All-Star Cast Ready For 24th Session Of Parliament
The piece outlines proposed policies like immigration reform, aid for housing, a Canadian bill of rights, extended unemployment benefits, and new taxes. It notes a first budget by the Conservatives in 23 years, potential funding debates, and the unusual 105 new MPs facing maiden speeches. The scene is the opening Commons session with a polarized House and a reshaped Senate alignment.
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Saskatchewan
South Saskatchewan River
Diefenbaker
Fleming
Diefenbaker seeks night talks to avert CPR firemen strike
Prime Minister Diefenbaker pledged to work through the night with Claude Jodoin of the CLC to avert a CPR firemen strike set for Sunday. In Montreal Associate Chief Justice Scott adjourned a hearing on an injunction against pulling firemen from diesels, with a ruling expected later. CPR President Crump remained adamant about gradually removing firemen, while union leadership warned of little outside support for a strike.
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Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Claude Jodoin
Canadian Labor Congress
CPR
Montreal
W. B. Scott
Quebec
N. R. Crump
Transport
Hees
Labor
Starr
Crump
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
CLC
John Graham
Adamant II
Jodoin
Drowned Boy Search Underway By Local Boatmen
Medicine Hat men Al Barbey and Bud Doane launch a river patrol to locate Barry Stanley Murray a four year old missing since March 19. They plan a 16 foot craft with 25 horsepower exploring 25 to 30 miles downstream aided by recent boat work and water trials. Firemen had previously dragged the river without success.
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Medicine Hat
al Barbey
Maple Ave
Bud Doane
Third St. SE
Barry William Stanley
Murray
Hector M. Murray
Hat Apartments
CPR
Barby
Doane
Mr. Barley
U S and Canada ready to outline air defences plan
Washington reports on the verge of detailed arrangements for U S and Canada to cooperate against a Soviet air attack. Diplomatic notes to define procedures for North American Air Defence Command at Colorado Springs and the role of Canadian Parliament approval are expected.
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U.S
Canada
George Kitchen Washington
United States
North American
North American Air Defence Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Earle Partridge
U.S. Air Force
Roy Slemon
RCAF
Sidney Smith
Washington
Defence
Pearkes
PM Urges Graduates To Help Build Canada
Prime Minister Diefenbaker urged University of Saskatchewan graduates to stay in Canada and contribute to national development. In a 35 minute alumni banquet speech he projected Canada reaching 54 million by 1958 graduates age 62 and urged graduates to take public leadership roles.
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Canada
Saskatoon
Diefenbaker
Greater
University of Saskatchewan
Edmundston Teachers Resign En Masse
In Edmundston New Brunswick the school board accepted the mass resignations of 101 teachers claiming the move is illegal and unjustified. The board says salaries fall above legal minimums while teachers seek raises up to 1350 annually and cites specific listed figures and offered increases.
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Edmundston, N. B
Edmundston
Stampede Adds Edmonton Clowns to July Exhibition
The city Exhibition and Stampede will replace favorites Buddy Heaton and Slim Pickens with two new clowns from Edmonton for July shows. Dawson Fawcett resigns as parade marshal after 10 years. Allan Kent becomes the new marshal. A 20‑horse Palomino troupe from Edmonton will perform daily, and Larry King is named band committee chairman and associate director.
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Edmonton
Buddy Heaton
Slim Pickens
Kent
Dawson Fawcett
Allan Kent
Fawcett
Marshall
Emerson Porter
Canuck Boxers Help UN Fund in RAFAH Spring Fair
Canadian Army boxers joined with other UN troops in RAFAH to raise about 840 for refugee children of the Gaza Strip. The spring fair featured boxing matches, bingo, a musical show and various games to support United Nations aid efforts.
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Rafah
Egypt
United Nations
United Nations Emergency Force
Gaza Strip
Girl Gang Member Shot in Montreal Cheap Fight
A 14 year old girl was shot in the stomach during a wild melee at a Montreal restaurant involving a teenage gang and a restaurant owner. The incident occurred Friday night amid violent street clashes.
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Montreal
Montreal cartoonist says Diefenbaker a bright light
David Low calls Prime Minister Diefenbaker a bright light amid dim cartoon subjects and likens him to a parrot or cockatoo. He notes the PM’s birdlike features and says he has not yet matured as a symbol. Low is in Canada for an honorary doctorate from the University of New Brunswick.
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Montreal
David Low
Manchester Guardian
Diefenbaker
Mr. Diefenbaker
Low
Colonel Blimp
Pearson
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Canada
University of New Brunswick
Britain
Unionists Hopeful as Firemen Threaten CPR Strike
W E Gamble head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen says firemen may win support from other unions if they strike CPR Sunday. He accuses CPR of intimidation and notes support from the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. An injunction hearing in Superior Court on May 31 seeks to bar removals of firemen from certain diesels.
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Montreal
W.E. Gamble
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
CLC
CPR
Gamble
Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Railway
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Firemen
Diefenbaker Seeks Michener as Speaker in Commons
Prime Minister Diefenbaker announced he will nominate Roland Michener for Speaker of the Commons at the new Parliament opening Monday. He also said Mark Drouin will continue as Speaker of the Senate and that opposition leader Pearson will second the proposal.
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CCF
Spéak
Pearson
Senate
MacKenzie King
Louis
St. Laurent
Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Roland Michener
Commons
Mark Drouin
Michener
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King Band
Larry King
Band Commute
Dawson Fawcett Marshall
UN Fund
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