21 Dec 1963
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1963
Page
1
West Berliners began holiday visits to East Berlin as 240000 passes were approved by East German authorities. Crowds formed before dawn at border crossings while Tass hailed the move as a peaceful initiative despite the wall remaining.
MPs and senators push to wind up the 116th sitting day before Christmas as Parliament plans to study 1963 64 spending for five departments. A bill adds two more directors to the Montreal world fair board and a fourth Exchequer Court judge would hear divorce petitions from Quebec and Newfoundland.
Secretary Rusk said the United States proposes a system of international observation posts in both Communist and Western lands to monitor for sudden attacks. After NATO consultations, a plan would be tabled at the 17 nation disarmament talks in Geneva on January 21. He noted some interest on the Soviet side and stressed tie with the test ban treaty is not the end of East West negotiations.
The Medicine Hat area will see milding temperatures with cloud and light snow ending as warmer air moves in. Skies clear tonight and Sunday with total snowfall of 1.7 inches over the past four days, most of it since Friday morning.
Edmonton Journal notes Medicine Hat area cattlemen face a fall downturn with prices down four months running. Key figures, including Dirk Scholten and Bert Hargrave, cite reduced exports, U S price gaps, and more cattle on farms as causes. Packagers show reluctance to buy while feeders resist selling.
Senator James Gladstone said 3400 Blood Indians of Cardston reserve await the outcome of a 5 million dollar suit by the Blackfoot against Ottawa. If the Blackfoot win, the Bloods likely press a claim for 100 square miles of southern Alberta farmland including Cardston. The Bloods allege they were swindled in the same Treaty No. 7 dispute.
The Medicine Hat Real Estate Board moved to ban part-time salesmen from member offices starting Jan 1 1964. Immediate past president L Flynn said the rule aims to ensure full-time commitment and professional handling of transactions. Wilf Thomson noted possible university training for the field and stressed the policy as public service, with Calgary and Edmonton already enforcing it. The board’s annual meeting also elected Oscar Springer as president W Thomson as first VP T Schecter as second VP Norg Johnson as secretary and directors W G Lees Fr Scherer Gus Grazie Otto Honeig Stu Crane and L Flynn.
Medicine Hat Transportation Co. Ltd. will not operate bus services on Christmas Day Boxing Day or New Year's Day. Buses will run on all other days and Sundays according to schedule.
Premier Chou En Lai told Egyptian hosts that Sino Soviet rift is not permanent and condemned the Kennedy assassination as a despicable act. He contrasted Beijing’s stance with its earlier cooler reaction to Dallas and said he knows nothing of reports China plans an atomic test within a year.
A joyful Berlin weekend as authorities punched holes in the wall allowing West Berliners to reunite with East Berlin relatives after 28 months. Protests erupt in Moscow with African students marching Red Square over a medical student’s death. Johnson addresses UN General Assembly as Zanzibar and Kenya join the UN.
Medicine Hat authorities clash with the local school board and the governments education foundation plan amid rising demands for unapproved educational expenses. Havana mayor Jose A. Naranjo may visit Medicine Hat next March or April per Mayor Harry Weiner. A warning targets Hat Christmas shops over chemistry sets containing a deadly poison.
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