Violinist Tops First Night At Annual Music Festival
A Medicine Hat violinist Robin Pedersen won high praise and a score of 86 for Handel First Movement Sonata in A at the eighth Medicine Hat Musical Festival held at Alexandra Junior High School. Adjudicator Mantle Childe lauded the performance as sensitive with excellent pace while the accompanying piano by his mother drew notes. Other top marks came from school choruses, piano solos, and young performers across multiple age groups and categories, with several tied scores reported.
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Gwen Boswell
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City Council Adopts Direct Machinery Tax for 14 Firms
Medicine Hat council moves to levy a special higher business tax on 14 firms to cover the provincial 319 709 demand on machinery. The plan targets a 6 000 shortfall over three years, with adjustments to avoid general tax burden.
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Medicine Hat
Ait
Conner
Alberta
Advance Polls Draw Fewer Voters in Medicine Hat
Voters in Medicine Hat cast 269 ballots at two advance polls this time, down from 324 in the June 18 election. The drop totals 45 fewer votes across the two city polling places.
Kennedy Seeks Cut in Foreign Aid Program
President Kennedy asked Congress to reduce the foreign aid program to 60000, down 420 million from his initial request, urging industrialized nations including Canada to increase their contributions to developing regions while allies are pressured to raise aid.
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CPO
Kennedy
ConePess
Sears
Lucius Clay
Canada
Wevil
Soft
Camere
Photo of DOT airship over Medicine Hat sparks council debate
Mayor Marty Weiner urged officials to cut the picture from the NEWS and send it to government. Ald. Helen Gibson questioned the scene while Aldermen praised the April Fool photo showing a grand DOT airship above a closed airport tower, echoing the Orson Wells invasion before the war.
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Helen Gibson
DOT
Medicine Hat
Marty Weiner
Hatters
Orson Wells
Mars
Ald Miller
Weiner
Quebec
Winnipeg
Sissons
Bomb scare delays Diefenbaker Quebec trip on April Fools day
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s electioneering train was halted by an anonymous bomb scare between Quebec City and Three Rivers. The 150 passengers and 35 journalists waited as officials investigated, arriving 90 minutes late to a Cape Trois Rivieres rally. Police warned of possible defective track and delays continued with multilingual speeches and a crowd of about 500 at a Quebec City motel reception.
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Hiram Boo Guertin
CPR
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Perade
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Dretenbaker Rotto Fos
Cape de the Madeleate
Three Mile
Diefenbaker
Canada
Soviet Moon 4 Automatic Station Launch Aims for Moon
Moscow reports the fourth unmanned Moon rocket lifted from an earth satellite and that Moon 4, an automatic research station weighing about 8128 pounds, is functioning normally. It should reach lunar vicinity in about eight days as Russian stations monitor progress.
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Reuters
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Moscow Radio
United States
Manning To Speak For Olson At Town Theater Rally
Premier EB. C. Manning will speak for H. A. Olson at an 8 pm rally in Towne Theatre. Olson said he was amazed by support for a $10-per-plate fundraising supper that drew 13 attendees and sold 180 tickets to raise $800.
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H. A. Olson
Hot Secrets
Towne Theatre
Olson
Forum Opens to Questioners in Medicine Hat Political Debate
The Medicine Hat Jaycees plan an open political forum at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Medicine Hat High School Auditorium. Four federal candidates for Medicine Hat in the April 8 election will attend. Rich ard Wray will chair. Cliff Steedman says the Jaycees will decide tonight whether to drop written-question requirements. Each candidate will speak, rebut opponents, and answer questions.
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Medicine Hat High School
Richard Wray
Medicine Hat
Dave Broadfoot
Lib
Ted Brunsden
John Head
NDP
Bud Olson
Cliff Steedman
Jaycee
The
News Today
Jaycees
Airport Action Debated Council Vetoes Telegram
Medicine Hat council postponed sending a telegram to Ottawa over the closed airport and referred the issue to the aviation committee. Aldermen urged pressure on TransAir and local candidates while noting safety-driven closure due to spring break up. The airport operates under the transport department which funds major repairs and runway upkeep. Airport closures disrupted trade and caused frustration among local business and supply lines.
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Medicine Hat
Aviation Committee For
Gordon Sissons
J. C. Miller
Allan Gunter
Ald. Sissons
TransAir Ltd
Trans Canada Airlines
Charmaker of Commerce
Hat
Add Sissons
Gunter
City adopts Red Ensign in Medicine Hat council vote
Medicine Hat City Council unanimously approved flying the Canadian Red Ensign on city owned buildings. Alds Gordon Sissons and J C Miller spoke for the motion raised after Legion members urged action. The council also declined a bid to lobby Ottawa to adopt the Ensign as national flag while the Union Jack had flown previously.
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Ald Gordon Sissons
Ald
J.C. Miller
Royal Canadian Legion
Layter Council
Legion
Robertson Memorial
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Knogn
Tion
Jong uSafie
Jack Edwards
Soviet Strife Seen Amid Khrushchev Opposition Claims
Rome dispatches report growing internal pressure on Premier Khrushchev and the Soviet leadership. Italian agencies quote Communist circles saying Khrushchev faces mounting opposition, possible removal from power, amid Cuba and China policy criticism.
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Christian Democratic Party
Khrushchev
Cuba
China
Koman — Information Agency
Kremlin
Mikhail Suslov
Sooviet Communist Party Central Committee
Italia
Hastings Leaders Meeting Across Cities Stirring Debate
Leaders in Hastings discuss national issues with figures from Diefenbaker Montreal Vaudreuil Cowansville and Pearson Winnipeg Thompson Westlock Alberta and Edmonton with Douglas Moncton New Brunswick also noted.
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Montreal, Vaudreuil
Cowansville, Que
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