Royal Canadian Navy marks fifty years in 1960
The Royal Canadian Navy reaches its Golden Jubilee amid full strength in ships and manpower. It hid 62 ships and 20 000 personnel, with seven ships under construction and a submarine loan from the U.S. Navy planned for training. The year featured parades, training cruises, and global naval exercises, along with the delivery of the 100th CS2F Tracker.
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Esquimalt Harbour
Bers
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Atlantic Command
Halifax Harbour
Burrfish
U.S. Navy
Philadelphia
RCN
Pacific Command
Hmcs Grilse
Defence Research Board
Navy
Canada
Victoria
George Vanier
Halifax
Fleet Unity
Atlantic
Pacific
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
South America
Japan
Hong Kong
Hawaii
Alaska
Greenland
United Kingdom
Portugal
Nigeria
Ghana
Sierra Leone
Bermuda
West Indies
United States
Esquimalt
Wintex
Mich
Asiatic
Lisbon
Prince Henry
HMCS
Columbia
Lagos
U.S
de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited
H. S. Rayner
Naval Staff
H. G. DeWolf
DeWolf
Devo
Film star and husband sue eight magazines for libel
Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor filed a $7,250,000 libel action in State Supreme Court against eight film weeklies, accusing them of malicious sensationalism on lurid front covers to boost circulation. The suits say the headlines overstated crimes and actions while the stories themselves did not substantiate them.
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Elizaneth
Taylor
Eddie Fisher
State Supreme Court
Canada’s Armed Forces Worldwide Service Tribute
The passage honors sailors soldiers and airmen serving in troubled times across the globe. It notes their efforts in peacekeeping and goodwill, and asserts they bring credit to Canada while encouraging pride and a final farewell message of goodbye and good luck.
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Canada
Atomic warning siren tested atop Edmonton fire station
Canadian Army Sergeant Bill Dunster of Punichy Sask a Royal Canadian Engineers member inspects a 10 horsepower siren. The device resembles those planned for nationwide warning use in case of an atomic attack.
Foreign buying of U S gold climbs
Foreigners bought 492 million dollars of American gold in November, the Federal Reserve Board reports in Washington. The purchases raised total foreign acquisitions to 1.412 billion since June 30, leaving U S gold stocks at 17.91 billion, the lowest in over two decades.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
United States
Alberta Population Origins From Census Figures
The last Canadian census showed Alberta’s population with 48 percent of British Isles origin, 17 percent American, 11 percent German and 11 percent Ukrainian.
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Canada
Alberta
Role of the modern voluntary agency discussed by Prof Dixon
Professor W G Dixon of the University of British Columbia warned at a Saskatoon meeting that Canada faces a quiet growth of public and private health and welfare services. He urged clearer public private responsibility, stronger voluntary agency identity, and periodic social audits to engage citizens and coordinate services.
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W. G. Dixon
School of Social Work
University of British Columbia
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Council For
Dixon
Canada
British Columbia
AH of a way to run a railroad headline
The piece argues Canadian railways once the largest employers are in steady decline. It cites three causes: a shifted transport picture, failure to modernize operations, and growing wage demands with excess staff. It calls for practical imagination cooperation and quick action to avert further deterioration.
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Canadian Railways
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