Hat magistrate named in Medicine Hat appointment
Thirty one year old lawyer Elliott Webster II Macdonald to become Medicine Hat’s new magistrate, youngest in city history. Appointment effective Aug. 1. he succeeds Acting Magistrate Ted Wade who leaves Aug. 8 for Lac La Biche circuit. Macdonald born June 23 1935. educated at Alexandra High School and University of Alberta. partner in Niblock Macdonald and Haigh. He will abandon criminal practice but remain civil lawyer. possible substitute magistrate for long Supreme Court sessions. Married to Gail, resides 725 12th St SE.
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Elliott Webster II
Macdonald
Medicine Hat
Attorney-General’s Department
Ted Wade
A. Y. Spivack
Brooks
Wade
Edmonton
C.W. Niblock
Q.C
Niblock, Macdonald and Haigh
Supreme Court of Alberta
Hough riot violence spreads as martial law sought
Fires and arson ignite in the Cleveland Hough slum with more than 85 blasts as guardsmen flood the area. A Black councilman seeks martial law but Ohio officials say not planned. Across New York Brooklyn clashes leave an 11 year old dead amid gunfire and project violence.
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Hough Negro
Cleveland
M. Morris Jackson
Ralph S. Locher
Hough
Jackson
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
New York
Brooklyn
East
Negotiators push to end week old hospital strike
In Montreal negotiators tried to settle a week old hospital walkout as talks with 32 500 non medical workers continue past dawn. A Quebec Hospitals Association spokesman denied knowledge of a new wage offer while Premier Daniel Johnson planned cabinet action if no deal by midnight.
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Montreal
Quebec
Quebec Hospitals Association
Daniel Johnson
Yves Pratte
Johnson
Quebec City
Gemini 10 crew return after historic spaceflight
Navy Cmdr John W Young and Michael Collins landed at Cape Kennedy after a 91 minute helicopter ride from the Guadalcanal. They described a 70 hour 47 minute mission that docked with an Agena satellite and set altitude records while Collins performed two spacewalks and retrieved a micrometeorite package. The pair began debriefing and planned ten days of follow up.
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Cape Kennedy
Navy
John W. Young
Michael Collins
Air Force
Guadalcanal
Young
Columbus
Collins
Agena
Atlantic
September talks on tax pie cuts in Canada
Government braces for long negotiations with the provinces on future sharing of Canada’s tax revenue. The tax structure committee, led by Finance Minister Sharp and 10 provincial counterparts, plans a September start with a closed meeting to set common findings on future fiscal needs and revenue projections through the next five years.
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Canada
Finance
Sharp
Ottawa
Trade union revolt clouds Wilson wage freeze plan
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson faced mounting union opposition to a voluntary six month wage and price freeze. The 8.5 million member Trade Union Congress held talks with George Brown and James Callaghan to urge support for austerity measures. Several unions already rejected the plan while others signaled defiance. George Woodcock, TUC general secretary, opposes the freeze but urged caution to avoid a clash with the government.
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London
Reuters
Wilson
Britain
Trade Union Congress
George Brown
James Callaghan
TUC
Frank Cousins
Transport and General Workers
Douglas
George Woodcock
Congress
Govent
Marines Press assault on North Vietnamese 324-B Division near 17th parallel
U.S. Marines battled a large elite North Vietnamese force near the 17th parallel, calling in air support at dawn to block a retreat toward Laos. The eight day drive reportedly surpassed 1,000 Communist deaths while the enemy division with 8,000 to 10,000 men engaged in south action for the first time. Air strikes hit nine oil depots in the north and two Marine pilots were lost or missing.
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Saigon
U.S
17Th Parallel Frontier
Laos
Marine
AUS
Marine Corps
Medicine Hat Mayor wins Klondike Days gold panning contest
In Edmonton at Klondike Days, Mayor Harry Veiner of Medicine Hat won despite a broken thumb. He panned 28 percent grams worth $2.07 in ten minutes, beating Mayor Vincent Dantzer of Edmonton who earned 0.13 grams worth 91 cents in 15 minutes. Japanese ambassador as judge did not count results.
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Edmonton
Harry Veiner
Medicine Hat
Vincent Dantzer
Klondike
Dantzer
Veiner
Chilcoot
Exhibition Grounds
Weiner
Skagway
Alaska
Hisanaga Shimadzu
Canada
Harry
Earl Gingrich
Mayor Veiner
Smayor Dantzer
Kumao Okazaki
Winnipeg
Gads
Whitehorse
Dawson City
Y.T
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Esevera -Leenl? Association
Gas City Kiwanis Club
Medicine Hot Golf and Country Club
Gail
12Th St
Peking
China
Netherlands
Hague
G. J. Jongerans
Index
Hsu Tzu-tsat
Althe
Aid
Hsieh
Jongejans
R.u
Deanne Towns
Spacemen
Marines
Alberta
Peace River
Lake Athabasca
Sereveneesons
Calgary
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