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19 Jul 1961
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Medicine Hat News in Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1961
Page
1
Medicine Hat Stampede Notebook Promises Big Rodeo
Warren Cooper known as Coop arrives from Calgary to prep the Medicine Hat Stampede opening Thursday at 2 pm. Herman Linder expected today as arena director. this marks Coop’s 14th and Linder’s 15th consecutive Stampede. Ambulance service provided by British American Oil Co and staffed by St John’s Brigade. Kinsmen sell souvenir ashtrays. Kiwanians offer cushions for grandstand comfort. Pony League players usher shows. Attendance and midway familiar, last night’s show canceled last minute but rescheduled for tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coop
Warren Cooper
Calgary
Rodeo
Nanton
Herman Linder
Medicine Hat
Herman
British American Oil Co
Medicine Hat St. John’s Ambulance Brigade
Alex Stewart
Harry Yuill
Dirk Scholten
Galvin Desharnais
Jack Dempster
Pony League
Britons Told to Brace For Tough Economic Times
London reports that Selwyn Lloyd will unveil wide ranging austerity measures next Tuesday to bolster exports and curb home consumption. He pledged long term discipline, harsher cost controls, and a 10 percent surcharge on most import duties as part of the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
Lloyd
Britain
Stowaway Found on Montreal-Bound BOAC Flight
Prestwick Scotland AP reports a 14 year old stowaway was found aboard a British airliner en route to Montreal. A BOAC spokesman said Harry McIlwraith of Glasgow slipped into the aircraft as about 75 passengers were embarking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prestwick, Scotland
mid-Atlantic
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Prestwick
Harry Mclwraith
Glasgow
Peing
Common Market nations move toward formal political unity
Six European Community members France West Germany Italy Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg agreed to meet regularly to give their unity a statutory character. A working group will draft a European Statute to provide legal basis for closer political cooperation, potentially awaiting parliamentary ratification. The move leaves room for others and contrasts with Britain’s hesitancy amid trade pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ap-Reuters
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Britain
Stampede Program Wednesday Parade and Show Schedule
Stampede events begin with display setup at 6 pm and midway opening at 8 pm. A downtown two mile parade occurs at 9:30 am, followed by grounds exhibits and a Riverside Park band concert at noon. 4-H beef judging at 1 pm, with Hon David J Walker opening the show at 2 pm, rodeo events to follow, plus 10 pm fireworks and 11 pm display closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Park
David J. Walker
Hatters Ready for Stampede Parade and Week
Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede opens Thursday at 9 30 am with a 175 entry parade forecast. Parade marshal Rod Ashburner stresses quality while Kiddies Parade Friday features 125 entries and eight floats. Grandstand show by Liebrand Productions slated for tonight at 8 pm after a windy week with cancellations and a two hour program headlined by Hon. David J Walker and his wife See Hatters page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rod Ashburner
Stampede
Liebrand Folks
David J. Walker
Public Works
Walker
Kennedy warns Kremlin on Berlin threat and arms move
President Kennedy told reporters the United States is ready to fight if needed to prevent a Soviet takeover of West Berlin. He will decide on bolstering forces and present the program to Congress, with allies briefed and a national address planned next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Russia
Berlin
United States
Congress
U.S
West Berlin
Germany
Khrushchev
East Germany
East Berlin
Passport Expiry Halts Yugoslav Family's Australia Trip
The Zuzul family from Yugoslavia, in Vancouver with a steamship ticket and $30, planned to sail to Australia aboard the Canberra. An expired passport found at the gangway prevented boarding, despite a cousin funding the passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Radomire Zuzul
Brooks
Canada
Australia
Pand O’orient
Canberra
Zuzul
British Withdraw Soldiers from Kuwait
British troops began pulling out of Kuwait under a plan to reduce the force in the Persian Gulf. Paratroopers and commandos flew out from Kuwait's airfield while the carrier Bulwark remained in Kuwait Bay. Sir William Luce said the Kuwait crisis had abated and that the danger of an Iraqi attack was unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuwait
Reuters
Persian Gulf
Bulwark
Kuwait Bay
William Luce
Iraq
Diefenbaker Tours North Ahead of Elections
Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Mrs. Diefenbaker arrive in Yellowknife from Ottawa with crowds greeting them at both Yellowknife and Uranium City. He plans a Northwest Territories visit, a public reception, and a Snare River fishing trip. In Prince Albert he outlined a drought relief scheme offering five dollars per ton for feed as a cost-shared federal provincial program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowknife
Diefenbaker
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Ottawa
Prince Albert
Uranium City
Sask
Urannium City
Uranian
Sir John A. Macdonald
Canada
French Planes Drop Soldiers Over Bizerte
In Tunisian reports, French planes dropped paratroopers on Bizerte and machine gunned Tunisian anti-aircraft defences as tension rose over the Bizerte air naval base. Tunisian forces fired back while authorities ordered open fire on foreign planes over the country. Bourguiba pressed to reclaim the base and oil region near Marker 233.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis
Bizerte
France
Tunisia
Habib Bourguiba
Sahara
Edjele
Tunisian
Bourguiba
Burglars Learn Hard Way In Montreal Pay Phone Heist
Two would be burglars tried to rob a pay phone in a Viger Square lavatory. After smashing a floor window they fell 15 feet inside and pulled the phone from the wall. Trapped, a passerby helped by contacting police who pulled them out with a ladder and placed them in a patrol car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Viger Square
Strikers Dismissed at Royal York Hotel in Toronto
About 600 workers were fired by the Royal York Hotel after missing the July 16 return-to-work deadline. Manager Angus MacKinnon said records are closed, and discharged strikers may reapply as new employees. The strike began April 24 over a wage dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Royal York
Angus MacKinnon
MacKinnon
Commonwealth
U S Space Shot Delayed Again By Weather
The second U S man in space mission was scrubbed for a second time due to high cloud cover hindering visual tracking. NASA spokesman Lt Col John Powers said countdowns would resume Thursday with a decision on final countdown possible that night. E A Amman of the weather bureau cited good conditions for Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Grissom
John A. Powers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
E. A. Amman
Weather Bureau
Project Mercury
Matchless Cigarette Set for 1962 Production
New York AP reports Continental Tobacco Co plans a self lighting Matchless brand produced early in 1962. Nicholas Tweel, president, says Foundry Co will design and build a prototype AMF machines will tip cigarettes with a patented Sentinal formula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nicholas Tweel
Continental: Tobacco Cd
Foundry Co
AMF
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
P. M. Diefenbaker
Olive and
U.S. Space
Cape Canaveral
Fla
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