Social Credit adopts new platform shifting from old monetary theory
At Ottawa the Social Credit convention approved a policy stressing individual freedom and free enterprise while limiting earlier monetary and religious aims. Premier Manning's influence appeared strong, with E. W. Hinman guiding the policy committee. The party vowed to minimize inflation and protect purchasing power, denouncing past intolerance.
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Chris Young
News Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Social Credit Party
Canada
E. C. Manning
Alberta
W. A. C. Bennett
British Columbia
Bennett
Social Credit
Manning
E. W. Hinman
Ontario
Mechanical Failures Hamper B C Forest Fire Fight
Forest fires across a 250 mile southern interior belt strain Kamloops and Nelson districts as aircraft and bulldozers break down. RCAF planes join the effort with water bombers expected to drop tens of thousands of gallons daily. Foresters face choosing which blazes to attack amid extreme heat and scattered outbreaks.
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Forest Service
RCAF
Vancouver
Otter
Kootenay
Nelson
Per
Defence
Pearkes
Bennett
Norman McRae
Kamloops
Lac le Jeune
Here
Cooler weather outlook for Canada from July to August
The United States Weather Bureau 30 day outlook predicts generally below normal temperatures in Canada east of Saskatchewan and along the west coast from mid July to mid August. Maps show predicted temperatures and precipitation and tables list normal readings for several centres.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Office
Weather forecast for Medicine Hat area remains hot
Residents face continuing heat with little relief for at least three days. A brief cool air movement brought a trace of rain overnight, followed by a warmer system from the Mackenzie Valley. Weekend highs near the low 90s and scattered thunderstorms possible. US forecasts offer no relief in Montana.
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Medicine Hat
Prairies
Saskatchewan
McKenzie Valley
United States Weather Bureau
Montana
MPs clash over Canada’s parliament cultural lag
Ottawa reports that several MPs grilled Parliament during estimates debate, with Douglas Fisher labeling the Commons senile and lagging behind modern parliaments. Fisher urged a new approach while McCleave Regier and others argued for preserving a traditional, slower pace and character.
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Ottawa
Douglas Fisher
CCF
Port Arthur
Britain
Fisher
Commons
Robert McCleave
Halifax
J. W. Macdonnell
Toronto Greenwood
Erhart Regier
Burnaby-Coquitlam
Roland Michener
McCleave
Acreage Unchanged On Wheat
Prairie wheat acreage estimated today by the bureau of statistics at 22,590,000 acres, unchanged from last year and five percent below the 10 year average. Canada total wheat area 23,198,200 acres, up one percent from last year and six percent below the national 10 year average. Oats seeded in Canada at 11,146,700 acres, two percent below 1959 but two percent above the 10 year average. Prairie oats at 7,913,000 acres, little changed from last year. Other Prairie seedings listed with 1959 figures and 10 year averages.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Prairies
Space Test Wrecked off Cape Canaveral
An unmanned Project Mercury space capsule test was wrecked by an Atlas booster explosion. The capsule and rocket assembly were believed sunk in the Atlantic near Cape Canaveral after radio contact was lost 65 seconds after launch.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Critics Win Point In Social Credit Nomination Debate
At the Ottawa convention the nomination committee agreed to accept floor and written nominations. The committee will present only one name per post, replacing prior rules. Solon Low ruled floor nominations were not allowed, prompting debate over the process and its democratic nature. Orvis Kennedy denied harsh quotes about the convention, praising Social Credit supporters as intelligent and clear thinking.
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E. G. Hansell
The
Commons
Alberta
Mr. Hansell
Social Credit
Solon Low
Hansell
Orvis Kennedy
Alberta Social Credit League
Ottawa
Kennedy
Social Crediters
Belgium to Withdraw 1500 Troops From Congo
Belgium announces plan to bring home about 1,500 troops from the Congo as part of a withdrawal of all forces. Total Belgian troops in the Congo number around 12,000, with regulars at two bases and reinforcements arriving since Congo independence. Patrice Lumumba in Washington warns that Africa risks world war if Belgians do not evacuate immediately. Douglas Dillon left Washington after bidding Lumumba farewell.
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Brussels
Congo
Belgium
Washington
Patrice Lumumba
Veiner Wins Bet and Don Chapin Fund Grows
Medicine Hat Mayor Harry Veiner won a $10 wager with Federal Transport Minister George Hees and will donate the amount to the Chapin Fund for the widow and seven children of Calgary district chuckwagon driver Don Chapin who died at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Veiner also won a double or nothing horse race bet on opening day. The fund has surpassed $10,000.
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Medicine Hat
Harry Veiner
George Hees
Don Chapin
Chapin
Calgary
Calgary Exhibition and Stampede
Weiner
Hees
Chapin Fund
Three Children Escape 11 Years Of House Confinement
In Tecumseh Ontario three siblings Connie born 1944 Glenda 13 and Gordon 15 were freed after 11 years confined by their mother Shirley Leach 38. They had lived in a two story Windsor area home with limited ventilation and normal schooling at hospital.
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Tecumseh, Ont
Gordon Dickerson
Shirley Leach
Connie
Glenda
Gordon
Milwaukee Braves
Windsor
Grace Hospital
Donna
Carrol
Veronica
Tecumseh
C. J. Hemond
Gus Newby
Donald
United States
Mosquito Spraying Hindered by Fire Damages Unit
City parks committee learned the mosquito spraying unit suffered severe fire damage last week and will be out of action for a month. A Suffield Experimental Station unit was rented to begin spraying this Saturday at 14 dollars per day for four hours, with insurance set at 2000 dollars. The city hopes to repair the original unit within a month, at an estimated cost near 500 dollars, and continues spraying for about three days once operational.
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Civic Parks Committee
Finance Committee
Suffield Experimental Station
Yves Faure
Suffield
Faure
Parks and Cemetery Committee
Allan Gunter
Charles Crockford
Nelson Hogg
Factory Street
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