Rains Bring Better Crop Outlook Around Medicine Hat
Three weeks of rain in the crop districts near Medicine Hat raised moisture and promises better yields for later crops. District agriculturist Jack Anderson notes early crops remain fragile but later crops and irrigated fields may yield 30 to 35 bushels, with some hail damage but potential recovery. June rainfall reached 5.12 inches, the highest in 11 years, boosting hopes for improved crops and local business compared with the past three years.
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Medicine Hat
Jack Anderson
Ander
Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Schuler
Hans Wiedeman
Medicine Hat district names new superintendent Lucien Quellete
After a Saturday meeting the Medicine Hat Separate School District appointed Lucien Quellete of Stony Plain as superintendent to begin August 15. Incoming leader J J Nearing resigns to take an Edmonton University of Alberta sessional instructorship and pursue a doctorate in education. Nearing expects to teach a secondary education class while taking several courses. Quellete brings twenty years of teaching and administrative experience in Alberta, including posts at St Therese Academy Jefferson Heisler and Legal before moving to Stony Plain.
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Board of
Medicine Hat
Lucien Ouellette
Stony Plain
J. J. Nearing
Edmonton
University of Alberta
Nearing
Faculty of Education
Quellete
St. Therese’s Academy
Jefferson
Heisler
Legal
Mitchell Gets New Post as Northern Alberta Emergency Director
Archie Mitchell, Medicine Hat civil defence director for 13 months, will move to Edmonton Aug 1 to become officer in charge of the northern Alberta Emergency Measures Organization zone. His career spans Social Credit MP tenure, army service, German control commission work, and business roles. He will join sons Gary and Bob in Edmonton.
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Archie Mitchell
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Mitchell
Alberta
Red Deer
Peace River
Cit
Social Credit
House of Commons
Control Commission For
Germany
Canada
Gower Products Ltd
Bob
Gary
Maple Creek Traffic Death Claims Anna Wrightly
A Canadian highway accident on the Trans-Canada near Maple Creek leaves Anna Wrightly 35 of Woodrow Sask dead. RCMP report the road was dry and the car had no mechanical faults. The single-vehicle crash occurred about nine miles west of the Maple Creek turnoff with no witnesses.
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Maple Creek
Anna Wrightly
Woodrow, Sask
RCMP
Miss Wrightly
Maple Creek votes yes on liquor option approval
Maple Creek residents approved mixed drinking with beer and wine in beverage rooms and wine and spirits by the glass in dining rooms. Beverage rooms 596 266 against dining rooms 515 339 against about 2400 eligible voters spoiled ballots noted by Mayor Art Myer. Women may enter beverage rooms now. Licenses issued first come first served with ten of each allowed by population.
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Maple Creek
Art Myer
United States bans all financial dealings with Cuba
AP reports the U S government outlaws any financial transactions with Cuba in a move to isolate Fidel Castro's regime. CP notes Ottawa wheat flour production in May reached 3 357 000 hundredweight up 10 percent from April. AP adds Jim O'Toole of the Cincinnati Reds named National League starting pitcher for the All Star game with manager Alvin Dark announcing the selection.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Cleveland
Jim O'Toole
Cincinnati Reds
Alvin Dark
Minsters Linked to UK Scandal per Sunday Paper
The People reports three more government ministers tied to the sex and security scandal surrounding Christine Keeler and John Profumo. Lord Denning, reviewing the Argyll divorce case and Keeler tapes, has been told of compromising photographs and a ministerial meeting with a girl.
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The
People
Lord Denning
Macmillan
Denning
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Argyll
Duchess of Argyll
Christine
Aloysius Lucky Gordon
Golfer Killed By Lightning In Calgary Storm
A thunderstorm in southern Alberta struck Calgary Sunday night killing 25 year old George Christou on a Rocky Mountain golf course. Three companions were stunned and power failed across the city as a driving incident near the southeast outskirts resulted in a vehicle entering a lake.
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Calgary
Alberta
George Christou
Banff School of Fine Arts
Rocky Mountain
Decision on Tax Expected Tonight
Parliament and the country await Finance Minister Gordon's late evening decision on a second major retreat from his June 13 budget. The focal issue remains the 11 percent federal sales tax on building materials and production machinery. Gordon is expected to speak after the stock market closes and budgets are typically presented.
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Ottawa
Gordon
Commons
Jets Cause of Bang Explained by Air Force Sightings
The NEWS reports a meteorological department at the airport confirmed a T-33 and two F-101 jets from the United States Air Force were overhead at 8 50 a m when a loud blast occurred, potentially explaining the city wide bang.
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United States Air Force
CPR Rail Crew Escapes Death In Tunnel Gas Incident
In Golden British Columbia a CPR tunnel incident exposed 24 of 170 track crew to carbon monoxide from diesel and gasoline machinery. 4 men remained hospitalized Sunday night in good condition. doctors J E Taylor and Gordon Lapp led treatment as a disaster plan mobilized.
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Canadian Pacific
CPR
Mount Ogden
Here
Golden Hospital
J. E. Taylor
Gordon Lapp
Golden
Starting French Earlier Aimed at Quebec Language Rights
Ottawa reports French Canadian groups across nine provinces applaud Anglo efforts to learn French as schools begin teaching it earlier. Leaders say bilingualism helps French Canadians seek French instruction for children, with NB and other provinces showing increased French emphasis.
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Tim Creery
Southam News Services
Ottawa
Canada
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Clement Cormier
St. Joseph’s University
Moncton
Vancouver
New Brunswick
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