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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1963
Page
1
Washington reports Defence Secretary McNamara said the United States does not want to dominate NATO but will maintain leadership in alliance decisions and military posture amid Cold War tensions.
Defense Secretary McNamara tells Congress the United States will bear a large share of Western defense burdens while urging broader Atlantic alliance support. He details a five year program to counter guerrilla and nuclear threats, cites 56 billion dollars for fiscal 1964, and hints U S troops could enter South Vietnam if North Vietnam attacks. He advocates urgent missile defense development and a 15 000 increase in army personnel to test new concepts.
Medicine Hat reports a brief warm spell ending sub zero weather after three weeks. Temperatures rose from 14 below to seven above by 11 am with 18 mph southwest winds gusting to 28. More mild weather is expected tonight and Thursday before a return to colder conditions.
Art Evans notes Conservative convention used showy entertainment to project strength and attract voters. He praises amateur performances from party members and jokes about potential future musical recruiting by other parties, speculating on a Broadway bound publicity arc.
Medicine Hat health officials warn parents to bring preschoolers to Sabin oral vaccine feedings this week. Clinics run January 30 at Crestwood School, January 31 at Crestwood and YWCA Hall, and February 1 at YWCA Hall with morning and evening sessions aimed at vaccinating children.
E. W. Ted Brunsden of Brooks returns to federal politics as he announces his bid for the Progressive Conservative nomination at an 8 p.m. February 8 convention in Assiniboia. Party officials expect unanimous support after a Nov. 25 vote of complete confidence reaffirmed at a Sunday meeting. Weather kept him from attending the gathering.
At 12 45 a m on No 1 Highway 1 near the Redcliff turnoff a crash sent Donald Koehler and Earl Parks to hospital with minor injuries. Parks was released after observation while Koehler remained under care with facial abrasions. Tony Moser, driver of the other car, was uninjured. Koehler said the Moser car appeared from nowhere and details are unclear.
A sleek prop jet crash landed at Kansas City Municipal Airport and struck a dike at the runway end, killing all eight aboard. The victims include crew and passengers unnamed in the report. The crash occurred Tuesday night and prompted an investigation by local aviation authorities.
London reports shock and anxiety as Britain's bid to join the Common Market fails. Prime Minister Macmillan faces attacks from Labour amid unemployment and a stagnant economy. Five allied partners cancel a finance ministers meeting, isolating de Gaulle while Britain weighs a new Western trade bloc.
French Interior Minister Alain Peyreitte dismissed talk of a Paris Moscow axis or a Paris Madrid axis. He told reporters after a cabinet meeting that forming a Paris Moscow Madrid axis would be difficult and contradicted by de Gaulle’s intentions.
London reports Britain can pursue tougher domestic effort, closer links with the United States, Commonwealth, EFTA and Latin America. Trade experts say a push for larger overseas markets and industrial efficiency may follow, with Chancellor Maudling reportedly weighing tax breaks to boost export industries.
In Ottawa the Commons saw a political version of musical chairs as four parties tested voting blocs on the National Economic Development Board bill. By adjournment the 22 clause measure was at clause four with spending estimates due today and through the week. Liberals, NDP, Social Credit and Conservatives engaged in multiple amendments and alignments amid cabinet defence policy criticisms and a perceived split sparked by PM Diefenbaker’s nuclear arms stance.
Ottawa Liberal party weighs timing of dissolution drive or focus on supply motions. With spending powers due to expire Jan 31, a general election push could come when the government seeks temporary funding. Veterans Minister Churchill hopes for good sense in the debate.
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