Winkler Manitoba Town Hit by Sudden Flood Waters
Flood waters from snowmelt in Pembina hills surged into Winkler Manitoba a 3000 resident town. Debris clogged two to three feet of main street while basements flooded and the cannery reported water above floor level. No loss of life, evacuees moved to higher ground.
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Winkler Man
Pembina Hills
Manitoba
Red River
Winnipeg
Winkler
Co-Operative Cannery
John Epp
Debate on capital opens in Commons
The United States amended its draft nuclear treaty at a 17 nation disarmament conference to limit indirect access to weapons. Soviet delegate Tarapkin rejected the changes as insufficient while Fisher argued Germany would have a voice and the U S would veto West German use of nuclear arms.
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Geneva
United States
West Germany
Soviet Union
U.S
Adrian S. Fisher
Fisher
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Russia
Lift runs wild on Grouse Mountain injures nine
Provincial authorities revoke safety certificate for the upper chairlift after a Monday breakdown at Grouse Mountain Vancouver. About 16 injured as gear broke, riders jumped into snowdrifts up to 30 feet. One lift halted only after many fell, with nine needing hospital care.
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Vancouver
Grouse Mountain
Don Pratt
Lawyer and witness clash at Ottawa hearing over drug claim and whisky hours
In Ottawa, defence counsel Louis Assaly and witness Pierre Lamontagne clashed during the Raymond Denis trial over suggestions of drug use and billing for whisky drinking time. Assaly pressed Lamontagne on inconsistent testimony about a $20 000 offer and Lamontagne’s memory of taking Librium and other bills.
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Ottawa
Louis Assaly
Pierre Lamontagne
Raymond Denis
Lamontagne
Assaly
Denis
Lucien Rivard
Montreal
Mr. Assaly
Mr. Lamontagne
United States
Rivard
USS
Nominations Made for Railway Conciliation Boards
A. G. Cooper, Halifax lawyer and veteran conciliator, is named as the employers' representative on both boards. H. S. Crowe, former union official now with a bilingualism commission project in Ottawa, is the unions' nominee on both boards. They seek a chairman this week before asking Labor Minister Nicholson to appoint. Seventeen unions represent about 103,000 non-operating railway workers.
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Ottawa
A. G. Cooper
Halifax
H. S
Harry) Crowe
A Re
Royal Commission On
Archbishops Rome Visit Sparks Cheer Amid Unity Talks
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Michael Ramsey arrived in Rome for a Christian unity meeting with Pope Paul VI. Security detained two Protestant ministers from Northern Ireland as part of Italian entry restrictions.
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Rome
Canterbury
London
Paul
Michael Ramsey
Vatican
Belfast
Lambeth Palace
Dr. Ramsey
Fiumicino
Pope Paul
Angelo Dell’Acqua
Jan J. Willebrands
Secretariat For Christian Unity
Sir John Guthrie Ward
Britain
Italy
Michael Williams
Holy See
John Wylie
Northern Ireland
Ian Paisley
Free Presbyterian Church of
Campsite shelter contract awarded in Cypress Hills Park
EDMONTON CP D and H Construction Limited Medicine Hat awarded a 100384 contract for a campsite shelter and ski lodge at Elkwater in Cypress Hills Provincial Park Alberta Public Works Minister F C Colborne said four tenders were rejected as too high but the low bid was later accepted indicating revised cost expectations.
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Edmonton (Cp
D and H Construction Limited
Medicine Hat
Elkwater
Alta
Cypress Hills
Alberta
F. C. Colborne
New blood urged for city council by merchant group
Abe Nobleman urged adding young aggressive businessmen to the council at a Retail Merchants Association meeting. Jim Sharp noted the parking proposal advanced beyond prior discussions and others discussed a potential slate of candidates, though the Chamber of Commerce is non political.
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Abe Nobleman
Retail Merchants Association
Jim Sharp
Civic Finance Committee
Nobleman
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
RMA
Jim Keenan
Chic Taylor
Mr. Nobleman
Capital punishment debate set as government moves to free vote
Four government-backed MPs push a resolution to abolish the death penalty with a life sentence in all cases. The Commons schedules three days of debate with 20 minute speeches, aiming for a free vote on reform of the criminal code. Prime Minister Pearson may extend debate time and review the Steven Truscott case amid calls for an inquiry. Stanley Knowles pressed for Pearson intervention, with Pennell’s investigation to be followed.
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Government House
George Mellraith
Commons
Pearson
Governor-In Council
Steven Truscott
Isobel Lebourdais
Tuuscott
Truscott
Stanley Knowles
Appoint inquiry lawyers for Gerda Munsinger case
Justice W F Spence announced the appointment of two lawyers to serve the inquiry into Gerda Munsinger sex and security allegations. John L O'Brien of Montreal will be commission counsel and John J Urie of Ottawa is assistant counsel as Spence leads the formal investigation ordered after Cardin accused former prime minister Diefenbaker of mishandling the case.
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Ottawa
Gerda Munsinger
W. F. Spence
Supreme Court of Canada
John L O'Brien
Montreal
John J. Urie
Justice Spence
Cardin
John Diefenbaker
Book distributed to Alta. members
Copies of a 145 page book by a daughter of a former Social Credit MLA were sent to every Alberta Legislature member with an explanatory letter. The sisters condemn state socialism and fluoride plebiscite plans while urging lawmakers to defend individual freedom and note concerns about the Alberta Bill of Rights. The article also cites university finances with provincial grants, federal aid, and fee projections for the coming year.
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Edmonton
Social Credit
Alberta
C. W. Kole
J. W. McDearmid
A. V. Bourcier
Lac Ste. Anne
Kole
University of Alberta
Canada parliament set for no confidence votes in Pearson government
Ottawa Conservatives and New Democrats plan to join in non confidence votes over inflation and economic policy. With Social Credit support, Liberals face little danger, as finance minister Mitchell Sharp defends budget aims and price stability amid calls for a prices review board.
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Ottawa
Conservatives
New Democrats
Pearson Liberal
Canada
Social Credit
Liberals
Commons
NDP
Mitchell Sharp
Diefenbaker
Sharp
Bank of Canada
Louis Rasminsky
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
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