Southland Growers in Medicine Hat Plant Proposal
Alberta minister of agriculture Harry Strom says Southland Growers Industries Ltd plans a private vegetable processing plant in Medicine Hat and denies any share or loan selling to citizens. He stresses government endorsement of the industry concept but not underwriting or financing details.
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Southland
Growers Industries Limited
Medicine Hat
News Today
Harry Strom
Alberta
Agriculture
Strom
Southland Growers Industries Ltd
Southland Growers Finance
Epidemic Tightens Grip Across Deep South
The influenza epidemic deepens in the South with Alabama Louisiana and Tennessee reporting many new cases and five more deaths. Tennessee alone tallies 486 new cases and 14 February deaths. Memphis officials expect the outbreak to peak in about a week as 10 911 February cases are logged. The strain includes the Asian type and New Orleans mail carriers report 30 percent absenteeism.
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Atlanta, Ga
United States
Alabama
Louisiana
Tennessee
Memphis
W. H. Y. Smith
State Health Department
Smith
New Orleans
Fire Destroys Downtown Block in Chatham
A downtown business block in Chatham Ontario suffered a major fire Friday night and into today, with damage pegged at 1 million dollars. Four people were injured as flames, fed by an explosion at a drug store, destroyed about a dozen businesses and eight apartments across a three story block on King Street.
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Chatham
Ont
Adolphus Weese
King Street
Jack and Joker Best Play Here at Drama Festival
Medicine Hat High School Drama Club won best play for Jack and the Joker at a festival in the school auditorium. Three one act plays were staged with Henry Allergoth guiding the troupe and Adelle Armstrong as adjudicator.
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Maiilynn A. Hehr
Jack and the Joker
Medicine Hat High School
Drama Club
Alberta Drama Festival
Henry Allergoth
Adelle Armstrong
Bob Edwards
Alberta
Special Session Urged on Alberta Medical Care Plan
Edmontonの CP reports Ernest Watkins urges a special Alberta Legislature session to study the proposed prepaid medical care insurance for low income families. Health Minister Donovan Ross says the cost would be 4 to 6 million dollars yearly and details are not yet ready for enactment this year.
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Edmonton
Ernest Watkins
Calgary Glenmore
Alberta
Watkins
Executive Council
J. Donovan Ross
No Diphtheria Cases Reported in Medicine Hat District
Dr. J. M. Brown, medical health officer, notes no diphtheria cases in Medicine Hat or surrounding district since the Fort Macleod outbreak. A November 1962 case involved an eight month-old child from outside the Medicine Hat Health Unit area, transferred to Calgary hospital.
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Fort Macleod
Medicine Hat
J. M. Brown
Newell
Calgary
Brown
Santa Claus killer to hang in Montreal trial
Georges Marcotte, an ex-convict from Montreal, was convicted of capital murder for the December bank holdup where constables Claude Marineau and Denis Brabant were killed. He faces hanging May 31 after automatic appeal rights. Co-defendants Jean-Paul Fournel and Jules Reeves await trial March 29.
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Montreal
Georges Marcotte
East End
Santa Claus
Marcotte
Claude Marineau
Denis Brabant
Marineau
Yves Mayrand
Roger Ouimet
Mayrand
Quebec Court of Appeal
St. Laurent
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Canada
Jean-Paul Fournel
Jules Reeves
Economy Dominates Canada’s Election Debate Across Regions
Prime Minister Diefenbaker in Winnipeg and Liberal Leader Pearson in Sydney address the election’s central issue a strong economy. Pearson pledges a national expansion policy and contributory pension plan while Diefenbaker notes economics and politics as top concerns and discusses nuclear arms. Alberta posts record budget with 373.8 million revenue led by mining sectors and a small surplus despite oil revenue declines.
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Canada
Diefenbaker
Winnipeg
Sydney
Pearson
New Democratic Party
Douglas
Windsor
Ont
Social Credit
Thompson
Carman
Man
Melville, Sask
United States
Atlantic
Edmonton
Alberta
KE. W. Hinman
Mines and Minerals Department
British Columbia
Hinman
Gaglardi Denies Highway Graft On Air
British Columbia highways minister Phil Gaglardi spoke to Kamloops constituents on CFJC radio and CFCR television denying graft charges tied to a highway contract. He warned hundreds could lose jobs and funds flow if a socialist government were elected, challenged the affidavit by Dick Holzworth, and defended his clerical and public duties.
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Kamloops
B.C
Phil Gaglardi
Gaglardi
CFJC
Cfcr Television
Dick Holzworth
Helena
Mont
Holzworth
W. A. C. Bennett
Highways Department
British Columbia
Social Credit
New Democratic Party
Gordon Dowding
Bennett
Public Accounts Committee
Moose Jaw
Head to Carry NDP Standard in Medicine Hat Nomination
John Head 42 Fort Macleod teacher won the NDP nomination for Medicine Hat in a Moose Hall convention attended by about 85 supporters. Head, born in China and educated in England, advocates an expanding economy and jobs for all, opposes nuclear weapons, and says the party stands for people matter while promoting peace and development.
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John Head
Fort Macleod
Medicine Hat
NDP
Mr. Head
China
England
Canada
Headle
Liberals
CCF
Head
Edgar Mullen
Calgary
NDP Association
Sprayers smear autos at Hill Recreation Centre
Two cars were daubed with green paint and obscene words Friday night. Lorne Holden and Ted Ganden reported damage to their vehicles after 8 p.m. Police investigate as similar incidents occurred six weeks earlier in Medicine Hat with no suspects found.
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Lorne Holden
5Th St. S.E
the Hill Recreation Centre
Ted Ganden
3Rd Ave. S.W
4Th Ave. S.W
Russians and Chinese clash tempers in new flare up
Canadian press notes a sharp Chinese critique of the Kremlin after cordial Moscow Peking meetings. Beijing demands release of its broadcasts and questions Russian resolve. At home, campaign trails resume with Diefenbaker in London and prairie whistle stops while Pearson stresses a defensive nuclear role and vows Canada avoid nuclear war.
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Carman Cumming
Moscow
Peking
China
Kremlin
Medicine Hat Lawyer Maurice H Stone Dies at 70
Prominent Medicine Hat lawyer Maurice Henry Stone C I 70 died Tuesday at his home on 292nd Street SW. The city reported 14283 eligible voters for the April 8 federal election an increase of 175 from the 1962 poll. News notes highway and planning matters including a possible provincial aid for a new Medicine Hat bridge and Albert Stober's appeal over a denied eight suite apartment on 10th Street SE.
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Medicine Hat
Maurice Henry Stone
10Th St. SE
TransAir Ltd
Winnipeg
Prairie
Trans Canada Airlines
Calgary
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Jack
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Mrs. Gudgeon
Elaine Romeike
Doreen Mac
West
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Rod Edwards
Moose Hall
J. JD. Rogers
Winnines
London
Prairies
Quebec
Atlantic Provinces
Liberal Federation
Western Alliance
T. C. Douglas
Tion
Cam
The
Ontario
Vernon
U.S
Russia
Earth
Faris
Secret Army
Georges Pompidou
Canadian
Adele Ohirogge
Newfoundland
Egli
Aegean Sea
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