Alberta House Debates Youth Seminar In Moral State Oration
Alf Hooke delivers a 33 minute address during a debate on a government sponsored youth seminar amid critiques of television fare and youth culture. The session runs nearly two hours with other speakers including Bob Clark and Ray Speaker proposing shooting preserves. Ernie Lee falls from his chair at the end.
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Edmonton
Alf Hooke
Mr. Hooke
Hooke
George Bernard Shaw
Bob Clark
Olds Didsbury
Ray Speaker
Little Bow
House
Bill Patterson
Lac Ste Anne
Cornelia Wood
SC — Stony Plain
Opposition faces roadblock on Canada Pension Plan changes
In Ottawa the Commons upheld the principle that only the Queen's advisers may propose changes to government taxation or spending. Conservatives and NDP seek a $25 monthly pension increase, aiming to fund it by extending the plan or via new taxes, but moves face procedural limits and may fail.
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Ottawa
Canada Pension Plan
Commons
House
New Democrats
Creditiste
Canada
Canara
NDP
Canada Pen
Sion
J. Waldo Monteith
Perthi
Stampede Company to build indoor livestock sale ring
The Stampede Company plans indoor sale ring facilities with portable seating and pens in the drill hall. A $3,500 expenditure was approved for setup near the stage, with the first sale the annual ball sale on April 21. President Eugene Burton announced further specialty sales and director Graham Ellis was named an associate.
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Stampede Company
Eugene Burton
Stampede
Graham Ellis
Box Springs
Rights demonstrations face violent Opposition in Alabama
In Selma Alabama a march to Montgomery with about 2500 people including many ministers met white attackers. Rev James Reed of Boston was hospitalized in critical condition after the beating. Nationwide security actions followed as demonstrations continued and federal measures were urged.
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Associated Press
Selma
Ala
Montgomery
James Rech
Boston
Birmingham
Mar
$15 000 reward for Rivard head in Montreal escape
The federal government offers a 15000 dollar reward for Lucien Rivard to pressure informants and authorities after his escape from Bordeaux Jail in Montreal. Justice Minister Favreau linked the reward to U S extradition commitments while Quebec officials decline a separate reward. The escape sparked a heated Commons debate and criticism of Quebec justice.
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Favreau
Commons
United States
Rivard
Montreal
Bordeaux
Claude Wagner
Quebec
Diefenbaker
Fireworks policy debated across Canadian legislatures
Fireworks discussion unfolded in Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island and Alberta as lawmakers debated prohibitions on sales and use firecrackers distinctions were proposed for imports and large display devices Premier Lesage mocked remarks about his fitness while Speaker Morrow faced heckling in Ontario and a Sunday sports vote passed in municipalities Alberta approved a bill allowing firetrucks to park anywhere during fires including in front of hydrants
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Nova Scotia
Far East
Jean Lesage
Quebec
Claude Gosselin
M— Compton
Ontario
Donald Morrow
Robarts
Liberal Party
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Automobile legislation tightened in Alberta parliament.
A bill in the Legislature gives police power to remove vehicles with hazards, penalizes very slow driving blocking traffic, requires helmets for riders under 16 on motor scooters, bans unsafe door opening, and forbids private repairs of accident vehicles without police report.
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Edmonton
Sub sighting reported on St. Lawrence River
A Quebec pilot reported sighting a submarine moving northeast in the St. Lawrence River near Ile-aux-Coudres Monday evening. The RCMP transferred the probe to the navy which had no record of a submarine in the river at that time.
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Quebec
Navy
St. Lawrence
RCMP
United States
l’Ancienne Lorette
Claude Laurin
St. Lawrence River
Ile-aux-Coudres
Viet Cong Overruns Hoai Outposts in Mountain clash
In a dawn attack near Hoai 285 miles northeast of Saigon Communist guerrillas overran three outposts. Nineteen defenders including a U S Marine officer and more than 63 Viet Cong died or were reported killed as South Vietnamese reinforcements fought for two hours. Another raid targeted positions near Saigon and Da Nang aircraft bombed suspected Laos targets.
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Saigon
Hoai
U.S
da Nang
Laos
Selma Police Halt Civil Rights Demonstrations
Selma public safety director ordered a stop to civil rights marches after the Tuesday right to work march that drew 2,500 people and violence. Chief Wilson Baker cited risk under current conditions and sent word to Negro leaders. A white minister beaten during the events remained in critical condition in a Birmingham hospital.
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Selma, Ala
Selma
Baker
Civil rights march halted by Selma mayor amid police action
Nearly 500 demonstrators led by Martin Luther King Jr including six nuns were stopped by Selma Mayor Joseph T. Smitherman as city police assumed control of marches near the Dallas County courthouse. State troopers previously dispersed a Sunday march. Buses from Tuskegee Institute carried students to the area.
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Selma, Ala
Selma
Joseph T. Smitherman
Montgomery
King
Tuskegee Institute
Fluoridation plans move ahead in Britain after ruling
London reports that the government will fluoridate Britain water supplies following the Privy Council ruling in a New Zealand fluoride case. Watford activist Brian Foxwell and the National Pure Water Association drop their injunction, despite alleging fluoride is illegal and unsafe. The health ministry offers legal cost support to councils facing court actions.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Health
Watford
Brian Foxwell
National Pure Water Association
Foxwell
Watford Council
Association
Lord Douglas
Baloch
Privy Council
New Zealand
Faxwell
Douglas
Appeal Court
House of Lords
Health Ministry
Ensign Fight Drives Weatheralls To Defend Flag
In Eastview Ottawa police monitor the Weatherall home after a Red Ensign was burned and threats were made to burn the house. John and Barbara Weatherall both 76 say they will keep flying the flag in memory of their sons killed in World War II, Walter and Bobby Weatherall. The Weatheralls receive support from the Eastview Royal Canadian Legion as threats and a false alarm fire occurred in the early hours, prompting a police watch.
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Ottawa
John Weatherall
East View
Weatherall
John
Barbara Weatherall
Eastview
Royal Canadian Legion
Russia Edges Sweden 5 3 in World Hockey Tour Match
Russia erased a 2-0 deficit to beat Sweden 5-3 in Tampere Finland. The defending champions trailed but tied the game in the second period and scored three goals in the third to snap Sweden’s four game run and tighten the world hockey tour standings.
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Tampere
Finland
Russia
Sweden
Windfall stock profits tied to Timmins executives
A royal commission heard that three Windfall Oils and Mines executives bought 100 000 Windfall shares after a Timmins drill showed 65 feet of good core. They earned about 53 000 in profit as windfall stock rose to 5.60 before collapsing.
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Timmins, Ont
Here
Edgar Bradley
Bradley Brothers Limited
Wilbert Bradley
R. F. Spencer
Royal Commission
Spencer
Noranda
Que
Timmins
Mr. Bradley
Rod Grignon
Bradley Brothers
George MacMillan
Windfall
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