Premier Manning Presses Home Act to Bring Canada Home
In Edmonton the legislature mixed weighty business with light moments as Premier Manning urged repatriation of the British North America Act and lamented waning public trust in parliament. Measures on procedural waivers were debated amid fishing reminiscences by Social Credit’s William Kovach and quips about living in sin from opposition and government leaders.
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Edmonton
Legislative Chamber
Gordon Taylor
Manning
Alberta
Canada
William Kovach
Social Credit
Pincher Creek
Crowsnest
Kovach
Police seize Rivard friend as hunt for escape continues
In Montreal, police detained Eddy Lechasseur, a Rivard ally and Dorion inquiry witness, for questioning while a joint force searches Lechasseur’s Rosemount home. Rivard, linked to the Bordeaux Jail escape, faces US narcotics conspiracy charges as Interpol involvement grows.
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Montreal
Eddy Lechasseur
Dorion
Lucien Rivard
Quebec
RCMP
Lechasseur
Rosemount
Rivard
Bordeaux
Dorian
United States
Lemieux
Interpol
Rivard Letter From Vancouver Sparked Jail Escape Rumors
Jacques Francoeur of Dimanche Matin says his paper has a copy of a letter written by Turden Rivard to his wife after escaping jail. Mrs. Lucien Rivard confirms receipt of a March 6 letter from Vancouver. The note, copyrighted by Dimanche Matin and The Telegram, arrives as police widen the hunt.
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Lechasseur
Montreal
Rivard
Jacques Francoeur
Dimanche-Matin
Canada
Dimanche - Matin
Toronto Telegram
Francoeur
Dimanche- Matin
Turden Rivard
Lucien Rivard
Vancouver
Jean Gagnon
Quebec
CKVL
Verdun
Alberta Liberal asks dispel rumors on Fort McMurray links
In Edmonton the Liberal opposition filed 12 questions in the Alberta Legislature seeking details on cabinet ministers' potential ties to Fort McMurray development firms. They request shareholdings, treasury loans, and leadership roles in firms like Alberta Fidelity Trust and Garneau Development, plus zoning plan approvals and dates.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Social Credit
Fort McMurray
Bill Dickie
Dickie
Alberta Fidelity Trust Comppany
Garneau Development Limited
Avril Holdings Limited
Fort McMurray Land Development Company Limited
British American Construction and Materials Limited
Coral Development Limited
Mayfair Leaseholds Limited
Paris Investments Limited
Arcadian Company of Canada Limited
Hooke
Memorable Marches in Support of Negro Voter Rights
From Portland Maine a chorus rang out in support of the Alabama Negro voter registration drive as students, clergy and officials joined sympathy marches. Memorial services for Rev James J Reed who died after a Selma beating are planned. Governors Wallace Rockefeller and others condemned Alabama actions.
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New York
Portland
Alabama
James J. Reed
Boston
Selma
Ala
George Wallace
North Dakota
William Guy
Wallace
America
Toronto Students Protest Alabama Violence at U S Consulate
About 100 demonstrators sat outside the U S consulate in Toronto watched by a dozen police as a three day protest against anti Negro violence in Alabama continued. Roughly 60 held an overnight vigil in front of the building with participants from Toronto Hamilton and Bohemian community. A public rally was planned for 7 p m at Queen's Park ending with a march to the consulate with no civil disobedience planned.
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Toronto
United States
Alabama
Hamilton
Queen’s Park
Memorial march in Selma fizzles amid mayoral ban
In Selma Alabama nearly 100 Negroes gathered under rain to honor slain white minister James Reed. Mayor Smitherman ordered no march despite earlier talks of limited group walking to the courthouse. Federal mediation efforts and a Johnson ordered flight for the slain minister's widow and father marked tense developments.
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Selma, Ala
Alabama
Federal Community Relations Service
Collins
James J. Reed
Boston
Birmingham
Reed
Montgomery
Selma
Wilson Baker
Baker
Johnson
Total struggle program outlined in Saigon
South Viet Nam announces a total struggle program to defeat Communists with US and South Vietnamese air strikes on Viet Cong targets. Premier Phan Huy Quat says the people seek peace and freedom and appeals to the free world for help, while arrests linked to an alleged Communist peace movement are sent to Hue.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
da Nang
U.S
Ers
Phan Huy Quat
Quat
Hue
Vietn Nam
13th Day of Debate on Canada Pension Plan
The Canada Pension Plan reached its 13th day of debate as the 125 clause bill neared approval. Key clashes involved Jack Horner and Judy LaMarsh over legal points and minimum earnings for 65, with an amendment to raise yearly earnings to 1800 defeated 85 to 62.
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Ottawa
Canada Pension Plan
Jack Horner
Acadia
Judy LaMarsh
C. J. M. Willoughby
Willoughby
Horner
Benson
Canada
Tory senators block labor code passage in Senate
Conservative senators moved to amend and exclude many workers from the federal labor code. The proposal would exempt grain elevator operators, railway workers, truckers, seamen and others from the eight hour day and eight hour overtime cap. Debate continues. no vote yet.
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Ottawa
Jacques Flynn
Quebec
Ees
Senate
Flynn
G. S. Thorvaldson
Manitoba
Senate Banking and E Commerce Committee
Hawrelak Appeals Disqualification as Edmonton Mayor
William Hawrelak prepared an appeal after being disqualified from office by Chief Justice C C McLaurin for violating the City Act over Sun Alta Builders Limited parkland deal. Aldermen Dantzer serves as acting mayor with plans to select a successor. a special council meeting will be called.
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Edmonton
William Hawrelak
J. W. K. Shortreed
Vince Dantzer
Dantzer
Cil
Hawrelak
Alberta
Ald
Bob Lambert
Manning
Union of Alberta Munici
C. C. McLaurin
Alberta Supreme Court
Mr. Hawrelak
McLaurin
Sun-Alta Builders Limited
Sun-Alta
Shortreed
Four of Morrice family treated after carbon monoxide exposure
A family of four, George Morrice 25, Anne 25, Kenneth 4, and Michael 9 months, were taken to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning after a blocked air mix on an unventilated upstairs heater at their 34th Street NSW home. The incident occurred about 7 40 am. all were in good condition. The heater had not usually been used.
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George Morrice
Anne
Kenneth
Michael
Morrice
34Th St. Nsw
Sid Handley
Police sergeant heads forgery detail in Phoenix
Police Sgt. Vance Binga leads a forgery detail in Phoenix. He is depicted with a bad five dollar cheque allegedly passed by a suspect, noted as part of preparations for an upcoming police ball next week.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Vance Bingamin
Bingamin
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Mike Maccagno
Taylor
Father Louis
Teclor
Hes
J. R. Lemieux
Mont‘real
Gov't
Treasury Branch
Alaska
William A. Egan
Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Albany
Joseph T. Smitherman
Smitherman
Leroy Collins
Tory
Mr. Hanley
Harry Morrice
Mr. Morrice
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