Censure vote looms as CBC Seven Days bed scandal erupts
In Ottawa yesterday a CBC Seven Days bed scene disrupted the House of Commons prompting questions about a Toronto Telegram exclusive. Miss LaMarsh said the CBC is investigating and that the story is, in essence, inaccurate, while officials consider libel and narcotics angles.
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Pearson faces censure vote over RCMP use of MPs files
The House votes on a non confidence motion charging the government with using police information to scrutinize MPs past conduct. Pearson, ill with flu, will defend himself as the debate proceeds with NDP and Social Credit backing the Conservatives.
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Paul Martin
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CBC supervisor accuses management of pressuring resignations
Reeves Haggan, CBC public affairs supervisor, told the Commons broadcasting committee management sought to undermine him and fired a producer. He said top executives cast doubt on his ability to run the department and issued indirect resignations pressures before choosing to stay only due to staff support. The committee probes LaPierre's removal and broader labor tensions across CBC units.
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Keate Holds Talks With CBC Figures in Mediation
Vancouver Sun publisher Stuart Keate met CBC producers and president J Alphonse Ouimet in Ottawa as informal mediation of their dispute began. He also spoke with Prime Minister Pearson, who was bedbound with the flu after talks.
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Coup rumblings shadow South Viet Nam politics in 1960s upheaval
Reuters reports South Viet Nam faces a volatile power scramble as the junta of 10 generals nears a general election by September. Factional splits and rumors of a coup surface amid pressure from Buddhists and younger officers seeking influence.
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Britain to End 10 Percent Import Surcharge in November
Chancellor Callaghan announced in Parliament that Britain's 10 percent import surcharge will be removed in November. He said there would be no increases in income tax surtax or sales tax and no rise in vehicle license duties or taxes on beer tobacco and liquor. A new payroll tax on employers based on headcount will fund the move and reduce unproductive labor.
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Parachutist Nick Piantanida Injured In High Altitude Jump
Parachutist Nick Piantanida remains in critical condition after a third failed attempt to reach 125 000 feet and free fall. Doctors at Hennepin County General Hospital report signs of possible recovery while he remains in a coma with brain damage.
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Pearson proposal on Viet Nam ceasefire rejected by China
China called Lester Pearson's plan for a ceasefire in Viet Nam an old American trick and refused to comment further. Pearson proposed a formal armistice supervised by the International Control Commission with phased troop withdrawals and South Vietnamese self government.
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U S acknowledges shelling across the Cambodian border
The U S military formally says artillery shelled Viet Cong positions in Cambodia near Lo Go in Tay Ninh province after Viet Cong fire on a U S 1st Infantry Division battalion. The operation silenced enemy fire with 105 millimetre shells as B 52 bombers pounded the area.
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Tanner Becomes U.S. Citizen in Salt Lake City
Former Alberta legislature speaker Nathan Idor Tanner took the oath of allegiance at the Utah Capitol rotunda joining 35 adults and two children. He served as Canada’s minister of lands and mines and led major Canadian firms before returning to Utah as a Mormon Church general authority.
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