City Council Rejects Subdivision West of Trans-Canada Highway
The Medicine Hat city council rejects a proposed subdivision west of the Trans-Canada Highway noting the city is not ready for that development. They favor developing Power House Road and Riverside areas first to extend services locally before crossing the highway. The panel hints the idea may resurface in five to ten years. MEDICINE HATTIE adds a rural rhyme about rain.
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Medicine Hat
Power House Road
Riverside
Buill
The Magic of Names in Alberta and Across Canada
The piece laments a literary oversight in not noting Alberta place names and Canadian spots. It catalogs intriguing names from across provinces including Wainwright Seven Persons Picture Butte Galahad Battle Bend Killam Hairy Hill Swalwell Immigrant Gap Etzikom Masinisan and Medicine Hat.
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Alberta
Lord Nelson
Palermo
Bronte
Trafalgar
Halton County
Ontario
Canada
Edinburgh
N.S
Fife
B.C
Wainwright
Seven Persons
Picture Butte
Galahad
Battle Bend
Killam
Kirkermuir
Hairy Hill
Swalwell
Immigrant Gap
Canada Council reports third year grants and reach
The Canada Council describes a balance between supporting existing arts centers and spreading arts nationwide. Last year 168 centres benefited from Council-sponsored activities. The council funded over 9 million dollars for higher learning, 2.4 million for arts humanities and social sciences, and awarded about 1.1 million in scholarships, fellowships and travel grants to nearly 600 individuals.
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Vancouver
Canada Council
Council
Brooke Claxton
Real question on Canada's racial tolerance Ebony report says impact mixed
A U.S. Ebony article by Carl T. Rowan surveys Canadian attitudes toward race. He cites Rollie Miles Edmonton Eskimos and Theodore King Calgary as saying U.S. influence and immigration limits fuel discrimination, while noting some gains for capable Black professionals like Lloyd Perry and cautioning that progress remains uneven.
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Bob Exell
New York
United States
Ebony Magazine
Canada
Carl T. Rowan
The
Minneapolis Tribune
Ebony
U.S
Rollie Miles
Edmonton Eskimos
Rowan
Miles
Theodore King
Calgary
Alberta Association For the Advancement of Colored People
King
Deep South
Last of a Series Sees Road to Peace for Doukhobors
In Krestova British Columbia a Canadian police corporal argues electricity television and other modern conveniences could curb violence among the Doukhobor sect the Sons of Freedom. Cpl Ron Davidson who has lived among them four years cites suspicion as the chief barrier to peace and suggests progressive change as a remedy.
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Krestova
B.C
Sons of Freedom
British Columbia
Cpl. Davidson
Freedomites
Kootenay
Freedomite
Crescent Valley
Nelson
Kootenays
Vancouver
a_ television co-operative
Board of Broadcast Governors
Co - Operative
New Denver
Helen Posnikoff
Freedomitased
Ron Davidson
National Film Board
Farm Policy Battle Shapes Up In 1960 Election
A debate over government role in farming frames the 1960 campaign with Senator John Kennedy advocating greater farm aid and intervention while Vice President Nixon promotes a smaller federal role. The parties contrast on food stamps, surplus management, and production controls as they court farm voters in a pivotal contest.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Standarr-Beacr
Nixon
Eisenhower
Ioha Taft Benson
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Hyannis Port
Mass
Herschel Loveress
Hawaii
Honolulu
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Blanco
Tex
400 Year Old Hall Unearthed At Palace Of Nonsuch
Cambridge archaeologist Martin Biddle unearthed the 1538 built banquet hall at the Palace of Nonsuch near Ewell Surrey. The 45 by 32 foot hall featured Tudor brickwork and a raised promenade with a lion carving and coat of arms.
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London
Palace of
Nonsuch
Henry VIII
Cambridge University
Henry
Ewell
Surrey
Martin Biddle
Cambridge
Biddle
Tahiti Discovery by Samuel Wallis in 1767
The South Pacific island of Tahiti was first documented in 1767 by Captain Samuel Wallis aboard the British frigate Dolphin during a Pacific voyage, revealing the archipelago to European explorers.
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Pacific Isle
Tahiti
South Pacific
Samuel Wallis
Dolphin
Divorce case to Commons reopen Friday in Ottawa
The Commons private bills committee will reopen a divorce case Friday. Helen Frances Estelle Kearney Freeman’s petition was discharged and returned to the committee after an affidavit from her husband Edwin Leacy Freeman of Outremont Quebec. Freeman claims he was living with his wife when the original Senate divorce evidence was heard and alleges other matters in the affidavit.
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Ottawa
Commons
Helen Frances Estelle Kearney Freeman
House
Robert McCleave
Halifax
McCleave
Edwin Leacy Freeman
Outremont
Que
Senate
Freeman
Greece Ends Exemption for Moslem Military Service
Moslem inhabitants of Greece who had been exempt by paying a fee are now all liable for military call-up. The change expands service obligations across the Muslim community.
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Greece
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H. P. Taylor
Windsor
Board of Education
Taylor
Windear Rotary Club
Stephen Scott
British Canadian Trust Company
General Electric
Klemm Electric Ltd
Kimmitt Concrete Ltd
Regen
Sita
Valea
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