18 Jul 1961
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1961
Page
1
The piece notes a 600000 allocation for an airport project. It mentions community enthusiasm from a branding party, lists organizers and local groups, and previews parade plans with entries and timing for a Thursday main parade and Friday Kiddies Parade. It references a feature story by Ned Roe on page 3.
The United States Britain and France rejected Soviet demands to alter West Berlin's status but left negotiations possible on Germany. They warned of dangers to basic rights and asserted no crisis existed absent Soviet actions. Khrushchev aims a separate East German peace by year end.
Funds for airport development in Medicine Hat are allocated by the federal Department of Transport. About $600,000 may be spent this year on land acquisition to buy a new site or extend the present one. A survey will judge land suitability and cost, with a report due by August. No new construction is planned this year, but improvements to current facilities may occur next year if needed.
Bonn sources report Soviet and East German forces ring Berlin with about 67 500 troops and 1 200 tanks in a 30 mile girdle. Anti aircraft rocket bases ring the city at 25 and 50 miles as militia and Allied forces bolster Berlin's defense.
Thousands of Tunisian volunteers head to join 5,000 others around the Bizerte naval base as President Bourguiba vows a land blockade to press France to evacuate the Mediterranean base they have held since 1894. He signals a serious phase and possible conflict.
Alan David McNair 31 was sentenced in Seattle to five years in federal prison for transporting stolen securities. Only 25 of 750 counterfeit U S hundred dollar bills were recovered. authorities believe he hid most of the money after converting bonds stolen from David McNair Co. in Vancouver into cash. He was arrested in New York May 4 after arriving from Europe.
Montreal talks aimed at averting a strike by 800 Trans-Canada Air Line flight attendants resumed today under federal mediator Remi Duquette. The strike is set to begin Friday, with TCA pledging to keep flights operating if the walkout occurs.
In Edmonton the Alberta highways department reports that only 34.4 percent of 10 201 tested passed all parts of their drivers examinations in June. The remaining 65.6 percent failed some portion and will be allowed to brush up and re take the exam later.
In London Duncan Sandys, Commonwealth Relations Secretary, returned from visits to New Zealand, Australia and Canada and said a Commonwealth conference on possible British entry to the European Common Market is a distinct possibility. He noted mixed reactions including grave concern from Canada hesitancy from New Zealand and outright opposition from Australia.
An Oklahoma City man, William Estes Benson, 41, confessed to police that he caused the March 18 1987 New London Texas school explosion that killed 282 children and 14 teachers. Detectives linked his signed statement to removal of gas lines and a delayed spark.
The United States second man in space mission is rescheduled to 7 a.m. EDT Wednesday due to high buttermilk clouds. Astronaut Virgil I Grissom, awakened with the news, calmly accepted the four hour delay as weather bureau experts advised the postponement.
Rescue teams broke through cave debris to a long corridor inside an uncharted southern Indiana cave. The 300 foot passage revealed fresh air and strong water currents but no sign of two missing student explorers, despite hours of digging and debris removal.
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