Gas shortage dominates Medicine Hat Redcliff issue
Report to the Lieutenant Governor in Council warns no surplus gas in Medicine Hat field and future needs must come from other sources. City officials and candidates debate curtailment risks while Premier Manning pledges protection for Medicine Hat’s power supply amid hearings and a March 4 conservations board session.
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Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Etzikom
Oil and Gas Conservation Board
E. C. Manning
Polling Subdivisions Named for Medicine Hat By Election
The News lists 19 of 22 polling subdivisions for Thursday by election in Medicine Hat. Each subdivision has one polling station with locations shown opposite subdivision numbers including Elizabeth Street School Elm Street School St Louis School Montreal Street School Red Cross Rooms Earl Kitchener School Alexander Junior High Central Park River Heights Medicine Hat High Connaught St Marys Crescent View Riverside Scout Hall Riverside School Crescent Height Vincent Massey and Redcliff centers are not shown on the map.
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Elizabeth St
Division Ave
Fourteenth St
Sixth Ave
Hill Road
CPR
Seven Persons Creek
Elm St
Allowance Ave
Queen St
CPR, Polk
Ross St. FE
River
St. Louis
Fourth St
Ross St
St. Louis School
Montreal St
Red Cross Rooms
Earl Kitchener
Belfast St
Sixth St
Alexander Junior High School
Hill Rd
Ninth St
Central Park School
River Heights
Medicine Hat High School
St. Mary’s
Eleventh St
Crescent View Community Hall
Riverside Scout Hall
Hill
Riverside School
Crescent Height School
Vincent Massey School
S. Hill
William — Cristman
Redcliff
Redcliff Civic Centre
Gas Export Permit Bids From Two Groups
Two groups apply to export gas over 25 years totaling 143.5 and 90 billion cubic feet, exporting firms to buyers. Bailey Selburn group cites potential deficits in Medicine Hat Redcliff area unless Alberta Gas Trunk Line facilities are extended to pass near the city.
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Bailey Selburn and Gas Ltd
B-H Petroleums (Alberta) Ltd
California Standard Company
Charter Oil and Gas Ltd
Crowfoot Exploration Ltd
Selbay Exploration Ltd
J. Merril Wright
Mic Mac Group
Consolidated Mic Mac Oils Ltd
Mayfair Oil and Gas Ltd
Richfield Oil Corporation
Bailey Selburn Group
Medicine Hat-Redcliff
Alberta Gas Trunk Line Company Limited
Medicine Hat
Board revises gas reserves and proposes market options
The board disputes Bailey Selburn and Mic Mac reserve estimates for the Medicine Hat area, listing 1 535 billion cubic feet for Medicine Hat, 92 for Medicine Hat area, and 79 for Mic Mac. It cites 718.6 cubic feet of remaining authorized drawal and suggests either exporting a portion of gas or denying permits to shift production to local and extraprovincial markets, with market sharing as a requirement.
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Bailey Selburn Group
Mic Mac
Medicine Hat
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited
Many Islands Pipe Lines Limited
Redcliff
Etzikom
Bennett insists on firm price for Columbia power
British Columbia Premier and finance minister Bennett said federal guarantees will allow delivery of Columbia River power to Vancouver at 3.77 mills once secured, enabling construction of the $458 million project. He welcomed the Diefenbaker Eisenhower treaty but gave no hint of delays. The BC energy board will study production costs for Columbia and Wenner-Gren’s proposed Peace River project before construction proceeds.
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Victoria
Bennett
British Columbia
Columbia River
Vancouver
B.C
Diefenbaker
Eisenhower
Inquest Opens in Mossbank Death Case
An inquest is opened into the death of Mathew Stanley Demich 40 whose body was found in the office of Dr Jamieson in Mossbank Saskatchewan after he and witness Roy Pearson 45 visited the doctor Pearson reported obtaining equipment including a mouth suction tube during the day Demich had complained of a sore neck and was found dead in the treatment room while Dr Jamieson slept in an adjoining living area RCMP describe the case as under investigation with no official comment on the physician’s condition.
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Mossbank, Sask
Mathew Stanley Demich
RCMP
Demich
Roy Pearson
Fir Mountain
Sask
Pearson
Dr. Jamieson
Osborne
Jamieson
Six Die in Dominican Missile Test Near Pedro Santanza
Reports from Ciudad Trujillo say about six people were killed and eight injured, mostly soldiers, in a Dominican army guided missile experiment. The accident happened when a small projectile fell near the village of Pedro Santanza on the northern frontier with Haiti.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Reuters
Pedro Sant Anza
Halti
Nehru leaves tiger hunting choice to Queen and Philip
Prime Minister Nehru said in New Delhi that the decision to hunt tigers during the royal visit rests with the Queen and Prince Philip. He added he will not accompany them, speaking at a press conference to lighthearted laughter.
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New Delhi
Nehru
Prince Philip
India
Medicine Hat Redcliff Byelection Vote Set in Alberta
Residents head to polls Thursday for Medicine Hat Redcliff byelection to fill the Social Credit seat held since 193? Seekers include New Party Milt Reinhardt Liberal Dave Broadfoot and PC Jack Cocks with 14 819 eligible voters. Polls run 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. MST under a mix of local and provincial issues including gas supply.
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Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Alberta
Liberal
Social Credit
Progressive Conservative
Elizabeth Gladys Robinson
Milt Reinhardt
New Party
Harry Leme Weber
Dave Broadfoot
Jack Cocks
CCF
National
Hazen Argue
Saskatchewan
T. C. Douglas
E. C. Manning
Alberta Liberal Association
Ralph Walker
Earl Hastings
Northern Affairs
Walter Dinsdale
Conservation Board
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
Independent Social Credit
Coalition
Vaccant
Saskatchewan Premier Hints at Special Health Plan Session
Premier T. C. Douglas said the Saskatchewan government may call a special session in 1961 or an early 1962 session to implement the CCF prepaid medical plan. He noted a commission led by Dr. W. P. Thompson will finish its study before a target date in 1962.
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Saskatchewan
CCF
T. C. Douglas
Douglas
W. P. Thompson
Bank Failure Strikes Sheldon Iowa Bank
Sheldon Iowa reels from a $2.126 million embezzlement by banker’s daughter and director Bernice Geiger nine. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation closed the Sheldon National Bank after audits revealed shortages, leaving customers worried as assets were listed near $2 million.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal
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Harry Leinweber
Bud Olson
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Gordon Sissons
Jim Miller
Allan Gunter
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Manning
Calgary
Weiner
Medicine H
Connaught School
Columbia Power
The
B.C. Energy Board
Columbia
Axel Wenner-Gren
Peace River
Columbia Construction
Mossbank
Tiger Hunt
Iowa
Sheldon, Iowa
Sheldon National Bank
Burnice Geiger
U.S. District Attorney's Office
Sioux City
W. P. Iverson
Bank
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