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...opposition, named himself to succeed External Affairs Minister Lester B. Pearson. To succeed the Liberals' U.S.-born Trade Minister Clarence Decatur Howe, 71, who became the most powerful man in the Canadian economy and, next to Pearson, the Liberal Minister best known abroad, the Prime Minister picked a Winnipeg lawyer, Gordon Minto Churchill, 58. To be Secretary of State (a grab-bag ministry that deals with such matters as relations between the federal and provincial governments), he brought in Canada's first woman Cabinet member: Mrs. Ellen Fairclough, a Hamilton, Ont. housewife and accountant...
...gorgeous turnover?'' cried a happy Tory housewife in Winnipeg. Canada's turn to the right was indeed a spectacular surprise. The secondary significance dawned more slowly. In a breakdown inherent in the parliamentary system, the Canadian voter had balanced his choice so nicely that the country was assured of a minority government. Canada faced the prospect of a temporarily paralyzed domestic and foreign policy, and another election within a year...
...SANDERS Winnipeg...
...Sylphides. In Winnipeg, after he quit as ballet master of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet because a danseuse was given too much authority, Nenad Lhotka got a job in the city's railway sheds, observed that lifting freight is "nothing compared to some of those ballerinas...
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