03 Aug 1963
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1963
Page
1
Marilynn A Hehr and Pat Flinn of The News ask readers what they think about salary hikes for Members of Parliament. The prompt invites opinion on whether MPs deserve higher pay and what criteria justify any increase.
British Columbia plans an all out bid to keep the B C Electrical Company. The government has retained a former Supreme Court of Canada justice and will press court actions to restore BCE assets. A stay of proceedings is sought while appeals progress.
Ottawa reports a new wheat sale deal with Communist China worth over 300 million dollars. China will receive between 112 and 186.708 million bushels over three years with no barley included this time. The arrangement extends repayment to 18 months and signals greater Chinese textile exports to Canada.
MPs worked four hours overtime on a Friday night to clear a busy agenda before the summer recess. Speaker Alan Macnaughton adjourned the 26th Parliament until Sept 30 unless sooner recalled and the Liberal government warned of a possible early session if maritime labor violence breaks out. Royal assent was given to key bills including a 400 million dollar municipal development fund, MPs and senators pay raises, and a 11 percent sales tax on building materials. The Economic Council of Canada, with 28 members, was also established to spur the economy.
A city debate centers on Northwest Nitro Chemicals fixed assessment of 3.25 million dollars. With a 34 mill rate the company would pay 110000, yet it has paid 139750 annually since 1955. Alder men weigh whether fixed assessment plus mill rate changes require back taxes or keeping payments current.
The May 27 council minutes show a budgeted $50 000 deficit, potentially up to $130 000 if the city must add 1.58 mills for local schools. The city will pay about $79 000 more to school boards and gains $7 000 less from a gas rate rise. A Calgary Power agreement could save the city about $100 000 on this year's gas bill, while Northwest’s plant expansion and employment shape local economics.
Ottawa Parliament ended a blockade by the New Democratic Party on divorce petitions from Quebec and Newfoundland, transferring most divorce procedures from the Commons to the Senate. The bill, introduced by Nicholas Mandziuk, passed both Houses marking the first major change in parliamentary divorce rules since Confederation.
The air show is set for Sunday at Municipal Airport starting 2 p.m. Sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion and the Air Cadets Civilian Committee. The RCAF Golden Hawks will perform with a 3 02 p.m. arrival from Lethbridge, plus static displays and other aerial demonstrations.
Dr. Stephen Ward, 50, died at St Stephen’s Hospital after a drug overdose while facing conviction on seven charges tied to the Profumo affair. Ward had been accused of living on prostitution earnings and procuring two under 21 for intercourse, with testimony detailing prostitution, blackmail, and lurid celebrity ties to Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies.
UN command warned North Korea to curb its bloodthirsty marauders or face destruction. Maj. Gen. George H. Cloud said North Korean forces conducted deliberate assaults in the DMZ causing American deaths and injuries since July 29.
The government plans temporary government trustees on five marine unions with 21 000 members and will present the Norris report backed by all parties. MPs vote to raise pay to 18 000 and Senators to 15 000. France resists partial test ban, Skopje earthquake toll rises as more bodies are recovered.
Alderman Cliff Adam will present two one way bridge proposals and the south bank river road plan as a package to ratepayers in October. Ottawa tax relief will save Medicine Hat Library construction $20000. Rainfall totals reached up to an inch in the district while gas prices rose slightly.
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