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...first visit as Queen in 1957, Britain's Elizabeth was lustily cheered. Now she is coming to mark the 100th anniversary of the beginnings of Cana dian confederation, and there lies the trouble. In the last few years, the long-smoldering antagonism between English and French Canadians has erupted in bitter, open division. Centered in the province of Quebec, French Canadians are in revolt against what they regard as a century of British domination; they demand a stronger voice in federal affairs and greater provincial autonomy. A small but growing number wants to split Canada into separate nations...
Short Rations. It is all very frustrat ing for the 200-man U.N. team, which was rushed to the scene from the Gaza Strip two months ago in an effort to stop the shooting. The unit, made up mostly of Yugoslav soldiers and Cana dian airmen, was far too small to police the vast, empty Yemen frontier, and from the start it was plagued by bad breaks and hostility from local authori ties. The team's first commander. Swedish Major General Carl von Horn, had hardly set up headquarters in the mud-walled capital of San'a when...
Partly because in the past he was denied financial backing by cautious Canadians, Taylor is impatient with both Canadian businessmen ("They've got to get off their duffs") and the new wave of Cana dian nationalism ("Have you ever heard of anything more outdated?"). A believer that older men should move on to new pastures to make way for bright younger men, he is ready to give up his four chairmanships at Argus (though probably not the presidency) when he reaches 65. Then he intends to turn his full attention to his first love: horses...
...Wagged His Tail. Come dian Peter Ustinov plays a slumlord who is magically changed into a dog in this comic allegory about bringing to heel the cur within...
...explanation had more to do with business than show. Toronto's O'Keefe Brewing Co.. having just completed a $12 million civic center for the performing arts, was willing to offer a sizable (exact amount undisclosed) slice of Cana dian bacon to get the right show for the center's dedication. Camelot, the 1960 reunion of My Fair Lady's family (Librettist Alan Jay Lerner, Composer Frederick Loewe, Director Moss Hart, Star Julie Andrews), was the obvious choice...