15 Aug 1972
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1972
Page
1
Charles Pepin leads a tourism briefing with a 46 member advisory council and a display of charts and materials. He urges a business like approach and urges media help to raise awareness while joking with reporters and praising Canada’s tourism potential.
Mr. Pepin favors a booklet titled A little travelling music while noting Canada needs more multilingual hosts and bedrolls. One handout claims 98 percent of international visitors come from the United States, another says Americans are too abundant at home. Pepin cites Expo 67 as a model for a future international boom, but doubts federal support for 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Highways Minister Clarence Copithorne plans to visit Medicine Hat within the next month to discuss regional highway plans and the Maple Avenue Bridge project. He told The NEWS his five year highway priorities draft will be prepared for cabinet before year end, as general guidelines rather than a detailed building program.
Bow Island farmer Earl Smith denied he would stay an Action Canada candidate after Paul Hellyer joined the Conservatives. He said he might back Social Credit if its candidate defends fiscal reform, noting he has long supported Alberta Social Credit and remains unsure about his final endorsement. Brown of Action Canada predicts the party may collapse as a political entity.
City council hears homeowners from 11th St NE protest plans to reclassify land at McCoy High School northern boundary from park or school use to residential. Mayor says no formal promise existed. council sends resolution to provincial planning board with petitions and opposition noted.
The Wild Rose Trailer Court safety petition seeks walkovers or lights on the Trans-Canada Highway due to limited visibility and high speeding. Medicine Hat housing to consider a $50 cleaning deposit or rent-based fund. odor complaints on Alberta Western Beef addressed by health unit referral. Market Square bylaw on stalls and own-grown produce set for first reading. Tax assessor bylaw allows 1973 values plus post 1972 properties to be reassessed. Landlord and Tenant Advisory Board seats filled with Kay Bonogorsky Edgar Elford and Lloyd Hubbs chosen.
Troy Davis of Medicine Hat fined 150 and banned from driving in Canada for six months after being stopped on June 6 at 12:45 a.m. for speeding on the Trans Canada Highway. Breathalyser readings were 13. June Githmark of Medicine Hat fined 100 for June 20 impaired driving after a collision near the old CPR roundhouse. breathalyser tests showed .20 and .19. Elsie Frey of Redcliff fined 100 and banned for six months after a July 23 impairment incident following a Redcliff motor crash. first breathalyser reading was .20 and she refused a second sample.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it sent letters to owners of 1960 63 Corvairs stating no safety defects or instability were found in tests. The letters followed Ralph Nader branding the agency report a contradictory whitewash.
City firemen answered a call at 11 05 p m Monday from a resident near the Medical Arts Clinic. A smoking incinerator at the clinic triggered the alarm and firefighters returned to the station at 11 37 p m.
A special public meeting will review refacing proposals for the city hall. Four submissions have been received, including one from Ernest Krohn and three from commercial firms Medicine Hat Brick and Tile Ltd Moritz Manonry and Tile Ltd Neon Products Ltd and Kenitex Distributors. The four plans will be discussed in detail, with aldermen voting to open further submissions though one member called the process futile.
An advertising claim reports rapid relief from rectal itch across multiple cases with long lasting improvement. The remedy Bio-Dyne allegedly promotes cell healing and tissue growth, now sold as ointment and suppository under the name Preparation H with a money back satisfaction guarantee.
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