17 Dec 1966
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1966
Page
1
The opposition claims the government failed five times to modify a bill offering a guaranteed monthly income of 105 for old age pensioners. NDP MP Stan Knowles says they will seek another opportunity to address the matter after the bill’s latest amendment was defeated.
A New York judge ordered author William Manchester and two publishers to appear to show cause why an injunction against the Kennedy assassination book Death of a President should not be granted. Mrs. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy filed affidavits seeking to bar publication, arguing injury and sensationalism. The publishers Harper and Row and Cowles Communications planned to publish and serialize parts of the book, with Look magazine involved in a separate serial deal.
Ottawa negotiators for nearly 800 air traffic controllers accepted a government offer ending a walkout set for Tuesday. Revenue Minister Benson announced in the Commons the average wage increase of about 13 percent, on top of 15 percent already received since July 1965. The raise targets mental stress from radar and radio work guiding flights, lifting top pay to about 10 800 a year.
Paris report says NATO will actively seek Soviet friendship and reshape the alliance while keeping a deterrent, with West Germany focusing on warmer relations with East Germany. The bloc aims to aid weaker members economically and boost EastWest peace. Paul Martin notes greater emphasis on gentler policy. France approves political commitments with limits. Dean Rusk asks no new Vietnam aid at ministerial session.
The United Nations Security Council votes 11 to 0 with four abstentions to impose mandatory sanctions on Rhodesia. Nations must block 12 exports and embargo oil, arms, aircraft, vehicles and parts, with enforcement by nationals and territories despite contracts. Britain led the move with African amendments adding an oil embargo.
Vancouver police operate a mobile nose squad nicknamed wolf-pack of noses to detect the scent of alcohol in car windows. The program runs from December to New Year’s Eve, checking up to 1,500 vehicles nightly and leading to fewer impaired driving arrests this month compared with November.
Mrs. Douglas read the 1897 New York Sun piece Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus to children at a North Chatham Christmas gathering. The 77 year old great grandmother recalled writing as a child that there is a Santa. She spoke of gratitude amid past strokes that briefly affected her speech.
Reported photographs depict a roofless building with shattered walls and rocket remnants after a U S aircraft strike on the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi. The paper notes no confirmed deaths or injuries as the incident sparks foreign ministry protests.
Twenty Canadian manufacturers were fined a total of 391500 for conspiring to restrain competition in paper and corrugated box production from 1947 to 1954. Bathurst Power and Paper Co. Ltd St. Lawrence Corp. Ltd. and Hinde and Dauch Ltd. each received 75000 penalties. Chief Justice G A Gale noted the fines must deter such practices and cited prior convictions under the Combines Investigation Act.
Toronto report notes Ontario forensic experts say any alcohol impairs driving. Eight Canadian racing drivers ran a marked course at Harewood Acres before and after drinking, showing performance worsened with alcohol levels from .04 to .08. The tests suggest a .06 BAC is too high for safe driving.
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