Stampede Exhibit Entries Build For Big Parade
Mrs Martha Rowan chair of the Stampede ladies exhibits says entries are strong from Lethbridge Brooks Swift Current Medicine Hat and districts. Exhibits include home cooking canned foods pickles baked goods and crafts. Handicap parade passes are available at the Rehabilitation Centre for access to the barrier at the old hospital site. Antique car section needs more entrants and floats. entries go to Bob Reidy at Reidy Motors.
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Martha Rowan
Bob Reidy
Reidy Motors
Grounds Quiet as Stampede Prep Builds Excitement
The Stampede grounds near Medicine Hat lie calm on Wednesday night one week before the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede opening. Workmen prep refreshment booths while echoes of midway fun, rides, and crowds fill the air. Art B. Thomas Shows will roll in, with the fair’s roller coaster, Round-Up, Rock-O-Plane, and Sky Fighter featured as the arena and grounds ready for the big event.
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Stampede Grounds
Medicine Hat
Stampede Arena
Art B. Thomas
Coney Island
Delegates Ponder Proposals At CCF Convention
Saskatoon CP. Delegates to the CCF Saskatchewan section New Democratic Party convention met privately to winnow 327 draft resolutions. Panel meetings ran Wednesday through today with drafts from constituency associations covering universal language, margarine sales, fallout research, unemployment and film censorship. Fifteen urged disarmament, fifteen on hospital privileges for doctors, nine on licensing, eight on railway abandonments, four praised the Medical Car Act.
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Saskatoon
CCF
Saskatchewan
New Democratic Party
Ye meni royalists blame Egypt for deadly gas attack
In Aden six children died and 22 injured after poison gas bombs reportedly dropped by Egyptian planes on June 8. In northern Iraq about 400 Kurdish guerrillas were said killed in a clash with government troops, per Baghdad radio. East Germany seeks permission for submarines up to 1000 tons as tensions rise. In Savannah Negro demonstrators clashed with police, rocks and sticks used, and shops damaged after a 2000-strong march.
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Lebanon
Reuters
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Baghdad Radio
London
East Germany
Market Heads Agree on Quarterly Talks With Britain
The European Common Market council agreed on a procedure for future contacts with Britain. West Germany proposed quarterly meetings with France and the other four member states to discuss political and economic issues. Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Luns opposed the plan saying it does not go far enough.
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Britain
West Germany
France
Common Market Council
Joseph Luns
Rotary Baseball Tournament Opens After Rain Delay
The Rotary Baseball Tournament, postponed by rain, will start at 5 p.m. with Prelate versus Bow Island. Medicine Hat Royals meet Fox Valley at 7 p.m. and Maple Creek face Brooks at 9 p.m. All games move to Saturday with 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. intervals.
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Rotary
Bow Island
Medicine Hat Royals
Fox Valley
Maple Creek
Brooks
Rotarjians
Clash over civil defence likely at council meeting
The article notes Mayor Harry Weiner may clash with council on civil defence spending while Archie Mitchell becomes Emergency Measures director for northern Alberta. The EMO budget totals about 11 000 dollars this year with 75 percent federal funding and 12 12 percent from each of province and city.
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Harry Weiner
Medicine Hat
Civic Defence
Archie Mitchell
Alberta
Mitchell
City
The
News Today
Mayors push tax exemption for building materials
Ottawa meeting with Finance Minister Gordon seeks full sales tax exemption for municipalities on building materials. Mayors like I W Akerley and John Lloyd press for early action on the municipal loan fund bill as bills lift property tax burden. Municipalities warn tax rise from four to eight percent will curb projects and raise costs.
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Gordon
I. W. Akerley
Dartmouth
N.S
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
John £. Lloyd
Halifax
J. A. Mongrain
Trois-Rivieres
Que
P. H. Boivin
Army II-Equipped Staff Chief Warns of Shortfalls in Canada
Ottawa CP reports Lt Gen Geoffrey Walsh, chief of the general staff, says Canada’s army lacks weapons and manpower for commitments at home and abroad. He cites the 6,500‑man West Germany brigade needing the bobcat armored personnel carrier and more NATO mobility gear. He notes back-up Canadian brigades would be under equipped and require manpower, risking defences at home.
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Ottawa
CP5
Geoffrey Walsh
General Staff
Commons Defence Committee
West Germany
NATO
Iron Curtain
Canada
Europe
West
City to cover school funding shortfall if needed
Mayor Harry Weiner says the city will provide the extra 79 000 for school districts if the Alberta government does not grant it, while pressing for provincial responsibility. He notes the city faces a 130 000 deficit this year but expects a 100 000 saving from a new deal with Calgary Power.
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Harry Weiner
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Weiner
City Hall
Calgary Power
Queen Booed by London Crowd During Greek State Visit
Police separated a 1500 strong protest outside Aldwych Theatre as Queen Elizabeth faced boos and shouts of fascist and seig heil during a gala for King Paul and Queen Frederika. She appeared shaken and returned to Buckingham Palace alone after the performance.
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London
Paul
Frederika I
Greece
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip
Royal Party
Aldwych Theatre
Frederika
Power Price Key In Columbia Deal
Ottawa plans next week to start talks with the United States to revive the Columbia River hydro and flood control project. Canada seeks a block of power sale to the U.S. at an agreed price as the pivotal point of a multi million dollar arrangement.
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Ottawa
United States
U.S
Victoria
Martin
Bennett
B.C
The
Commons
Fire sweeps riverboat near Buenos Aires trapping passengers
A riverboat carrying 421 or more people was swept by fire early today in the River Plate estuary. Passengers and crew leaped overboard as flames engulfed the 33 year old Ciudad de Asuncion 50 miles from Buenos Aires on an overnight run from Montevideo. Most were saved but officials fear at least a score are unaccounted for as rescue efforts remain hampered.
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River Plate
Ciudad de Asuncion
City of Asuncion
Montevideo
Uruguay
First in Canada Since 1954 Airborne Eclipse Study
Scientists in Canada will use an airborne laboratory with complex instruments to observe the total solar eclipse on July 20. The aircraft will travel 400 mph at 30,000 feet, providing about two minutes of observation as it crosses the continent. This is the first total eclipse visible in populated Canada since 1954. The team, including Dominion Observatory and National Research Council, coordinates a high altitude study across Yukon to Nova Scotia with limited ground access.
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Ottawa
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Quebec
Labrador
North America
Mexico
California
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
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National Research Council
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