Alberta budget unveils record 354.92 million dollar spending plan
Alberta’s 1962-63 budget projects record spending of 354.92 million dollars with education to receive 78.89 million and public health 81.53 million. Oil and gas revenues help balance the plan to a small 61 thousand dollar surplus while highways see cuts to 64.20 million and royalties rise.
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MPs Clash Over Lowering Voting Age in Commons
Six MPs urged 18-year-olds to vote in Parliament while the bill to drop the federal voting age from 21 to 18 stalled without a vote. A separate measure extending the Mackenzie River riding to Kee watin and Franklin districts passed and was sent to the Senate as debates on the public works budget continued.
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France Confident of Pact in Final Franco Algerian Talks
Paris sources say France expects a full agreement to be reached during the final Franco Algerian peace talks set to begin Sunday. Meantime authorities stepped up actions against European extremists with 120 arrests in two weeks. The Secret Army Organization blamed for 17 plastic explosions in Paris over two days. Interior Minister Messmer suspended preliminary military training for one month due to right wing infiltration. Talks aim to resolve items from last month draft cease fire including the temporary Algerian executive and insurgent troop questions.
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Alberta's I budget reveals for next year
Special to The News Edmonton reports the Alberta government unveiled a 354.92 million dollar spending plan for the next fiscal year. Treasurer E W Hinman projected a 61.09 thousand dollar surplus amid a 20 million dollar expected year-end deficit, with higher outlays in education health and welfare and significant cuts to highways.
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Redcliff-Ronalane Water Project Declared Feasible
Alberta minister of agriculture Hon Leonard C Halmrast says the Redcliff-Ronalane stock watering project is definitely feasible after engineering surveys. He notes cost estimates are being finalized and plans a visit to Redcliff within weeks to meet the Chamber of Commerce.
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Kennedy orders renewed nuclear tests in Pacific
President Kennedy announced plans to resume atmospheric nuclear tests in the mid Pacific in late April unless the Soviet Union signs a foolproof test ban treaty beforehand. He warned that Soviet gains last fall necessitate U.S. testing to prevent falling behind, while expressing hope that weapons will never be fired. Reactions varied abroad and at home.
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Tragic Jet Crash Shocks Idlewild as JFK Probes Cause
A Boeing 707 jet crash after takeoff from Idlewild Airport killed all 95 aboard. President Kennedy ordered federal investigators to determine the cause amid a weather-clear day. The disaster stunned New York as a Broadway ticker parade for John Glenn drew millions nearby.
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Clashes Kill Three In Oran
In Oran three people died and several were hurt in clashes between French soldiers and Muslims after an attack on a military post. The violence followed a general strike by Europeans to mourn a European woman and two children killed by terrorists. Across Algeria, at least 57 people were killed Friday in related violence.
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Weekend Comics Get Facelifting
The NEWS comic section introduces eight new titles replacing discontinued strips. Debuts include Mark Trail Yogi Bear Peanuts Our Way The Comic Zoo The Flintstones Quit Boarding House and The Nut Brothers. The Flintstones and Yogi Bear tie to TV, Mark Trail is nature focused, Peanuts noted for intellectual appeal.
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Crown appeal planned for ex constables Gehring and Plotsky
The Attorney General's Department said the Crown would appeal sentences given to ex-constables James Gehring and Bill Plotsky. Medicine Hat Public School Board rejected a request to run a school in the Crown village of Ralston. Crescent Heights replat plan altered without any member's knowledge, city council notes. February building permits total valued at 226 250 dollars, up from 69 680 in 1961. Hospital ward rates at Medicine Hat General Hospital increased by one dollar per day.
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