City hall move wins council approval over downtown site
Ald. Hugh Belsher led a coalition of council members voting to adopt a civic department- proposes moving the city hall from 2nd Street toward the Flats as part of B-1 urban renewal. Opposing members argued for keeping the downtown facility, with local 2nd Street business leaders voicing disappointment.
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Ald
Hugh Belsher
Council
Civic Department
2Nd St
Belsher
Helen Gibson
Pete Simpson
Roy Wiedemann
Earl Smith
Ron Craven
George Renner
Jack Edwards
Prise
Renner
Ald. Renner
City Hall
Ald. Simpson
Calls for probe of chain stores and bottle pricing
Alberta highways minister Gordon Taylor urged a federal probe of grocery chains and Coca-Cola amid alleged deceptive pricing in returnable bottles. He cited Canada Safeway and Coca-Cola practices, comparing returnable bottles to non-deposit cans and highlighting higher costs for consumers. The item also notes discussions on City Hall location, urban renewal, and economic prospects for Medicine Hat.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Coca-Cola Company
Gordon Taylor
Canada Safeway Ltd
Coa-Cola
Canada Safeway
City considers sterilizing mosquitoes as alternative control
Alderman Helen Gibson said a concerned citizen urged sterilization of mosquitoes due to fumes from the current mosquito killer. The letter, titled Happiness is Sterile Mosquitoes, was read and turned over to Public Works Director Lorne Thompson for consideration after Mayor Chuck Meagher asked if she meant a pill for mosquitoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Gibson
City Hall site sale talk shocks officials
Finance Director Harold Ellis disclosed Tuesday night that a party had approached the city about selling the City Hall site. Mayor Chuck Meagher and Alderman George Renner said they had no details, planned to study the offer, and noted no firm plans or dates for selling before a new city hall is chosen. Economic Director Mike McAllister confirmed his department had not been approached.
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Harold Ellis
City Hall
2Nd St
Chuck Meagher
Ald
George Renner
Open Council
Meagher
Ellis
Renner
Mike McAllister
Wiedemann
Gibson
Daley orders deadly force to curb arson looting in Chicago
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley issued a shoot-to-kill order for police to use such force as necessary to stop arson and looting and to prevent escapes. The directive followed riots that left 11 dead and $9 million in property losses. New York Mayor John Lindsay urged minimal force at a press conference.
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Chicago
CP AP
Richard J. Daley
John Lindsay
New York
Daley
Lindsay
Accuse Canadian of espionage trial draws Soviet charges
The Soviet government accused Canadian Wing Commander J. W. Watson and five U S military attaches of open espionage including close access to a Soviet base in White Russia and a Leningrad shipyard. The Canadians and Americans denied the charges and said they did nothing wrong. Watson said security stopped and questioned them briefly, then released them.
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Moscow
U.S
Izvestia
J. W. Watson
Russia
White Russia
Leningrad
Army
Hugo M. Watson
Gerhard L. Jacobson
Borisov
Honolulu meeting on Viet issues
South Korean President Park and U S President Johnson hold a one day conference in Honolulu to discuss Vietnam war policy tensions in Korea and allied military matters. Park, arriving after dark, meets Johnson and later attends formal talks at Henry Kaiser estate amid reports of ongoing combat and casualties near Panmunjom.
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Honolulu
Vietnam
Korea
Chung-Hee Park
South Korea
U.S
Johnson
Park
Ocean Front
Henry J. Kaiser
Panmunjom
Surcharge to fund B-1 complex debated by City Council
City Council debates a five percent surcharge on utility accounts to finance the B-1 sports cultural complex including an indoor pool ice arena and theatre. Budget figures outline a $2,025,000 total cost with $1,000,000 to be funded by reserves and the surcharge over ten years.
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Civic Department
Ald
George Renner
Harold Eillis
Hugh Beisher
Ron Craven
Renner
Gibson
Jack Edwards
Pete Simpson
Earl Smith
Jim Kidd
Council
Ald. Edwards
Kidd
Fears rise over regional health unit bill protest planned
City Council votes 5-3 to oppose Bill 87 routing health unit admin to nine regions and allowing up to two mills per municipality. Dr. Clementi argues costs may fall under provincial funding shifts and notes improved equity and a regional lab. Mayoral and aldermanic concerns focus on local control and timing ahead of April 1969 implementation.
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Helen Gibson
Roy Wiedemann
Earl Smith
Clementi
Council
Pro
Ald
George Renner
Dr. Clementi
Medicine - Hat
Jack Edwards
Pete Simpson
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Harry Leinweber
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Ald. Gibson
Val Marshall Printing
Little Cloud
Lorrie Griggs
London
Keith Tompkins
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