Supreme Court upholds Truscott murder conviction
OTTAWA CP Steven Truscott lost his bid for reversal of his 1959 murder conviction at age 14. In an 8 to 1 ruling the Supreme Court said there was no miscarriage of justice and would have rejected an appeal had one been brought. Justice Hall dissented.
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Ottawa
Steven Trusott
Supreme Court of Canada
Truscott
Lynne Harper
Clinton
Ont
High Court
Cabinet
Emmett Hall
Federal Cabinet
Harper
RCAF
Steven Truscott
Toronto
Taber
LeBourdais
Goderich
Justice Hall
Supreme Court Chamber
Dan and
Doris Truscott
Truscott Accepts Supreme Court Ruling Quietly
Steven Truscott faced the Supreme Court of Canada decision ending his bid to overturn a 1959 murder conviction with little emotion. Deputy Warden Ross Duff said an order of silence had been imposed on all prison officials at Collins Bay. Duff noted Truscott waited with anxiety but showed little emotion upon being informed of the ruling.
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Kingston
Ont
Steven Truscott
Supreme Court of Canada
Ross Duff
Allen MacLeod
Truscott
Collins Bay Penitentiary
Here
Duff
Supreme Court
Expo eyes milestone as 2,000,000th guest looms
Montreal CP reports Expo 67 tracks progress toward the 2,000,000th visitor a week after opening. By midnight 1,846,128 had passed turnstiles amid rain and crowds. Officials consider honoring the milestone visitor or delaying until later milestones. questions about lost and found incidents and guiding crowds with electronic counting persist.
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Montreal
Canada
Wallace Faces Mixed Reception at Dartmouth Speech
Wallace, former Alabama governor, was heckled by about 10 demonstrators and interrupted by six more during a Dartmouth College appearance. After ejecting the group, Wallace urged calm as about 1,300 inside heard him speak on race and law enforcement. Outside, about 1,500 protesters surrounded his car, but no injuries or arrests followed and police cleared the scene.
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Hanover
N.H
George C.wallace
Alabama
Dartmouth College
New Hampshire
Wallace
Dartmouth
Supreme Court
Income tax rush swamps Ottawa as returns surge
More than three tons of income tax returns arrived at Ottawa's revenue data centre this week as Canadians push toward the May 1 deadline extension. By Tuesday night 5,217,334 T1 Short forms and 2,819,394 T1 General forms had been processed, with error rates of 21 percent and 39 percent respectively.
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Ottawa
Revenue Department
Benson
Canada Pension Plan
The
Candidates support daylight saving in Alberta election
In Medicine Hat and Redcliff four candidates voiced support for daylight saving time. At a Jaycees Election Forum they backed the plebiscite on DST. Ted Grimm noted extra sun would end school earlier in hot afternoons. Roy Wiedemann and Harry Leinweber also favored DST with Leinweber urging clear direction from voters. Jim Horsman highlighted more leisure time to ease modern stresses.
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Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Alberta
DST
Jaycees
NDP
Ted Grimm
Roy Wiedemann
Social Credit
Harry Leinweber
Jim Horsman
Horsman
Four local candidates address 200 at Jaycees forum
An audience of 200 heard the four local candidates in the May 23 provincial election campaign last night in the first of two Jaycees political forums. Each candidate spoke for 10 minutes followed by a 10 minute rebuttal period after which writ
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Jaycees
Horsman Leads Row With Ten Questions At Forum
At a political forum candidates answered ten audience questions. First to speak was Progressive Conservative Jim Horsman, followed by incumbent Socred MLA Harry Leinweber, Liberal Roy Wiedemann, and Ted Grimm of the New Democratic Party.
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Jim Horsman
Socred
Harry Leinweber
Roy Wiedemann
Ted Grimm
New Democratic Party
Horsman touts PC plan for Alberta growth and jobs
31 year old lawyer Jim Horsman argues the Progressive Conservatives offer a responsible alternative to Social Credit. He praises Peter Lougheed as a dynamic new voice and outlines a Blueprint for the Future with Industrial Alberta Ltd and an Alberta Development Fund to back long term loans. He cites potential help for Alberta Western Beef and local greenhouse expansion as proof of the party’s growth strategy.
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Jim Horsman
Horseman
Progressive Conservative Party
Social Credit
Peter Lougheed
Alberta
Canada
Horsman
Edmonton
Calgary
Industrial Alberta Ltd
Alberta Western Beef
Horsman backs Blueprint plan to boost Alberta growth
In a speech on the Community Development Program he argues for a politically free blueprint to grow Alberta with expansion of the economy. He cites Nova Scotia as a proven model and sees agriculture as the district's sleeping giant. He envisions Medicine Hat becoming Western Canada's irrigation center.
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Alberta
Nova Scotia
Horsman
Medicine Hat
Canada
Leinweber outlines Alberta term goals and local plans
Incumbent Social Credit MLA Harry Leinweber reviews his term, stating he aims to serve four more years. He describes early government organization from Crow's Nest Pass to the Saskatchewan border and Calgary to Empress, the push to make Medicine Hat a regional service center, and progress on a provincial services building. He cites an AGT shop in Medicine Hat, ten months of delays, and a $1,000,000 development employing 92 people as proof of impact and local employment growth.
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Harry Leinweber
Social Credit
Leinweber
Crow’s Nest Pass
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Empress
Medicine Hat
Mier Manning
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat leader Eyes industry and welfare
Future Mr Leinweber warned welfare of people in Medicine Hat remains a concern since his election. He praised Riverview Home for chronic hospital cases as a wonderful job with potential extension. He criticized talks of large industries and urged expansion of existing local industry while noting opportunities in Agriculture for root crops.
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Leinweber
Medicine Hat
Riverview
Wiedemann outlines city plan on transit and health funding
Thirty three year old lawyer Roy Wiedemann a City Council member asserts a plan to push provincial policy changes. He argues the province discriminates against Medicine Hat by taxing bus fuel and underfunding health unit costs, urging higher provincial subsidies to cover transit and health administration.
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Wiedemann
Grimm says old order changeth as NDP bid grows
Ted Grimm argues the old order is changing in Alberta as the Socreds face criticism and internal strife. He cites a waning party base, recent challenges to incumbents, and premier's defensive stance as signs of potential upset. Grimm warns against one party rule and warns shrinking grassroots support.
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Ted Grimm
NDP
Mr. Grimm
Alberta
Socred
Socreds
Mr. Manning
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Little
Grimm
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