Alberta moves to centralize rural schools and boost aid
A special legislative committee on rural schools in Alberta proposed greater centralization and enhanced funding for rural high schools. The report urges informing ratepayers of benefits in larger schools, providing transport and housing for teachers, and allowing limited religious instruction credits amid debate led by Bill Dickie and Mike Maccagno.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Bill Dickie
Calgary Glenmore
Mike Maccagno
Dickie
Maccagno
R. H. McKinnon
Bill Switzer
L—Edson
Wing Closure Threat at Medicine Hat General Hospital
A nurse and nurse aide shortage may force the fourth floor wing to close at Medicine Hat General Hospital. Administrator Noreen Flanagan could not be reached for comment and other hospital officials declined to discuss the closure at press time.
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Medicine Hat General Hospital
Noreen Flanagan
Newscasters Defy Strike Across Major Networks
Ray Scherer and Morgan Beatty join Chet Huntley and Frank McGee on air despite the AFTRA strike. State Department sources say Dean Rusk will skip NBCs Meet the Press if the strike continues. Negotiations are set for Washington mediation to end the walkout affecting NBC CBS ABC and Mutual.
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New York
NBC
Ray Scherer
Morgan Beatty
Chet Huntley
Frank McGee
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Washington
State Department
Dean Rusk
U.S
CBS
ABC
Mutual Broadcasting System
Chicago
Los Angeles
Fire kills man at Workmen's Comp Centre dormitory
A fire at the Workmen's Compensation Board rehabilitation centre in North York killed a male patient and injured 29 others. The victim, unidentified, was reportedly Italian, found in another ward's bed, while John Downie of Garson survived. More than 300 residents fled at 3:30 a.m. as burns and smoke inhalation sent patients to three hospitals.
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Toronto
Workmen’s Compensation Board
York
Italy
John Downie
Garson
Pearson rebukes protesters as he arrives in Vancouver
Prime Minister Pearson urged Vietnam protestors to direct complaints to the United States government at Vancouver airport. He and his wife arrived aboard a government jet en route to Santa Barbara for an honorary degree ceremony at the University of California with Governor Reagan invited to a luncheon. Security at the visit was tight but peaceful with no major incidents reported.
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Vancouver
Pearson
Vietnam
United States
Vancouver International
Geno C.ide
Washington
Calgary
Santa Barbara
Calif
University of California
California
Ronald Reagan
Mr. Pearson
Reagan
Oak Street
Middle Arm
Fraser River
E.C. Manning
Manning
Garth Turcott
NDP
Pincher Creek- Crowsnest
A. J. Hooke
E. W. Hinman
Turcott
Banff's oldest hotel destroyed in major blaze
A fire at Banff's Mount Royal Hotel damaged the three story wing of the oldest hotel in town, evacuating about 100 guests from the Mount Royal and 80 from the King Edward across the street. Firemen contained the blaze within six hours with no injuries reported.
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Banff, Alta
Alberta
Mount Royal Hotel
King Edward Hotel
Banff
Mount Royal
Gordon Lock
King
Edward
NATO troops move into Belgium to anchor SHAPE base
NATO settles in at Casteau near Mons after eviction from France. SHAPE and Allied Powers Europe begin operations with about 10 000 personnel as Belgium welcomes the alliance while Parliament debates rental terms and locals adjust to a construction boom and housing demand.
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Brussels
Belgium
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
SHAPE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe
Casteau
Atlantic Alliance
NATO Council
Paris
Washington
Mons
NATO
Alice Darm- Stetter
Lurleen Wallace Defies Federal School Integration Order
Governor Lurleen Wallace urged Alabama to resist a three judge order mandating desegregation of all public schools by next September. She asked the legislature to empower her to take over schools and fund extra state police, signaling possible defiance and a court appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lurleen Wallace
U.S
Alabama
Wallace
Andrew Jackson
Supreme Court
Battle for major base in War Zone C rages near Cambodian border
U S and Viet Cong forces clash in a fierce fight over a major jungle camp in War Zone C near Tay Ninh City. A U S helicopter is shot down as ground casualties rise. air strikes and artillery pound the area while reinforcements try to relieve the battered platoon. A separate strike against North Vietnam's Thai Nguyen steel plant is led by Col Robin Odds, a WWII ace who downed 24 enemy planes.
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Saigon
U.S
Air Force
North Vietnam
Thai Nguyen
Hanoi
U.S. 1St Infantry
Zone C
Tay Ninh City
Robin Odds
Washington
King seeks new Greek government amid treason case fallout
King Constantine began seeking a new Greek administration after Premier Paraskevopoulos resigned amid treason prosecutions linked to Andreas Papandreou. Speculation centered on Canellopoulos as premier with George Papandreou's son likely as opposition, while Aspida officers face charges for plots to end the monarchy.
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Athens
Constantine
Andreas Papandreou
John Paraskevopoulos
Paraskevopoulos
Panyiotis Canellopoulos
National Radical Union
Greece
Canellopoulos
Centre Union
Andreas
Aspida
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Van
Dearie
Hooke
Mr. Hinman
Dixon
Mr. Maccagno
Boudouin
Paul van den Boeynants
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Lemnitzer
Dudley Chapman
Lurleen
Leland Childs
Birmingham
Ernest Stone
Stone
Mrs. Wallace
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