Seven Days labeled root evil of CBC by vice president
CBC vice-president H. G. Walker described the Seven Days unit as a root evil within the CBC and said the program had operated like an independent entity for two years. He testified the show needed more integrity and less sensational content to survive.
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CBC
Ottawa
Seven Days
H. G
Bud) Walker
Commons Broadcasting Committee
Walker
Laurier LaPierre
Patrick Watson
Mr. Walker
Mr. Watson
Stuart Keate
The
Vancouver Sun
Pearson
Reeves Haggan
LaPierre
Douglas Leiterman
Mr. Leiterman
Mr. LaPierre
Fowler Committee On Broadcasting
CGC
Fowler
Toronto
Montreal
Canada weighs Red China UN entry ahead of 1966 assembly
Ottawa discusses informally how to handle Communist China joining the United Nations when the issue arises at the General Assembly this fall. External Affairs Minister Martin noted last year’s 47 47 20 abstentions vote and said China’s entry would cost the 12 000 000 Formosans representation in the UN, with discussions continuing at the moment about potential conditions before approval and the 1966 meeting.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Nations
UN General Assembly
China
U.S
Martin
Formosa
Committee probes 50 grand penalty on customs officer
Ottawa committee reviews action of the revenue department after Auditor General Henderson exposed a $50 000 penalty tied to a Newfoundland trade vessel purchase. The case centers on a customs collector who accepted post-dated cheques to cover duty of 10 078 dollars, with no interest, and the cabinet later approved waiving the penalty.
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Ottawa
Commons Public Accounts Committee
Revenue Department
Maxwell Henderson
Newfoundland
Henderson
H. W. C. Gillett
RCMP details Spencer spying links to Soviet embassy
A 98 page RCMP document released publicly outlines George Victor Spencer 62 supplying photos and reports to Soviet agents. The material covered border farms ethnic groups border crossing procedures and Vancouver cemeteries headstones plus pipeline photos. Police say the data could aid a Russian illegal network near the U.S. border in British Columbia. Spencer died of natural causes April 10 in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
RCMP
George Victor Spencer
Ottawa
Canada-United States
British Columbia
W. H. Kelly
Spencer
U.S
Canada
U.s.-Canada
Kelly
Alberta
B.C
Justice Wells
South Surrey
Italy Scraps Divorce Debate as Bill Halted Indefinitely
Rome Reuters reports the parliamentary justice commission postponed indefinitely discussion of Loris Fortuna’s draft to authorize divorce in Italy. The plan would allow divorce on five grounds including long desertion, long mental hospital confinement, foreign divorce abroad, serious prison terms for sex or moral crimes, or insanity or unfitness to plead.
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Rome
Reuters
Parliamentary
Justice Commission
Italy
Loris Fortuna
Air Cavalry traps Viet Cong near Saigon
The U S 1st Air Cavalry division flushed a large Viet Cong force near Saigon and reported 100 Viet Cong killed with possibly 300 to 460 more trapped in the area.
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Saigon
U.S
1St Air Cavalry Division
Bong Son
Viet Nam
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Clash over legal basis for South Vietnamese election committee
Civilian committee tasked with drafting a national electoral law clashed with the South Vietnamese government over its authority. The first meeting ended after hours of debate as Interior Minister Tran Minh Tiet opposed the committee's status. The article notes ongoing air battles and U.S. casualties in a brutal Vietnam War period.
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Saigon
Reuters
Viet Nam
Tran Minh Tiet
House questions safety crusader Nader on auto safety charges
Commerce committee hears Ralph Nader accuse auto makers and casualty insurers of safety failings. He cites interlocking directorates and high rates, notes Liberty Mutual as an exception, and criticizes GM and Ford deluxe push button seat belts as costly gimmicks. Rolls Royce doors criticized. spokesman declines comment.
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Washington
House of Representatives Commerce Committee
Ralph Nader
House
Nader
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
General Motors
Ford
Rolls Royce
Rolls Royce Co
Medicine Hat aims to lure food processing firms
Industrial Co ordinator Allan Gunter told the Chamber of Commerce the city is courting food processing firms after a Montreal trip for Alberta House at the 1967 Exposition. He noted Ontario plants showed interest, Bicks Pickles is opening locally, and Ro bin Hood Mills’ takeover brings capital. he warned success hinges on local farmers expanding crops and that five years are needed to teach vegetable growing.
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Medicine Hat
Allan Gunter
Chamber of Commerce
Montreal
Alberta House
Alberta
Gunter
Ontario
Whem
Canada
Bicks
Bick
Robin Hood Mills
Maritimes
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Red China
the Commons
Peking
Russia
Ments
Dalton C. Wells
Ontario Supreme Court
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