Quebec rallies boost pledge to expand family allowances
Transport Minister Baker promised extending family allowances to school-age children to 18 if the Conservatives win the April 8 federal election. Liberal Lionel Chevrier denounced Social Credit as anti democratic while Real Caouette attacked Eric Keirans over chaos claims. NDP leader T. C. Douglas urged rejection of nuclear arms during Saskatchewan tour.
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Lionel Chevrier
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Social Credit Party
Social Credit
Real Caouette
Eric Keirans
Montreal Stock Exchange
Caouettte
Rimouski
Raymond O'Hurley
New Democratic Party
Toronto
Chevrier
Ayersville
Que
Social Credit Leader Attacks Kierans in Quebec Speech
Regina CP report says Social Credit chief Robert Thompson called Montreal Stock Exchange president Eric Kierans a fool for his Chicoutimi address attacking Social Credit policy. He claimed Kierans speech backfired, boosting Social Credit support and noted Liberal voters acknowledge no event more in Socred’s favor in Quebec. Thompson urged continued antiwar and nonpartisan review of nuclear policy.
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Regina
Social Credit
Robert Thompson
Eric Kierans
Montreal Stock Exchange
Quebec
Kierans
Chicoutimi
Thompson
Diefenbaker
Pearson
Ontario
Barrie
Ont
Willard Kinzie
Kinzie
Mayor Harry Weiner Starts Global Tour
Mayor Weiner leaves Medicine Hat for a 17 day trip to London Paris Rome Tel Aviv and possibly Tokyo He will present Medicine Hat plate pieces designed in a Western theme to visiting city mayors during the tour.
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Harry Weiner
Medicine Hat
London
Paris
Rome
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Fate of Forums Hangs in Balance
The fate of FUA sponsored political forums in the Medicine Hat constituency hangs in the balance. A Tuesday meeting under FUA auspices will invite all four parties and be attended by Anders Anderson and Jack Muza. The PC party claimed Ted Anhorn pressured them and Mr Anhorn said the Tories were uncooperative and uninterested.
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FUA
Medicine Hat
Anders Anderson
Jack Muza
Progressive Conservatives
Ted Anhorn
Socred
E. W. Brunsden
Anhorn
Muza
Tories
Somalia Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Britain Over Frontier
Somali Premier Abdi Ali Shermarke announced in an emergency session that Somalia will sever diplomatic relations with Britain after London announced Kenya will annex the northern frontier as a province with local autonomy. Riots erupted as Somalis urged secession and union with Somalia.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
Reuters
Britain
Kenya
Abdi Ali Shermarke
British
Foreign Office
London
Duncan Sandys
Frontier
Russia Says It Can Detonate Bombs Across Moon Line
A Geneva report states Russia claims capability to explode nuclear bombs on the far side of the moon and asserts the United States is aware of this threat. Other items report long narcotics sentences in New York, political maneuvering in Regina, an electoral probe in Ottawa, and death sentences in Baghdad amid the Kassem coup fallout.
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Reuters
Russia
United States
Baghdad
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kassem
Underdog United States Edges Trail Smoke Eaters
In Stockholm at the world hockey championships an underdog US squad jumps ahead 2-1 in the first period against the favored Trail Smoke Eaters. West Germany earns its first point by tying Finland 4-4 in the third period.
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Stockholm
United States
Trail Smoke Eaters
West Germany
Finland
Asylum Bid Hopes Dim In West Germany Bidault
Anti Gaullist leader Georges Bidault sought asylum in West Germany but Adenauer declined to accept his letter. Bavarian authorities questioned Bidault in Hersching while a Bonn spokesman said the letter was not accepted. Interrogation focused on Bidault's West German activities and may lead to arrest or expulsion.
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Georges Bidault
West Germany
Adenauer
Bonn
Permier
Hersching
Bavaria
Bidault
Antagius Berard
Steinebach
French missile expert executed for plotting against de Gaulle
Lt Col Bastien-Thiry, 35, confessed to masterminding the Aug 22 assassination attempt on President de Gaulle and was executed at Fort d Ivry after a military tribunal. Two accomplices spared, likely to life terms. the area near the fort is known as the terrain of the condemned. Separate Ottawa notes report three new cabinet ministers named by Prime Minister Diefenbaker with Fleming retaining forestry. swearing in expected next Sunday.
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Robert Thompson
Social Credit Party
Diefenbaker
Paris
Col
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de Gaulle
Bidault
Jean - Marie Eastein- Thiry
Bastien- Thiry
Council of State
Germany
Georges Bidault
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Fort d Ivry
Bastien-Thiry
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Martial Asselin
Quebec
Charlevoix
Theogene Ricard
St. Hyacinthe - Bagot
Frank McGee
York - Scarborough
Ontario
Hugh John Flemming
Wallace McCutcheon
George Hees
Atlantic Provinces
Fleming
Halpenny
Fulton
Moscow Mix Up Confuses Local Cab Driver
An anonymous Moscow cab driver writes to papers complaining that street names cause confusion. He lists numerous similarly named streets including Pushkin Gorky Gogol Mayakovsky Tolstoy October Lanes Soviet Lanes and School Streets across various counts.
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Pushkin
Gorky
Gogal
Mayakovosky
Getsn
Brawl Prompts Suspensions In SJHL Playoff Clash
In Melville a third period brawl between the Moose Jaw Canucks and Melville Millionaires led to eight suspensions and $135 in fines. Gary Kilpatrick of Moose Jaw received a $25 fine and an indefinite suspension. Melville leads 3-2 in the best of seven as game six heads to Moose Jaw. several Melville players were suspended and rookies Longman and Thompson fined $10 each.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Frank Boucher
Moose Jaw Canucks
Melville Millionaires
Melville
Boucher
Gary Kilpatrick
Moose Jaw
Harvey Leffold
Dave Ferguson
Doug Ferguson
Ben Greco
Don Nolin
Gary Longman
John Thompson
Metro Prystal
Don Abel
Diphtheria Cases Rise to Nineteen in Alberta
Three new diphtheria cases were confirmed in Southwestern Alberta over the weekend, raising the total to 19. A six year old boy was admitted to Fort Macleod hospital, while two others near Magrath are under treatment at home. An eight year old child, brother to a Magrath girl admitted March 4, is among the weekend patients. Quarantine and inoculations are underway as health officials note the ongoing danger and possible further cases.
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Fort Macleod
Alta
Alberta
Fort Macleod Municipal Hospital
Magrath
Lethbridge
Steel
Brewerton
Welling
J. Donovan Ross
Calgary youths lose appeals in service station murder
The Alberta Supreme Court Appellate Division denies the appeals of Tejamis Cassidy and Douglas Letendre, Edmonton youths convicted of capital and non capital murder in the slaying of a service station attendant. Both were sentenced to life imprisonment after the May trial. Cassidy’s lawyer M. E. Shannon says he is considering appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Alberta Supreme Court
Tejamis Cassidy
Douglas Letendre
Edmonton
M. E. Shannon
Cassidy
Supreme Court of Canada
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