Open letter to Medicine Hat MLA on education funds and county system
Citizens urge H C Leinweber to oppose the education foundation cut and the urban county proposal as they warn of higher taxes or lower school standards. They call for plebiscite involvement and consultation with school boards City Council and local groups before any action.
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Medicine Hat Social Credit
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Kennedy to resume atmospheric nuclear tests next month
President Kennedy reportedly decided to resume atmospheric nuclear testing and will address the nation Friday. Informants say tests could occur in the mid-Pacific as early as next month unless Russia accepts a safeguarded test ban treaty beforehand. Western powers at Geneva near finalizing their proposals.
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Mill Increase Seen For Taxes In Medicine Hat
The average Medicine Hat property owner faces at least 29.75 more in municipal taxes in 1962, with the mill rate rising from 51 to at least 59.50. The city council and school board discussions anticipate a five mill school levy increase and higher hospital levies, driven by foundation program changes and new industrial assessments.
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Medicine Hat
Weiner
Hurricane toll and Haiti? no Mauritius and Reunion dead
AP reports at least a score killed and hundreds injured on Mauritius and Reunion from a hurricane with up to 156 mph winds. Mauritius saw 11 dead and 1,300 buildings destroyed. 8,000 homeless and refugee centers planned. Reunion’s Saint Denis reported 9 dead and 250 injured amid widespread destruction.
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Reunion
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Highway talkathon stirs Wetaskiwin resistance sourcewide
Edmonton legislature hears Minister Gordon Taylor defend Calgary Edmonton four lane project from Leduc to Lacombe bypassing Wetaskiwin. He clashes with Hobema Reserve Indians over compensation plans while Antonio Aloisio and Ernest Watkins comment on the plan’s foundations and political dynamics.
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Gordon Taylor
Alf Hooke
Taylor
Hobbema Reserve
Social Credit
Antonio Aloisio
Socred
Calgary- Glenmore
Ernest Watkins
Security Forces Fire On Crowd In Oran Algeria
In Oran security forces opened fire on large crowds of Moslem demonstrators who pelted patrols with stones. Reports say a soldier was killed and several wounded as explosions shook the Moslem quarter and machine gun fire followed. The unrest comes after pre-dawn clashes and riots linked to a broader North African insurgency and calls for Salan’s death.
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Algeria
Reuters
Long
Raoul Salan
Secret Army
Medicine Hat mayor and aldermen oppose Urban County System
Mayor Harry Weiner and six of Medicine Hat’s eight aldermen oppose the Urban County System after polling by The NEWS. Two aldermen want to study it further, while the public school board already opposes the system. The report covers council views on whether the school board should become a council committee and notes the 1962 school budget discussion.
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Harry Weiner
Medicine Hat
Ald
Earl Smith
C. E. Adam
Willard Lutes
Veiner
City Hall
T. R. Osborne
Foundation Program Lauded by Alberta Official
EDMONTON CP The Foundation Program for School Finance enriches taxation in towns and villages in Alberta said Antonio Aloisio SC Athabasca. He noted no legislation is perfect and amendments are introduced to adjust the program including possible removal of a 1 percent mile limit on transportation payments under the Foundation program.
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Alberta
Antonio Aloisio
SC Athabasca
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