CBC asked to explain firing of Seven Days hosts
Montreal reports Laurier LaPierre defends Stuart Keate's call for an amplifying statement on the hosts dismissal. Keate's report is criticized as failing to resolve the dispute while CBC refusals to reinstate the hosts persist. Prime Minister Pearson urges CBC leaders and producers to work together after the Keate report. Douglas Leiterman warns mass resignations if the CBC board does not reconsider.
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Laurier LaPierre
Stuart Keate
CBC
LaPierre
Patrick Watmer
Keate
McGill University
The
Vancouver Sun
Mr. LaPierre
Ottawa
Pearson
J. Alphonse Ouimet
Diefenbaker
Producers’ Association
Leiterman
Toronto
Douglas Leiterman
This Hour
Patrick Watson
CBC Board of Directors
Tragic Drowning Of 12 Year Old Yee Chong Wong At Hill Pool
In Medicine Hat Yee Chong Wong, 12, drowned at the Hill Swimming Pool after being pulled from the deep end by teen Dave Pettigrew. Lifeguards Gary Helgeson and Susan Dancoure assisted until ambulance crews, with doctors, failed to revive him. Wong, a River Heights School pupil, had been at the pool with friend James Quan. theories include diving, inability to swim, or unseen accident. Coroner Dr. E F G Skinner will set an inquest date.
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Medicine Hat
Hill
Yee Chong Wong
Dave Pettigrew
Yee
Ming Kee Wong
St. S.E
Can
Ada
Hong Kong
Gary Helgeseon
Gary
Susan Dancoiie
Koy
River Heights School
James Quan
4Th St. S.E
Dave Petti
Liberals and Opposition Protest Seaway Toll Rise
In a rare emergency debate three Liberals joined near unanimous opposition to proposed St. Lawrence Seaway toll increases. The tolls, aimed at paying a 354.8 million debt, would raise costs for western farmers and raise shipping and living costs across Ontario Quebec and the Maritimes with final government decision due by July 1.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
Ottawa
Welland Canal
Montreal
Lake Ontario
Lucien Lamoureux
CBC
Reg Cantelon
Pc—Kindersley
Ontario
Diefenbaker
Canada
Maritimes
Quebec
West
Vancouver union ready to reopen talks over wages
Vancouver city council debates resuming negotiations with Civic Employees' Union amid 1,500 striking outside workers. The union seeks a 70 cent hourly raise on a base of 2.284, while the city offered 28 cents. A stormy 5-4 vote urged Mayor Rathie to call a special meeting.
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Vancouver
United Front
Civic Employees’ Union
Bill Rathie
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Civic
Twin
Alberni
Port Alberni
Vancouver Island
Cupe Local 727
Percival investigated over drug use in Don Mills track club
Toronto Telegram reports ratings of an inquiry by the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada into Lloyd Percival over alleged use of stimulants and sedatives by his athletes. Bill Crothers and Fred Foot are cited. Percival denies wrongdoing and calls for an impartial investigation.
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Toronto
Telegram
Amateur Athletic Union of Canada
Don Mills
Lloyd Percival
Inquiry into cost of farm machinery in Canada
Ottawa announces an inquiry led by Dr. Clarence L. Barber of the University of Manitoba to study financing distribution and servicing costs in Canada’s agricultural machinery industry. The assessment will compare Canadian machinery with foreign peers and chart ways to boost efficiency and lower prices for farmers.
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Ottawa
Clarence L. Barber
University of Manitoba
Greene
Commons
Yugoslavia
Barber
Canada
Order-In-Council
CBC board weighs fate of This Hour Has Seven Days
Ottawa The CBC board of directors meets to decide if the show should be scrapped after six weeks of open warfare within the corporation. The Keate report urged re examining due process and the Watson LaPierre firing, while clarifying statements say the case should not be reopened.
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Keate
Pearson
CBC
Ottawa
Messrs. Watson and
LaPierre
Watson-LaPierre
Vancouver
Halifax
Alphonse Ouimet
Viet Leaders Meet in Secret Session as Hue Turmoil Rages
Lt Gen Nguyen Chanh Thi, rival of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, flies under U.S. protection to a secret meeting with Ky at Chu Lai. U.S. planes evacuate 45 foreigners from Hue while the Buddhist stronghold shifts mayor and troops to a fortified outpost. The Thi dismissal sparked a nationwide political crisis and Buddhist demands for civilian rule.
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Saigon
Hue
Nguyen Chanh Thi
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thi
1St Corps
U.S. 1St Marine Division
Chu Lai
South Viet Nam
Church approves plan for union in Ontario
The Canada Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church voted 56 percent to join the United Church of Canada if the U S EUBs join the Methodist Church abroad, and 52 percent favored union even without U S union. The Ontario EUB had 44 charges, 62 congregations and 10 710 members.
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Milverton
Ont
Canada
Evangelical United Brethren Church
United Church of Canada
United Church
EUB
United States
Methodist Church
U.S
Ontario
The
Waterloo
Toronto
Ernest Long
General Council of the
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Ontario Track and Field Association
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