Hawrelak fails to obtain stay to quash Edmonton mayoral disqualification
Edmonton. Chief Justice S Bruce Smith rejects William Hawrelak bid for a temporary court order staying his disqualification from the mayoralty. Hawrelak sought a stay to keep the office open during an appeal against a City Act violation ruling tied to Sun Alta Builders and a 15 acre park land sale.
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Edmonton
William Hawrelak
S. Bruce Smith
Appelate Division
Alberta Supreme Court
J. W. K. Shortreed
Hawrelak
C. C. McLaurin
Supreme Court
Trial Division
Shortreed
J. Harper Prowse
Roy Anderson
McLaurin
Mr. Hawrelak
Sun- Alta Builders Limited
Sun-Alta
Sun- Alta
Medicine Hat health changes threaten local specialists
The writer argues Alberta public health rules will shift X ray and laboratory work to hospital care, under taxes, risking access in Medicine Hat. With only two local specialists, Dr. Douglas Lawrason and Dr. Kenneth Thornton, the city faces possible loss of private practice and difficulty replacing experts if they depart.
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Manning
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Ist
Douglas Lawrason
Kenneth Thornton
Lawrason
Medical Arts Clinic
General Hospital
Thornton
Alberta
MSI
Big Brother
Apathy on two fronts in Alberta politics
Alberta cabinet ministers blamed citizen and municipal apathy for hampering civil defence and Centennial planning for 1967. Welfare Minister Halmrast cited a council shelving civil defence for 10 years and lack of fall out shelter building, while Provincial Secretary Holowach warned that low participation jeopardizes centennial celebrations and grant-backed projects.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Halmrast
Holowach
Assembly
Canada
Montana
Calgary
Wallace Heads to Washington for Meeting With Johnson on Racial Unrest
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace flies to Washington to meet President Johnson amid civil rights protests in Selma. Johnson says he is available for any mutual concerns, while federal troops may be on alert and demonstrators press for federal action.
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Washington
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Johnson
Wallace
Montgomery
Ala
White House
Selma
New York
Capitol Hill
National Council of Churches’ Commission On Religion and Race
Wallace says any qualified Negro can vote in Alabama
Governor George Wallace told the AP that any Black Alabamian who qualifies can register to vote under current laws. He rejected King’s call to abandon literacy tests and criticized demonstrations, noting few registrations during extended January efforts and defending Alabama police action as less violent than other cities.
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Montgomery, Ala
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Associated Press
Martin Luther King Jr
Dallas County
Selma
New York
Rochester
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Creditistes Threaten Pension Plan Filibuster in Parliament
In Ottawa the Creditistes threaten to filibuster as Parliament moves the Canada Pension Plan forward. The Commons adopted key clauses of the plan and to begin aging security changes, raising the qualifying age for $75 pensions to 65, while a Langlois objection stalled further progress. Opposition push for $100 monthly pensions prompts tax funding debate.
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Ottawa
Creditistes
Commons
Canada Pension Plan
Animous
Gerard Perron
Creditiste— Beauce
Canada
Perron
Senate Commons
Judy La‘Marsh
Stanley Knowles
NDP
Winnipeg North Centre
Eric Winkler
Greg Bruce
Miss LaMarsh
Benson
Rivard Mystery Deepens In Montreal Escape Case
Police remain convinced Lucien Rivard is in Montreal despite a Vancouver postmarked letter the Rivard family received claiming affection and forgiveness. Quebec officials call the Vancouver mail a possible decoy as investigators probe how Rivard escaped Bordeaux Jail and where he hides.
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Rivard
Montreal
Lucien Rivard
Marie
Vancouver
Bordeaux
Claude Wagner
Quebec
Quebec City
Jean Gagnon
Gagnon
David Cowlishaw
Cowlishaw
RCMP
Ottawa
House of Commons
Probe teachers moral attitudes
Edmonton CP report notes Jasper Place high school teachers sent a seven point questionnaire to survey moral attitudes of teachers and Albertans. The group cites William Tomyn, Social Credit MLA, warning that sinister forces threaten young minds without education oversight.
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Edmonton
Jasper Place High School
Alberta
Committee For
William Tomyn
Social Credit
Edmonton Norwood
Tomyn
AWB sale adjourned delaying Alberta beef equipment sale
The sale of the equipment of Alberta Western Beef Co. Ltd. was adjourned sine die by Sheriff Art Hay. Debenture holders and the City of Calgary claim priority, with taxes and utilities owed exceeding $50 000. The city demands payment before June 1 or may order a sale.
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Alberta Western Beef Co. Ltd
Art Hay
Sheriff Hay
Calgary Law
Vallance, Vallance and Brownlee
Domtar Chemical Ltd
AWB
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Hosea Williams
Edy
Gov. Wallace
Little
AWB Sale
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