Bitter cold grips Alberta as four die across western Canada
A northern cold snap drives temperatures to 20 to 39 degrees below zero across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Medicine Hat records 31 below and forecasts stay frigid for three more days. Four deaths are blamed on the cold including Calgary’s Christine Little from a heart attack while shovelling snow.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Banff
Prince Albert
Canada
British Columbia
Manitoba
Calgary
Christine Little
Drowning and Exposure Fatalities Amid Alberta Blizzard
Daniel Gordon Delfore drowned when thin ice broke on a pond near Victoria Thursday. Joseph Nenon from the Norway House Reserve died of exposure early Wednesday. George Davis of the Blood Indian Reserve south of Lethbridge froze to death Tuesday night asleep in a haystack. his car stalled in a blizzard. Nearby, Medicine Hat schools stayed open while Goose Lake and Lloyd School closed due to snow. trains and buses ran on schedule.
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Daniel Gordon Delfore
Victoria
Joseph Nenon
Norway House
George Davis
Blood Indian
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Alex Shand
Goose Lake
Lloyd
Wis
Drivers Slow Down After Snowbound Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat police logged 27 accidents after last Tuesday's heavy snow and freezing cold. Total damage from these incidents reached about 4148 dollars, with only one crash over 100 dollars reported yesterday. B W Davidson of 618th Street NE said on Finlay Bridge an oncoming car crowded him into the railing at 5 05 p m Thursday.
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Medicine Hat
B. W. Davidson
St. N.E
Finlay Bridge
Measles Cases Diminishing in Medicine Hat Health Unit
Dr. J. M. Brown reports measles cases are diminishing at the Medicine Hat Health Unit since Monday. In the first week of the New Year 17 cases were reported. 58 in November and 25 in December.
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Medicine Hat
J. M. Brown
Suffield Scientist Named New Director at Ottawa Board
Dr. M. K. McPhail head of physiology at Ralston Experimental Station for 14 years is appointed director of bio sciences at the Defence Research Board in Ottawa. He plans to leave in June or July for new duties. no successor at Ralston yet. McPhail is married with two sons and a daughter in university. his wife Irene is active in music and drama.
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M. K. McPhail
Ralston Experimental Station
Defence Research Board
Ottawa
A. M Pennie
RES
McPhail
Mr. Pennie
Ralston
Irene
Fourteen Executed by Firing Squad in Ruhengeri
Reuters reports fourteen people were executed by firing squad in Ruhengers, Rwanda, watched by about ten thousand spectators. They were condemned for terrorism tied to raids from bases along the Uganda border.
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Rwanda
Reuters
Belgium
Uganda
Deficit Budget in 63 Advocated by Chamber
Reuters reports in Leopoldville that UN troops moved within 70 miles of Kolwezi as Cyrille Adoula warned Moise Tshombe of accountability if Kolwezi mining facilities are damaged. Tshombe returned to Elizabethville after leading UN advances toward Kadango strongholds amid threats to sabotage Kolwezi plants and the dam powering Jadotville mines. UN Indian forces pushed toward Kakanda and Shango lowe with increasing troop arrivals.
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Reuters
United Nations
Kolwezi
Cyrille’ Adoula
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Adoula
Tshombe
Tsuombe
Elisabethville
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Elizabethville
Jadotville
Kakanda
Dikuwe
Shangolowe
Hope camp housing drenched in cold and sickness
Nearly 1,000 Sons of Freedom Doukhobors shelter in overcrowded tents at a summer camp in Hope British Columbia enduring near zero temperatures snow and failing water supply. Health officials warn of fire and sanitation hazards as officials seek provincial aid while many men face prison terms in Mountain Prison Agassiz.
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B.C
Sons of Freedom
Kootenay
Fanny Storgoff
Mountain Prison
the Kootenay
Agassiz
Vancouver
A. S. Arneil
Hope Medical Officer of Health
Health Board
Landslide Victory Triggers Brazil Power Debate
President Joao Goulart won a plebiscite restoring Brazil’s presidential system but faces a storm over immediate full executive powers. The 90 day waiting period after Congress convenes January 31 blocks rapid reshaping of the presidency, while allies press for swift reforms.
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Joao Goulart
Brazil
Goulart
Gouart
Brazilia
Reprint of Mrs Hope Johnsons Geological Series
The NEWS reprints the popular geological history articles by Mrs Hope Johnson of Ralston in tabloid form. Copies are free and available from The NEWS Circulation Manager or at the office on request, with readers from Nova Scotia among those inquiring.
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Hope Johnson
Ralston
Nova Scotia
Chief Advocates Publishing Juvenile Offender Names
Medicine Hat Police Chief A R Bull supports publishing names of juvenile offenders who repeatedly commit crimes. He notes many parents fail to curb trouble as their kids’ names would otherwise be released. Last year Medicine Hat logged 549 adult and 80 juvenile cases. The Alberta Juvenile Delinquents Act bans publishing juvenile names.
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A. R. Bull
Medicine Hat
Canada
Alberta
Calgary
Medicine Hat School Lunch Policy Criticized
A Medicine Hat parent accuses Central Park School of barring a seven year old from lunch and sending him home in extreme cold. A sister at Alexandra Junior High faced similar limits despite a short walk. The policy allows noon supervision only for students not transported from out of town or living far away, with no fixed definition of inordinate distance.
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Medicine Hat
Central Park School
Alexandra Junior High
Larson
Canadian Chamber presses deficit cut and tax relief plan
The executive council urged substantial cuts in both corporate and personal income taxes to spur production and jobs. It called for government spending reductions and rapid implementation of Glassco royal commission savings, financed by borrowing, not money-printing.
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Executive Council
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Nowlan
Fleming
Canadian Chamber
Glassco Royal Commission On
George P. Weeping
Montreal
Chamber
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Aircraft support offensive in Mekong delta search
In South Viet Nam a new air armada of 22 planes joined a large Mekong delta ground operation to strike jungle targets and search for a missing American plane. An Army reconnaissance craft is presumed crashed 250 miles northeast of Saigon. The missing crew included an American pilot and a Vietnamese observer.
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South
Viet Nam
Mekong
Qui Nhon
Mekong Delta
Free Cat Mercy Plan Stirs City Finance Committee
The finance committee debated waiving the $2 destruction fee for stray cats kept by residents to prevent suffering and humane disposal at the pound. City engineer Allan Gunter opposed the idea citing potential abuse, while Alderman J C Miller defended it, noting the urgency of humane treatment. Officials agreed to consult a veterinarian and poundkeeper Robert Rae and set hours for free disposal. dogs remain excluded from the program.
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Ald. Miller
Welfare Committee
Ald
Gibson
SPCA
Als
Miler
Robert Rae
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