Cold snap persists across Alberta and Saskatchewan
Weather officials report no relief from extreme cold gripping Alberta and Saskatchewan for over three weeks. Temperatures drop to 40 below zero in places, with schools canceling and buses halted as Calgary area braces for more severe cold. In British Columbia, heavy snow and low temperatures drive communities to request military aid to clear flood-prone drains.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Hinton
Jasper
Swift Current
Moose Jaw
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Vancouver
British Columbia
West
Army
Navy
Alex Forst
Russia backs North Viet Nam and calls Laos conference
Moscow commits full support to North Viet Nam amid Indochina unrest and urges an unconditional international Laos settlement. Gromyko says Russia will aid North Viet Nam if attacked and condemns US interference. Rusk urges restraint and persistence, rejects withdrawal or broader expansion.
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London
Reuters
Russia
Indochina
Laos
Gromyko
Tass
Viet Nam
United States
South
Pasteurization bylaw debated in Medicine Hat milk sales
Medicine Hat civic finance committee discussed three raw milk license applications from A A Millington A W Palmer and W A Wolfrey The panel deferred decision to the coordinating committee for more information amid calls to study a possible pasteurization bylaw with health officials noting past local practice and potential epidemics risk.
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Louis Pasteur
Medicine Hat
Civic Finance Committee
A.A. Millington
A.W. Palmer
W.A. Wolfrey
Mr. Millington
Mr. Wolfrey
A.H. Wiggins
Union Milk Co. Ltd
D. G. ‘Thompson
South Alberta
Provincial Utilities Board
Ald
Gordon Sissons
Pasteur
Lethbridge
Roy Wiedemann
Millington
Medicine Hat Health Unit
Wiggins
Chicago
T. A
Legge
Bradley generals clash over Falaise Gap verdict
Canadian Lt. Gen. Guy Simonds and Maj. Gen. George Kitching rebut U S general Omar Bradley who called Montgomery scared for failing to seal the Falaise Gap in Normandy. They defend the 1944 plan noting Allied forces faced different German defenses and argue Bradley errs in judgment. Eisenhower oversaw the split American and British-Canadian roles as 40 000 Germans escaped.
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Toronto
Falaise Gap
Bradley
Montgomery
Falaise
George Kitching
Kitching
Oakville
Ont
United States
Normandy
Dweight D. Eisenhower
Indonesia Eyes Rival UN Group Led by Sukarno
Indonesian President Sukarno may propose a New Emerging Forces group to counter the United Nations and oppose Malaysia's UN seat, while Malaysia gears for emergency measures and increased forces amid Indonesian pressure and regional tensions.
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Jakarta
Sukarno
Organization of
Young Nations
United Nations
Mexico church roof collapse kills 58 and injures 54
At a newly built Roman Catholic church in Rijo, 75 miles southeast of Mexico City, a concrete roof collapsed during Sunday mass, killing 58 including the officiating priest Father Ezequiel Alvarez Ortega and injuring 54. Preliminary checks point to defective construction. authorities plan to question the priest's architect brother.
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Mexico City
Rijo
Ezequiel Alvarez Ortega
Canada urges reconsideration of Indonesia withdrawal
Canada's External Affairs Minister Martin urged Indonesia to rethink its decision to leave the United Nations. He said Canada will back UN Secretary-General U Thant's appeal and asked the Canadian UN ambassador to support it. The Foreign Office in London voiced regret at Indonesia's withdrawal and affirmed the UN's obligations and need for a strong, active body.
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Malaysia
UN Security Council
World Organization
United States
Britain
Sukarno
Cairo
Organization of African Unity
United Nations
Algiers
U Thant
Foreign Office
Windsor
Ont
Martin
Canada
London
Reuters
Cattleman testifies on $10000 loan for Calgary home
Lethbridge district cattleman testified before a judicial inquiry that he received $10,000 from S. W. Hatch to buy a house in Calgary. W. L. Burke of Burke Livestock Limited said he also took a $15,000 loan in 1960 and had a $40,000 debt to the Alberta central feeder association, with a $25,000 to $30,000 credit limit. The inquiry, led by Judge L. S. Turcotte, follows a deficit of more than $800,000 in association accounts.
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Lethbridge (Cp
Lethbridge
S. W. Hatch
Lethbridge Central Feeders Association
Calgary
W. L. Burke
Burke Livestock Limited
Coalhurst
Alta
L. S. Turcotte
Alberta
Association
Burke
Association of
A. B. Weir
Attorney General’s Department
Federal surplus first since 57 forecast for year end
Finance Minister Gordon forecast a federal budget deficit of 150 to 200 million dollars for the year ending March 31, the smallest since 1958. He said a substantial national accounts surplus is likely, first since 1956-57, in a Toronto Canadian Club address.
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Toronto
Gordon
Canadian Club of Toronto
Donald Fleming
Surplus cats find steady home in England from Los Angeles
Mrs. Daphne Handley, a divorcee with independent income, ships surplus cats to England to save them from being killed. She has sent 17 cats to Britain and boards them at a Chelsea home, calling Americans cruel to strays and insisting on humane treatment.
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Los Angeles
Daphne Handley
England
Handley
City
Britain
Chelsea
Johnson to address Congress amid bipartisan concerns
President Johnson faces a Democratic controlled Congress as he delivers the state of the union. He will outline plans for federal education aid poverty programs elderly care and conservation while avoiding bold new legislation. Political jockeying between parties and leadership battles frame the backdrop to the televised address.
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Congress
Johnson
State of the Union
Senate
Canaia
Barry Goldwater
House of Representatives
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Halleck
Hubert Humphrey
Franklin Roosevelt
Supreme Court
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