25 Jul 1964
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 25, 1964
Page
1
Jeanette Lyczewski comments on Stampede shortcomings. She cites the $1 admission as trapping attendees inside the grounds, the high cost of leaving and reentering, and poor facilities for the night show with loud midway noise drowning out music.
Montreal dispatch reports Lafleche mayor Alexandre Girard invoking the Riot Act in City Hall after a caller warned of ex police chief Georges Beaume and allies aiming to seize the police. Act bans gatherings over three and imposes a 9 pm curfew. life imprisonment for offences. No incidents reported Friday night.
Dorothy Gower faced a chaotic day in Orange New Jersey after driving through her garage wall and triggering police and fire response. An anonymous tip led to a search for an explosion, while a later burglary netted $70 in cash and the keys to her husband’s car, which police later recovered.
President Johnson outlines a calm campaign focusing on peace prosperity and moderation while avoiding personal attacks on Barry Goldwater. He warns that issues will surface in the election and stresses the obligation of civilian control over nuclear weapons and the responsibilities of the presidency.
UN forces delay a confrontation over freedom of movement in Cyprus as 26 vehicles with crates and oil drums run a dawn convoy from Limassol to Nicosia under armed escort. It marks the third major delivery of suspected military supplies in five days amid UN concerns about access to docks and sensitive areas.
Rochester erupts in racial violence as police clash with hundreds of youths. Governor Rockefeller orders 200 state police and on alert for National Guard, with more than 80 injured and about 80 arrested. Troopers move in as eerie calm returns.
Francis Philip Galbraith editor of the Red Deer Advocate was elected chancellor of the University of Alberta. A Guelph native, he will replace Judge L Y Cairns whose term ends August 14. He served in WWI, joined the Advocate in 1920, and has been a university senator.
Ottawa reports the appointment of Alan Joseph Cullen of Lethbridge as a district court judge for southern Alberta to succeed the late Judge Arthur Beaumont. Cullen, 48, is a Macleod native who graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1936 and was admitted to the Alberta bar in 1940.
In New York, a self described Communist, William Epton, vows to lead a Harlem march despite Police Commissioner Murphy’s ban. Civil rights leaders urge Mayor Wagner to rescind, citing calls for moderation while condemning repression. Police maintain calm after weekend rioting and a fatal police shooting.
Lethbridge CP report shows Art Millington of Medicine Hat sweeping six of seven Holstein honors at the Lethbridge competition. Ken Nicol of Kipp won the remaining class while Ralph of Stavely claimed major Guernsey and Jersey honors. Floyd Bolduc of Stavely took eight of ten firsts in short horn bulls and Braeside Farms Calgary earned two firsts and six seconds. W. J. Boake of Acme led female classes with eight firsts across ten categories.
Near Tilley Alberta a gas well eruption prompted use of special machinery to seal off the highly volatile gas from an uncompleted petroleum well. No injuries reported.
Two Medicine Hat teens received Alberta Hotel Association scholarships worth 100 dollars each for study at the Banff School of Fine Arts. Darlene Rae Fleming 18 to study French and Erica Ethel Pratt 17 to study piano. Both are Medicine Hat natives with strong school and music records.
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