20. La Presse, 30 NOV 1962

Page 4, Editorial page, under a large item “Une minorité comme toutes les autres” by Vincent Prince, quoting Stanstead Journal; we find header “Topos du jour” Subtitle: “Quelques petites pierres blanches”, under which the header “Tamponnement”, and comment: “LES CHEMINS de fer, qui devaient, dans la pensée de ceux qui les ont construits, cimentée la Confédération, apparaissent comme le symbole même de la désunion et du désaccord.” It’s by Guy Cormier.

In the “Topos du Jour” (Topics of the Day) column in La Presse on 30 November 1962, Guy Cormier (who also appears to write for Gerard Pelletier’s Cite Libre), produced a column and a half under the title “Tamponnement” (apparently a railway term).

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Tamponnement

LES CHEMINS de fer, qui devaient, dans la pensée de ceux qui les ont construits, cimenter la Confédération, apparaissent comme le symbole même de la désunion et du désaccord.

(translation:)  THE RAILWAYS, which, in the minds of those who built them, were to cement the Confederation, seem to be the very symbol of disunion and discord.

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6 DEC 1962

300 étudiants ... brûlent Donald Gordon - 10 arrestations ...
“300 étudiants ... brûlent Donald Gordon ... La Presse, 6-12-1962
“300 students ... burn Donald Gordon ...” La Presse, 6-12-1962

TO DO: I need to find out who organized this, and if they're red, put it down to Communist mobilization, move it up to the other widget.   ADD Hull, if I keep this category: https://thedonaldgordonincident.net/la-presse-10-dec-1962/