06 Jul 1963
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1963
Page
1
Readers of The News weigh in on allowing sale of wine and spirits by the glass in Medicine Hat. Marilynn A Hehr and Pat Flinn present the community poll question and invite opinions from residents.
MOSCOW AP dispatch reports Communist China blasting Premier Khrushchev as seven Chinese delegates arrive for the first real working session with Soviet experts in Moscow. Both sides stress unity while Chinese papers denounce Khrushchev and compare him to Kennedy.
Trade Minister Sharp told the House Canada will bargain for access to foreign markets and pay equivalent value for concessions. The session approved 3,737,100 dollars in spending and passed a bill creating a new department of industry as Parliament adds hours and discusses a Northwest Territories split. Finance Minister Gordon to speak on the June budget and the 11 percent sales tax on building materials and machinery. NDP’s Reid Scott warned factories may not survive international competition.
A sensational disclosure links Miss Christine Keeler to War Minister John Profumo and Soviet Attache Eugene Ivanov, prompting calls for a security overhaul. Prime Minister Macmillan faces questions over timing and access as Denning investigates security lapses and MI 5 leadership. Harold Philby’s 1951 tip to Burgess and Maclean adds to the crisis.
In central Alberta, reports say hail stones exceeding one pound fell Thursday night, denting car roofs and shattering windows. A motorist described a five inch stone piercing his convertible roof. The Hail Studies Group notes stones up to five inches and discusses ground velocity and weights, as federal and university researchers monitor storms with radar. The storm also forced a private single engine plane to land on a nearby highway.
Police confirm the bodies of three missing Quebec City boys Michel Morel nine Alain Carrier eleven and Pierre Marquis thirteen found after a two month search. Two bodies were buried together near an abandoned house outside Pont Rouge and a third was buried in a forest near the earlier discovered Luckenuck boy.
Billy Collins of Edmonton won with Tulip Tivio scoring 146 points in a moisture slick arena at Manyberries Experimental Farm. A tie for second at 142 joined Royal Burrows on Slippery Jack and John Cumming on Hawkeye. Three riders totaled 140: Collins’ rival Burrows, Ernie Halmrast, and John Cumming, with Stewart Robertson posting 136.
Washington reports a definite move toward cutting nuclear weapons production with timing and scope still undecided. In Chicago the NAACP calls for a task force labeled Commandos to push civil rights, and Calgary expects 12 000 fans as Bob Hope leads the Stampede parade opening.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev proposed a nuclear test ban in space air and underwater in exchange for a non aggression pact between the Soviet bloc and NATO while Moscow hosts talks with China. Kennedy returns from Europe as de Gaulle meets Adenauer amid stalled plans for a transatlantic partnership. Dr Stephen Ward figures in a Profumo case storyline.
Seven aldermen unanimously approved a three readings bylaws limiting tanker sizes for downtown deliveries in Medicine Hat after Tuesday’s City Council meeting. The week ended with heavy rains raising the South Saskatchewan River to 19.55 feet, and hail damage reaching 100 percent near Bow Island.
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