Negro preacher hails Canada freedom amid southern race tension
Detroit minister Reverend Warren A. Hicks and Negro district superintendent Mr. Rogers tour western Canada addressing Nazarenes. Rogers calls Birmingham riot inevitable and hopeful for a federal solution to end segregation. He notes de facto segregation in northern cities is declining and praises Canada’s fear-free environment, recalling Medicine Hat in 1954.
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Church of the Nazarene
Canada
Crescent Heights
Birmingham
Congress
United States
Detroit
Mr. Rogers
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Slow civic election winds down in Medicine Hat
With less than a week to nominations close, Medicine Hat voters face four city council vacancies and multiple school and hospital posts. Several incumbents and hopefuls announced intentions, while some candidates remain undecided as ratepayers prepare to vote on a police station borrowing bylaw.
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Medicine Hat
PM Proposes Police Force So UN May Keep the Peace
United Nations notes report Prime Minister Pearson of Canada urged creation of trained collective forces for UN peacekeeping. He called for cross national pooling of resources and a coordinated plan to meet future UN needs under the blue flag. He favored an enlarged Security Council and warned time may be running out for the UN.
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Pearson
Canada
UN General Assembly
Organization
Security Council
General Assembly
NATO
South Africa
Middle East
Congo
Israel
Tel Aviv
Athens
Zurich
Paris
Diefenbaker
Britain Offers Support If Malaysia and Indonesia Clash
London reports Britain ready to assist Malaysia if border tensions with Indonesia flare into war. About 6 000 British and Commonwealth troops guard Sarawak and North Borneo amid fears Indonesia might ignite jungle warfare to bolster its claims. Royal Navy and Royal Marines units deployed in far east waters.
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Britain
Far East
Indonesia
Lord Home
Malaysia
Sarawak
North Borneo
Singapore
Albion
Royal Marine Commandos
Congo
Royal Malayan Air Force
Reds Propose 18 Nation Summit On Disarmament
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged an 18 nation summit on disarmament before June 30 1964 to be held in Moscow with top level leaders. He cited the recent nuclear test ban treaty and a calmer international climate while criticizing West Germany and Chancellor Adenauer.
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United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Moscow
UN General Assembly
Kennedy
U.S
Gromyko
Assembly
West Germany
Calgary schools scramble as civil defence sirens sound
Sirens blared in Calgary areas for 20 minutes on Monday as civil defence drills prompted classes to disperse. Robert Warren, superintendent, questioned why the alarm was raised while one principal sent students outside before recalling them when no attack was imminent.
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Calgary
Robert Warren
States Urged Change Ways on Trade With Russia
In the Senate debate Republican Senator Frank Carlson called for dismantling U S restrictions on non strategic trade with the Soviet Union to help reduce a large U S wheat surplus. Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman said the United States could sell wheat to Russia at about 70 cents above world price without subsidies, while broader policy changes would be needed to subsidize exports. Lawmakers cited Canadian and Australian sales as a model and discussed relaxing non strategic trade with Russia in light of those agreements.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
U.S
Soviet Union
Frank Carlson
Iowa
Russia
Carlson
Orville Freeman
Canada
Australia
Freeman
Senate
Cuba
Balance of Payments Main Theme of Talks
A Canadian ministerial team travels to Washington to press Canada’s views on balance of payments. The talks with the United States, hosted by the U S Canada Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs, focus on broad economic and trade relations and may lead to follow up with specific issues.
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Ottawa
Washington
United States
Canada
Canada Eyes Wheat Sales to Communist Countries
Canadian Premier Manning signals openness to selling wheat to communist nations in a 228 million bushel deal. Sugar refiners Canada Atlantic and St Lawrence raise wholesale refined sugar by 25 cents to 13.40 per 100 pounds. Canadian and American officials discuss payments, deficits, and trade in a tense economic backdrop.
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Edmonton
Manning
Montreal
Canada
Dominion
Atlantic
St. Lawrence
Diefenbaker expects Prairie stay with Conservatives
Conservative leader John Diefenbaker says the big Soviet wheat sale will not push Prairie voters to Liberals. He argues the deal reinforces Conservative wheat policy and notes Liberal hopes to gain support in the Prairies will fail.
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Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Prairies
Russia
Diefenbaker
Social Credit Party
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Yemen
Nasser
Sacred Concepts Changed by Thompson in New Zealand Visit
Canadian Social Credit Leader Robert Thompson toured New Zealand invited by the Social Credit League. Local reaction praised his level headed approach and orthodox money theory while he warned against moving toward a welfare state and socialism dressed as free enterprise.
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N.Z
Robert Thompson
New Zealand
Social Credit League
Wellington
Thompson
House of Representatives
South Island
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