Diefenbaker blasts police file summary on Munsinger
Ottawa marks a political storm as Conservative Leader Diefenbaker denounces the release of a police summary on Gerda Munsinger as a smear. The document, described by Justice Spence as not evidence, covers Munsinger’s links with Pierre Sevigny and others and traces citizenship talks, with cross examinations highlighting disputed claims and denials.
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Diefenbaker
Gerda Munsinger
Justice Wishart Spence
Commission
Sevigny
RCMP
Montreal
Munsinger
Munich
Heseler
Canada
John O'Brien
Lucien Cardin
A. J. Campbell
Defence
Pierre Sevigny
Justice Spence
Jacqueline Delorme
Field conditions improve across Alberta and prairie regions
A cross country survey shows milder weather lifting field conditions in most Alberta areas and across the Prairies. Warm air pushing into Saskatchewan and Manitoba accelerates seeding while Ontario and Quebec face lingering frosts and drought fears. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool notes warm, dry conditions will push seeding across the province by the weekend and anticipates a strong start to the 1966 wheat crop.
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Quebec
Maritimes
British Columbia
Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
the Pool
Wildcat Dock Strike Greets Quebec City Break Hope
In Montreal Quebec City and Trois Rivieres about 4250 longshoremen walked out continuing despite talks of returning to work in Quebec City and a Montreal union accepting an agreement with the National Harbors Board. The Montreal strike tied up 72 ships as Local 375 officials cited unfair tickets and stalled negotiations as reasons for the walkout with no expected return before Friday.
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Montreal
Quebec City
Trois-Rivieres
National Harbors Board
National Warbors Board
International Longshoremen’s Association
CLC
Paul Asselin
Strike vote called by CBRT on railway wage dispute
Ottawa CP strike vote urged by the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and General Workers covers 22 000 members to empower executives to order action at any time. President W J Smith cites delay by Labor Minister Nicholson in appointing a conciliation board chairman as the trigger for the ballot, to conclude in about a month.
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Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
CLC
W. J. Smith
CBRT
Nicholson
Mr. Smith
Joint Protective Board
Canada
CNR
Ontario Northland
Northern Alberta Railways
CPR
Leasing CPR Tracks to CNR Urged in Briefs
Two briefs from the Medicine Hat hearings urge leasing CPR tracks to the CNR and avoiding nationalization. Jim Driscoll of the Labor Council argues for government operation for public needs, citing many without cars and reluctance to drive. Don Medhurst of the Liberal Association backs a federal transport commission and negotiated track leasing if CPR withdraws Dominion passenger service, prioritizing public good over private profit.
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CNR
Ron Walter
NEWXS
Commons Transport Committee
Jim Driscoll
Medicine Hat and District Labor Council
Medicine Hat
Senger
Driscoll
John Reid
Kenora
Labor Council
Cross - Canada Dominion
Crow’s Nest
Medhurst
Parliament
Poverty bill outlined to fight rural hardship
In Ottawa the Commons debated a proposed 50 million dollar rural poverty fund. Forestry Minister Sauve said the money would raise income and employment in hard-hit areas across all 10 provinces, with projects developed in consultation with provinces. Opposition supported the idea but urged caution and more funds.
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New Brunswick
Quebec
Riviere-du-Loup
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Mvin Hamilton
Northumberland
U S papers back Canadians suit in slander case
Berik Heine of Toronto sues a Central Intelligence Agency employee in a $110,000 slander suit filed in U S federal court. The case, to be argued Friday in Baltimore before Judge Roszel Ohamsen, tests if a security agent can be immune from such action while stirring broad press reaction and White House scrutiny.
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Berik Heine
Toronto
Central Intelligence Agency
Federal District Court
Baltimore
Roszel Yhomsen
Heine
Washington Post
White House
CIA
Toronto firm bidder buys 10430 sets of false teeth
Jim McLaughlin of Hercules Sales London bought 10 430 sets of false teeth at an army surplus auction in London Ontario for 460 dollars total. He said the firm buys anything and he did not know what use the teeth would have.
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London
Toronto
Jim McLaughlin
Hercules Sales
McLaughlin
Haggan vendetta denied by Ouimet in CBC hearing
Ottawa CBC President J Alphonse Ouimet told a Commons committee that Haggan received no pay raise this year due to underwhelming supervisory performance. He denied plans to oust Haggan amid the This Hour Has Seven Days controversy while confirming routine annual boosts for CBC supervisors. The committee, probing the Seven Days host changes, will reconvene Thursday as lawmakers press for discussion records on Hugh Gauntlett and Patrick Watson replacement talks.
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Ottawa
Reeves Haggan
CBC
J. Alphonse Ouimet
Commons Broadcasting Committee
Haggan
Lewis Brand
Saskatoon
Ouimet
Hugh Gauntlett
Lewis
Douglas Leiterman
Landslide disrupts rail visit of transportation committee
Medicine Hat MP Bud Olson said the Parliamentary Committee on Transportation could not travel by train as planned. After flying from Ottawa to Vancouver the group instead chartered a bus to Calgary due to a landslide between Revelstoke and Golden delaying the CPR’s Canadian. The committee will still draft a policy on future railway issues for the government with a potentially far reaching impact.
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Medicine Hat
Bud Olson
Olson
Ottawa
Vancouver
CPR
Revelstoke
Golden
Calgary
Mr. Olson
Canada
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Pierre) Sevigny
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George Hees
Ellen Fairclough
Mrs. Munsinger
Gaston Levesque
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Patrick Watson
Laurier LaPierre
David Lewis
NDP
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Pete
Edmonton
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