Legion Opposes New Maple Leaf Flag Design
At the Royal Canadian Legion convention in Winnipeg delegates debated replacing the Red Ensign with a maple leaf flag design. Ontario urged recognition of the Red Ensign, while Pacific Command urged a national plebiscite. The convention endorsed the Red Ensign by voice vote, with telegraphic actions planned to MPs.
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Royal Canadian Legion
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Ottawa
Convention of Legionnaires
Ontario
Legion
Pacific Command
Canada
Rosemont case won by city in Supreme Court of Canada
The City of Medicine Hat prevailed as the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Rosemont Rental Developments Ltd and H R A McMillan's appeal. The 1963 Alberta appellate division decision in favor of the city ends a long sequence of refusals to permit a service station at 7th Ave N.E. and 112th St N.E. The city solicitor James G. Kidd and Arnold F. Moir QC of Edmonton represented the city.
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Medicine Hat
Rosemont
Supreme Court of Canada
Ottawa
Rosemont Rental Developments Ltd
H. R. A. McMillan
Supreme Court
Alberta
East Crescent Heights
Hat Interim Development Board
City Council
Provincial Planning Advisory Board
Justice J. V. Milvain
Appelate Division
Supreme Court of Alberta
Interim Development Board
7Th Ave. N.E
112Th St. N.E
PPAB
Justice Milvain
Appellate Division
Milvain
James G. Kidd
Arnold F. Moir
Edmonton
Embassy Bugging Revealed at Moscow U S Embassy
For 11 years Soviet security agents listened inside the United States Embassy in Moscow using a network of more than 40 hidden microphones. The first was found after walls were ripped open, and Ambassador Foy Kohler formally protested to the Soviet government.
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Washington
United States
Moscow
State Department
Foy D. Kohler
U.S
G. Marvin Gentile
Cuba alert signals anti Castro raids amid tensions
Across Havana and Oriente province the Cuban armed forces moved to general alert anniversary of independence. Government press warned CIA agents would be crushed while exiles claimed anti Castro raids and sabotage including bridge bombings. Troops recalled to barracks and leaves canceled as leaders met in Santiago de Cuba.
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Reuters
Spain
CIA
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Cuba
Hoy
Communist Party
Central Intelligence Agency
Miami
Oriente
Top Mili
Tary
Santiago de Cuba
Timing worries Tory nomination in Medicine Hat
The Medicine Hat Progressive Conservative executive meets Thursday at the Park Lane Hotel to decide the timing of a nominating convention. Some locals want an immediate candidate, others prefer delay. James Horsman, PC secretary, denies any interest in provincial leadership and disputes a Calgary report listing him as a possible contender.
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Park Lane Hotel
James Horsman
Hat PC Association
The
News Today
Calgary
Liberal Victory in Saskatchewan Transfers Power to Thatcher
Regina reports Liberal leader Ross Thatcher will assume government as Premier Woodrow Lloyd resigns on Friday after a 1950s shift from CCF to Liberal ranks. Thatcher promises tax cuts, industry incentives, farm credit, and streamlined operations with a four year program and a legislative session planned for fall.
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Liberal Party
Saskatchewan
CCF
Woodrow Lloyd
Ross Thatcher
Thatcher
Ccfer
Liberals
Lir
Canada’s top lineman to speak at Medicine Hat banquet
Tom Brown of the B C Lions will headline Medicine Hat’s first annual Sportsmen’s Banquet on June 12 at the Assiniboia Hotel banquet room. Co sponsored by the Medicine Hat News and Medicine Hat Sportsmen’s Club, the $10 dinner promises a strong speaker lineup, with two NHL players joining the head table. Brown, 245 pounds and a Minnesota alumnus, has earned multiple west MVP honors and the Schenley Trophy in Canada for 1963, plus a $1500 prize with the trophy.
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Tom Brown
B.C. Lions
Medicine Hat
Assiniboia Hotel
Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat Sportsmen's Club
NHL
W. D
Bill” Hunter
Tiger
Hunter
Edmonton
Brown
Lions
Minnesota
Leo Nomellini
WFC
Pay hike mooted for Canada railway unions
The Globe and Mail reports a conciliation board majority will urge substantial wage increases for Canada's 15 railway unions representing 100,000 non-operating employees. Speculation suggests increases of 18 to 20 cents an hour in a two year deal.
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Toronto
The
Globe and Mail
Canada
Who speaks for Quebec Lesage or Pearson
A Ottawa view on who represents Quebec in national affairs. The piece contrasts Premier Lesage's provincial cabinet with federal Quebec ministers led by Pearson, noting Levesque and Gerin-Lajoie heighten tensions and questions of who truly speaks for Quebec in federal matters.
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Lesage
Pearson
Ottawa
Jean Lesage
Canada
Vester B. Pearson
Liberals
Newfoundland
Lesage and Co
Quebec City
Rene Levesque
Paul Gerin-Lajoie
Duplessis
Louis St. Laurent
Guy Favreau
Maurice Lamontagne
Maurice Save
Levesque
la Presse
le Devoir
Gerii-Lajoie
Rene
Charlottetown
Gerin-Lajoie
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