Word: ensigns
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Married. William J. Lederer, 53, author (Ensign O'Toole and Me, A Nation of Sheep), former collaborator of Eugene Burdick (see below); and Ruth Corinne ("Corky") Edwards Lewis, 38, co-publisher with Lederer of the Honolulu Beacon, local monthly humor magazine; both for the second time; in San Francisco...
...Canadianized version of the British merchant marine flag, the Red Ensign was first flown by Canadian merchant vessels in 1892, became Canada's "unofficial" flag...
...Senate, Canada's Parliament approved what Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson calls a flag for all Canadians. All that remained was for Queen Elizabeth to proclaim the new flag as the official emblem of Canada. Then down will come the old Red Ensign with its British Union Jack in the corner. And over Ottawa's Parliament Hill will fly the new banner -a single red maple leaf on a white field with heavy red bars on either side...
...very end, Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker and his Conservatives fought bitterly against the maple-leaf flag, arguing that it was an affront to Mother Britain to replace the Red Ensign* that had flown for 19 years. Yet Pearson, head of an unsteady minority government desperately trying to unify Canada's divided English and French-speaking populations, persisted and finally had to shut off debate by invoking closure for the first time since...
...conversion to a two year course, although this option will be open to them when the bill is signed. Capt. Edward A. Rodgers, professor of Naval Science and Naval Property Custodian, indicated that his department preferred the more comprehensive four-year course, which enables it to graduate an ensign immediately ready for service...