Flag group picked for national flag design committee
OTTAWA CP The members chosen Tuesday form a 15 member panel to study flag designs for up to six weeks and report to the Commons. It includes seven Liberals, five Conservatives, and one member each from the NDP SC and Creditiste. Committee could meet Thursday in closed sessions following a 22 day Commons debate on a flag featuring three red maple leaves on white with blue edges.
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Ottawa
Commons
New Democratic
Social Credit and Creditiste
Herman M. Batten
Humber-St. George
Jean- Eudes Dube
Restigouche-Madawaska
N.B
Leo Cadieux
Terrebonne
Que
Joe Macaluso
Hamilton West
John R. Matheson
Leeds
Ont
Margaret Konantz
Winnipeg South
Man
Grant Deachman
Vancouver Quadra
B.C
Hugh John Flemming
Victoria - Carleton
Theogene Ricard
St. Hyacinthe-Bagot
J. Waldo Monteith
Perth
Reynold Rapp
Humboldt - Melfort-Tisdale
Sask
David Pugh
Okanagan Boundary
Reid Scott
NDP
Toronto Danforth
Marcel Lessard
Lac St. Jean
Raymond Langlois
Creditiste — Megantic
House
United Fund Campaign Opens Saturday Banquet and Fashion Show
The 1964 United Fund campaign begins Saturday at 5 p.m. with a banquet and fashion show at The Westerner, sponsored by the Medicine Hat and District Labor Council. The Kings Men choir will perform, a Calgary guest speaker will address the crowd, and a dance will follow. Tickets are limited and available at the United Fund Office, the YMCA, or by contacting Bob Martin at 6-2179.
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United Fund
Westerner
Medicine Hat and District Labor Council
King’s Men Choir
Calgary
YMCA
Bob Martin
Makarios proposes five point Cyprus peace plan
President Makarios outlines a five point plan to end the Cyprus crisis. It calls for lifting the economic blockade, removing Greek Cypriot posts if Turkish Cypriots remove theirs, aid for resettlement and protection of Turkish Cypriots, general amnesty for rebels, and acceptance of UN peace suggestions that do not block a political solution. The Turkish Cypriot spokesman questioned the plan and its timing before the UN Security Council session in New York.
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Nicosia
Makarios
Cyprus
Security Council
New York
U Thant
Thant
Turkey
Britain faces 30 days of bitter electioneering
London reports the dawn of a 30 day election campaign after Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home set Oct 15 as the poll date and dissolution of Parliament for Sept 25. Harold Wilson of Labour pledges to get Britain moving again while the Conservatives tout high employment. The electorate of over 35 million will choose 630 MPs from about 1,700 candidates with polls split on which party leads.
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London
Britain
Alec Douglas-Home
Buckingham Palace
Labor
Harold Wilson
Sir Alec
Wilson
House of Commons
Tories
Daily Mail
Gallup
Daily Telegraph
Conservatives
Allies
Coup leader surrenders to end Viet Nam crisis
Brig. Gen. Lam Van Phat, former interior minister and key coup figure, surrendered in Saigon after coordinating rebels to My Tho. He becomes the fifth coup leader arrested as loyalist forces tighten control while plans to create autonomous zones near the Mekong delta are reportedly cooled by late afternoon.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
Lam van Phat
South Viet Nam
Phat
My Tho
Saigon Radio
Gia Dinh
Nhan Minh ‘Trang
Duong van Duc
4Th Corps
Huynh van Ton
Duong Hieu Nghia
Duong Ngoc Lam
Ton
Khanh
Thai
Tan
Nortern
Mekong
7Th Division
Columbia river treaty ratified in Ottawa ceremony
Canada and the United States ratified the Columbia River treaty in Ottawa in a ceremony with about 40 attendees. External Affairs Minister Martin and U.S. ambassador Butterworth exchanged documents after 10 a.m. EDT as a New York ceremony also unfolded. A US power utilities group sent a 253,929,534 dollar prepayment for downstream Canadian dam benefits, via the Columbia Power Storage Exchange.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Martin
U.S
W. Walton Butterworth
Railway Committee
New York
A. B. Hockin
Columbia River
British Columbia
Mr. Martin
Mr. Butterworth
Mr. Hockin
Howard Elmore
Columbia Power Storage Exchange
Farmers gain higher loan cap in House debate
In Ottawa the Commons approved a Farm Improvement Act loanup to 15000 for capital improvements, up from 7500, and an aid fund of 25 million dollars to back 80 percent of machinery purchases for farmer groups. Debate focused on rising farm costs and insufficient relief, with critics cautioning against overreliance on pooling machinery.
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Ottawa
Commons
T. C. Douglas
New Democratic Party
Howard Grafftey
Pc— Brome
U S speculating on new Soviet weapon advances
U S defense experts say Khrushchev may have hinted at a new weapon in a Kremlin talk. Possible options include a cobalt nuclear bomb with long lasting fallout, a death ray beam, or a neutron bomb that harms living targets but spares buildings.
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Washington
Khrushchev
U.S
Kremlin
Ford strike deadline set at Ford plant in bargaining
DETROIT AP The United Auto Workers Union set a strike deadline of 11 a.m. EDT Friday at Ford Motor Company in new contract bargaining. UAW President Walter P. Reuther announced the deadline before entering the bargaining room stating readiness to join in good faith to resolve unsettled questions.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Company
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
Ayling doubtful starter in mayoralty stakes race
A round-up of possible mayoral and aldermanic candidates today, exactly one week before nominations close, revealed one confirmation and two drop-outs. Norma DeMan will seek a City Council seat while Ted Anhorn quits the aldermanic race. Mayor Harry Weiner is expected to seek a seventh two-year term. Four City Council seats open on Oct 14.
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Norma DeMan
Recreation Commission
Roy Ayling
Irvine
Harry Weiner
Redcliff
Ted Anhorn
C. E. Adam
Jack Edwards
T. R. Osborne
Earl Smith
Adam
Jack Cocks
Chamber of Commerce
E. W. Horne
Edwards
Osborne
Smith
Banked Sailors Leader Loses Five Year Prison Appeal
Harold Chamberlain Banks 56 once led the Sea Farers Union of Canada loses appeal of a five year term for conspiring to assault with intent to wound or maim. Related cases include a 1960 assault on Captain Henry F Walsh in Owen Sound a 1960 conspiracy charge in Vancouver and a 1962 contempt verdict in Montreal. A Quebec bench warrant and a 1960s Ottawa protest case accompany the flurry of actions.
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Montreal
Harold Chamberlain Banks
International Union of Canada
Ind
Banks
Quebec Court of Appeal
Henry F. Walsh
Owen Sound
Ont
Richard Greaves
Vancouver
Supreme Court of Canada
Upper Lakes Shipping Limited
SIU
Ottawa
The Nation It’s a rough year for the newspaperman
Charles Lynch surveys a rough year for journalists, recounting bursts of press criticism at the Goldwater convention and Couchiching, noting tensions with politicians and academics. He recalls Diefenbaker urging deeper Parliament coverage and laments media self scrutiny.
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Charles Lynch
Southam News Service
San Francisco
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