ottawa related memorials for Governor-General Georges Vanier.
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Saskatchewan
D. W. Heald
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Prairie
Ottawa
Georges Vanier
Vanier
Chamber plans manpower survey in Medicine Hat area
The Medicine Hat and Redcliff Chamber of Commerce plans a wide reach manpower study for 1970. About 600 area businesses will be polled on current rosters and future needs with data processed by high school classes. Initial forms go out March 15 with an Alberta Chamber leader presenting at a Park Lane Hotel meeting.
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Medicine Hat
Redcliff
City Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Tom Thomson
Chamber of Commerce
Park Lane
Alberta Chamber of Commerce
Donald Ander
Drumheller
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Roy Keating
Alberta
Karachi airliner crash kills eleven on road
An improvised Carvair DC-4 chartered airliner crashed on takeoff at a civil airport in Karachi, cutting a swath through trucks and a rickshaw. Eleven people died including four crew members and seven road travelers. two crew were hospitalized. The plane, owned by French Air Transport Co., was en route to Tokyo.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Reuters
French Air Transport Co
Tokyo
Nova Scotia farmers offered 25 cent subsidy plan
Agriculture Minister I W Akerley proposed a special subsidy of 25 cents per hundredweight on surplus fluid milk and milk for manufacturing produced from Oct 1 1966 to March 31 of the current year. Other Nova Scotia ideas include a provincial dairy commission an advisory rural service and mobility grants for rural workers seeking new jobs. The Edmonton house discusses trust company controls while Manitoba studies multi family dwellings to combat housing shortages. Regina debates higher grain price supports with a 50 cent per bushel increase sought by federal government.
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Halifax
I. W. Akerley
Nova Scotia
Dairy Commission
Edmonton
Ambrose Holowach
Alberta
Saskatchewan Legislature Considers Ombudsman Probe
The Saskatchewan legislature heard a call for an ombudsman to probe alleged administrative injustices in the province. Victoria Opposition members in British Columbia urged a full-time labor minister and an independent labor relations board. Labour Minister Peterson announced plans for a new workman's compensation act.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Labor Relations Board
Peterson
Viet Cong Fire Hits U S Forces in Mekong Delta
Viet Cong guerrillas launched two deadly attacks on U S troops in the Mekong Delta before dawn, killing two and wounding many at Dong Tam and Rach Kien. U S and South Vietnamese units suffered multiple casualties as reinforcements and artillery pounded the area. New Zealand to double its Vietnam contingent and medical team. U S naval forces off North Vietnam reported a busy day amid ongoing shelling.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong Delta
Delta
9Th Infantry Division
Dong Tam
Saigoon
9Th Division
Mekong
Rach Kien
Wellington
Keith Holyoake
New Zealand
Vietnam
Holyoake
Joint Services
South Vietnam
Canadians Salute Vanier On Final Journey
More than 26,000 Canadians paid last respects as Governor General Vanier lay in state in the Senate. The body, the sixth to hold the post, awaited burial in Quebec City after today’s state funeral. Vanier, appointed 1959, was the first native-born Canadian, first French-Canadian and first Roman Catholic in the office. The public viewed the coffin draped with a red maple leaf flag as wreaths and mass cards arrived.
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Ottawa
Vanier
Senate
Gen
Quebec City
Lord Tweedsmuir
John Buchan
Canada
Meredith to run against Powell in Harlem race
James H. Meredith to oppose Democrat Adam Clayton Powell in a special congressional election set for April 11 in Harlem. Meredith, backed by Republican leaders, faces skepticism from Black leaders who doubt his chances and call him an outsider. Powell plans to pursue court action to regain his seat.
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New York
James H. Meredith
Adam Clayton Powell
Meredith
Powell
House of Representatives
Republican Executive Committee
Harlam
Republican County
Bimini
Bahamas
Percy Sutton
Manhattan
Harlem
Sutton
Opponents of Mao Arrested by Army in Canton
Hong Kong papers report over 1,000 anti-Mao activists, many factory workers, were rounded up by Communist troops in Canton. Aug Ist unit members were cited as opponents of Mao’s purge, with mass arrests around provincial revolutionary alliance HQ. Some banished, others jailed or killed per sources.
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Hong Kong
Mao Tse-tung
South China
Canton
Ist
Mao
Revolutionary Alliance
Chen Yu
Kwangtung
Peking
Hung Look Daily News
Moscow Radio
Hupeh
Kiangsi
Tsinghai
Szechwan
Tibet
Radio
Premier Manning Dominates Alberta Legislature Session
Premier E. C. Manning demonstrated his mastery in a Tuesday session as opposition members grilled his Attorney General portfolio. He answered with wit and command, while committee scrutiny shifted from the Attorney General to Education, with comments on police funding and a tongue in cheek remark about birth control.
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Manning
Glen Johnston
SC — Ponoka
Johnston
Alberta
Education Department
Lawyers Seek to Quash Shaw Conspiracy Charge
Shaw denies acquaintance with Oswald and Ferrie as lawyers file motions in Bernard Bagert's court to demand particulars suppress the search warrant and quash the case. Shaw was jailed then released on 10000 dollar bail. Garrison pursues more arrests in his New Orleans JFK conspiracy inquiry.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Guy Johnson
The
International Trade Mart
Court of Criminal District
Bernard Bagert
Johnson
Garrison
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Oswald
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Ferrie
District Attorney’s Office
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Bief
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Regina
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International
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RCMP
Little
E. C. Manning
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