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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 30, 1964
Page
1
Ottawa report on the murky line between acceptable conduct and misconduct among MPs. Free travel costs about $30,000 monthly plus $10,000 monthly rail travel, with totals around half a million yearly. Attendance data is unofficial. three MPs exceeded 21 days absence, about 15 more near the limit, as Parliament nears a one-year session.
Saigon AP dispatch reports government forces retook the district capital of Binh Nghia while Viet Cong guerrillas captured two U.S. soldiers and eliminated nearly two companies of government troops. Two other Americans died Tuesday night 30 miles north of Saigon, raising American combat fatalities to 241 since December 1961 with 13 missing and six wounded during the three day fight. Fighting still flickered tonight.
Adin Bauman a psychiatric social worker at the provincial guidance clinic has declared his candidacy for the vacant Medicine Hat Public School Board seat. Dr Robert A Gray confirmed his earlier run and W Z Brown is considering running. Bauman, a father of five and former welfare director, faces nomination closes Jan 13 and election Feb 3 for both the public and separate school boards.
A C-46 cargo plane crashed in fog near Detroit Metropolitan Airport killing four aboard. Crew members Al Fallon and Hugo Blair were captain and second officer. two passengers from Mantario Sask and San Antonio Texas were also killed. wreckage strewn across fields after the plane plunged through trees.
San Francisco reports 15000 homeless families and hundreds of ruined farms across California Oregon Washington Idaho and Nevada after the western flood disaster. The emergency phase easing, aid centers operate for long term recovery as 19 deaths in California and 18 in Oregon are confirmed. Federal state and Red Cross support continues with aerial surveys to assess needs.
Western Stockgrowers Association offers aid to cattlemen in feeding stranded cattle. The Robin Nodwell Company of Calgary will provide tracked vehicles and drivers to move fodder off the highway. Cattlemen transport the five ton vehicles to their ranches and return them to Calgary at no charge. Ranchers should call the association at 273-2112, 263-3735, or 249-3023.
In Washington DC and Virginia, pickets withdrew under a federal court order, ending the firemen strike that began Tuesday. About 1,700 freight cars were jammed in Potomac yard until crews returned, while Union Station reported normal operations as the Tennessean departed for Memphis on schedule at 8 a.m. Judge Oren R. Lewis of Alexandria ordered the pickets to disperse.
EDMONTON CP Four federal cabinet ministers are "under a cloud of suspicion" and should be dismissed by the Liberal government, says Robert Thompson national Social Credit leader. He notes Justice Minister Guy Favreau erred but is principled and urges a housecleaning, warning an election could follow. Caouette Creditiste leader echoes call for prompt action to curb scandal and tax burden.
RCMP monitored a telephone talk in which Pierre Lamontagne warned that rivals who took money and failed to deliver would end up “at the bottom of the river.” Lamontagne, acting for the US on Rivard extradition, faced bribe allegations linked to Lucien Rivard’s narcotics case. Denis, a former immigration aide, denied taking the offered bribe and said he would consult Justice Minister Favreau before meeting RCMP.
A federal grand jury reconvenes January 11 in Jackson to hear new evidence in the Mississippi civil rights workers slayings. The same Biloxi grand jury heard FBI-sourced material in October but did not indict. FBI arrested 21 in December, but charges were dropped after a Meridian commissioner rejected an alleged confession as evidence.
Officials warn continued sub zero temperatures and blizzards in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan raise risk to pheasants and Hungarian partridges after three weeks of cold. Authorities urge feeding stations and escape cover as birds struggle to dry out and avoid predators. No wildlife overall losses reported yet.
Resignations from the Calgary district council of the Canadian Cancer Society climbed to four following the dismissal of Fred Schulz, the executive secretary, for poor work habits. Alberta division president Claudia Tennant called an emergency directors meeting for Jan 9 in Calgary. Schulz’s firing is not linked to Talbot’s theft case. Talbot, 56, is set for Alberta Supreme Court trial early next year. Several other members have also resigned, while a majority of the 36 officers and directors said they will not resign.
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