Parliament at a Glance Opens Capital Punishment Debate
The Commons debate on capital punishment begins with four supporters of abolition and one undecided member. Trade Minister Winters cites planned Canadian capital investment of 14.546 billion dollars in 1966. Agriculture Minister Greene unveils a dairy policy paying farmers 4 dollars per hundredweight for milk in 1966 67, with butter prices rising two cents a pound and a 90 million dollar annual government payout. Prince Philip departs Ottawa for Goose Bay en route to London. The unemployment insurance fund shows a February surplus of 150.148 million dollars. The Commons resume the capital punishment discussion today.
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Winters
Greene
Prince Philip
Ottawa
Goose Bay
Labrador
London
Commons
Abandonment fund urged in CPR service debate
Eight prairie cities urged a cabinet committee to fund independent research on abandonment cases, arguing the CPR uses biased evidence from its own staff to push lines for removal. They pressed Transport Minister Pickersgill and MPs to reexamine the contract and the municipal tax context amid plans to curb costly passenger service.
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Ottawa
Prairie Cities
CPR
Board of Transport
Sonnel
Pearson
Transport
Pickersgill
John Turner
Teillet
Commons Transport Committee
Dominions
Canada
China slams Soviet leaders as US accomplices
Peking in People's Daily denounces Moscow after rejecting invitation to next week's Soviet Communist party congress. The front page blast calls Soviet leaders "accomplices of the United States, pure and simple" signaling a broader anti Soviet barrage expected through the congress.
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Peking
Reuters
China
United States
People’s Daily
Abolitionists drive opening debate on death penalty in Canada
Ottawa CP report says abolitionists led the three day Commons debate with over 80 MPs expected to speak. Four MPs from parties backed replacing hanging with mandatory life imprisonment. Liberal Starbury and Byrne sponsored the motion joined by Conservative Nugent and NDP Scott. Attendance was light as debate began and a vote is not guaranteed.
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Ottawa
Canada
Alcide Simard
Lac St. Jean
Robert Starbury
York - Scarborough
James Byrne
Kootenay East
Terry Nugent
Edmonton - Strathcona
Reid Scott
Toronto Danforth
Maurice Allard
Ind - PC
Sherbrooke
Commons
Lucien Lamoureux
Lfe
Lamoureux
Allard
Nugent
Byrne
Andrew Brewin
NDP
Toronto Greenwood
Howard Johnston
Okanagan - Revelstoke
Flood crest expected in Peg around April 8
Winnipeg civil defence prepares for rising Red River with forecasts for a crest on or after April 8 and possibly as late as April 18. Peak level seen at 26 to 28 feet above winter ice, as dikes are raised and evacuee centers set up in Fort Garry and Tuxedo with Red Cross Salvation Army and transport services activated.
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Winnipeg
Red River
Agriculture
George Hutton
Andrew Currie
Fort Garry
Red Cross
Alberta seeks federal laws to halt salacious literature
Alberta government calls for federal legislation to stop influx of salacious literature into Canada. Premier Manning and provincial officials argue current criminal code provisions fail to convict for such material, while ministers discuss highway bids, vehicle policies, and locomotive safety measures as part of broader debated issues.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Ambrose Holowach
Manning
Taylor
Peace River Bridge
William Dickie
Calgary
Glenmore
Canada doubles aid plan for India food relief
Ottawa announced a record 75 million dollar food aid program to India and other Colombo Plan nations. External Affairs Minister Paul Martin said wheat and flour shipments would total at least one million tons to India, with supplementary estimates adding 45 million dollars. The move follows Prime Minister Pearson’s pledge and aims to aid drought‑stricken countries while extending aid to Ghana’s new government.
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Ottawa
India
Paul Martin
Commons
Pearson
Canada
U.S
Lion
Healf
Colombo Plan
Martin
Ghana
Nkrumah
Restrict Hospital Visiting in Medicine Hat
Public health precaution restricts hospital visiting to one immediate relative per visiting period. Hospital officials urge calm over a non epidemic fly boat situation. Absenteeism rises in schools with about 12 percent absent in public schools and around 20 percent in the separate system, hitting West Crescent Heights and Riverside areas.
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Medicine Hat
General Hospital
Noreen Flanagan
Miss Flanagan
L. L. Quedlette
West Crescent
Helghts
Riverside
Ed Mckenzie
Truscott son visits prompt renewed controversy
KINGSTON CP The Truscott family protests to federal officials over a surge of psychiatrists visiting Steven Truscott at Collins Bay penitentiary where he serves a life term for a 12 year old girl’s death. Mrs Truscott says something funny is going on as four psychiatrists saw him in recent days.
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Kingston
Steven Truscott
Daniel Truscott
Collins Bay Penitentiary
WO Daniel Truscott
Richmond
Ottawa
Allan MacLeod
Fred Smith
Steven
Beny photo display opens today in Ottawa gallery
Roloff Beny of New York London Paris Rome and Lethbridge arrives for Pleasure of Photography The World of Roloff Beny at the National Gallery of Canada opening He, 41, is a leading art photographer and discusses his Canada book Odyssey in Time due April 1967 He favors nature scenes, travels Canada five times for the book and plans Vancouver Toronto openings then a Far East trip.
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Ottawa
Roloff Beny
New York
London
Paris
Rome
Lethbridge
Alta
National Gallery of Canada
Beny
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Mr. Beng
Canada
Europe
Yousuf Karsh
Vancouver Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Toronto
Confederation Art Gallery
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Mediterranean
Far East
Rennaissance
Italy
Macedonia
Cyprus
India
Siam
Ceylon
Iraq
Cambodia
Burma
Japan
Mr. Beny
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Winkler
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Salvation Army
Manitoba School For the Deaf
Tuxedo
St. Vital
St. Boniface
Highways Department
Board of Transport Commissioners
Truscotts
Federal Commissioner of Penitentiaries
Truscott
Isabel LeBourdais
Toronto
Lynne Harper
Clinton, Ont
Clinton
John Peniston
Warden Smith
Mes. LeBourdais
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