Montreal payroll bandits spray bank with deadly gunfire
Three gunmen in army uniforms held up an east end branch of La Banque Canadienne Nationale outside Hochelaga and Cadillac Streets. Lieut J J Marcel Ste Marie was shot twice in the left leg and once in the right while resisting. The payroll was seized from the attache case after the robbers fled in a white panel truck and a nearby car was later abandoned. A sergeant and a civilian employee were unharmed.
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Montreal
ICP
J. J. Marcel Ste. Marie
Longue Pointe
la Banque Canadienne Nationale
Hochelaga
Cadillac
Lieut. Ste. Marie
Lieut
Ste. Marie
Army
Pakistan President warns CENTO over India Kashmir row
President Ayub Khan opened a CENTO session in Karachi and warned the United States and Britain to avoid unsettling the balance of power in the subcontinent. U S Secretary Dean Rusk replied that CENTO supports American aid and strategy, while Ayub questioned Western aid to India and the Kashmir dispute.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Reuters
Mohammed Ayub Khan
United States
Britain
Central Treaty Organization
Ayub
U.S
Dean Rusk
CENTO
Rusk
India
Kashmir
Medicine Hat Auto Section presents first annual car supplement
News Prints introduces the first annual automobile supplement in Medicine Hat. The 10 page feature updates readers on all new car models and adds a special 10 page section to the regular automotive coverage.
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Medicine Hat News
Dominicans claim victory as guards leave Haitian embassy
War threats eased as Dominican Republic hailed a bloodless victory over Haitian dictator Francois Duvalier. Haitian guards were removed from the Dominican Embassy in Port au Prince amid diplomatic tension. An OAS fact finding mission headed to Port au Prince and Santo Domingo to ease the dispute while the United States withdrew a 30 man naval training mission from Haiti.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Francois Duvalier
Caribbean
Moval
Port Au Prince
Duvalier
Juan Bosch
Haiti
By & P.m
Negro Republic
Hispaniola
Organization of American States
New York
Radio Santo Domingo
Romulo Betancourt
Venezuela
Waiti
U.S
Washington
United States
OAS
Hait
Tornadoes Leave 10 Dead Across US Heartland
Tornadoes struck widespread south and central regions, causing at least 10 deaths and over 50 injuries across several states. The storms disrupted communities as emergency crews attend to the injured.
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Tunica, Miss
United States
Art Club Show Opens Saturday at City Hall
Medicine Hat Community Art Club will open its annual spring show Saturday at 2 p m in City Hall council chambers. Guest speaker Prof William Townsend of the Slade School of Art London will discuss Painting To han. Townsend is visiting as an instructor at the University of Alberta Edmonton.
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Medicine Hat
Trade to Highlight Talks Between Pearson Mac 12 Mile Limit Possible
Fanfani margins slump in Rome as Italy’s Christian Democrats fall to 37.2 percent in Senate returns. Communists rise to 25.5 percent, gaining ground beyond expectations. Chamber results show Christian Democrats with 207 seats, Communists 118, Socialists 66, with ongoing tally for Deputies and Senate finalization pending.
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Pearson
Rome
Reuters
Annatore Fanfanis
Christian Democrat Party
Italy
Christian Democrats
Senate
Communist v
Palmira Togliatti
Chamber of Deputies
Interior Ministry
Christian Democrat-Republican Coalition
Social Democrats
Aosta Valley Union
TransAir resumes service with same day return flights
TransAir Ltd resumes service Friday after federal approval allows loads up to 26 000 pounds. First flight lands at 8 55 am and departs for Calgary at 9 05 am with a same day return to Medicine Hat arriving 7 pm. Connections link Medicine Hat with TCA and West Coast Airlines in Calgary.
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TransAir Ltd
Federal Department of Transport
TransAir
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Medicine
Spokane
Seattle
TCA
Vanguard
Edmonton
Medicine Hat Brick and Tile wins depletion appeal
The Tax Appeal Board allowed Medicine Hat Brick and Tile Company Limited to claim a depletion allowance of 34 444 on natural gas used to fire kilns, reducing taxable income for 1959 and 1960 from 54 444. The company argued the gas was produced from its own wells and used in manufacturing.
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Ottawa
Medicine Hat Brick and Tile Company Limited
Alberta
Revenue Department
Voter Swallows Ballot In Trieste Election Incident
In Trieste Italy a voter ate his own ballot after noticing a tear that would invalidate it. He refused to surrender the torn ballot and requested a replacement. Officials allowed a new ballot after he swallowed the damaged one.
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Trieste
Italy
Alberta School Costs Rise as Province Pays Less
Medicine Hat school officials report the provincial share of education foundation funding falling from 41 percent in 1961 to 37 percent in 1962 and projected to 31.79 percent in 1963. The figures challenge Premier Manning’s claim that home owners fund most education costs. Requisitions from the city for public and separate schools also rose, with city payments of 47,278 in 1961 and 144,? in 1966.
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Medicine Hat
George Davison
Provincial Education Foundation
EC Manning
Alberta
Province
Education Foundation
Pincher Creek housewife wins 78 mile marathon walk
Mrs Bett Smith of Pincher Creek outpaced seven rivals in a 78 mile mountain walk from Fernie to Pincher Creek over a weekend. She finished at 4 52 am after blistered feet and earned 200 dollars from local merchants. Ken Campbell and Gary Burns placed second and third. Young Les Robertson at 11 and Cecil Blackburn at 14 also competed.
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Pincher Crear
Pinefier Creek
Bett. Smith
Pincher Creek
Fernie
Todhaay Stierekas
Dute Merchants
Lethbridge
Pineher Creek
Ken Campbell
Gary Burns
Les Robertson
Cecil Blackburn
Smith
Pincher Creek Merchants’ Committee
Dry Conditions Worry Alberta Farmers
Southern Alberta farmers face grave concern over a severe drought that has left sub soil moisture low and top soil nearly bare, risking germination. The Alberta Wheat Pool reports up to half the wheat, oats and barley may be sown in Medicine Hat and Lethbridge with little seeding elsewhere and minor acreage changes expected province-wide.
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Wheat Pool
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
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