Husky Boy Wins Local New Year Babies Race
Five New Year babies arrived at Medicine Hat General Hospital with one boy born first at 6 20 am on January 1 weighing 8 12 and others following at 7 00 am 7 50 am 11 56 am and 12 27 am January 2. The Bryans Kehoes Sailers Woelfles and Walker families welcomed the newborns. The Bryans receive a 15 dollar gift from The NEWS and all five babies get additional prizes in a separate contest. Dr Conor Barrett attended the winning child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Stork
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Clifford Bryans
17Th Ave SE
Bryans
Joseph Kehoe
5Th St. SE
Redcliff
Ronald Sailer
T. SE
RJ. Walker
St. SE
Montreal Wins Stork Derby As Year Opens
New Year’s Eve quiet across Canada with crowds at private parties. The first baby of 1962 born at a Montreal suburb hospital weighed seven pounds to Mrs. Andre Henripin. Twins born in Regina hospital mark first twins of the year. Weather mostly clear, except Manitoba snow and British Columbia fog.
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Ottawa
Vanier
Charlotte Whitton
Montreal
Andre Henripin
Manitoba
British Columbia
R. W. Locke
Regina
Maritimes
Unseasonable West Warmth Caps Canada New Year
Weather across Canada Tuesday ranged from record heat in the west to bitter cold in the east. Edmonton posted a January 1 high of 46 degrees above zero, Calgary reached 53, and other western centers tied or surpassed old records. In the east a deep freeze persisted with White River, Ontario at 28 below.
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Canada
Edmonton
White River
Calgary
Fort
St. John
B.C
Grande Prairie
Alta
Penhold
Rocky Mountain House
Red Deer
Pre-Berlin Talks Begin Between U S and Soviet Leaders
U S Ambassador Liewelyn Thompson and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met for two and a half hours in Moscow as the first step toward reopening East West negotiations on Berlin. Thompson avoided substantive details and said further sessions are possible, with briefings planned for British and French ambassadors.
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Moscow
U.S
Liewelyn Thompson
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Thompson
Gromyko
Paris
NATO
Kennedy
Macmillan
Bermuda
Thompson - Gromyko
Canada Sees 28 Die in New Year Holiday Road Toll
A Canadian Press tally shows 28 deaths in road crashes across Canada during the New Year weekend. Total fatalities in all accidents reached at least 43 in 78 hours from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight, compared with 42 during the prior Christmas weekend. Manitoba Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island reported no accidental deaths.
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Canada
Canadian Highway Safety Council
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Weather Update Across Canadian Provinces
A cold spell fills Canada with Manitoba seeing overnight lows near minus 35 and highs around 50. Winnipeg forecasters call for a high near 30 and light snow in Ontario moves eastward with heavier northern snow. Quebec reports general snow with Montreal up to 10 C, and a slight warming trend. A new snow storm hits southern Nova Scotia in the Maritimes.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Montreal
Maritimes
Nova Scotia
Beja Revolt in Portugal Suppressed After Barracks Clash
In Beja Portugal a revolt aimed at ousting Premier Salazar failed after Lt Col Jaime Filipe da Fonseca was killed trying to compel surrender. Rebels used the barracks as a stronghold, two officers escaped to alert loyal troops, and government forces later captured the remaining rebels.
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BEJA
Antonio Salazar
Jaime Filipe da Fonseca
Lisbon
Antonio Marques Fragoso
Gomes
Reuters
Fragoso
da Fonseca
Salazar
Santa Maria
Goa
Pack of stray dogs kills six year old girl in Auden
Two armed Auden men were to resume the hunt for stray dogs blamed for killing six year old Deborah June Richards near Auden Ontario. Police report the dogs came from the nearby Indian village of Onbabika and gunfire authorization was granted to local workers to cull the strays in the game preserve area.
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Port Arthur
Deborah June Richards
Ontario
Auden
B. E. Dorigo
Here
Dorigo
William Poli
Ack Adderly
Fcemen
Abitibi Power and Paper Company
Coast
Onbabika
Fire guts Central Block. tenants flee as smoke and water spread
A concealed fire broke out in a poolroom store room on the main floor, spreading through joists and walls of the Central Block on 2nd St. SE. Tenants evacuated, later allowed to return. damage mainly from smoke and water, with several businesses and apartments affected. Firefighters fought the blaze for hours, origin under the stairway.
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2Nd St. SE
Len Morris
Central Block
Morris
Mary Meelan
Joe Shaw
Renaud
Karl Ferguson
Henry Jeske
Hovard
Edmund J.A Paulsen
Ken Biddell
Netherlands Reverses Stand on West New Guinea Policy
Indonesia cut post and telegraph links with The Netherlands as Jakarta rejects self determination for West New Guinea. Prime Minister Jan de Quay announced a policy shift, signaling negotiations without preconditions and openness to talks with Indonesia amid pressure for peaceful settlement. The debate drew packed galleries as observers weighed possible outcomes.
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HAGE
Reuters
Indonesia
Netherlands
West New Guinea
Dutch General Post Office
Netherland
New Guinea
Jan de Quay
de Quay
Dutch East Indies
Australia
Dutch Labor Party
Danes Halt Arms Exports to Indonesia Over New Guinea Threat
Copenhagen AP reports Denmark suspends all arms exports to Indonesia amid its threat to seize Netherlands New Guinea. Sources say deliveries mainly machine guns from a large private producer, with export laws allowing the move.
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Copenhagen
Indonesia
Netherlands New Guinea
Sukarno Declares Dutch New Guinea Part of Indonesia
President Sukarno proclaims Netherlands New Guinea a province of Indonesia and orders a military command to direct any invasion, while no invasion date is announced. Indonesian leaders seek delaying until late year with ships and planes from communist nations.
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Jakarta
Sukarno
Netherlands New Guinea
Indonesia
Netherlands
New Guinea
Hague
Dutch New Guinea
West Irian
Abdul Haris Nasution
Montreal jail riot shocks Bordeaux Prison
A four hour New Year riot at Bordeaux Jail in Montreal injured four people and caused about 50000 in damages. Prisoners smashed cells started fires and forced power outages while guards moved 400 inmates back to their cells. Police used tear gas without long lasting effect.
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Montreal
Bordeaux
Leon Lambert
Robert
Way
Lambert
Riviere Des Prairies
J. A. Pilon
Roger Grothe
Mr. Pilon
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Clifford Woelfle
St. SW
West Banks
East Shivers
Little
Medicine Hat
Subandrio
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