Irish Tide in Alberta Legislature Sparks Green Festivity
Edmonton observers noted a sea of Irish symbols as legislators from Social Credit and other parties marked St Patrick’s Day. Speaker Arthur Dixon received a handwritten club from Christine Vasey while Health Minister Donovan Ross outlined hospital and mental health plans. Premier Manning announced night sittings begin tonight.
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Edmonton
Antonio Aloisio
Social Credit
Athabaska
Edward P. Benoit
Okotoks High River
Romen
Lamothe
Bonnyville
Leonard Christian Halmrast
William Delday
Bow Valley Empress
Frank Gainer
CLN - Banff- Cochrane
Order
Jack Horan
Social
Edmonton - Jasper Place
Horan
Michael O'Mccagney
Donovan Ross
Calgary
Calgary General Hospital
Mike Maccagno
Fred Colborne
Manning
Leonov Makes Historic Spacewalk from Voskhod II
Lt Col Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to exit a spacecraft in orbit and survive a spacewalk, drifting five meters from the Voskhod II capsule for about 20 minutes. He floats under weightlessness as the mission circled the Earth every 91 minutes, while the U.S. Gemini program awaits its launch.
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Leonov
Russia
Moscow
United States
Leonev
First Soviet astronaut inches into space in bold excursion
Moscow reports Lt Col Alexei Leonov leaves Voskhod-1I in a remarkable six minute spacewalk. He floats at the hatch for minutes, tests the lifeline, and performs somersaults as Earth’s curvature glows in the backdrop. Orbital data show one earth orbit every 90.9 minutes.
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Moscow
Gambol
Alexei Leonov
Leonov
Tass
Pavel Belyayev
Alberta doctors warn on hospital service quality drop
Dr. Lloyd Grisdale president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Edmonton says proposed Alberta legislation to fund free out patient X ray and diagnostic services will reduce hospital in patient care. Health Minister Dr J Donovan Ross rejects the claim as unfounded and favors a six month trial plus an approved private laboratory category.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
Lloyd Grisdale
Edmonton
Grisdale
J. Donovan Ross
Manning
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Alberta
Ross
Duplicated names loom in Burnaby-Coquitlam 1963 vote
An allegation before the House of Commons election committee claims 40 percent of poll No. 1 voters in Burnaby Coquitlam appeared on lists in other BC ridings. The five page letter cites dispersed loggers in an isolated northeast polling area and cites full constituency results for Douglas Gamache Kent Morrow.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Burnaby-Coquitlam
British Columbia
Commons Election Committee
Morland T. Brown
New Westminster
B.C
Commons
NDP
T. C. Douglas
Rene J. Gamache
Social Credit
Tom Kent
Lyn Morrow
Mr. Douglas
Gamache
Mr. Kent
Morrow
Douglas
Opting-out bill meets with scorn in Commons debate
Ottawa debate on a government bill letting provinces stay out of shared costs programs drew opposition scorn. Conservatives call it a hoax, New Democratic MP a mouse, Social Credit spokesman a fraud. The Commons will hear a report then continue debate. translation delays shift pension bill timing. Prime Minister Pearson orders translators to finish French versions by early next week.
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Ottawa
New Democratic
Social Credit
Commons
Committee On
Canada Pension Plan
Senate Pensions Committee
Pearson
Death notices: Mrs. Carl Beny Mourned in Medicine Hat
Mrs. Carl Mamie Beny aged 84 died in hospital. A Irvine and Medicine Hat pioneer, she was mother to Alderman Helen Beny Gibson and grandmother to F. C. Beny of Medicine Hat and Roloff Beny of Rome. Requiem Mass at St Patrick’s Church Saturday 10 am. prayers Friday 7:30 pm. Burial at Hillside Cemetery.
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Medicine Hat
Carl
Mamie) Beny
Beny
Ald
Helen Beny Gibson
F. C
Chuck) Beny
Roloff Beny
Rome
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick’s Church
Hillside Cemetery
Pattison
New York City
Women's Institute
Alberta’s Women’s League
Anna Carbett
IODE
Roy A. Gibson
Charles
Lethbridge
Roy
Brooks
Ralph
Marion) Grant
Walsh
John Hefner
Long Island
John F. S. Schaetze
J. Donohue
Alberta Rejects Compulsory National Health Insurance
Alberta Health Minister J Donovan Ross vows to fight any push for a compulsory national health insurance plan. He says Alberta favors voluntary coverage with subsidies for the poor and opt out provisions to protect provincial control of health services. The province urges Ottawa to respect provincial authority and allow opt outs in any national scheme.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
J. Donovan Ross
Ross
Saskatchewan
All Royal Commission
Ottawa
House of Commons
Judge approves 50 mile march from Selma to Montgomery
Civil rights workers hailed a federal judge’s sanction of a 50 mile march from Selma to Montgomery and rules for parades in Alabama. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. praised police protection for demonstrators and urged governor Wallace to comply with the court order.
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Montgomery
Ala
Selma
Alabama
Martin Luther King Jr
King
George Wallace
Wallace
N To - Montgomery
U.S
Frank M. Johnson Jr
McManus Accepts Hat Stampede Invitation in Dundee
Maurice McManus has accepted an invitation to open the Medicine Hat stampede and exhibition on July 15 in Dundee Scotland. Lord provost defeated by Medicine Hat Mayor Harry Weiner in a football kicking contest last year. Weiner offered to pay half of McManus expenses with Stampede Company covering the rest.
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Dundee
Scotland
Maurice McManus
Medicine Hat
Harry Weiner
Weiner
McManus
Stampede Company
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Earth
Belyayev
Maj
Juri Gagarin
Creditiste
Gerard Perron
Carl Beny
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