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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1963
Page
1
The News asks readers whether students should pay exam fees. Mrs Reuben Weiss argues against fees citing school taxes, while Mrs Norma Deman supports fees stating taxpayers already bear costs.
Co Ax Television (1962) Ltd received a department of transport licence to build a community antenna TV system in Medicine Hat with a 400 foot mast west of the city. Director Israel Switzer said hookups could begin by late fall as discussions continue with city and Alberta Government Telephones over pole use and a joint lease. The licence covers distribution of CHAT Medicine Hat CJLH Lethbridge KFBB Great Falls KRTV signals to local homes.
Rainfall across southeastern Alberta brought relief to crops with more than an inch in many districts by 8 a.m. and up to nearly an inch further west. Farmers expectation improve as cool weather continues with moisture penetrating soils, though Seven Persons saw only light showers. Redcliff rodeo canceled and rescheduled for Saturday due to the rain.
In Montreal three Crown witnesses were cited for contempt after refusing to testify at the preliminary hearing for Gabriel Hudon 20 an industrial designer charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the bombing death of night watchman Wilfred Vincent ONeill. The witnesses were jailed eight days and the hearing was postponed to June 28. ONeill died when a bomb exploded behind the army recruiting office in central Montreal on April 20.
Ottawa reports a fierce 1890 clash over language policy as Sir John A MacDonald defended bilingual rights against proposed English official status for the Northwest Territories. The piece notes Confederation protections in the BNA Act Section 93 and the ongoing push to limit French in schools and courts.
Pope Paul VI pledged to continue the Vatican economic council and pursue inter national peace. He promised Christian unity and to proceed with John XXIII lineage canon law revisions while supporting social justice policies of his predecessors. The Latin message followed his election as 262nd pope, noting uncertainty about reconvening the council and a likely shift from John XXIII’s Sept 8 schedule.
The conclave in the Sistine Chapel chose Giovanni Cardinal Montini 65 Archbishop of Milan as the new pope. He will take the name Paul VI succeeding Pope John XXIII who died June 3. Eighty princes of the church elected the Italian prelate known as the archbishop of the workers.
Sacred Harry Leinweber won re election to the Alberta Legislature by large margins. Teachers in Medicine Hat SD 76 seek a 7.87 percent raise to the salary schedule. Pacific Petroleum cites potential gas price rise if Medicine Hat bylaw limits large trucks. Ottawa approves Medicine Hat Airport runway taxiway apron and lights project. Maple Creek merchants push to bring back Monday store closing hours.
Retail outlets and coffee bars in Medicine Hat back a petition critiquing Shamrock Bottling Co Superior Beverages and National Fruit Bottling for selling at wholesale to private individuals and unlicensed outlets. The letter urges cooperation and warns of using other means if refused. Edward Quinn of Crown Confectionery sought managers signatures from four city outlets and listed signatories from Marshall's Cues and Cushions Taylor's IGA Crescent Heights IGA Safeways Voyageurs Handy Central Coffee Bar Spudnut Gilbert's Coffee Bar Save More Skyline Shopping Centre and the Crown.
Ottawa reports buyers who signed up before the June 13 budget won’t pay the 11 per cent federal sales tax on building materials. If keys to a finished house have not been handed over, they may secure a better mortgage with a larger loan at a lower interest rate if financing under the National Housing Act.
The free open-air concert planned for Kin Coulee Sunday at 3 p.m. will proceed despite rain. Officials say the program stays on as scheduled, sponsored by the Medicine Hat Little Symphony Orchestra.
Medicine Hat police investigate the theft of a transistor radio worth 90 dollars from a private car parked at the police station. The radio and car belonged to a police department member.
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