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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1962
Page
1
Early week winds up to 55 miles per hour whip across Medicine Hat and Clearwater district as farmers warn of shifting sands. Officials report winds of 40 to 55 mph with gusts while ground remains frozen. farmers advised to use one way discs to form ridges and curb topsoil loss on 45 acre fields near the Hilda Schuler highway.
State Secretary Dean Rusk urged 19 American states at Punta del Este to deem Castroism incompatible with the inter American system, exclude Cuba from the OAS, halt limited Cuba trade, and defend against political and indirect aggression to safeguard democracy and the Alliance for Progress. He warned Cuba serves as a Moscow bridgehead expanding the global battle into Latin America. The plan faces Brazil and others seeking softer retaliation and may clash with calls for broader unity.
A Bulgaria MiG-17 jet crash near Gioia del Colle Italy yielded aerial maps of southern NATO missile bases. Italian Air Force cites the pilot Lieut Milose Solakov 22 was likely on a spying mission. investigation remains secret as he recovers at a focal hospital.
At the United Nations General Assembly India charges that NATO support helps Portugal maintain colonial control in Angola and other African territories. C. S. Jha cites evidence of Portuguese troop slaughter and calls for ending colonialism. Stevenson to urge moderation and a proposed resolution to end repressive measures in Angola gains broad support.
Caracas education ministry ordered all schools closed to keep children home amid three days of clashes that left at least 23 dead. Rioting involved bombs firing from rooftops and gangs of teenage extremists burning vehicles while police and civilians were killed or wounded. Pro-Castro leftists linked to protests against a Western Hemisphere foreign ministers conference in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Reuters reports Algerian tensions flare as Europeans, angered by wreath removals at a war memorial, stage protests in Oran and Algiers. In Algiers, two Muslims killed by gunmen underscored rising sectarian violence, with security reduced after heavy deployments.
Ottawa MPs clash over double standards in nuclear policy as Harold Winch accuses the government of deliberate dishonesty between UN statements and domestic policy. Finance Minister Fleming reveals 82.39 million dollars in supplementary spending, including 42 million for Western farm acreage payments and 40 thousand for winter works. Canada warns Britain on trade in Europe as ECM talks loom.
About 130 medical scientists from four western medical schools attend the 16th annual meeting of Western region groups of the Medical Research Council of Canada and the National Cancer Institute of Canada at the Suffield Experimental Station. Guest speakers include Dr. J A McCarter, Dalhousie University. Dr. A S V Burgen, McGill University. Dr. H K Beecher, Harvard University. Dr. J A Tides, University of Manitoba. and Dr. Hildes describing a Kalahari expedition. The program features 90 shorter lectures on pharmacology physiology and biochemistry.
A 125 pound defendant in a Des Moines divorce suit described his wife as a 250 pound battleship but said he did not desert her. He claimed he left to preserve his health after she gave him two severe beatings and noted the plaintiff is a violent, top rated prizefighter. The written answer was filed in district court by William Wheaton, an unemployed machinist.
Red Adair, flown from Algiers by Sun Oil Company, entered the burning Blueberry 29 well site in an asbestos suit and shut the wellhead valve. The fire, which had raged for a week in northern bushland near Fort St. John, British Columbia, was extinguished as the flow of oil and gas ceased.
In Calgary's Parkdale district a 33 year old garage attendant Edward Bernard Bud Anderson was found beaten to death in the Imperial Esso station office. Police believe a sharp instrument was used and a cash register was stolen with less than 50 dollars possibly inside. Detectives cordoned the area as neighbors recalled Anderson working there and preparations for a wedding anniversary.
Strong gusts reached 110 miles an hour in Pincher Creek district southern Alberta with a steady 78 mph wind at Pincher Creek. No serious damage reported though power lines were strained and many television aerials blown down.
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