Irvine meet stirs questions in Farmers Union forum
At Irvine Alberta a Farmers Union of Alberta sponsored pre election forum featured Agriculture Minister Harry E Strom defending his Social Credit MLA seat amid questions on Manning’s leadership. Liberal candidate Alvin Reimann spoke on Rural Electrification Associations and a local dispute over gas well surface rights in Medicine Hat was raised.
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Jean Holt
Irvine
Farmers’ Union of
Alber
Harry E. Strom
Strom
Social Credit
Manning
Alberta
Mr. Strom
Burdett Farmer
Alvin Reimann
Walsh Farmer
Reinhold Lehr
FUA
Walter Nelson
Reimann
Liberal Party
Association of Reas
City of
Medicine Hat
Reinhardt Pledges Property Tax Cuts in Alberta
Milt Reinhardt the NDP candidate for Medicine Hat Redcliff promised a 50 percent cut in the education tax as part of plans to fund schools with more provincial revenue. He spoke at Campaign Manager E A Mitchells home, outlining a shift from local to provincial funding and potential sales tax in the Manning era.
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New Democratic Party
Alberta
Milt Reinhardt
NDP
Medicine Hat-Redcliff
E. A. Mitchell
Reinhardt
Medicine Hat
Macmillan asks legal chief to review Profumo security
London reports Prime Minister Macmillan has asked the Lord Chancellor to examine security aspects of the Profumo affair with a report due this week. Canada notes the CMA president attacks state health care amid opposition to a Saskatchewan plan. Cardinals head to Rome for a conclave, more united than any in memory. Alberta Liberal leader Dave Hunter calls for a thorough welfare dept investigation.
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London
Macmillan
Toronto
Canadian Medical Association
Saskatchewan
Vatican City
Rome
Athabasca, Alta
Dave Hunter
Alberta Welfare Department
Manning Hints Deficit in Alberta Budget Speech
Premier E. C. Manning warned that while the 1963 64 Alberta budget allocated all expected revenue for provincial needs a larger cost is likely for the medical care insurance program starting in fall He also noted potential extra spending for a veterinary college and the forecast includes a small surplus of 24000 He criticized opposition promises to boost social services without tax or borrowing raises and spoke at a Social Credit sponsored program in Edmonton.
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Edmonton
E. C. Manning
Alberta
Manning
Alberta Social Credit Party
Big Three to Meet On Test Ban Treaty
Fifteen guarded witnesses were brought into a Montreal courtroom for an inquest into the bombing death of an army night watchman. The witnesses, identified as Georges Schoeters and others, entered under heavy police protection as the inquest reopened. The session opened quietly with a dispute over language for questioning.
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Montreal
Georges Schoeters
Jeanne
Jacques Giroux
Pierre Schneider
Francois Gagnon
Gabriel Hudon
Roger Tetreault
Richard Bizier
Dirty horse thief acquitted amid widow's claim
Lewistown publisher recovers a frontier trial report from the Lewiston Argus. The tale shows a horse thief caught with the goods and facing mob justice, then a jury acquitting him and sparking a reformulated headline accusing the widow of malice and false charges.
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Lewistown, Mont
Woody Laughnan
Lewistown Daily News
Lewiston Argus
South Alia Dry, Needs More Rain crops risk in Alberta
South eastern Alberta faces growing crop losses as Mel Cameron warns that recent showers offer little sub soil moisture even as spring grains improve. He notes uneven rainfall with zones like Box Springs receiving heavy bursts while Bow Island Burdett Foremost and Skiff report far less rain.
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Alberta
Mel Cameron
Cameron
Box Springs
Medicine Hat
Bow Island-Burdett
Foremost
Etzikom
Faith
Skiff
Clara Poberznick
Kennedy-Khrushchev Macmillan to hold high level Moscow talks
President Kennedy announced a three way plan with Soviet Premier Khrushchev and British Prime Minister Macmillan to meet in Moscow for an early comprehensive test ban treaty. The July session aims to set a framework while the US pauses atmospheric nuclear tests unless others resume.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Moscow
United States
American University
U.S
Prayers Urged For Opposition In Alberta Vote
Rev. E. M. Checkland of First Baptist Church urged his Calgary congregation to pray and vote for a strong opposition in the June 17 Alberta general election.
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Calgary
E. M. Checkland
First Baptist Church
Alberta
Dolce Vita osteopath held on prostitution charge in Britain
London Reuters report says Dr Stephen Ward, a society osteopath tied to Britain's dalliance scandal, was ordered held until June 17 on a charge of living wholly or partly on earnings of prostitution. Police opposed bail amid crowd scene outside court. Ward’s arrest follows his televised admission of introducing John Profumo to Christine Keeler.
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London
Reuters
Stephen Ward
London Society Osteopath
Britain
Ward
John Profumo
Christine Keeler
Profumo
Winston Churchill
Elizabeth Taylor
Paul Getty
Douglas Fairbanks
Prince Philip
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Macmillan
Iraq resumes war against Kurdish tribes in north
Baghdad announced the resumption of a 30 year conflict with Kurdish tribesmen in the northern mountain region. Martial law had been in place since Sunday.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Reuters
Iraq Today
Girl Falls from Car in Medicine Hat Hospitalized
Sixteen year old Vivian Harrison of 11th Street Southwest was treated at Medicine Hat General Hospital for minor injuries after falling from a moving car in the 100 block of 11th Street Southwest on Sunday. Police say she was a passenger in a car driven east by Ronald Roy Heimer of 940 Bridge Street. The car reportedly traveled 20 to 25 miles per hour. Marie Bernhardt was the other passenger. In separate weekend incidents two parked cars were damaged when Joe Breland of Saratoga Park struck one car, pushing it into another. Damages include 400 dollars to one vehicle and 25 dollars to the other. Breland’s car 800 dollars. Another collision between Andrew H. Novack and Alfred Moreau caused 150 dollars damage to both cars. Moreau’s car damage estimated at 100 dollars. Novack’s at 50.
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Vivian Harrison
11Th St. S.W
Medicine Hat General Hospital
1Th St. S.W
Ken Peterson
Cocharane Drive
Walter Abachmeir
Bridge St
Breland
Andrew H. Novack
Corona Hotel
Alfred Moreau
Shaunavon Sask
Moreau
Novacki
Olson Tells Commons On Drought and Edmontons Veterinary College
Olson outlines southern Alberta drought impact with four year severity, farm incomes collapsing, and drought relief needed from federal and provincial governments. He urges measures to preserve cattle breeding stock and notes declines in flour exports affecting farmers and regional industries. He also advocates establishing a veterinary college in Edmonton.
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Alberta
Edmonton
House of Commons
H. A. Olson
Medicine Hat
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Hugh Belsher
Brock Duncan
Fred
Neil Reimer
Little Cloud
South Alia
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Vative
Keeler
Olson
Speaker
Hon
Mem
Bers
Canada
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