Severe Prairie Cold Snap Deepens in Alberta
Medicine Hat endures 19 below zero with more frigid days ahead as Alberta towns face record lows. One death reported from a hay stack near Cardston. Snowfall totals include Medicine Hat 7.3 inches and Calgary 4.1 inches while Swift Current sits at 12 below. Taxi use rises and city crews clear main streets with midnights shifts to tackle 5th 6th Avenues and 4th St.
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Medicine Hat
Cardston
Alta
Calgary
Lethbridge
Monty Mitchell
Medicine Hat Transportation Co
Noreen Flanagan
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Jim Carswell
City Public Works Dept
5Th
6Th Avenues
4Th St
Bennett Seeks Five Mills for Columbia Power
The United States bids 3.75 mills for surplus Columbia River power, short of British Columbia Premier Bennett’s five-mill demand. Ottawa talks continue as U.S. and Canadian negotiators push to resolve barriers to treaty ratification and avoid project collapse. Stewart Udall hinted progress possible after a Vancouver session. Ottawa was asked for a meeting date.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Columbia
W. A. C. Bennett
British Columbia
U.S
Vancouver
Stewart Udall
Bennett
Columbia River
Peace River
B.C
Candy and jam makers warn price rises will hit shelves
Spokesmen for the candy and jam industries say higher sugar prices in the last two weeks will push up retail prices. Paris reports highlight France may test a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific within two years ahead of its nuclear program. India rejects a Chinese proposal to keep forces from Himalayan areas after a November cease-fire. In Congo Kasai fighting costs over 400 lives as villages burn under night skies. Floods in Morocco threaten Rabat area bases. deaths reportedly exceed 100 in the worst flood in half a century.
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Toronto
Paris
Reuters
France
Pacific
Rabat
Morocco
Rharb
Here
United States Naval Air Base
Kenitra
ECM Booklet Available
Considerable interest has been shown in The NEWS series by Ross Munro of the Winnipeg Tribune on The New Europe. Munro, with the Manitoba Trade Mission during a five week tour of 10 European countries, examined trading patterns, economic and political trends, labor-government relations, planning projects, and the EEC evolution with Britain and Canada. The booklet printing offers free access via The NEWS switchboard inquiry.
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Ross Munro
Winnipeg Tribune
Europe
Munro
Manitoba Trade Mission
Britain
Canada
Police seize two men in Santa Claus holdup probe
Montreal police arrest Victor Levesque and Louis Mastroluca as important witnesses in the December 14 killings of two St. Laurent constables. A third man, Jules Reeves, is hospitalized after a stroke and cannot speak. Coroner’s warrants allow seven days of holding for witness questioning.
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Montreal
St. Laurent
Victor Levesque
Louis Mastroluca
Gerard Houle
Claude Marineau
Denis Brabant
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Jules Reeves
Levesque
Quebec
Mastroluca
Lavesque
Fire damages palace roof during Princess Margaret residence prep
A fire at Kensington Palace damaged a roof section over the servants’ quarters in the area of Princess Marina’s residence. Princess Margaret watched from a distant wing as 15 fire units fought the blaze for about an hour. Princess Marina, Princess Alexandra, and Prince Michael joined the scene.
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London
Margaret
Kensington Palace
Antony Armstrong-Jones
London Fire Brigade
Princess Marina
Duchess of Kent
Princess Margaret
Princess Alexandra
Prince Michael
Marina
NASA Reshapes Mars Mission After Venus Flyby
The U S space agency dropped plans for another Venus flyby and ordered a Mars flight after evaluating the Mariner 11 mission which completed a Venus pass at 21 594 miles on December 14. Russia launched a Mars probe in December, possibly influencing NASA posture though officials would not comment.
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Washington
U.S. Space Agency
Mariner
Venus
Russia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Anhorn Backs Leinweber For Medicine Hat Nomination
Ted Anhorn announced he will nominate incumbent Harry Leinweber for the Medicine Hat provincial SC nomination at the January 19 convention. The move ends speculation that Anhorn would run. The convention will also name candidates for Cy press and Medicine Hat federal seats with incumbent Harry Strom and H A Olson likely to be renominated unopposed.
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Medicine Hat
Social Credit
Ted Anhorn
Harry Leinweber
Anhorn
Leinweber
Peter Cabatoff
Cypress
Agriculture Minis
Fire Strikes Empire State Building Twice
A second fire in as many days hit the Empire State Building in New York. Firefighters tore out wall on the 31st floor to reach insulation that fueled the blaze, traced to sparks from the previous day’s fire around a chilled water pipe. Officials ordered insulation removal and posted a 24 hour fire guard.
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New York
Empire State Building
Violence returns at Ole Miss as dorm attacked during unrest
A new minor assault at the University of Mississippi follows flying glass and vandalism after a soft drink bottle was thrown into a dorm room. James Meredith, who ended segregation in the cafe, was among those involved previously. Meredith plans to leave if climate does not improve.
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Oxford, Miss
University of Mississippi
William Jordan Temple
Temple
James H. Meredith
Washington, D.C
Meredith
Katanga Leader Tours Road to Rhodesian Border
President Moise Tshombe of Katanga led a UN armored column from Elizabethville to clear the railhead road to Sakania on the Rhodesian border. He urged his troops not to resist the UN advance and held a private meeting with Interior Minister Godefroid Munongo at Mokambo 110 miles from Elizabethville.
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Elisabeth Ville
Reuters
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
United Nations
Elizabethville
Sakania
Tshombe
Mokambo
Elisabethville
Godefroid Munongo
Congo official casts doubt on Kasai death toll
Central Congo Interior Minister Celestin Lunyasi said an on the spot check found 500 deaths in two weeks of tribal fighting in South Kasai were exaggerated and estimated about 100 deaths in the district north of Luluabourg. UN rescinded Tshombe house arrest and troops advanced toward Kolwezi as the secessionist operation renewed.
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Leopoldville
Reuters
Central Congo
Celestin Lunyasi
Kasai
Lunyasi
Luluabourg
Congo
Tshombe
New York
Sakania
Jadotville
Kolwezi
Blue Laws Debate Roils Nova Scotia Communities
Halifax reports show tension over Sunday blue laws and the Lord's Day Act. Attorney General Richard A. Donahoe pressed police chiefs to enforce the statute, prompting warnings to corner grocers, newsstands, and tobacco shops. Merchants protested while some stores continued activities. Donahoe later signaled enforcement would adapt to changing times, focusing on movies bowling alleys and sports events.
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Halifax
Nova
Donahoe
Canadian generals clash over nuclear weapons role
Maj. Gen. Macklin accuses Gen. Foulkes of breach of confidence after Foulkes said Canada is committed to nuclear weapons. Foulkes recalls cabinet briefings from 1958 and confirms Norstad’s NATO nuclear role claim, while Macklin rebuts the criticism.
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Toronto
W. H. S. Macklin
Charles Foulkes
Canada
Gen. Macklin
Gen. Foulkes
Foulkes
Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
U.S
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Ottawa
Macklin
Norstad
Gen. Foulkes Wenesday
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Ter Harry Strom
H. A.olson
Little Cloud
Leads
Blue Laws
Spark Nova Scotia Row
Jim Coleman
Air Force
Victoria
Canadian Chiefs of
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