Word: columbias
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...less regularly between the Conservatives, who took over after Confederation in 1867, and the Liberals, who have ruled the country since 1935. With a general election set for June 10. the two major parties now face a bumptious challenge from Western Canada. From their stronghold in Alberta and British Columbia, the Social Credit Party's high command swept into Toronto last week for a national convention launching their first serious bid for national influence...
Heading the invasion were the Big Three leaders of Social Credit: Columbia) in the last House of Commons...
...182William Andrew Cecil Bennett, 56, premier of British Columbia since...
Convert to Success. In neighboring British Columbia, Cecil Bennett, a hardware merchant and Tory politician, forsook his old party in 1951, joined the new Social Credit movement, led it to two straight election victories. He built roads, lured industries, cut the provincial debt and this year installed his own form ot giveaway: a $28 tax forgiveness for every homeowner. Bennett has masterminded Social Credit's plans to win national sway by nominating as many as 170 candidate: in Canada's 265 constituencies...
...Doren (TIME, Feb. 11) hired comely Geraldine Ann Bernstein, 23, away from London Records, Inc. to be his secretary. At that time, Geraldine, a New York University English major, was earning $4,160 annually v. Van Doren's $4,400 a year as an English instructor at Columbia. Together, they answered thousands of fan letters (mostly handout entreaties) that swamped Van Doren. Along the way, the couple chivalrously rejected a passel of outright marriage proposals. Another proposal-made by Van Doren himself-was accepted. In the Virgin Islands last week, Charles Van Doren, 31, answered one more question...