Rain Ends Alberta Drought Brings Brighter Business Outlook
Weekend rains break a three year drought across southeastern Alberta. Medicine Hat merchants report optimism as rainfall ranges from three inches near Irvine to just over a half inch at Manyberries. Farmers praise the relief, noting improved pastures and forage prospects for cattle.
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Marilynna
Hehr
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Hilda
Wood Ranch
Irvine
Experimental Range
Manyberries
Manberries
Mel Cameron
Finance Minister Gordon Fights Survival in Commons
In Ottawa the minority Liberal government faces a confidence vote as Walter Gordon defends his budget plan and his use of three Toronto budget writers. Opposition demands his resignation center on his aides, the stock tax withdrawal, and a disclosure lapse. The PM's support keeps the government alive for now.
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Ottawa
Walter Gordon
Commons
Toronto
Gordon
Pearson
Mands
Two London youths charged with murder in Ontario woods
In Chatham Ontario two London teenagers face murder charges after the body of Robert Henry Marshall, 28, was found slashed in the woods at Rondeau Park 25 miles east. The case adds to a violent incident tied to the Ontario capital region.
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Chatham, Ont
London
Ont
Robert Henry Marshall
Rondeau Park
Here
New Morals Charges Levelled Against Dr Stephen Ward
London AP reports eight new morals charges against Dr Stephen Ward, including one involving abortion, as he is refused bail at Marlborough Street magistrate's court. Ward, a key figure in the Profumo scandal, returns to jail to await full hearing Friday. Miss X is named in one charging document amid defence government legal fencing.
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London
Stephen Ward
Marlborough Street
Ward
Miss X
Snow Blankets South Country Across Regions
Heavy wet snow covered Graburn south of Walsh with about six inches over fields. Cypress Hills and Elk water Provincial Park saw 5 to 6 inches, with rain totaling 1.42 inches at the park before the snowfall. Temperatures stayed around freezing in Elkwater, while frost remained unclear for grain headed out despite unseasonable weather.
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Graburn
Walsh
Cypress Hills
Elkwater Provincial Park
Saskatchewan
Walter Beierbach
Andy Salas
Elkwater
Trieste Dives 11% Miles Toward Thresher Wreck Site
The Navy bathyscaphe Trieste descended toward the Atlantic seabed seeking the sunken nuclear submarine Thresher. Navy officials cited possible evidence the Thresher’s sinking site had been located in April with 129 lives lost. On board were Lt Cmdr Donald Keach and civilian Kenneth McKenzie from the Naval Electronics Laboratory in San Diego.
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Boston
Trieste
Atlantic
Navy
Cmdr
Donald Keach
Kenneth McKenzie
Naval Electronics Laboratory
San Diego
Calif
Kennedy Calls for Wide Peace Corps Drive in 1960s
President Kennedy urged a great international peace effort in the 1960s at a West German ceremony establishing a German service modeled on the American Peace Corps. He joined Chancellor Adenauer and President Luebke as they founded the German service and discussed expanding aid beyond economic help to human relations.
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Bonn
Relers
Kennedy
Peace Corps Men of America
Adenauer
U.S. Peace Corps
Europe
United States
Pope Paul VI vows to aid global peace under Vatican stance
The Pope told world leaders at a Vatican audience that he would work for an international peace founded on truth justice and love. He pledged the Vatican would not interfere in temporal affairs or interests of temporal powers.
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Ap-Reuters
Vatican City
Paul VI
Consistorial
Vatican
Declining French Language Ties Stir Confederation Debate
Ottawa readers hear Reverend Ares stress language health as a measure of cultural vitality among French Canadians. He argues assimilation worsens when French is no longer spoken or taught at home and in public schools, linking language loss to broader Anglo-Canadian influence.
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Tim Creery
Southam News Services
Ottawa
Peters
Jeannes
Canada
Richard Ares
Jesuit Monthly Review
Quebec
Father Aves
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Elkwater Lake District
Elkwater District
Little Cloud
Mr. Gordon
Moscow
Khrushchev
Reuters
Russia
Mediterranean
Aden
Yemen
South Country
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