Hovercraft Praised by Defence Official in Arctic Trials
A. M. Pennie deputy chairman of the Defence Research Board praised the British built Hovercraft after demonstrations in Suffield and Tuktoyyuk. He noted its ability to move over tundra and muskeg at 50 to 55 mph and its radar for fog but cited difficulty with large sea waves and rough seas as a current limit. He expects larger models to overcome bigger obstacles in future deployments.
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A. M. Pennie
Defence Research Board
J. W. Allard
Canadian Armed Forces Mobile Command
Suffield Experimental Station
Suffield
Pennie
Ottawa
Canada
U.K
Tuktoyyuk
McKenzie River
Arctic
London
Britain
Wilson
Ray Gunter
National Union of Seamen
Judges declines to rule on longshoremen walkout
Montreal and Quebec ports faced tied up activity as 4 250 ILA members protested in the province. Judge Claude Prevost said the hearing cannot decide legality. unions push for return to work before further talks.
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Montreal
Claude Prevost
International Longshoremen’s Association
CLC
Shipping Federation of Canada
ILA
Quebec City
Trois-Rivieres
Paul Renaud
Federation
Prevost
Fights break out in labor dispute at Lenkart plant
In Vancouver area a bitter labor dispute at Lenkart Electric Co in Burnaby escalates with RCMP clashes after 800 workers walk off over overtime. Eight pickets arrested. Local IBEW leaders clash as international officers strip powers from the local president and name a successor. A special meeting is planned.
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Vancouver
RCMP
Lenkart Electric Co
Burnaby
Lenkart
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
CLC
Lenkurt
British Columbia Federation of Tabor
International Woodworkers of America
Vancouver Labor
CNR proposes on CPR tracks to aid Winnipeg travellers
Winnipeg officials consider using CNR passenger trains on CPR lines to improve service. Alderman Danzker urges restoring Dominion trains seasonally or running daytime CNR trains where CPR service has failed. The Dominion train on Toronto to Vancouver was withdrawn in January, prompting appeals and calls to reexamine the 1881 contract between Ottawa and CPR.
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Winnipeg
CNR
Commons Transport Committee
CPR
Mark Danzker
Dominion
Toronto
SES to conduct six blast tests this summer and next winter
Edward J. Robeyn announces six shock and blast experiments at Suffield Experimental Station this summer and next winter. Two will use detonable gases in balloons to compare with past solid TNT charges. The first 20 ton TNT detonation is set for July 12 at SES.
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Edward J. Robeyn
Suffield Experimental Station
Ses
Defence Research Board
U.S
DRB
Hinton
Alberta
Canada
Britain
U.S.A
CBC French network struggles spark Commons concern
In Ottawa CBC officials testified that public affairs programming lacks authority and cohesion. Montreal operations were described as more chaotic than Toronto, with Claude Desprey citing an 8000 word critique by Mr Thibault. MPs postponed further questioning until Monday with translations due.
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Ottawa
CBC
Commons Broadcasting Committee
Montreal
Toronto
Claude Desprey
Thibault
Mr. Thibault
U S denies jets entered China in air clash
U S Air Force rejects Beijing claim that U S fighters crossed into China to shoot down a Chinese plane. A US Phantom downed a MiG 17 over North Vietnam near the Chinese border, likely North Vietnamese, as others engaged over the Red River Valley northwest of Hanoi.
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Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Peking
China
Air Force
North Viet Nam
U.S
Makwan
Yunnan
Hanoi
Red River Valley
Maj
Wilbur, R. Dudley
Alamogordo
N.M
Dudley
Vorster refuses to explain banning of NUSAS leader
Justice Minister Balthazar Vorster declined to say why he issued restriction orders under the suppression of Communism laws against Ian Robertson, president of NUSAS. In Johannesburg 2000 to 3000 students marched silently protesting the ban while eggs and noise were minimal. Robertson is barred from NUSAS activities outside Cape Town, cannot teach, and may finish his law degree.
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Pretoria
Balthazar Vorster
South Africa
Vorster
Ian Robertson
National Union of South African Students
NUSAS
Johannesburg
Robertson
Cape Town
Keate closes independent review on CBC's This Hour dismissal
Stuart Keate said he completed an independent review of the CBC This Hour Has Seven Days dismissal issues. He will return to Vancouver to draft a report for the prime minister, aiming to finish within a week to ten days. Desprey, producer of La Sel de la Semaine, and supervisor Thi bault testified in a French hearing.
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Ottawa
Stuart Keate
CBC
Keate
Vancouver
Montreal
Mr. Desprey
Marc Thibault
Pearson premiers to look at higher education aid
Prime Minister Pearson and the provincial premiers plan a June 16 conference in Victoria to discuss government aid to higher education. State Secretary Judy LaMarsh cautions on broad policy, calls for a blueprint and clearer division of roles between federal and provincial governments.
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Pearson
Ottawa
Victoria
Judy LaMarsh
Miss LaMarsh
Bladen Commission
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O'Keefe
Edmonton
Pete Erene
Calgary
Lethbridge
Swift Current
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