Quebec separatists push for assimilation under banner of unity
In a Montreal convention, Yvan Piche of the PRQ argues Canadian unity means complete assimilation of French-Canada, while Quebec lawmaker Guy Pouliot and RIN advocate distinct francophone identity, invoking the UN charter to justify separatism.
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Quebec
Yvan Piche
Quebec Republican Party
PRQ
Montreal
Queen Elizabeth
M. Piche
Unite
Unite Canadienne
Guy Pouliot
Quebec City
Rassemblement Pour L’independance Nationale
Pair Meet In Accord Between Pearson And Kennedy
Prime Minister Pearson and President Kennedy wrap two days of talks at Kennedy's Hyannisport summer home. An agreement to proceed with acquisition of nuclear warheads for Canadian forces is expected to feature in a concluding communique. Officials call the sessions tremendously productive and hopeful for concrete results.
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Bruce Phillips
Southam News Services
Hyannisport
Massachusetts
Pearson
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Negro Leaders Map Plans for Voter Drive in Birmingham
In Birmingham under a six week integration drive, leaders led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr plan a voter registration campaign as city officials reject the biracial group’s proposals. Police say the agreement lacks official status and vow no interference with business lunch counters.
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Birmingham
Ala
Rev
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Serge
Connor
Sugar Prices Soar As Wholesale Costs Hit New Highs
New York AP reports a rapid surge in wholesale refined sugar prices reaching 11 increases this year and 43 year highs. Raw sugar climbs to 10.40 per 100 pounds, up from 6.50 a year ago, signaling broader grocery price pressures and potential raises for Jello cake mixes preserves and jams.
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New York
General Foods Corporation
Louis Sherry Incorporated
Senator Gershaw Hospitalized In Medicine Hat
Senator F. W. Gershaw, a pioneer physician, is a patient at Medicine Hat General Hospital. An associate says he has a mild indisposition and will rest in hospital for the next few weeks.
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F. W. Gershaw
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Syrian PM Resigns as Pro-Nasser Group Seeks Control
Syria accepted Prime Minister Salah Bitar's resignation and named pro-Nasser Dr. Sami Jundi to form a new government. Jundi, a dentist and former minister, is the sole non Baath member, signaling a move to back Nasser in the Arab federation plan with Iraq and the United Arab Republic. The decree followed a week of crisis and nightly council sessions.
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Syria
Salah Bitar
Sami Jundi
Iraq
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Damascus Radio
Revolutionary Council
Jundi
Bitar
Ba’ath Socialist
Ba’ath
Cairo
Socialist Unionist Movement
Doctor J L Wyatt Leaves Medicine Hat for Vancouver
Dr J L Wyatt a longtime Medicine Hat dentist of 30 plus years departs May 13 for Vancouver due to health reasons He will practice dentistry there on a reduced basis His wife Merry and daughter Denys travel with him He plans to visit Medicine Hat occasionally and remains active in local affairs through his past roles with the School Board Kiwanis and the Alberta Dental Association He served in WWII with the armoured corps and returned to practice in 1945
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Medicine Hat
Vancouver
Denys
Wyatt
Canadian Club
United Nations Association
Alberta Dental Association
University of Alberta
Edmonton
A. E. Slack Sr
A. E. Slack Jr
Slack
J. H. Snedden
R. A. Gray
Armoured Corps
Mediation Thwarted In Laos By Brutal Acts
Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma said his mediation between neutralist forces and the Pathet Lao has been thwarted by brutal acts. He cited killings of government officials including Foreign Minister Quinim Pholsena as examples during a Constitution Day parade in Vientiane.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Souvanna
Quinim Pholsena
British Spy Wynne Sentenced Eight Years In Soviet
Soviet military tribunal convicts British businessman Grevile Wynne of spying and sentences him to eight years confinement. co-defendant Oleg Penkovsky receives a death penalty after a five day trial read by Lt.-Gen. Viktor Borisoglebskiy. Wynne admitted acting as a courier for official secrets between Penkovsky and British intelligence.
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Moscow
Grevile Wynne
Soviet Union
Oleg Penkovsky
Viktor Borisoglebsky
Wynne
Penkovsky
Pears on to begin talks with U S on defence commitments
Prime Minister Pearson announced plans to initiate discussions with the United States government aimed at promptly fulfilling Canada’s defence commitments in North America and Europe. The statement signals a move toward joint security cooperation between Ottawa and Washington.
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Hyannisport, Mass
Pearson
United States
Canada
North America
Europe
Prime Minister Pearson hints at nuclear weapons decision
Prime Minister Pearson, after Friday sessions, signaled a concrete decision on nuclear weapons would appear in the communique but would not preempt the statement. He urged no time wasted as talks continued.
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Pearson
Kipling Championed Medicine Hat Name in 1910 Plebiscite
The News recounts how Rudyard Kipling defended Medicine Hat against name change in 1910 and preserved the city's traditional title. The story appears in a booklet with Kipling's letter and related correspondence available free at The NEWS switchboard, limited to ten copies per reader. A back cover poem by Kipling from 1907 is included.
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Judas
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Victoria
B.C
Relations at Hyannis Port summit loom over weekend talks
Prime Minister Pearson and President Kennedy began informal discussions at Hyannis Port Massachusetts aimed at patching up deteriorating Canada United States relations. Ongoing tensions shaped a week marked by civil rights protests in Birmingham and regional security concerns across North America.
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Jim Peacock
Canada
United States
Hyannis Port
Mass
Pearson
Kennedy
North America
OAS
Haiti
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
Hispaniola
Port Au Prince
Taken Lavalier
Birmingham
Ala
Ottawa
Medicine Hat Eyes 36 Mill Rate for Next Year
The city may set the mill rate at 36 mills a 20 per cent rise from last year. Transport officials plan a 5200 foot runway with new taxiways at Medicine Hat airport pending Treasury Board approval. A relief program supports Hay River and Fort Simpson flood victims. Mayor Harry Weiner will not retire at term end.
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Medicine Hat
Department of Transport
Treasury Board
Hay River
Fort Simpson
Harry Weiner
Open House at Medicine Hat School for Retarded Children
The staff and pupils invite the public to their annual open house on Wednesday May 15. The school is located on 13th St SE just east of Division Ave.
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Medicine Hat School For
13Th St. S.E
Division Ave
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