29 Jul 1963
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1963
Page
1
Ottawa talks yield major gains for provincial leaders as they secure amendments to the 400 million dollar make work fund. Provinces win broad eligibility to name municipal projects including schools and hospitals provided Ottawa agrees jobs will be created.
The conference produced concessions allowing provinces to administer and grant loans with Ottawa oversight to ensure act compliance. Premier Lesage praised a new era of Confederation and good will, while Mr Pearson secured major gains for both provinces and Ottawa in a sensitive policy area. Wesley D Black lamented waning goodwill as cooperation rose.
Ottawa sources say politicians could see an $8,000 annual increase in indemnities plus expanded expense allowances for MPs and senators. A two month recess is planned, with summer session adjournment hoped by week’s end pending passage of bills on parliamentary and judicial income.
Manila hosts leaders from Indonesia Malaya and the Philippines to discuss Southeast Asia policy amid resistance to a possible Malaysia federation. An Indian Air Force plane found five bodies near the area of a United Arab Airlines jet loss. Churchill returns to Commons as questions probe administration. Jacques Plante signs 1963 64 contract with the New York Rangers after MVP honors.
Three sugar refineries cut the price of refined sugar by 70 cents to 13.55 a 100 pound bag, marking the largest dip since last June. The change follows a world market drop in London and is not guaranteed to affect Medicine Hat or local freight and markups immediately.
Paris and London reports say President de Gaulle will not be diverted from arming France despite a Moscow test ban agreement. He opposes NATO Warsaw pact non aggression pacts and calls for a general disarmament conference before year end. He would halt French nuclear work only if others destroy stockpiles.
A Rapid City woman, caught in an odd moment, answers the door wearing a football helmet over a broom and a raccoon coat while washing clothes. A meterman passes, then remarks I sure hope your team wins, lady, as she handles cobwebs and chores.
A weekend surge of area traffic accidents sent five people to hospital with two in critical condition and at least eight others with minor injuries. RCMP listed four crashes in Medicine Hat area including Bowell No. 1 Highway, No. 3 Highway east of Bow Island, and the Lethbridge Highway. In Bowell a 1959 car left the road after a curve, injuring occupants George Walker and Lorne Hillman of Ralston who were unconscious in hospital.
In Moscow the Comecon communique reports rejection of Khrushchev's bid for a Kremlin central planning organ. East European allies Mongolia and Romania object to curtailing Romania's heavy industry. Bilateral talks would continue for bloc-wide planning.
Rescuers in Skopje Yugoslavia pulled 20 people alive from earthquake ruins including a 35 year old Yugoslav woman found in a second floor apartment. Thirteen rescued were nearly unharmed in a tunnel of the wrecked railway station as hundreds remained trapped.
Imperial Oil Ltd announces immediate increases in Canada tankwagon wholesale gasoline by four tenths of a cent per gallon and diesel by one tenth of a cent per gallon.
Civil rights leaders vow renewed picketing in New York Philadelphia Newark to press for more Negro employment in unions at a large New York apartment project. Demonstrations also surround a Philadelphia post office and Newark high school site amid ongoing racial tensions and arrests in Virginia Farmville Torrance and Danville.
At Elkwater the 10th annual rodeo attracted 1200 spectators as 125 contestants competed in 26 events. Blair Wells of Tabor Alta endured injuries to finish strong and advance to Lethbridge finals. Jim Bohnet of Thelma Alta won saddle bronc with 160 points, while Connie Cox of Havre Mont led bareback and Butch McLean tied for calf roping with 15 seconds.
The Churchill Research Range in Manitoba operated by the United States Air Force and supported by Canada was opened to observers for Operation Probe High. Rockets are fired from buildings in a polar setting with high windchill and auroral activity, enabling upper atmosphere experiments during a solar eclipse.
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