Neckties to build a college library fundraising drive
Crescent Heights High School students raised about 600 for Medicine Hat Junior College Library Fund by auctioning celebrity donated neckties. Donors include premiers and politicians from Canada and abroad, plus celebrities like Peter Sellers and Gene Autry. Ties come with donor letters. sale at Branding Party after dinner. sale display at Hawthorne's.
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Crescent Heights High School
Medicine Hat
Crescent Heights
Neville
Matthews
Stampede
Doug Davison
Hawthorne
Joey Smallwood
Newfoundland
Duff Roblin
Manitoba
John Robarts
Ontario
E.C. Manning
Alberta
Ross Thatcher
Saskatchewan
Pearson
Diefenbaker
NDP
Tommy Douglas
Social Credit
Robert Thompson
Thompson
Social Credit Party
Harry Hays
Walter Gordon
Jack Pickersgill
Gen. Vanier
Vincent
Ben Casey” Edwards
Paul Anka
Peter Sellers
Don Messer
Gene Autry
Boris Karloff
al Cherny
Alta looks greener, Alberta crop report says
Alberta agriculture reports general rain through June with some areas four inches above normal and very green conditions. Barley is headed in many areas while early wheat shows in the shot blade, peas and potatoes thrive, but some vegetables lag on excess moisture and lack of sun. Pastures provide excellent grazing and insect damage is minimal though leaf spot blight and grain disease rise slightly. summer fallows are weedy. Wet weather delayed spraying in most districts.
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Edmonton
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Ottawa summit to address crime link in Dorion findings
The Ottawa talks focus on federal provincial cooperation to fight organized crime after the Dorion report. Prime Minister Pearson plans firm action against crime in politics and pardons the need to prevent influence over officials. MP Guy Rouleau resigns and won’t seek re election in Dollard after pressure linked to Rivard case.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Dorion
Lucien Rivard
Liberal Party
Rivard
Guy Rouleau
Montreal
Mixed reactions greet Favreau cabinet appointment in Ottawa
In Ottawa and across Canada opposition leaders react to Prime Minister Pearson naming Guy Favreau president of the Privy Council. Diefenbaker calls it part of a “sordid mess” while Douglas urges broader ministerial changes and Caouette says the move may boost confidence only slightly.
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Kitchener
Ont
Diefenbaker
Pearson
Guy Favreau
Privy Council
Rivard
Britain
Ottawa
NDP
Douglas
Creditiste
Real Caouette
Liberal Party
Rouyn
Que
Caouette
Rouleau
Guy Rouleau
Brothers fined for theft calf case in district court
James Link and Wesley Link of Rainer changed pleas from not guilty to guilty on calf theft charges in Rainer district court. They were fined 250 dollars each or three months in jail. Moscovich Moscovich Spanos and Matiz of Lethbridge represented them.
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James Link
Wesley Link
Rainer
Moscovich, Moscovich,Spanos and Matiz
Lethbridge
Triple defeats rock Wilson government in Commons
London Reuters reports Prime Minister Wilson faced a triple defeat in the House of Commons after a night of falling votes. The government, with a four-seat majority, agreed to Conservative amendments to the finance bill as MPs outvoted Labour three times. A formal apology from George Brown preceded a parliamentary inquiry into Dennis C Laghan for a controversial remark linking Conservatives to fascist crimes.
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London
Reuters
Wilson
House of Commons
Labor Party
James Callaghan
Labor House
Herbert Bowden
Edward Short
George Brown
Callaghan
Brown
Neville Chamberlain
Eorty
Alec Douglas-Home
Buckingham Palace
Centennial plan stirs mixed committee reaction
Ald. Gordon Sissons advances a revised centennial project split into two stages. stage one a gymnasium pool and offices priced at 400000, stage two estimated 270000 to 500000. Some members oppose park site Riverside Park and opponents cite YMCA and Legion objections while polls stress conditional funding. Mayors plans include an indoor pool Crescent Heights Jeffries Park. Strathcona Island lake. Arena Gardens renovations. Crestwood outdoor pool. City Engineer Allan Gunter provided estimates.
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Ald
Gordon Sissons
Centennial Committee
Fred McGuinness
Riverside Park
Royal Canadian Legion
Hawthorne
Sissons
Sennior Citizens
Sellhorn
McGuinness
Harry Weiner
Crescent Heights
Jeffries Park
Webster Niblock
St. Francis Xavier
Strathcona Island
Arena Gardens
Crestwood
Pete Simpson
Allan Gunter
Handicapped and Senior Citizens to View Exhibition Parade
Special viewing area near the new police station and senior citizens club reserved for handicapped and senior citizens for the Exhibition Parade on July 15. Passes from the Rehabilitation Centre grant parking in designated spots and access to special benches erected for the event.
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Senior Citizens Club
Scottish Lord Provost visit brightens Medicine Hat Stampede
The Lord Provost of Dundee Maurice McManus arrives in Medicine Hat with a Dundee links visit. He meets Mayor Harry Veiner, attends a pipe band concert and a Scottish Western show at the Exhibition Grounds. Aiming for a soccer kicking rematch, he is hosted by the Stampede Company with events to honor his visit Thursday through Saturday.
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Dundee
Maurice McManus
Medicine Hat
Harry Weiner
Exhibition and Stampede Company
Veiner
Calgary
Stampede Company
CPR
Kin Coulee
Exhibition Company
Exhibition Grounds
Stampede
Seven cabinet shifts in Ottawa widen Pearson team
Ottawa CP reports Prime Minister Pearson reshuffles seven portfolios. Lucien Cardin becomes works minister replacing Guy Favreau who resigns after the Dorion report. J Watson MacNaught becomes mines minister, with Pennell and Pepin named to key posts. Bendickson retires to the Senate. Pepin, Pennell discuss roles, with Pennell signaling reform of capital punishment policy.
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Ottawa
Lucien Cardin
Guy Favreau
Mr. Favreau
Privy Council
Pearson
Larry Pennell
Finance
Gordon
Jean-Luc Pepin
Rade
Sharp
Transport
Pickersgill
Mcllraith
Cardin
Government House
Commons
Mines
Bendickson
Senate
J. Watson MacNaught
Pennell
Pepin
Drummond-Arthabaska
Guy Rouleau
Body identified in Saskatchewan River death case
A body found on the South Saskatchewan River by Leader RCMP is tentatively identified as Tom Giles, 42, who reportedly jumped from Finlay Bridge on June 25. An autopsy in Maple Creek supports the identification per the pathologist.
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South Saskatchewan River
RCMP
Tom Giles
N.W
Salary pact signed after board labor dispute
The Separate School Board and the Economic Policy Committee signed a two year salary agreement ending tensions from a threatened teachers strike. The 1965-66 range is 3100 to 9500 with a total payroll increase of 10,999 and 1966-67 range 3100 to 10000 with a total payroll increase of 18,626.
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Economic Policy Committee
Negotiations Commission
Department of Labor
R. H. Clement
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Harold MacMillan
Barry Goldwater
Lyle Wray
CHHS
Alta
Favreau
Justice Dept
Wilson Gov't
Ern
Shandelles Charir
Transport Department
CNR
Beecome
Brant- Haldimand
Lord Provost of
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