Leinweber's Victory An Impressive One
Social Credit's Harry Leinweber coasted to easy re election as Medicine Hat Redcliff MLA in Alberta election results show 51.92 percent of the vote and 54 of 58 polls carried. He defeated Liberal Helen Beny Gibson by 2694 votes and faced three opponents who lost deposits. Leinweber previously served on Medicine Hat City Council and has held the seat since 1935.
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Social Credit
Harry Leinweber
Medicine Hat-Redcliff
Alberta
Leinweber
Socred
Liberal Aid
Helen Beny Gibson
Gibson
Biddell
Reinhardt
NDP
Broadfoot
Socreds
Erals
William Aberhart
John Robinson
Jhis
Elizabeth Robinson
Hector Lang
Medicine Hat
Alberta Social Credit Wins Landslide Election Majority
Alberta's Social Credit government secured an eight five year mandate with a 57 seat majority in a 63 seat legislature. All three opposition leaders were defeated, leaving Liberals and a Coalition member as the official opposition. The New Democratic Party failed to elect a member in its Alberta return.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Social Credit
House Party
NDP
New Democratic Party
CCG
CCF
Social Credit Party
E. C. Manning
Manning
Permier
George Murray
Nova Scotia
Medicine Hat Teachers Demand $99,000 Salary Increase
At a special meeting on Monday night the Medicine Hat Public School Board and the teachers salary negotiating committee disclosed demands for a 7.87 percent rise in the salary schedule. The board cited $33,000 for 1963 and $86,000 for 1963 64 as the tax year and school year costs, with no compromise reached to end weeks of stalemate.
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Medicine Hat
Tax on building materials hits Medicine Hat industry hard
Local builders call an 11 per cent federal sales tax a real blow to construction. Ernest Johnson of Johnson Construction Co. Ltd. warned the tax will affect all building and cause hardship. Medicine Hat permits show 271 in the year so far, compared with 270 a year ago, while prices rise including a $6.64 per 1000 bricks.
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Ernest Johnson
Johnson Construction Co. Ltd
Medicine Hat
City of
Johnson
Ryan Jones
Medicine Hat Brick and Tile Co. Ltd
Jones
New Sales Tax Hits Everything in Ottawa
The federal sales tax is expected to raise prices on goods from the Peace River dam to kitchen cupboards. The impact on consumer spending and Canada's 1963 economic prospects is uncertain, with a mid July revised outlook for capital investment anticipated. The prior forecast called for a five percent gain in business investment.
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Ottawa
Peace River
Trade Department
Canada
Commons defense committee opens amid protests
Ottawa reports the defence committee’s first meeting with all groups demanding non partisanship. In Geneva, blocs walked out of the 108 nation ILO conference leaving half its members absent. Calgary notes RCMP and city police captured a 25 year old Regina jail inmate who fled hospital and boarded a flight.
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Ottawa
The
Commons Defence Committee
Geneva
Reuters
International Labor Organization
Calgary
RCMP
Regina
Macmillan Faces Protest As Supporters Cheer
In London, Conservative backers offered subdued cheers while Labour MPs shouted resign as Prime Minister Macmillan entered the House of Commons. Following a Tory rebellion over the Profumo affair, the government’s majority narrowed from 97 to 69, yet Macmillan appeared outwardly confident during the question period.
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London
Reuters
Labor
Macmillan
House of Commons
Bykovsky Sets Space Distance and Orbit Records
In Moscow Lt-Col Valery Bykovsky broke world space distance and orbit records on his long orbital flight. His crewmate Valentina Tereshkova remained in orbit for a third day while reports suggested a possible manual descent data recording. Bykovsky's flight surpassed Andrian Nikolayev's 64 orbit record, nearing five days in space.
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Moscow
Valery Bykovsky
Valentina Tereshkova
Reuters
BBC
London
Bykovsky
Maj
Andrian Nikolayev
Twenty Ton TNT Blast Delayed Again at Suffield
The Suffield Experimental Station postpones the 20 ton TNT blasting once more. A cloud-free sky is needed for the test and, weather permitting, the explosion is now planned between 11 p.m. and noon on Wednesday.
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Suffield Experimental Station
Medicine Hat Jaycee president to nose-roll potato in Lethbridge
Jaycee leader Jack Weiss of Medicine Hat plans a Sunday noon stunt in Lethbridge rolling a potato down the main street with his nose. The wager called for a 5 percent Hat advantage, but the vote tally stood Hat 59.7 and Lethbridge 57 percent.
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Medicine Hat
Jaycee
Jack Weiss
Lethbridge
Hat Jaycees
Hat
Weiss
Bernie Peters
Windy City
Vatican Conclave Preparations Near Completion for Papal Election
Vatican officials completed final arrangements for the conclave to elect the 262nd pope. The operation could cost up to 500000 dollars.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Can Socreds Lose Alberta's Political Future
Alberta voters faced another landslide for Ernest Manning's Social Credit as Liberal, Progressive Conservative, and New Democratic parties failed to gain ground. The article notes 60 Social Credit seats, two Liberals, and one Liberal Conservative coalition, with a long history of reform movements shaping Alberta politics.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Social Credit
Ernest C. Manning
Manning
Liberal
Progressive Conservative
New Democratic
Liberals
Calgary
Coalition
Socialist Party
United Farmers of Alberta
Social Creditors
Strom Wins Easily In Alberta Election Returns
Agriculture Minister Harry Strom is reelected to the Alberta Legislature with strong shows in Cypress and Bow Valley Empress. Early counts favored Strom over Liberal Alvin Reimann in Cypress and over opponents in Bow Valley Empress as final unofficial tallies placed Strom well ahead. Debates over deposits followed as most opponents failed to reach the 50 percent threshold. Delday narrowly led in Bow Valley Empress versus Simpson and Timko before final counts favored Strom.
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Harry ©. Strom
Alberta
William Delday
Social Credit
Bow Valley-Empress
Cypress
James M. Underdahl
Manyberries
Medicine Hat-Redcliff
Reimann
Strom
Woolchester
Cypress Hills
Progressive Conservative
Liberal
Delday
Simpson
Timko
Budget Battle Begins in Ottawa Commons Skirmish
Opposition members push for emergency debate over budget speech ghost writers. Diefenbaker demands action after Finance Minister Gordon confirms two Toronto investment dealers and a chartered accountant helped prepare the budget. The dealers reportedly stayed on payroll of their bond houses.
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Gordon
Commons
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Diefenbaker
Toronto
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