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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 16, 1962
Page
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City Council agreed to sell about 1,200 frontage feet of River Heights land to the provincial government for a new building beside the Trans Canada Highway near 6th Street SW. The project aims to house at least 16 agencies, with construction expected within three years and site servicing costs included.
Two people, including a doctor, were admitted with suspected smallpox in England. Health officials said five England deaths since Christmas. four in Bradford and seven more suspects isolated. A Pakistani national is linked to new suspected cases in Birmingham. In Karachi, nine more smallpox deaths push total to 260 since November.
In Brussels the United States and the European Common Market announce a mutual 20 percent tariff reduction on most industrial goods and some agricultural products. Howard Peterson and W. Walton Bitterworth met Jean Rey to disclose the agreement, which awaits formal approval in Washington and Brussels. A later communiqué will outline terms.
John H. Glenn Jr. launch to orbit postponed another day to January 24 because a faulty valve in the Mercury capsule cooling unit was found. NASA has not set an official date and will announce it in advance for coverage planning.
In heavy gales in British and Irish waters at least three ships are believed sunk with 26 lives lost. The French motor trawler Matelot from Lorient is considered lost with 12 crew. Also missing are the Dutch coaster Ellewoutsdijk with nine aboard and the Belgian trawler Zeebruge with five. Delays and floods affected trains and roads in Scotland as snow plows battled 10 foot drifts.
Eighteen Roman Catholic missionaries were killed by Congolese soldiers near Kongolo in Katanga on January 1. The bodies were recovered. another missionary was taken and not heard from. Missionaries who escaped told the bishop of Bukavu of the attack by central government troops.
Paris reports say French and Tunisian delegations opened talks on the future of the Bizerte naval and air base. Paris insists France cannot surrender the Mediterranean stronghold amid ongoing international tension. The text recalls the July 1961 attempted seizure by President Habib Bourguiba and the devastating casualties.
Prime Minister Jan De Quay said the Netherlands remains willing to negotiate with Indonesia over West New Guinea without preconditions while warning that it will strengthen readiness and respond to attacks. Dutch forces reported sinking an Indonesian torpedo boat after a clash near West New Guinea.
French authorities prepared to declare a state of siege in Algiers to curb a mounting terrorist wave that has killed nearly 250 people since January 1. A civil and military manifesto urged Europeans and Muslims to reject murder and terrorism or face curbs on public freedom. Officials discussed a curfew, bar closures, and strict car movement limits as seven people were killed and nine wounded in a grenade and sub machine gun attack. Across Algeria attacks hit towns and villages, with 17 reported killed or wounded and about 40 injured in a two week tally. 449 rebels were killed, wounded or captured in January’s first half.
Indonesia said it would avenge the sinking of a motor torpedo boat in an hour-long clash with Dutch forces off the Aru Islands near West New Guinea. The incident undermines hopes for talks on the territorial dispute as Indonesia pledges stronger sea and air patrols and the Netherlands vows to reinforce forces and resist provocations.
Canberra faces Cabinet deliberations on UN intervention and potential alert of Australian armed forces after Monday's clash between Dutch and Indonesian ships in New Guinea. Prime Minister Menzies seeks Washington and London input while aiming to exhaust UN options before any action. Australia plans temporary refuge for Dutch nationals if attacked.
Vice Premier Antoine Gizenga has been removed from his government post in Congo. Premier Cyrille Adoula announced that legal proceedings will begin against Gizenga as head of a rebellion in Stanleyville, Oriental province.
An explosion on the Alberta gas trunk line northeast of Edson, Alberta, killed eight workers and left four injured. The blast occurred around noon at a main on the big gas pipeline about 35 miles northeast of Edson, 120 miles west of Edmonton.
The Alberta School Trustees' Association urged changes to the foundation program in its annual brief. It seeks higher grants for junior and senior high instruction, improved maintenance funding, and support for research, TV, libraries, and guidance. The group favors broader tax support, regional cost recognition, and forward funding rules to avoid borrowing.
In Geneva the United States and Britain agreed to abandon three power nuclear test ban talks and refer the issue to disarmament negotiations opening next March. They rejected the Soviet moratorium plan while seeking international controls within a resumed disarmament framework.
At the United Nations Angola debate the Communist and African blocs urged condemnation and possible penalties against Portugal for its rule in Angola. Poland and Bulgaria sponsor a resolution, but Western support is uncertain and the U.S. backs a moderate call for self-determination. Portuguese Ambassador Vasco Vieira Garin walked out of the debate.
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