Alberta NDP Platform Promises Fairer Returns and Growth
Alberta NDP leader Neil Reimer unveiled a May 23 platform urging realigned resource policies to boost growth and provide Albertans a fairer share. The plan calls for new royalty schedules, land leasing programs for small firms, regional programs, and equity in resources. It also includes expanded agricultural research, better crop insurance, regional farm coops, an industrial development advisory council, improved transport and freight, broader education facilities, tuition abolition, and a revised Municipal Act to curb local aut ownership.
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Edmonton
Alberta
NDP
Alberta policy plan calls for broad reforms across taxes and services
The statement outlines removing education taxes from property rolls and trimming costs in education and health. It proposes housing improvements, expanded Indian education and training, transfer of Indian affairs to provincial control, a consumer affairs division, universal medical care, cheaper drugs, better regional mental health, updated building codes, auto accident compensation, a culture and tourism department, northern affairs, and a government efficiency commission. It notes Alberta’s economy shifted from agriculture to manufacturing, minerals, and construction under an increasingly doctrinaire government causing social disruption.
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Alberta
NDP Policy Frames Alberta’s Urban Strain and Farm Support
A policy statement argues urban growth has strained Alberta’s local government and eroded autonomy. It pledges farm land acquisition, creation of economic family farms, extended low interest loans, and student grants for need. It calls for expanded adult education and retraining for displaced workers.
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Mit
NDP
Opposition parties test Liberal govt on farm milk price upset
Ottawa reports opposition parties plan early nonconfidence moves after the throne speech threatening a possible election. Real Caouette proposes a five cent subsidy for farmers milk and the Conservatives and NDP gain leverage to trigger a vote. The session opens with the throne speech promising over 50 laws as Parliament reconvenes with a reduced Liberal majority.
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Ottawa
Creditiste
Real Caouette
Quebec City
Caouette
Conservatives
New Democrats
Commons
Parliament
Senate
Michener
Centennial musical Medicine Hat may head to Moncton
Cliff Wright producer says the Centennial Committee is contemplating sending the musical Medicine Hat to Moncton later this year. Tonight's children's performance at the Towne Theatre starts at 7 30 p m with tickets at 50 cents at the door.
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Médicine Hat
Moncton
Cliff Wright
Towne Theatre
Tornadoes strike the South Midwest causing deaths and damage
Severe weekend tornadoes across six Southern states and four Midwest states left at least one death and many injuries. Birmingham woman Nora Peeler, 55, died as winds ripped the west side of the city. seven Clay Kentucky homes were destroyed and a drive-in theatre screen toppled. Damage estimates reached 250000 dollars. Rain soaked Lexington Kentucky with up to four feet of water in some areas.
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Chicago
U.S
Midwest
Birmingham
Ala
Nora Peeler
Clay
Lexington
Garrison seeks Senate probe into CIA role in Kennedy murder
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison plans a Senate inquiry into the CIA and FBI conduct linked to the Warren Commission findings on President Kennedy's 1963 Dallas assassination. He alleges concealment of facts from the commission and public, and accuses the CIA of discrediting Oswald as a lone shooter.
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Jim Garrison
U.S. Senate
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Warren Commission
Dallas
CIA
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John F Kennedy
Garrison
Senate
Kennedy
Warren Coms
States-Item
Lee Harvey Oswald
States - Item
Oswald
Avith
Consumer affairs committee urges more government mortgages
The Commons Senate committee on consumer affairs led by Ron Basford Vancouver Burrard and Senator David Croll calls for a sharp rise in federal mortgages. Hearings on food costs and housing across Canada yielded 90 briefs. The report urges use of trade powers to curb misleading ads and labeling while housing coordination remains a barrier to action.
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Ottawa
Commons-Senate Committee On Consumer Affairs
Ron Basford
Vancouver Burrard
David Croll
Toronto
Econo
Canada
Pearson declines comment on Truscott court ruling
In Ottawa the Prime Minister said he has nothing to say about the Supreme Court ruling upholding Steven Truscott's murder conviction. Opposition leader John Diefenbaker pressed on parole discussions and potential royal mercy during Centennial Year, but Pearson deferred and cited delicate parole-board duties.
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Truscott Court
Ottawa
The
Commons Today
Supreme Court of Canada
Steven Truscott
Diefenbaker
Truscott
Lynne Harper
Clinton
Ont
High Court
Parole’ Board
Pennell
Trudeau
North Vietnamese ignored Johnson peace talks offer
Washington reports reveal a four month pause in U S bombing of North Vietnam from December to April while Polish diplomat Lewandowski sought secret exploratory talks. Hanoi refused to halt bombing, prompting renewed U S strikes near Hanoi and a de escalation effort that ultimately failed.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
North
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Hanoi
United States
Poland
Janie Leewandowski
International
Comemission
Vietnam
Canada
India
Lewartedowski
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lewandowski
Lodge
Canada urged to raise wheat crop to one billion bushels by 1980
The Com Mons agriculture committee reports Canada must raise annual wheat output to 1 billion bushels by 1980, from about 600 million now. It calls for modernization of elevators and port facilities, expanded food aid, a national farm policy conference, higher high quality wheat prices, and expanded Canadian Wheat Board authority among other measures.
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Com Mons Agriculture Committee
Canada
Commons
Vancouver
Eugene Whelan
L — Essex South
Canadian Wheat Board
St. Lawrence Seaway
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