NEW CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF TAKES COMMAND OF THE RCAF
Air Marshal C RB Dunlap becomes chief of the Royal Canadian Air Force succeeding Air Marshal Hugh Campbell who retires after 31 years of service. Dunlap commanded bomber wings in North Africa and Britain and flew 35 missions during World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Staff
C. RB
Larry) Dunlap, Cbe
RCAF
Hugh Campbell, Cbe
A/M Dunlap
North
Africa
Britain
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
SHAPE
Rcaf Otter
Sinai Desert
Israel
Egypt
el Avish
Canada
Middle East
North Bay
Ont
la Macaza
P.Q
Air Defence Command
RCAF Year End Round Up 1962 Highlights
The RCAF reports 1962 focused on meeting defence requirements with 52 000 regulars and 2500 in the auxiliary, major NORAD NATO UN duties, space research participation, and Arctic supply airlift. It notes leadership change to Air Marshal Dunlap, expanded Pinetree radar duties, new CF 101B Voodoo and CF 104 aircraft, and record Yukon flights and disaster relief missions. 95 saves, 4000 flight hours, 54 search operations, and 240 mercy flights are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cise
RCAF
NORAD
Rcaf Station
Greenwood
N.S
Maritime Air Command
Canada
Navy
Halifax
Primrose Lake
Alta
Smithsonian Institution
P.Q
Pinetree Line
National Defence
NATO
C. R
Larry) Dunlap
Air Staff
Hugh Campbell
Air Force
United States Air Force
Pinetree
U.S
Lowther
Ontario
Chibougamau
Moosonee
Ont
Yorkton
Alsask
Dana
Sask
Penhold
Alia
Gypsumville
Man
North Bay
Progress
la Macaza Bomare
SAM
Air Defence Command
P.et
Yukon
Territories
Toyko
Trenton
Air Transport Command
Arctic
Southeast Asia
International Truce Commission
Indo-China
Saigon
South Vietnam
Pisa
Italy
Leopoldville
Middle East
Finnish
Egypt
Sinai
West New Guinea
Chateaudun
France
Defence Research Board
Arcas
Cold Lake
USAF
Patrick Air Force Base
Florida
Rcaf-Defence Research Board
Department of Transport
U.S. Navy
Gulf of St Lawrence
Tirosiv
Gulf
Argus
Lancaster
Dakota
Alberta
Space
Czechoslovak Ace Seeks Asylum After Davos Victory
Jiri Kren, 24, a star of Spartak Prague, asked for political asylum in Switzerland after refusing to return home following Spartak's win at the Spengler Cup in Davos. Swiss authorities are near approval and he is expected to join Davos hockey club.
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Jiri Kren
Switzerland
Bern
Kren
Spartak of
Prague
Davos
Davos Hockey Club
Gifts and gadgets promise peace but taxing to the budget
The Christmas catalogue from Neiman Marcus in Dallas lists items from five dollar trinkets to a 30 foot Chinese junk priced at eleven thousand five hundred. Worry beads and quartz beads, gold mice, mink chaps, and solid gold blazer buttons are offered as tranquillizers and treats. Yoga wheels, oxygen inhalers, and infant soothing devices expand the range. The Insider's Newsletter notes this chic embrace of id has commercial buzz, yet warns budgets may tense under such choices.
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Texas
Neiman Marcis
Dallas
Hong Kong
New York
Children’s Furniture Patterns for Wardrobe and Shelves
A 46 inch high wardrobe pattern 223 details bill of materials dimensions and illustrated steps in plywood and solid stock. Included are Corner shelf and cookie box patterns 266 with actual size guides. Part of Children’s Furniture Packet No. 12 for 1.75 dollars and Kitchen Novelty Packet 35c for 18 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department P?.l
West Ltd
Vancouver
Milestones in Canadian History 1847 to 1884
A compressed chronology detailing key events from 1847 to 1884 in Canada. Highlights include the Montreal Lachine Railway opening, Nova Scotia's first Responsible Government under James Boyle Uniacke, St. Lawrence canals, Niagara Falls effects from Lake Erie ice, postal reform with uniform rates, first YMCA in Montreal, Grand Trunk Railway, early ice hockey, Ottawa named future capital, first oil well at Oil Springs, Canadian decimal currency, Atlantic cable, Fraser River gold rush, British Columbia formation, Langstroth bee hive, professional baseball in Canada, Confederation developments, Fenian raids, Dominion of Canada creation, and later milestones such as the North West Mounted Police, CNE origins, Bell telephone, and CPR contracts.
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Nova Scotia
James Boyle Uniacke
St. Lawrence
Lake Erie
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
Canada
Y.M.C.A
Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway
Portland
Halifax
N.S
Kingston
Ont
Otteawa
Queen Victoria
Oil Springs
James Miller Williams
North America
Fraser River
British Columbia
Christopher Columbus
West Coast
Vancouver Island
Alexander Galt
Rev
L. L. Langstroth
Philadelphia
Arctic Circle
N.W.T
B.C
Cariboo
Yale
Interior
James Douglas
Royal Engineers
Charlottetown
Quebec
U.S
Fort Erie
Ridgeway
Fenian Brotherhood
Britain
Missisquoi County
Campobello Island
N.B
Pembina
Man
Province of Canada
New Brunswick
Dominion of Canada
Upper
Lower Canada
Ontario
Toronto
Alexander Muir
Dominion of the
Northwest Territories
Newfoundland
Red River
Reil
Manitoba
Confederation
House of Commons
North West Mounted Police
R.C.M.P
Prince Edward Island
Alexander Graham Bell
Brantford
Bell
Boston
General Hospital
St. Catharines
General Custer
Montana
Sitting Bull
Mounted Police
Canadian West
Sir Sanford Fleming
C.P.R
C.N.E
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Canadian Pacific Railway
Emily Howard Stowe
Calixa Lavallee
St. John’s
Harbour Grace
Sir Sandford Fleming
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Comox
Uplands
Bagotville
Chatham
Uniit
Rcaf Air Defence Command
Air Transport
United Nations
Globe
Teheran
Iran
Canadian Red Cross
China
New Delhi
S of
Madeleine
Levason
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