Liberal victory confirmed in Saskatchewan election count
Final ballot tally confirms Liberal control of the 59 seat legislature with 30 seats. D. J. Steuart’s reelection in Prince Albert and Liberal gains in Saskatoon and elsewhere solidify a late count showing Liberal lead over CCF and Conservatives. Counting continues on remaining seats with results pending.
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Regina
Liberal Party
Saskatchewan
D. J. Steuart
Prince Albert
CCF
Saskatoon
Woodrow Lloyd
Mr. Lloyd
Thatcher
Lloyd
Biggar
Morse
Martin Pederson
Arm River
Calgary Council Backs Hat Cities Plan For New Union
Calgary City Council voted 11 1 in support of Medicine Hat’s proposal to form a Union of Alberta Cities to give urban communities a stronger voice. A vote to create a separate body seems unlikely as other cities hesitate to leave the Union of Alberta Municipalities.
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Calgary
Medicine Hat
Alberta
UAM
VAM
W. A. Keith
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Grande Prairie
Camrose
Red Deer
Wetaskiwin
Drumheller
Harry Veiner
Union
UAC
Brazil cuts off Cuban relations in shift after coup
Rio de Janeiro reports severing ties with Fidel Castro's government as Chile will handle Brazilian interests in Havana. The move leaves four Latin nations with Cuba links and follows the April 1 military coup that toppled Joao Goulart. The U S Commerce Department tightens controls on food and medicine shipments to Cuba, requiring licenses for most goods.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Reuters
Brazil
Castro
Caribbean
Chile
Cuba
Foreign Office
Fidel Castro
Havana
Joao Goulart
Goulart
Bolivia
Chle
Mexico
Uruguay
Washington
Commerce Department
U.S
Department
Cyprus violence escalates as Greek Cypriots seize hostages
In Cyprus the Greek Cypriots abduct 30 Turkish Cypriots near the east coast after the fatal shooting of Andreas Prodromou, a 37 year old farmer. UN reports show clashes widen with gunfire in Loujina and Kyrenia Pass where Canadian paratroopers establish a temporary post.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Government
Andreas Prodromou
Analyonda
Kochati
United Nations
Whisky Peak
Girouard Faces Commons Report Over Refusal to Answer
In Ottawa the Commons privileges committee was urged by Liberal and NDP members to report MP Gerard Girouard for defying instructions to say whether he discussed with former Social Credit colleagues a bid by Liberal organizer Keith Davey to join the Liberals. Girouard, MP for Labelle who recently left Social Credit for the Progressive Conservatives, told the committee he would not reply.
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Ottawa
Commons Privileges Committee
Gerard Girouard
Commons
Liberal
New Democratic
Charman Larry Pennell
L—Brant - Haldimand
Girouard
Social Credit
Keith Davey
Labelle
Progressive Conservatives
Hat lagging in cancer fund drive in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat and district and Alberta trail Canada in cancer fund totals. Stuart H. Moore, president of the local Canadian Cancer Society branch, says as of May 5 about 5 168 has been raised against 6 541 last year and a 19 000 objective. He urges canvassed residents to give and notes Alberta is the only province behind.
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Medicine Hat and District
Alberta
Canada
Stuart H. Moore
Moore
Canadian Cancer Society
Medicine Hat
Cancer Fund
3Rd St
Dominion Day Observances Close Most City Businesses
A holiday round-up notes that most city businesses will close on Dominion Day Monday. Bus service is curtailed until Tuesday, banks and liquor stores stay closed, post office hours are 8 to 10 am with no money orders or savings bank operations, and regular mail is halted except for special delivery. Milk delivery continues. Boylan's Drugs on 2nd St. S.E. is the only drug store open, with clothing and many grocery stores closed. Andy Capp fans are told pubs are open.
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the News
Boylan’s Drugs
2Nd St. S.E
Andy Capp
Canada to exchange correspondents with Communist China
The Nation Newsmen exchange completes as Charles Taylor of the Toronto Globe and Mail will live in Peking and a New China News Agency correspondent will move to Ottawa. The swap aims to ease isolation and further mutual understanding and pave the way for broader diplomatic ties.
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Charles Lynch
Southam News Services
Ottawa
Peking
Charles Taylor
Toronto Globe and Mail
Hong Kong
New
China News Agency
China
Canada
Paul
China News Agency Exchange
Taylor
Parliamentary
Resi
NATO ministers push peace efforts amid Cyprus tensions
At The Hague the NATO foreign ministers endorsed a Canadian plan to ease Greece and Turkey over Cyprus and pledged to support UN peace efforts. They urged frank talks to improve alliance unity while noting Germany's reunification must be by the German people. External ties and Cyprus mediation were highlighted.
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NATO
the Hague
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
France
Soviet Union
Germany
Mediterranean
Dirk Stikker
Netherlands
Martin
Canada
Building contract awarded to Fluor for Northwest plant
The NEWS reports a 1,500,000 contract for expansion at Northwest NitroChemicals Ltd plant awarded to Fluor Corporation of Canada Ltd. An expected start date this summer was stated by Ambrose Rubey with no further comment on the amount. Northwest president T. B. Potter announced a major expansion to boost production capacity: anhydrous ammonia up 100 percent, sulphuric acid up 30 percent, and phosphoric acid up nearly 25 percent.
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Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd
Fluor Corporation of Canada Ltd
Ambrose Rubey
Northwest
Fluor Corporation
T. B. Potter
Redcliff-Ronalane irrigation project eyed for study
Alberta Agriculture Minister Harry Strom announced to The NEWS that the Redcliff-Ronalane irrigation scheme will undergo a full physical examination and potential re surveying. The project, begun fifty years ago by a British firm, has never been completed and development shifted to the Western Block after land was bought in 1948. PFRA director M J Fitzgerald asked for permission to conduct the study and possible re surveying at a Chamber of Commerce irrigation committee meeting.
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Redcliff-Ronalane
Alberta
Harry Strom
Redcliff- Ronalane
Redcliff
M. J. Fitzgerald
Regina
PFRA
Strom
Air policy principles outlined by Transport Minister
Winnipeg CP Transport Minister Pickersgill urged avoiding a full written air policy and proposing one or two guiding principles instead. He argued Canada can sustain major airlines without subsidies, favoring profitable operation and regional carriers with market driven growth. He warned against overabundant regional carriers harming capacity and stressed development with minimal if any subsidies.
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Winnipeg
Pickersgill
Canada
Transportation Bureau
Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Montreal
Vancouver
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
Paul Henri Spaak
Ross Thatcher
Hat Cities Union
Civic Finance Committee
Veiner
Keith
Union of Alberta
Union For
Newsmen Exchange
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