U S and Britain Seek Practical Nuclear Inspection Plan
In Geneva, U S Secretary Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko spoke for three hours amid talks with British Foreign Secretary Home. They favored no detailed inspection system but hoped for spot checks in known testing areas and progress toward disarmament amid Berlin concerns. President Kennedy urged realistic avenues toward reducing nuclear peril and readiness to act on any agreed measures.
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Geneva
United States
Britain
U.S
Rusk
Gromyko
Berlin
Home
Driving course planned for Alberta teachers
Alberta ministers announce a two week driver training course for forty rural and city high school teachers at the University of AlbertaAug 13 to 24 conducted by Dr. R D Eales. All Canada Insurance Federation will pay stipends and expenses. The program follows a belief that trained teens have fewer accidents.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Gordon Taylor
R. D. Eales
Sacramento
Calif
University of Alberta
All Canada Insurance Federation
Taylor
Alberta minister defends foundation plan for equal education
Highways Minister Gordon Taylor defends Alberta’s foundation system amid budget debate. He says the plan equalizes education across cities and rural areas, preserves local autonomy via centralized funding, and boosts teaching standards while dismissing criticisms as misguided.
Camera test flakes out in snowflake claim
The RCAF at Cold Lake Alberta boasts a satellite tracking camera said to photograph a single snowflake at 300 miles. Wing Commander R P St John admits no snowflake has been found at that distance to verify the claim.
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Winnipeg
RCAF
R. P. St. John
Cold Lake
Alta
Taylor Roasts Drumheller Mayor Over School Finance Plan
Highways Minister Gordon Taylor criticized Drumheller Mayor E A Toshach for ridiculing the foundation program for school finance. He cited 13 meetings in Drumheller showing broad support and mocked the mayor for opposing the plan.
Taylor’s 2 hour plus speech fuels Alberta budget clash
Alberta debate centers on oil and budget faults as Highway Minister Gordon Taylor and Frank Gainer lead a fiery session. Taylor defends Drumheller work while praising oil’s role, while Gainer’s critiques leave Social Credit ranks uneasy amid a long talkathon.
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Taylor
Drumheller
Social Credit
Medicine Hat School Board Opposes Urban County System
Medicine Hat Public School Board studied and approved in principle a brief opposing the urban county system in Alberta. The draft may be revised, with strong wording kept by some members. A March 22 Edmonton hearing on the system was announced, with board officials to travel to present the brief.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
George Davison
J. L. Levinson
Medicine Hatters
E. G. F. Skinner
Mr. Davison
Agriculture, Colonization, Immigration and Education Committee
C. W. Niblock
O. P. Larson
Davison
Edmonton
Second Highway Decision Sought by Alberta Minister
Highways Minister Gordon Taylor urged Prime Minister Diefenbaker to decide on starting a second trans Canada highway route. He accused Ottawa of breaking promises to western provinces and argued a Yellowhead Pass link would boost northern prairie development with Alberta hoping for reimbursement for northern route costs.
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Edmonton
Diefenbaker
Gordon Taylor
Taylor
Ottawa
Yellowhead Pass
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Carrots Pack Leader Gift Greeted by Alberta Legislature
William Delday presented each Alberta MLA with six month old Brooks station carrots. Highway Minister Gordon Taylor praised the carrots. He quipped that the juice is being mixed with scotch at the member's home riding, joking about drinkers’ sight.
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Edmonton
William Delday
Bow Valley
Empress
Alberta
Brooks, Alta
Gordon Taylor
Salary Talks Kept Secret at Medicine Hall School Board
At Medicine Hall Public School Board meeting Henry Allergoth spoke for the teachers salary negotiating committee asking for private discussions. Chair C W Niblock pressed that it is public business while Mrs Skinner and Dr McKenzie suggested keeping initial skirmishes private.
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Medicine Hall Public
Henry Allergoth
C. W. Niblock
Bead
E. G. F. Skinner
H F. McKenzie
Federal troops possible for British Columbia terrorism threat
A federal source says troops could be sent within hours to assist British Columbia against Doukhobor Sons of Freedom violence if the province requests aid under the National Defence Act. Troops could arrive by air in about three hours or by land in eight to ten hours, depending on the response, with the decision guided by the act's aid for civil power provision.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Kootenays
B.C
Kootenays Fight for Wider Protection After Bombings
Civic officials and business leaders in Trail British Columbia demand stronger government protection amid bombings by a sect. Mayor Paluga warns of possible vigilantism. companies guard Consolidated Mining plants with armed staff as RCMP pursue investigations.
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TRAIL
B.C
Freedomite
Doukhobors
Trail Daily Times
Bonner
Joseph Paluga
Iscore
Paluga
Toronto
Perry
Dominco
Kootenays
RCMP
Bombing Arrests Made In Kootenay Lake Case
Two Sons of Freedom Doukhobor sect members, John Arishenkoff and Jack Kalmakoff, aged 27 and 25, were to be arraigned in Nelson on explosives charges. The blasts felled a large power pylon, crippling regional industry and forcing 1,000 layoffs at the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. The BC legislature floated a request for federal army presence in the Kootenays for training.
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Nelson
B.C
Sons of Freedom Doukhobor
Kootenay Lake
John Arishenkoff
Jack Kalmakoff
Creston
Kootenays
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Robert Bonner
Social Credit
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Alan Akers
Henry Schafer
St. N.E
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Kennedy
Canada
Earl Ansley
Ind
Leduc
Mike Macecagno
L—Lac la Biche
Calgary
Lac la Biche
Little Cloud
Deame Frank Early
Banff
Frank Gainer
Sacred Bill Delday
Bow Valley Empress
Mr. Taylor
Coalition
Mr Gainer
Gainer
Calgary West
Don Fleming
Mike Maccagno
Defence
Harkness
Canadian Pacific
N. R. Crump
W. S. Kirkpatrick
Cominco
B.C. Kootenays
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