Montreal teacher used Nazi symbols in class sparks controversy
Parents largely approved of Brother Rene Lahaie's method ranking students by military terms with an SS top rank and displaying Christ and Hitler paintings. The Montreal Roman Catholic School Commission opened an inquiry, with students and parents to be interviewed. The teacher defended the approach linking shared traits of leaders. Artifacts were removed pending the investigation.
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Montreal
Rene Lahaie
Hitler
Brother Lahaie
la Mennais
Roland Harnois
Jean
Christ
Hector Asselin
Emile MacDuff
Jesus Christ
Jean-Marie Mathieu
Commission
Bank head warns economic situation may not last
Governor Louis Rasminsky of the Bank of Canada told Finance Minister Gordon that Canada must intensify and adapt its resources to meet domestic and global needs to sustain growth. He noted 1964 saw strong expansion with gains in output, employment, and productivity, while current account deficits narrowed, yet warned external conditions could cool and other nations curb demand.
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OTAWA
Canada
Louis Rasminsky
Bank of Canada
Gordon
Central Bank
Bank report paints brisk 1964 growth for Canada
Louis Rasminsky outlines a strong 1964 Canadian economy with growing credit demand, no credit tightening, slight drop in long term rates, private money up 72 percent, money supply up six percent, and a reduced current account deficit to 450 million. He cautions external gains may wane and calls for productivity and export strategy to raise real incomes.
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Canada
Tax Exemption Bill Aims at Sisters of Charity Property
Medicine Hat MLA introduces a bill to grant tax exemption for land in the city owned by the Sisters of Charity of St. Louis. The order would save about $1,915 yearly if approved by the Provincial Legislature, likening to the Hillcrest Christian College exemption in 1962. Mayor Veiner suggests city opposition unlikely, noting a precedent for religious groups.
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Demonstrators Protest Selma Segregation Across Canada
About 2 000 demonstrators mostly university students picketed the U S Embassy in Ottawa as SNCC organized protests in several Canadian cities against racial segregation in Selma Alabama. Prime Minister Pearson voiced concern and urged lawful rights while other cities held vigils and sit ins.
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Ottawa
Selma
Ala
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Pearson
Alabama
Air Canada posts record 1964 profits and traffic gains
Air Canada reports a 1964 profit of 1 405 575 on record operating revenues of 213 909 708 and an 11 percent traffic rise. Net earnings before interest were 12 896 833 with a 3 per share dividend to CNR. Passenger miles and freight grew across Atlantic and North American routes as jet plans advance for 1965.
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Air Canada
Pickersgill
Gordon R. McGregor
CNR
Air Express
Europe
Service planned for minister in Selma blocked by sheriff
Sheriff James G. Clark halted a planned five abreast march of about 500 Negroes and white clergy toward the courthouse to memorialize Rev. James J. Reed fatally clubbed in Selma. Deputies, troopers and city police faced marchers as public safety director Wilson Baker urged return to church. A church service was set for 3 p.m. EST.
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Selma
Ala
James G. Clark
James J. Reed
Boston
Wilson Baker
Baker
Sheriff Clark
Clark
Camden
Reed
C. T. Vivian
Vivian
Planes hammer North Viet bases in second raid
U S air force and navy jets attacked military installations in southern North Vietnam in a second straight raid. A spokesman would not detail targets or numbers or confirm return of all planes, citing ongoing aggression attributed to Hanoi against South Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Canadian adviser says ICC minority report swayed by United States
Col Bradley Webb and Prof Donald Wilmott dispute the ICC verdict on Vietnam war blame, arguing North Vietnamese infiltration into the South has been significant. They cited air strikes, naval arms movement, and VOA reports as supporting evidence, while Hanoi protested the ICC and U.S. actions.
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Toronto
International Control Commission
Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Bradley Webb
ICC
South Viet Nam
Col. Webb
Canadian Institute of International Affairs
Commission
Poland
India
Donald Wilmott
University of Toronto
First Unitarian
U.S. Marine Brigade
da Nang
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Kiriram
North Viet Nam
China blasts Soviet for fawning on U.S. imperialism
Peking denounces Moscow in identical editorials in People’s Daily and China Youth. The protest follows four Chinese students beaten by Russian police after a March 4 anti U.S. Viet Nam demonstration at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. Photographs show students being carried from a Russian airliner.
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Reuters
China
Russia
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Communist Party
People’s Daily
China Youth
Moscow
U.S
Viet Nam
Soviet spy Gordon Lonsdale says he spied five years in the United States
Gordon Lonsdale tells The People he worked as Col Rudolf Abel’s deputy from 1951 in New York and maintained Moscow contacts using hidden mail routes. He says Abel helped pass messages from Byelorussia during World War II and that their network secured immigration sponsors. Lonsdale, born in Canada August 27 1924 in Cobalt Ontario, later lived in eastern Europe.
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Ap-Reuters London
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United States
Rudolf Abel
Francis Gary Powers
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People
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Sia
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Central Intelligence Agency
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Europe
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Ont
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