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15 Jun 1963
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1963
Page
1
Irate Veiner Takes Command of Lagoon Cleanup
Mayor Harry Veiner assumes direct control of anti stink operations at the sewage lagoon, breaking a three year pledge. The move, announced to the finance committee, follows reports of excess acid and grease in the first section. Officials blame cheese and buttermilk waste for acid production and request firms to stop dumping materials into the sewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Veiner
Finance Committee
H. L. Hogge
Sanitary Engineering Division
Alberta Department of Health
Water rumor denied by mayor on lagoon drainage
The scene shows Mayor Wei ner and city controller with a reporter as the mayor hotly denies rumors that irrigation water use drains the lagoon. He notes no irrigation for two weeks and explains gravity flow keeps lagoon sections at stable levels. Alberta health official H. L. Hogge corroborates understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Hogge
Sanitary Engineering Division
Alberta Department of Health
Hays and Strom Visit Medicine Hat to Assess Drought
Canadian Agriculture Minister Harry Hays and Alberta’s Harry Strom toured Medicine Hat to review drought problems. Hays pledged federal cooperation with the province in drought relief if needed, noting good fodder reserves in the Edmonton area that supported Medicine Hat last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Harry Hays
Alberta
Harry Strom
Medicine Hat
Hays
Edmonton
Election Contest opens for Medicine Hat riding
The NEWS invites readers to enter a provincial election contest by estimating votes for Medicine Hat candidates. Mail entries to The NEWS Election Contest at Canada Trust Huron & Erie in Medicine Hat. Entry deadline is midnight Sunday June 16 with about 16 000 voters eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Canada Trust
Huron & Erie
3Rd St
5Th Ave. S.E
Alta
The
Canada Trust-Huron & Erie
Police Clubs Drum On Skulls Arms Ribs
Jackson Mississippi sees eighty Black youths jailed amid a ten minute clash as white bystanders are clubbed and reporters face intimidation. A white man is beaten for shouting for freedom while teens are arrested in their home. Canadian journalist Bill Galt is shoved to the ground but unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Phillips
Southam News Services
Jackson, Miss
Bill Galt
Vancouver
Arrests at church march for permitless parade
A stream of marchers carrying the Stars and Stripes and NAACP crests marched from a church two abreast. Police barred the block with blue helmets as trucks arrived to take them away for parading without a permit while onlookers chanted for freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association For the Advancement of Coloured People
Police raid prompts tense arrest warning in riotous yard
A police captain led about a hundred officers to a yard where they ordered residents to quiet down with a loud hailer. When ignored, officers forced entry, swinging nightsticks as they surged into the yard in a disorderly confrontation.
Hard Hat Saves Nitro Employee Scotty Campbell
Samuel Scotty Campbell foreman at North West Nitro Chemical Co. was knocked by a 50 pound pipe segment while a 20 foot length was lowered. He wore a hard hat and escaped serious injury, joining the plant’s Turtle Club. He recovered after first aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel “Scotty” Campbell
Northwest Nitro Chemical Co
Campbell
Scotty
Merchants and Stampede Seek City Help For Decorations
The retail merchants delegation and Stampede Co. propose a $250 city match to upgrade Stampede decorations signaling a joint effort to revive the town display. Aldermen debate funding lines and request a formal proposal for next year while plans to meet with city engineers and the controller proceed to work out details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail merchants-Stampede Co
Civic Finance Committee
Stampede Co
Finance Committee
Ald
Willard Lutes
Weiner
Mr. Moore
T. R. Osborne
Bill Scott
A. T. Legge
Civic Theatre Screens English Comedy The Man Who Wagged His Tail
The Medicine Hat Civic Theatre will show The Man Who Wagged His Tail at Towne Theatre Sunday at 9 p.m. Admission is a $1 MHCT membership granting viewing rights. The film stars Peter Ustinov and is described as a first rate English comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat Civic Theatre
Towne Theatre
Peter Ustinov
Five charged in bombing death of Montreal night watchman
Five persons were charged Friday with non capital murder in the April 20 bombing death of Wilfred Vincent O Neill, a night watchman in Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Wilfred Vincent O’ Neill
Global News Looms From Profumo Scandal To Spaceflight
Prime Minister Macmillan faces new risks as Eddowes accuses Captain Ivanov of pressuring Christine Keeler to obtain nuclear secrets from John Profumo. Tension rises after Medgar Evers’ Mississippi slaying. Soviet ship with a man orbits Earth every 88 minutes. Ottawa unveils a candid budget to spur growth and curb foreign control. Montreal coroner pins blame on 21 people for ONeill death. Nuclear talks planned in Moscow in July with a U.S. pledge to avoid atmospheric tests. A Portneuf County hunter finds a dead boy. four are missing in a suspected sex crime. West news covers crime, gas, and unions across Canada and the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Peacock
Macmillan
Profumo
Michael H. B. Eddowes
London
Yevgeny Ivanov
Christine Keeler
John Profumo
U.S
Jackson
Miss
Medgar Evers
Evers
Soviet Union
Earth
Liberal
Walter Gordon
Ottawa
FLQ
Montreal
Wilfred Vincent O'Neill
Moscow
Washington
United States
Britain
Kennedy
Alberta Pharmacists Convene in Medicine Hat 52nd Annual Meet
About 175 pharmacists from across Alberta attended the 52nd Alberta Pharmaceutical Association convention held in Medicine Hat for the first time. The event opened with the Saskatchewan health minister A F E Blakeney presiding over ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Alberta Pharmaceutical Association
Medicine Hat
A. F E. Blakeney
Saskatchewan
Maple Creek Union Hospital
Crescent Heights
Arthur P. Burns
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Arthur Hay
Medicine Hat Court
Isao Tamura
Malcolm McInnes
Balmoral St
Mr. Melnnes
Leonard Bennet
Orion
Edith Fooks
13Th St. N.E
N. A. Kurpjuweit
Irate Veiner
Jacksons Fair Grounds
Cal Negro
Pearl Street
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Hard Hat
Nitro
Scotty” Campbell
Little Cloud
Ald. J. C. Miller
James Keenan
Chamber of Commerce
Civic Theatre
Chequers
Portneuf
Quebec City
Guy Luckennick
West
Alaska
Whitehorse
V.T
Canadian National Railways
Winnipeg
Jasper
Canadian Medical Association
Toronto
Atlantic
Sable Island
Halifax
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