Wage hike seen for 100000 Canadian railway workers
A four stage wage increase totaling 19.1 cents an hour over two years was proposed by a majority conciliation board for 100,000 non-operating railway workers in Canada. The plan includes staged raises from 1964 to 1965 and boosts to health and welfare indemnity and life insurance, with a projected cost over $50 million.
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Ottawa
Justice F. Craig Munroe
Vancouver
David Lewis
Toronto
Conciliation Board
Gordon Cooper
Halifax
Federal Conciliation Board
Nehru Dies At 74 After Stroke In India
New Delhi India prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru died at his home after a stroke and a second attack in less than five months. The 74 year old leader, who guided India since independence in 1947, had been ill since January and suffered a third health setback this morning as doctors attended at his residence. His death was announced to Parliament as ministers gathered nearby.
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New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Nehru
Britain
Dehra Dun
Kalimpong
Referee Pazos defends Peru game decision after Lima tragedy
Montevideo referee Angel Eduardo Pazos, 38, mourns at home with his wife and daughters after disallowing a Peruvian score in a pre Olympic match in Lima. Chaos followed as fans flooded the field causing 328 deaths and hundreds injured, with police using tear hoses and barricades failing. Pazos insists his call was correct and praises his refereeing record.
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Montevideo
Peru
Uruguay
Angel Eduardo Pazos
Lima
Pazos
Argentina
el Pais
Phoney pride criticized in Senate speech in Ottawa
Senator Grattan O'Leary blasted Canada’s pursuit of an international image as a fanatical obsession and described national pride as phoney. He warned Canada a small power and challenged support for United Nations operations amid criticism of recent government extravagance.
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Ottawa
Canada
Senate
Grattan O’leary
Ontario
United Nations
Queen and Prince Philip to Visit West Germany in May 1965
Reuters reports the Queen and Prince Philip will undertake a state visit to West Germany in May 1965, as a reciprocal gesture for Theodor Heuss’s 1958 London visit and following a prior Ethiopian trip to Addis Ababa in February 1965.
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BOM
Reuters
Prince Philip
West Germany
London
Theodor Heuss
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Mayor Veiner Mourns Mother in Calgary
Calgary obituary notes Mrs. Sima Veiner mother of Mayor Harry Veiner died in Calgary at 87. Funeral at Jewish Memorial Chapel and interment at Jewish Cemetery. Born Roumania 186? immigrated 1901 to Canada. survived by two sons Dr Sam Weiner and Mayor Harry Weiner, daughter Peppy McCain, five grandchildren five great grandchildren and sister Mrs Rifka Silverman.
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Sima Veiner
Harry Veiner
Calgary
Veiner
Roumania
Canada
South Qu’Appelle
Sask
Dysart
Isador
Mayor Weiner
Sam Weiner
Peppy
Jack McCain
Rifka Silverman
Proposals on maple leaf flag draw mixed political reaction
Prime Minister Pearson’s proposed maple leaf flag sparks mixed responses from major parties. Opposition leaders avoid firm comment while some Conservatives pledge to fight the plan in a possible election. NDP backs the idea with reservations. Social Credit calls for a national referendum to settle the issue.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Diefenbaker
T. C. Douglas
Douglas
Britain
France
Social Credit
Thompson
Social Credit Party
Stanley Knowles
NDP
Winnipeg North Centre
Creditiste
Real Caouette
Canada to seek flag and anthem approval in Parliament
Ottawa reports the government will ask Parliament to adopt a red maple leaf flag with blue edges as official national flag and will seek approval to designate Canada’s national anthem. A colored reproduction was shown to MPs, with Prime Minister Pearson favoring the plan. The motion cites the 1921 emblem and allows continued flying of the Union Jack as a Commonwealth symbol.
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Canada
Pearson
Commons
George V
Commonwealth of Nations
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Canadas proposed flag mocked as glamor not heraldry
Ottawa CP reports Cmdr Alan Beddoe, government heraldry expert, says the vertical blue bars on both ends of the proposed Canadian flag are for glamor, not correct heraldry. He notes the design centers on three maple leaves on red and white, with blue strips deemed improper.
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Ottawa
Canada
Alan Beddoe
Cmdr
E Beddoe
Beddoe
United Nations
International Red Cross
St. George
Jerusalem
Cmdr. Beddoe
Liquor ads vetoed at Alberta Chamber meeting
Delegates defeated a draft resolution seeking provincial approval for liquor advertising in newspapers. Two other measures passed urged a province wide daylight saving plebiscite for upcoming elections, while decentralization of land titles offices was debated and a resolution to extend license fee rights to towns and villages for non resident tradesmen was approved.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Chamber of Commerce
Camrose
Medicine Hat
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Canada
Drumheller Chamber
George Didow
Grande Prairie
Peace River
Edmonton
R. C. Fritze
Castor
Finks to Speak at Medicine Hat sportsmen banquet
James E. Jim Finks Calgary Stampeder general manager will address the first annual Medicine Hat sportsmen banquet June 12 at the Assiniboia Hotel banquet room. Don Turvey chair says Finks joins Tom Brown at the head table.
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James E
Jim) Finks
Calgary Stampeder
Medicine Hat
Don Turvey
Stampeder GM
Assiniboia
Finks
Tom Brown
Brown
B.C
Notre Dame
Stampeders
Calgary
Stampeder
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Don Weldon
Weldon
Turvey
Medicine Hat Sportsmen’s Club
Medicine Hat News
Percy Bray
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