Blizzard Sweeps Prairies Cuts Deep Snow Winter Storm Hits Alberta
A major blizzard sweeping through Medicine Hat and district drops temperatures to 1 degree above zero with an overnight forecast of 15 below. Snow totals reach 6.1 inches in Whitecourt. 3 inches in Medicine Hat. One man dies clearing a snowdrift. Winds gust to 50 mph in Swift Current and Saskatoon regions.
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Questions Likely On PMs Return
Ottawa report says Prime Minister Diefenbaker will face opposition questions when Parliament reopens January 21 over his disclosure of the Western military aid program for India. He told reporters at Nassau that the US Britain Canada and other Commonwealth nations planned 120 million dollars in arms for India to bolster its fight against Communist Chinese forces.
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Rangers hire George Red Sullivan as coach
NEW YORK AP George Red Sullivan signed to coach the New York Rangers and led a brisk team workout. Montreal CP a man was shot to death during a failed laundry holdup. Edmonton CP construction value tops 90 million this year. Calgary CP warrants lead to two arrests in a Rockyford bank job. Key West AP two trains collide near Havana injuring 124. Cochrane Ont CP six dead in Highway 11 crash. Burnaby BC CP RCMP seek Nova Scotia plated car tied to a bank holdup. Rotterdam Reuters pilot died in British DC-4 crash near Rotterdam. Calgary CP Arthur Smith MP Calgary South will not seek reelection.
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No NEWS Tuesday holiday notice from Medicine Hat NEWS
The Medicine Hat NEWS will not publish on New Year’s Day January 1 and will resume regular publication on Wednesday January 2. Advertising copy for Thursday’s edition must be in the office by 11 am Monday. Offices close at 1 30 pm Monday for the holiday but reopen at normal time Wednesday.
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Duke Denies Nazi Report as Treaty Talks Probe
Paris dispatch reports the Duke of Windsor refuting captured German documents as slanted and misleading while he was king. Elisabethville battle updates describe heavy UN mortar fire on Katanga positions as troops, including Gurkhas, engage mercenaries near the golf course and guesthouse.
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Arctic radiation danger claim sparks call for study
American biologist Dr. William Pruitt urged an independent international inquiry into Arctic radiation levels. He says Canadian authorities suppress data and cites Alaska autopsies showing four times the U S strontium-90 in bones and caribou bones at 100 to 200 units, threatening Eskimo meat sources.
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Freight Rates Frozen Across Grain Shipments East Coast
The Board of Transport Commissioners, acting on cabinet orders, suspended an authorized increase in railway freight rates on bulk grain shipments to the East Coast. By order in council, the cabinet extended the suspension to June 30, 1963, with the last suspension expiring December 31. The move delays about $2,000,000 in annual railway revenue.
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Berlin Wall Blast Shuts Out Windows
A dawn explosion in Berlin ripped a three foot square hole in the wall and damaged 600 windows in surrounding buildings, including 150 at a fire brigade HQ. No injuries reported. authorities say the charge equaled about 22 pounds of TNT and suspects were interrupted at their work. A defecting East German soldier breached West Berlin border nearby.
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Bonn Refutes Charges In Khrushchev Letter On Berlin Crisis
West German spokesman Karl-Guenther Von Hase dismissed Khrushchev's December letter accusing Chancellor Adenauer of obstructing world peace as grotesque and baseless. He said the note offered no new ideas and warned Berlin talks would continue with allied support to solve the crisis.
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Freedomites plan renewed march to Agassiz prison
About 300 Sons of Freedom Doukhobor members will break camp January 3 and resume trekking toward the Agassiz mountain prison where other detainees are held. Mrs. Marie Shlakoff, unofficial spokesman, said a delegation went to the federal prison to check water supply and a camp site was located near the fence. Measles mumps and chicken pox have affected several children at the Hope camp, with influenza and colds rising due to freezing temperatures.
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Stanford scientists unveil first Mariner II data findings
Scientists at Stanford report first extensive analysis of Mariner II data from Venus flyby. They note no spectacular results yet and emphasize tentative conclusions as more study proceeds. Solar winds dwarf cosmic rays in energy and particle count, influencing Earth’s magnetic storms.
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