Medicine Hat pool wins design award for Z shaped layout
Medicine Hat backed a pool design in the Hill Recreation Centre project and its Montreal twin won a top international design award. Aldermen J C Miller and Gordon Sissons helped shape the Z shaped plan after discussing models with Canadian Gunite Co in Montreal. The pool cost about 48 500, well under the anticipated 60 000.
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Westmount
Montréal
Canada
England
France
South Africa
Italy
Australia
Two O 'Hat
J. C. Miller
Gordon Sissons
Halifax
Chamber of Commerce
Montreal
Gunite Co
National Swimming Pool Institute
Swimming Pool Age Magazine
Robert Hoffman
Tax Charge Triggers Parliament Row Over Auditor General
In Ottawa MPs clash over whether the government blocks the auditor general from income tax files. Opposition claims staff cuts hinder access while Finance Minister Nowlan says the report is misinterpreted. Debate on defense and policy follows, with references to 1961-62 accounts and access rights under law.
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Maxwell Henderson
Nowlan
Public
New Democratic Party
Stanley Knowles
Winnipeg North Centre
Diefenbaker
Auditor-General
Public Accounts Committee
Pearson
Knowles
Newton
William Bendickson
Kenora
Rainy River
Sugar Prices Rise Again Across Canada
Sugar prices climb with eight increases in eight weeks as beet and cane sugar yields fall in Europe and Cuba. Retail rates hit 1.45 for a 10 pound bag and 13.29 for a 100 pound bag, with future increases expected across sizes and other sugar reliant foods. Local outlets report further hikes imminent after a Jan. 16 rise.
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Europe
Cuba
Notorious Colombia bandit Teofilo Rojas killed by army
Reports from Bogota say a military patrol shot and killed Teofilo Rojas, blamed for 592 killings by police, though other sources estimate up to 3,500 deaths. The issue reflects ongoing violence linked to the country’s insurgent groups and security drive.
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Bogota
Colombia
Teofilo Rojas
Woman dies in head on collision near Maple Creek
One woman was killed and a man seriously injured in a 5 am head on crash between a passenger car and a transport truck on the Trans Canada Highway 18 miles west of the Maple Creek junction. Police withholding names until next of kin are notified. Maple Creek RCMP detachment investigating.
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Maple Creek Junction
Maple Creek
RCMP
Polar cold wave shatters readings across central states
A massive cold wave grips the Midwest and South, forcing school closures in Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Subzero temperatures extend from the northern Rockies to Michigan while numbers drop to 19.8 below zero in Louisville and 18 below in Chicago. bodies are found from exposure in Michigan and Illinois. Ice blocks Mississippi River navigation near Cairo as refugees seek shelter.
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Iowa
Ohio
Tennessee
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Texas Panhandle
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Brimfield
Mississippi River
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Mercury
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Madison
Wis
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Des Moins
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Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Memphis
Louisville
Britain faces coal and power crisis amid deep cold
Prime Minister Macmillan and his cabinet review the power and fuel shortage as Britain endures a 35th day of freezing weather. Unemployment rose sharply to 814,632 in December and January, with most increases from construction stoppages.
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Reuters
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Britain
Richard Wood
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Danube
British Railways
Midlands
Wales
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Queen Elizabeth
Sandringham
Britain’s winter ice age reshapes daily life
In Britain this winter a fridge keeps milk from freezing and many life details shift. People layer clothing, purchase nylon wigs as fashion, clip dogs less, and horse racing bets falter as pools vanish and theatres face closures amid a cold spell.
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London
Britain
Tory Gain Expected in British Columbia Leadership Shuffle
The British Columbia Progressive Conservative party meets to choose a new leader and map a policy for recovery from industrial stagnation. Davie Fulton, 46, of Kamloops, is expected to win unanimously and will leave federal cabinet to lead provincially. Fulton’s rise follows a decade without firm provincial leadership and aims to topple Premier W A C Bennett’s Social Credit government.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Progressive Conservative Party
Davie Fulton
Kamloops
Simon Fraser Tolmie
Deane Finlayson
Fulton
B.C
Harradence Endorses Canada Nuclear Weapons Policy
A. M. Harradence, leader of Alberta's Progressive Conservative party, argues Canada should acquire nuclear weapons to ensure world peace. The 40-year-old criminal lawyer said weapon ownership entails grave responsibility and backed the cabinet decision on policy left by delegates to the national convention.
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Calgary
A. M. Harradence
Progressive Conservative
Alberta
Canada
Harrandence
Progressive Conservative Association
Coldest Man Seeks Chinook On Westbound Train
Lawrence Samuel once of Bahia Blanca Argenta now in Whitby Ont and a 20th Century adventurer travels from Medicine Hat westbound. He awaits a promised Chinook wind from Frank Baldwin of Assiniboia to warm a city paralyzed by 28 below. He toured in the Hat for business with an electronic instruments firm while meeting the school board.
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Frank Baldwin
Assiniboia
Sam Mcgee
Lawrence Samuel
Whitby
Ont
Bahia Blanca
Argenta
Buenos Aires
Electronic Instruments
Outlook Brighter In Medicine Hat After Sub-Zero Cold
After a deep cold snap in Medicine Hat temperatures are expected to climb above freezing by Friday. Greyhound buses and Trans-Canada Airlines flights were on schedule though the Canadian arrived late. Road conditions remain icy with several highways showing snow or slick sections and some ploughed routes. Main school vanroads have reopened.
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Medicine
Alberta Motor Association
No. 1 East
No. 1
Elkwater
Suffield- Jenner
Seven Persons-Orion
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