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Died. William Lyon Mackenzie King, 75, for 21 years Prime Minister of Canada ; in Kingsmere, Que. (see THE HEMISPHERE...
...this concentrated assault? And why should it come just now?" asked Fraser. His answer: it was partly retaliation for last year's prolonged strike at Asbestos, Que., in which certain clerics defied the Duplessis government and supported labor. "Leader in this prolabor, anti-Duplessis swing was Msgr. Joseph Charbonneau, Archbishop of Montreal, [who] last winter was summarily dismissed. Ostensibly he retired 'for reasons of health.'. . . Against Levesque [and his followers] are all the men who want Quebec to stay exactly as it is, or . . . as it was 50 years ago; for him, the men who believe change...
...imperfect world not all individuals and not all peoples, however long they live, achieve it . . . Go into some Latin American countries where free speech is allowed, and, if an election campaign is in progress, note the campaign language painted on the walls of the town: Viva Rodríguez! Que muera González! (Long Live Rodríguez! Death to González!). The Gonzalistas, in turn, announce that when they get into power they will hang the Rodriguistas. Imagine an election campaign conducted in the U.S. or England in such terms! Imagine placards crying 'Death to Dewey...
When Jacob NicoL left his house one brisk September morning in 1946, the world looked bright. He was living comfortably in Roxton Pond, Que., had a profitable trucking business and a pretty dark-haired bride of two days. When he returned that night, his world had suddenly collapsed. His wife, Lucile, had left him to go back to her mother. Nicol knew what that meant. A Baptist, he had courted Lucile, a Roman Catholic, for seven years before eloping with her to Vermont. His widowed mother-in-law, Mme. Oviline Charrois Labrecque, made it clear that she was determined...