Tory MPs to press Thorneycroft on Skybolt policy on New Year
A Conservative delegation led by Sir Arthur Harvey will confront Defence Minister Peter Thorneycroft on New Year’s Day over the Polaris to Skybolt deal. Backbench MPs object to ceding control of British nuclear policy and urge Britain to develop an independent capability.
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Defence
Peter Thorneycroft
U.S
NATO
Britain
France
Thorneycroft
Arthur Harvey
Snowy conditions ease in Alberta as cold snaps thin
Medicine Hat receives over a foot of snow with temperatures failing to drop as forecast. Western Saskatchewan and northern Alberta stay well below zero while cloud cover limits further decreases. Snowfalls cause slippery roads but traffic moves freely on major routes with warnings to use caution and equip vehicles for winter.
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Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Vancouver Island
Alberta Motor Association
Calgary
Monalta
Orion
Hilda Schuler
Suffield Jenner
Thieves Loot Seven Persons Post Office Break-in
RCMP investigate a Friday morning break in at the Seven Persons Post Office in Medicine Hat area. Thieves entered through a side window using a glass cut and removed 107 dollars from a desk drawer, leaving stamps and blank money orders untouched. Bill and Esther Klug own the adjacent store. A small car was seen nearby around 1 am but not deemed unusual.
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Medicine Hat
RCMP
Seven Persons Post Office
Bill and Esthers General Store
Bill
Esther Klug
Klug
A. Baumgardt
Self-Service Liquor Law Skepticism in Alberta
Edmonton (CP) Peter Elliott, liquor control board chairman, says self service liquor stores would not be established in Alberta for some time. He notes the system increased theft opportunities and more people watching customers than in usual Alberta stores.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Elliott
Liquor Control Board
Elliott
UN Planes Join Fight Over Katanga Warbase Attack
UN jet fighters attacked the Tshombe Kolwezi Katangan air base destroying planes and damaging hangars and a control tower. Heavy fighting continued near Elisabethville with Ethiopian and Indian UN troops clashing with Katangan gendarmes. casualties reported on both sides.
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Katangam
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Kolwesi
Katangan
Clear Stand Sought on Prairie Route Continuation
Medicine Hat MP H A Olson urged the federal government to state whether TCA must continue the southern Prairie route once known as the Prairie milk run. He said certainty would push reorganizing schedules and airport improvements once aircraft types are known. Olson criticized the transport minister for keeping the Regina hearings report confidential.
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H. A. Olson
Medicine Hat
TCA
Department of Transport
Olson
Minister of Transport
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Regina
Ottawa Gives Assent to ARDA Master Agreement
Federal government signs the ARDA master agreement with Alberta after months of negotiation. MP H A Olson and Alberta Agriculture Minister Harry Strom discuss the accord and pending secondary project agreements. ARDA aims to boost rural income and land use through joint federal provincial undertakings.
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ARDA
Alberta
H. A. Olson
Medicine Hat
Alberta Agriculture
Harry Strom
Alberta Arda Advisory Committee
A. I. Davidson
Canada
Olson
Britain calls for Congo cease fire and rejects force
London urged an immediate Congo cease fire and opposed a political settlement imposed by force. The Foreign Office said U Thant was pressed on the futility of a forced settlement that could lead to a prolonged UN occupation. In Ottawa no casualties were reported among Canadian troops in Elisabethville. About a dozen Canadian signallers were stationed in Katanga's capital.
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Reuters
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Congo
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United Nations
U Thant
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Diefenbaker accuses U S of breaking Norad pact
Prime Minister Diefenbaker, while holidaying in Nassau, charged that the United States violated the Canada U S North American Air Defence agreement during the Cuban crisis. He said Canada was not consulted in advance and defended increased RCAF readiness as a Norad component. Canada also withheld an immediate armed forces alert for two reasons including lack of credible intelligence and desire not to worsen the crisis.
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Nassau
Cuba
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U.S
America
Norad
International Typographers Union
International Longshoremen's Association
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Gulf Coast
West
Burnaby
B.C
Tol
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Manitoba
RCMP
Ontario
No News Tuesday in Medicine Hat edition
The Medicine Hat News will not publish on New Year's Day January 1. Regular publication resumes January 2. Advertisers must submit Thursday's copy by 11 a.m. Monday. The offices close 1:30 p.m. Monday for the holiday and reopen at usual time Wednesday.
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Medicine Hat
Tshombe Threatens Destruction as UN Fights in Elisabethville
Katanga President Moise Tshombe warned of total destruction if fighting does not stop within 24 hours. He threatened to blow up the Lufiria bridge and other works of destruction as UN troops advance from Elisabethville, with a Katanga government spokesman issuing the statement.
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Elisabethville
the Congo
Reuters
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Tshombe
Lufiria
Jadotville
Deliberately Set Fire Destroys Walther Moberly Elementary
In South Vancouver a deliberate blaze gutted the interior of Wal ter Moberly Elementary School, a three storey brick building serving about 1000 pupils. Police hold two juveniles for questioning after vandals forced entry by breaking windows and started nine small fires at 59th Avenue and Ross Street.
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Vancouver
Walter Moberly
59Th Avenue
Ross Street
Hopeful Doukhobors defy evacuation order at Fraser camp
Mrs Fanny Storgoff says about 1000 Doukhobor campers will not leave Jan 3 site in Fraser Canyon Fraser. They stock firewood and winterize tents as sickness rises with measles coughs and hepatitis reported. Doctors note poor sanitation and surface sewage in the waterlogged camp. Superintendent Scherle voices frustration at the mess. The group left Kelowna on September 2.
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Paul Scherle
Kcatenay
Christmas in the Congo and global war worries flare
Fighting erupts near Elisabethville as United Nations troops clash with Katangan forces amid Katanga secession tensions. The article links Katanga’s foreign minister to US war-plan accusations and notes a Christmas release of Cuban invaders, cost of the swap, and a spate of global holiday events including trains wrecks and a big Christmas death toll in Canada.
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United Nations
Elisabethville
Katanga
Congo
Moise Tshombe
United States
Tshombe
Hat Finance committee approves CPR pipe deal for South Railway St
The Hat Finance committee referred to the city council an agreement with the CPR covering a 12 inch emergency overflow pipe on South Railway Street. City police gains pay increases for 1962 and 1963 were announced after recent negotiations. Building permits for the week ending Dec 21 totalled 64 329 dollars. Christmas passed without incident. police reported few accidents and no vandalism.
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South Railway
City of
Medicine Hat
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