Word: canadians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...something strange to see-an unwieldy hodgepodge of Scandinavian and Colombian infantry, Indian paratroopers, Yugoslav reconnaissance troops and Canadian headquarters personnel-yet the world's first international police force, taking form in Egypt last week, became from the outset a real instrument of power. Danish riflemen a little sheepishly took up buffer positions between the Egyptian and Anglo-French lines at El Cap, about 27 miles south of Port Said, and this week Norwegian and Danish troops are scheduled to relieve the Anglo-French forces of control of a large part of Port Said. Close to 2,700 officers...
...Promised free transportation to Canada by plane or ship, instead of the original plan to give the immigrants government transportation loans (repayable in two years). Canadian Pacific and Trans-Canada Air Lines have already begun government-chartered flights from Vienna, while Canada-bound ships from Europe have been asked to take aboard as many as they can accommodate, regardless of the expense. Said a government official: "We're just telling them: 'Get the people here, and then we'll settle...
...soon as word of Canada's more generous relief program reached Europe, there was a rush of refugees to the Canadian immigration office in Vienna. About 1,000 visas had been issued, at the rate of 100 applicants a day, under the government-loan scheme; the daily rate rose to 300 after the new free transportation offer was announced...
...Securities and Exchange Commission, which has long worried over the way speculative Canadian stock issues pour into U.S. markets despite SEC regulations, last week got what it thought was a perfect example of how it is done. The case involved Great Sweet Grass Oils Ltd. and Kroy Oils Ltd., sister Canadian companies whose stock was recently suspended on the American Stock Exchange because the oil and asset claims looked suspicious (TIME, Nov. 5). But as SEC poked deeper in a hearing last week, it uncovered a series of transactions that seemed to duck around U.S. regulations and bring windfall profits...
Speaking of Murder stars Canadian Lorne Green in his first Broadway role since Prescott Proposals, which seems to be the sum total of information around about this inoffensive little thriller, we guess. Tonight, at the Plymouth, 8:30 p.m., tomorrow...