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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1961
Page
1
The Medicine Hat Kiwanis Club opened the sixteenth annual Best Kept Block Shield contest with Burns Crescent in West Crescent Heights named Block of the Week. Seven more blocks will be chosen weekly through Aug 26 and final selections made from the eight by Sept 1.
The Quebec delegation moved to refer a proposed $100 nationwide dividend to the party council to avoid breaking unity. Delegates debated the plan as others warned it could trigger economic chaos or threaten banking stability. The East West split was resolved when a second vote united the factions, ending the four day convention.
Ottawa CP report says the Senate faced two pivotal items: a government bill to remove Bank of Canada Governor James Coyne and a government stance against accepting a Senate amendment to limit tariff powers. Debate and potential committee referrals loom as Liberal controls could shape outcomes.
Britain begins cutting its 5,000 man Kuwait defense force as officials sense danger from Iraq has lessened. A token force remains with two companies of the Coldstream Guards totaling 250 men flown to Bahrain in the Persian Gulf last Friday.
In Stanley Park Vancouver penguin quarrel erupts as Penelope the king penguin lays an egg on a stair landing. Harriet attacks, Penelope jumps with the egg, curator Alan Best adds rubber strips to prevent rolling and plans gravel and sandbags to protect the 55 day hatch.
James R. Hoffa, 48, is reelected overwhelmingly to a second five year term as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He vows to expand membership to at least two million and urges authorities to back off investigations and allow the union to operate freely. He points to critics including Robert Kennedy and Arthur Goldberg and says they should leave the Teamsters alone.
Small but savage tornadoes ripped through northern Toronto suburbs Vaughan Maple Meadows Normaple and nearby Ontario and across the border into New York causing collapsed roofs damaged homes power outages and downed trees. Two people were shaken but not seriously hurt as two CBC stations and 2000 Ottawa homes lost power and a tourist near Latchford was injured in the storm.
Two Montreal men Rexford Adams and Jack Merle were held in New Orleans after a $4000 spree using a loaned credit card. They face fugitive from Canada and immigration charges and are suspected in a $350,000 Canadian fraud connected to a $25,000 debt plan.
Prairie farmers and grain experts debated drought impact with Ontario style calm. Manitoba Wheat Pool president W J Parker warned thousands may harvest nothing and need liberal credits or grants. Agriculture Minister George Hutton cited 75 million dollar losses and urged farm by farm reports to guide federal provincial relief.
Officials said heavy rain halted haying in the Ottawa Valley for two weeks with another two inches likely to push delays further. The region recorded 16 days of rain in June as Western Canada faced drought.
The drought wrings the Great Plains as 32 more counties across North Dakota Minnesota Montana South Dakota Wisconsin and Wyoming join disaster rolls. Weather officials warn July will likely keep heat high and rainfall low, with 139 counties now eligible for emergency federal aid including soil bank grazing loans and feed grain price provisions.
The Tractors-for-Freedom committee decided to return unopened all mail from contributors to the failed project. About 70,000 letters accumulated at the Detroit post office as the group disbanded and customs faced with reclaiming contributions from donors.
United States ambassador Frederick Nolting escaped unharmed when a home-made grenade thrown at his car failed to explode. His bodyguard fired at two assailants on a motor bicycle. one rider fled on the bike, the other escaped on foot through heavy Saigon traffic.
A gas explosion and ensuing fire at a Czech coal mine Friday killed 108 miners. Rescue teams faced a rapidly spreading fire after the blast at 3 17 PM about 400 yards underground. Ceteka, the Czech news agency, reported the disaster with no lives saved.
Premier Khrushchev said the Soviet Union will raise 1961 defence spending by 3.144 billion rubles to 12.399 billion rubles as plans to cut armed forces were suspended. He urged the United States Britain and France to pursue a peace treaty with Germany and vowed to defend Soviet security with a strong response to any aggressor. Berlin remains a central issue, with Moscow insisting West Berlin lies within East Germany and must align with Soviet sovereignty.
Ronny Baron, 12, and cousin Rodney Anderson explore along Seven Persons Creek and uncover a stash described as treasure. The bank later doubts value, but the boys stay upbeat about their discovery and rope assisted swing.
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