February 22, 1964

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THE GREAT CUBAN SPY CAPER

WHO PUT THE PINEAPPLES IN THE PAPAYA JUICE....RONALD LIPPERT?WILLIAM MILNE?OR WHO?

WHEN I TOOK OFF from Malton Airport for Havana, Cuba, at 11 a.m. on Wednesday Oct. 23 of last year, I expected a flight so routine that I didn't even bother calling Montreal to tell Helene, my wife, I was going. In the preceding thirty months I'd made the TorontoHavana flight about eighty times: seventy-five trips as pilot for a Canadian aircargo service, one as a guest consultant to Cubana airlines and, more recently, three as pilot for, and one member of, a Canadian business group trying to get permission from the Cuban government to set up a food-export operation. By WILLIAM MILNE

THE HOMOSEXUAL NEXT DOOR

A CLUB FOR HOMOSEXUALS iS flourishing on Yonge Street, Toronto’s main thoroughfare. The membership of seven hundred includes men and women, doctors, lawyers, teachers, businessmen, professional athletes, entertainers, hairdressers, clerks, civil servants and university students.

By SIDNEY KATZ

THE MAN WHO INVENTED GOD'S COUNTRY

CROWN PRINCE WILHELM of Germany was fascinated by Canada. So were Benito Mussolini, Lloyd George, Theodore Roosevelt and some millions more Americans, Englishmen and Europeans, most of whom had never seen Canada or met a Canadian. The Canada they admired was the invention of a prolific press agent from Owosso, Michigan, named James Oliver Curwood. By Stephen J. Gamester

SHAKEUP IN THE UNITED CHURCH

To THE OUTSIDE WORLD, the United Church of Canada presents a perfect image of physical health and spiritual self-confidence. It looks rich, happy, and well-fed. Among the major Protestant denominations in Canada, the United Church is the great success story of our times. By ROBERT FULFORD

PENSION PLANS WHAT YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY

WHAT EXACTLY is the argument about contributory old-age pensions? Two new schemes are about to be introduced—one by the federal government for nine provinces, one by Quebec for its own residents. (Ontario’s new law' is only to regulate private pension plans not to set up a provincial one.) By BLAIR FRASER

THREE HIP YOUNG MEN PUT SOME BITE INTO CANADIAN BALLET

IN THIS, ITS THIRTEENTH YEAR, the National Ballet Company of Canada has already become a national symbol. Since 1954. it has been quietly but doggedly touring cities and towns from New England to Mexico City. Thousands of North Americans who have never heard of Lester Pearson, or even Frank Mahovlich. By DAVID LEWIS STEIN

CANADA’S LONGEST BOOM: Can '64 be as good as ’63? Or '62? And what about the Seventies?

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MACLEAN'S REPORTS

CANADA’S LONGEST BOOM: Can '64 be as good as ’63? Or '62? And what about the Seventies?

MOST CANADIANS will get a little richer this year and they’ll spend a little more money than they’ve ever spent before on the things that make them feel good: liquor, beer, furs, music, boats, cars, ocean trips, stylish furniture, and just going out at night. By HARRY BRUCE

MACLEAN'S REVIEWS

NEW RECORDS

BACH: The Well-tempered Clavier, Volume Two. Restricting his humming and groaning to a minimum, Glenn Gould performs these luminous keyboard pieces with admirable clarity and cohesion. The piano sound is thoroughly realistic (Columbia mono 5938, stereo 6538).

February 81964