Saskatchewan doctors mull charging for emergency service
In Saskatoon the Star-Phoenix reports doctors may bill the Medical Care Insurance Commission for emergency work done during the July Medicare dispute. If $1,000,000 is reached, $850,000 would fund a charity foundation. A college committee is studying the idea with a final decision potentially by the college’s October annual meeting.
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Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix
Saskatchewan
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Premier denies charges in medical care impasse dispute
Regina reports Premier Woodrow Lloyd and Health Minister W G Davies rebutting Keep Our Doctors Committee claims that the government breached the Saskatoon Agreement. They insist the Medical Care Commission is not violating terms by recruiting doctors in the United Kingdom and denying private agencies recognition.
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Regina (Cp
Woodrow Lloyd
W. G. Davies
Keep Our Doctors Committee
Rodney Thomson
Saskatoon
Lloyd
Davies
Medical Care Commission
United Kingdom
Thomson
Thom son Royal Commission Opens Hearings in Prince Albert
The Thom son Royal Commission on hospital facilities will begin hearings in Prince Albert on August 20. Retired Judge Harold F. Thomson of Regina chairs the inquiry into hospital services for doctors imported to Saskatchewan during the medical care crisis when many doctors withheld nonemergency care. Health Minister W. G. Davies noted a few cases have been referred to the commission.
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Regina
Thomson
Prince Albert
Commission
Derril Mcleod
Harold F. Thomson
Saskatchewan
W. G. Davies
Soblen Wins Reprieve From Deportation
London. Dr Robert Soblen won a one week reprieve from deportation to the United States to begin a prison sentence for spying for the Soviet Union. The High Court adjourned the case to August 22 after his lawyer challenged the deportation order issued by Home Secretary Brooke. Soblen was not present as his counsel urged judges not to exile him to death in an American prison.
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London
Reuters
Robert Soblen
United States
Soviet Union
Brooke
Soblen
Doctors Leave Saskatchewan in July and Earlier Months
Dr. George Peacock registrar of the Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons reports 21 doctors left the province in July, up from eight in the same month last year. He notes 26 departed in June and 11 in May, with last year showing 12 in June and eight in May.
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Sacsantoon (Cp
George Peacock
Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons
Kennedy vows tax cuts for 1963 despite no immediate relief
President Kennedy pledges "billions of dollars" in top to bottom income tax cuts for 1963 while delaying immediate relief. He cites economy shows growth but warns Congress may block rapid cuts and proposes timing linked to November elections and tax reform to close loopholes. If recession looms, he would call a special session to ease the burden. Lower rates would boost purchasing power and competitiveness with the European market.
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Washington
Kennedy
U.S
Congress
Treasury
Lufthansa Boeing 707 crash lands at London airport
A German Boeing 707 operated by Lufthansa crash landed at a London airport. An official said all passengers escaped the aircraft, which was believed to carry about 40 people.
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London
Reuters
Lufthansa
Test Ban Treaty Blockage Charged by U S and Soviet Union
In Geneva AP US chief negotiator Arthur H. Dean accused the Soviet Union of blocking a nuclear test ban while Soviet deputy Foreign Minister Valerian Zorin rejected Western policing proposals. Zorin is leaving Geneva Wednesday amid stalled talks at the 69th session of the disarmament talks.
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United States
Soviet Union
Ing
Arthur H. Dean
Dean
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Tunnellers Link Up Under Mont Blanc Bridge
French and Italian engineers finished the world’s longest road tunnel under Mont Blanc joining after 32 years of digging from opposite sides. The 7.5 mile link was completed at noon following a dynamite blast that broke through the final rock barrier beneath Europe’s highest peak.
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Est
Italy
Mont Blanc
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Flaming Crash Victim Improves After Downtown Medicine Hat Wreck
Rennold Dederer a 34 year old passenger in the Gaffney car is reported to be in steady condition at Medicine Hat hospital after a two car crash at 3rd St and 5th Ave SE in downtown Medicine Hat. Donald Gaffney 19 and Elmer Hagel 22 were uninjured. Bernice Heather 25 suffered superficial injuries.
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Central Block
Medicine Hat
Dederer
Donald Gaffney
2Nd Ave
Elmer Hagel
2Th St. S.E
3Rd St
5Th Ave
Gaffney Auto
SS. Kresyte
Gaffney
Hagel
Tragel Auto
Bernice Heather
Complete Contrast to Predecessor Second of a Series
Ottawa expects the new Diefenbaker cabinet to face a defeat in the Commons within weeks unless opposition parties back them. The article notes an urgent need for a comprehensive program to fix deep economic troubles, beyond June 24 emergency measures. New finance minister George Nowlan is described as blunt and decisive, a contrast to Fleming and Haley.
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Special News Service
Ottawa
Diefenbaker
House of Commons
GATT
Finance Department
George Nawlan
Canada
Phe
Fleming
Neva Scotian
J. L Haley
West Expecting Strong Protests At Berlin Anniversary
West Berlin faced a tense anniversary as rioters clashed with police near the Berlin wall. About 10,000 demonstrators gathered at the barrier while clashes with Soviet vehicles occurred near Checkpoint Charlie. West German police used water cannons to disperse the crowds as bricks and bottles flew.
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West Kerbers
Berlin Wall
West Berlin
Wall
Charle
U.S
Benin
Frederick O. Hartel
Checkpoint Charlie
Erich Duensing
Bernauerstrasse
Soviet physicist roasts US space program in Pravda
Yevgeni Fyodorov, a prominent Soviet physicist, condemns American space efforts in Pravda. He mocks Telstar, criticizes repeated flight delays, dangerous test launches, and rockets with nuclear warheads, while praising astronauts Glenn and Carpenter but questioning risk and ceremony.
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Moscow
Reuters
Yevgeni Fyodorov
Telstar
Fyodorov
Communist Party
Pravda
John Glenn
Scott Carpenter
Glenn
Carpenter
Capsule Search Fades Over Manitoba Balloon Capsule
Hope of recovering a high altitude balloon capsule from Northern Manitoba dimmed Monday night. The capsule, released Sunday from a balloon launched Thursday near Goose Bay Labrador, carried two monkeys, four hamsters and radiation recording instruments.
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PAS. Man
Manitoba
Goose Bay
Labrador
Soviet Cosmos Mission Extends Orbit As Landing Hopes Live
Two newest Soviet astronauts, Adrian Nikolayev and Pavel Popovich, remained in orbit past noon local time with the flight program still ongoing and communications steady. Moscow TV showed both crews active as trackers noted the ships were still close though hundreds of miles apart with no clear landing target.
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Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Andrian
Falcon
Nikolayev
Pavel
Golden Eagle
Popovich
Central
Vostok II
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Vostokol
Volyna
Nikolayreyo
Trouble in Store for U S as Soviet Satellites Aligned
Washington dispatch notes Soviet precision in space launches as Vostok IV joined a pair of manned spacecraft on similar orbits. US spy surveillance systems remain in development and not yet fully operational, but Moscow demonstrated steps toward potential satellite interception and inspection capabilities.
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U.S
Russia
Vostok IV
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