Blast Kills Six at Hanmer Station Restaurant
An explosion at a combined service station and restaurant in Hanmer Ontario killed six people including two mothers their grandmother and two young children. Police identified the bodies and said the blast likely started from gasoline leaking from a filling truck. One teenager was missing presumed dead and several others were injured.
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Hanmer, Ont
Hanmer
Sudbury
Onatria
Alma D'Amour
Estelle Cloutier
Earl Matte
Cloutier
Vincent
Matte
Norma
Atendant
Raymond Genereaux
Jo-Anne Marois
Linda Duguay
Giselle Labelle
Field, Ont
Here
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Government Offer Gets Cold Shoulder in BCE Expropriation Dispute
British Columbia Premier W A C Bennett said the government would accept the court set price of 192 million for the BCE power gas and transportation utility expropriated in 1961. B C Power chairman A Bruce Robertson welcomed any legislature authorization for a higher payment but noted earnings lost in the past two years. The government seeks a stay of proceedings awaiting appeal while BCE assets may be returned to its parent company.
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Vancouver
British Columbia Power Corporation
B.C
W. A. C. Bennett
Sherwood Lett
B.C. Supreme Court
BCE
B.C. Power
A. Bruce Robertson
Lett
Power Corporation
City of Medicine Hat Finances Report for First Half 1963
City accountant Harold Ellis reports for six months ended June 30 that expenditures totalled 2,344,861 while revenue stood at 2,025,885. Utilities tax revenues of 78,750 are not included. net profits from utilities show Electric Light and Power 269,469 and Natural Gas 204,186, with water works at 48,295.
Agreement reached on grain sales with Red China
Trade Minister Sharp told the Commons an agreement with Red China on further grain sales exists. the Winnipeg Canadian Wheat Board will issue a statement to convey details. Lt. Col. W. J. MacDonald sworn as lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island succeeding F. Walter Hyndman. A possible amendment to advance wheat board payments on farm stored Prairie grain is under review. The United States bans sale of all weapons and military equipment to South Africa by end of 1963 due to apartheid.
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Ottawa (Cp
Red China
Sharp
Commons
Canadian Wheat Board
Winnipeg
Charlottetown
W. J. MacDonald
Prince Edward Island
F. Walter Hyndman
Ottawa
United Nations
United States
South Africa
Senate Banks Divorce Bill Advances in Parliament
Ottawa A private member's bill to end the parliamentary blockade of divorces from Quebec and Newfoundland, only provinces without divorce courts, received second reading approval. The bill was referred to the Senate banking committee amid concerns it trims Senate powers.
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Ottawa
Senate
Quebec
Newfoundland
Senate Banking Committee
France and U S discuss nuclear aid and test ban
President Kennedy indicated the United States offered France more nuclear cooperation if it agrees to the test ban terms. De Gaulle rejected the broad ban and pressed ahead with its own nuclear program. Kennedy noted some cooperation with France and discussed NATO defense links and shared protection interests.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
France
de Gaulle
U.S
Britain
NATO
East West Talks On Nuclear Ban Continue In Moscow
Washington prepares for high level talks as Dean Rusk heads to Moscow to sign the partial nuclear test ban treaty and seek East West understanding. The pact limits atmospheric outer space and underwater tests by the U S S R and Britain.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
W. Averell Harriman
Lord Hailsham
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Government to Twin Welland Canal and Build Cornwall Lock
Ottawa plans a five year 180 million dollar project to twin the Welland Canal adding five locks and raising capacity by 60 percent. A new Cornwall lock would make the St Lawrence Seaway a Canadian route Montreal to the Great Lakes with 4000 to 6000 workers employed and tolls possibly restored.
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Ottawa
Mellraith
Welland Canal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Montreal
Great Lakes
Mcllraith
Mcelwraith
Wheat Delivered in Bow Island Elevates Local Harvest
Bow Island reports the first spring wheat delivered to the Alberta Wheat Pool elevator from the Alex Gyfori farm, weighing 62 pounds per bushel. Gyfori's barley yields 20 bushels per acre at 48 pounds per bushel, described as a very good sample. Rye harvests are sizable and farmers rush haying before rain, with hay crops noted as the best in years.
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Bow Island
Alberta Wheat Pool
Alex Gyfori
Gyfori
Sunburned Ball Player Theobald Hospitalized After Sun Lamp Incident
Ron Theobald star second baseman for the Medicine Hat Commodores, 19, from Oakland California, was hospitalized around 3 a.m. after overexposure to a sun lamp burned his eyes and body. Doctors expect no lasting effects and said he will be released today.
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Medicine Hat Commodores
Ron Theobald
Theobald
Oakland
California
Hat Businessman Dies in Garage
Well known businessman Lit man Gibbs aged 52 of 348 Aberdeen Street was found dead early today on the floor of his garage. He managed Alberta Credit Jewellers and disappeared Thursday after leaving work to repair a clock. Police say he returned home, parked his car in the garage and collapsed beside a locked exit door. Autopsy to determine cause. inquest subject to decision.
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Litman Gibbs
Aberdeen St
Gibbs
Alberta Credit Jewellers
Ward Failing To Respond To Overdose Treatment In London
Dr. Stephen Ward remained in a coma with bronchial pneumonia as his condition stayed unchanged at St Stephen's Hospital. A hospital spokesman said there was no return of spontaneous breathing and Ward showed no improvement since Thursday. his doctors and family offered no new hope.
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London
Stephen Ward
St. Stephen’s Hospital
Ward
Society Osteopath
W. Mayne Butcher
Elizabeth Taylor
Ward's Affair Dominates Dr Ward's Fall From Grace
London report outlines osteopath Dr Stephen Ward's life of charm and double dealing ending in a vice conviction. The piece links him to a wider corruption circle including Profumo and Keeler, noting figures like Peter Rachman and Yevgeny Ivanov while hinting at political fallout.
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London
Profumo
Keeler
Stephen Ward
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Yevgeny Ivanov
Peter Rachman
Mobile Kissing Illegal Faces Court Fines
Gail Holden aged 18 was fined 14 dollars for allowing a passenger to impede access to controls while driving on McLeod Trail. Magistrate Spivack warned him to keep amorous activity at home. Others fined for traffic offenses include Patrick Willis Quon 17 speeding 19 dollars Ed Sturm 34 for due care issues and more.
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Gail Holden
7Th St. S.E
A. Y. Spivack
Holden
McLeod Trail
Spivack
Patrick Willis Quon
Prospect Drive
Ed Sturm
8Th St. S.E
Marion Eichorn
4Th St. S.W
Eldon Mehrer
2Nd St. N.W
John Nelson
1St Ave. N.W
Neil Haines
Redcliff
Ralph Hassard
Eagle Butte
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Peking
Reuters
People’s Daily Today
F. W. Woolworth Organization
Medicine Hat
MacLeod
3Rd St. S.E
Woolworth
OK Economy Stores Ltd
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OK Economy
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Mandy) Rice-Davies
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