Floral welcome for Ellen Fairclough at airport rally
Mrs. Ellen Fairclough, Canada's minister of state, arrived at Municipal Airport to address a Conservative rally. She spoke to about 375 assembled residents after a child, Daphne Sayers, presented a spring bouquet. Local candidate Ted Brunsden was also involved in the event.
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Canada
Ellen Fairclough
Municipal
Daphne Sayers
Tom Lavers
Seventh St. SE
Ted Brunsden
Daphne
Howard Heid
Pearson Proposes Six Week Tax Holiday Plan
Liberal Leader Lester Pearson unveils a six week tax holiday tied to a 400 million dollar retroactive tax cut to Jan 1 1958 aimed at boosting support. He spoke before 2800 party workers in Toronto while Diefenbaker faced heckling at Queen's University Kingston.
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Lester Pearson
Toronto
Diefenbaker
Queen's University
Kingston
Ont
Winnipeg
Stanley Knowles
CCF
Liberals
Knowles
M. J. Coldwell
Ottawa
Coldwell
Solon Low
Social Credit
Grouard
Alberta
Peace River
Falher
Alla
Pearson
Hecklers Roar At Diefenbaker Campaign Rally
In Kingston Queens University students heckled Prime Minister Diefenbaker during a tense rally before about 4,000. A large demonstrator tore up pro Liberal signs drawing police attention while Diefenbaker answered some interruptions and attacked the Liberal party.
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Kingston, Ont
Queen’s University
Diefenbaker
Liberal Party
Welland
Liz Taylor's husband Mike Todd dies in Grants plane crash
Private plane carrying producer Mike Todd, pilot Vernor, co pilot Art Cohn and Todd's secretary Dick Hanley crashed near Grants New Mexico 35 miles southwest of the town. Early reports say three dead, wreckage in foggy mountains, Elizabeth Taylor not aboard due to a cold.
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Grants
N.M
Mike Todd
New Mexico City
Pyth New Tdans
Sala Wie
Burbank
Calif
Tulsa
Okla
New Mexico
Art Cohn
Todd
Elizabeth Taylor
Hollywood
New York
Dick Lane
Lane
John Johnson
Civil Aeronautics
Grants Airport
Johnson
CAA
Zuni
Bill Hopwood
Hopwood
Indonesia Rebels Claim Bali Bombing Flight Attacks
The Padang based rebel radio said two planes from north Celebes bombed Bandung near Jakarta, marking the first rebel air attack on Java. Casualty numbers were not released as central government forces have fought rebels across Sumatra.
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Singapore
Reuters
Padang
Celebes
Bandung
Jakarta
Java
Indonesia
Sumatra
Sukarno
Padang Radio
U S Slashes Dairy Supports Amid Congressional Move
Washington AP Ezra Taft Benson announces April 1 reductions in dairy price supports matching 75 percent of parity. National averages set at 3.05 per hundredweight for manufacturing milk and 0.562 per pound for butterfat, down from 3.25 and 0.586. President Eisenhower expected to veto any one year freeze on price supports.
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Washington
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
French May Stabilize Politics
Paris reports the National Assembly approved a reform bill aimed at stabilizing cabinets but failed to reach the three fifths majority. The bill, 308 to 206, now goes to a referendum if the Council of the Republic also passes it. The measure would bar single assembly members from proposing legislation.
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Paris
Reuters
National Assembly
France
Felix Gaillard
Assembly
Council of the Republic
Benny the Cork Denies Ballot Box Access in Fort Grahame
Fort St John report notes helicopters divert ballot boxes to Finlay Forks Manson Creek and Gerransen for the March 31 federal vote. Returning Officer John Baker rejects sending a copter to Fort Grahame over a single 1957 vote cost of 241.50 dollars. Bennie the Cork, a one legged veteran and local trader, offered to assist as deputy returning officer but Baker refused further election funding for the Fort Grahame polling site.
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Fort ST. John
B.C
Finlay Forks
Manson Creek
Gerransen
Rocky Mountain Trench
Here
John W. Baker
Old Fort Grahame
Ben Cork
Fort Grahame
Baker
Bennie
Cork
Court of Revision
Mr. Baker
Yukon
Alberta's New Liquor Act Expands Dining Lounges and Cabarets
Alberta proposes new liquor laws to allow dining lounges and cocktail bars with no mandatory local option. The act sets liquor hours, service standards, and bans gambling, with local option votes required only if petitions reach thresholds. It permits liquor on some trains, restricts airlines, and restricts Sunday drinking while minors may enter dining lounges.
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Don Hanright
Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Liquor Board
$15 Million Aid Scheme For Pupils
External Affairs Minister Sid ney Smith announced a $15,000,000 plan to aid university students in 1958 59. Proposals include raising the per capita grant to $1.50, creating a $6.25 million scholarships fund, expanding to $25 million and 40,000 scholarships, and amending the National Housing Act to ease university housing loans.
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Vancouver
Sidney Smith
University of Toronto
University of B.C
G. C. Andrew
UBC
Dean Andrew
Smith
Rocket reaches 104 miles as IGY display fires
An Aerobee rocket launched from Fort Churchill on Hudson Bay soared 104 miles above the earth during IGY experiments. The flight tested auroral particle instruments and carried equipment to study the earth's magnetic field.
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Fort Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
Winnipeg
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