Aboriginal? Alberta Legislature Opens With Sparks
In the Alberta legislature on Wednesday the Social Credit backbenchers dominated the session with sharp criticism of Conservatives Liberals and NDP. Harry Strom in his maiden ministerial speech reviewed agriculture duties while Dr J Donovan Ross outlined the Cross-Box Auxiliary Hospital issue and the government’s health stance. Jack Landeryou and Bill Tomyn from Edmonton assailed opposition parties and Liberal policy on public power pink day remarks. Tomyn alleged Liberal and Conservative brinkmanship risking bankruptcy while Landeryou pressed solvent governance. Ross explained the Herald’s Cross-Bow neglect charges and Calgary district hospital inquiry stance. Strom admitted nerves yet delivered a detailed agriculture address and called out federal project agreements under the Agricultural Rehabilitation Development Act criticizing Ottawa’s push to sign before disputes are settled and revenue links to natural resources.
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Harry Strom
J. Donovan Ross
Tomyn
Landeryou
Canada
Social Credit
Ross
Herald
Cross-Bow
Calgary
Ernest Watkins
Health Department
Calgary and District Auxiliary Hospital
Alberta
Ottawa
Russia and Czechs win world hockey opener
Czechoslovakia crushed West Germany 10-1 while Russia defeated Finland 6-1 in the opening games of the world hockey championship starting today.
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Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Russia
Finland
Hat Residents Battle Water Softening Firm in Medicine Hat
About 35 Medicine Hat residents accuse Water Treatment of Canada of fraud for selling softeners with promised soap, lead referrals, and profit rewards that failed, with cash and service not delivered. Principal shareholders elusive. Calgary residents face similar issues. Inter Provincial Building Credits Ltd. sues Edmonton buyers. Lawyer D. J. MacLean awaiting case outcome.
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Medicine Hat
D. J. MacLean
Brown, MacLean and Wiedemann
Calgary
Interprovincial Building Credits Ltd
Edmonton
MacLean
Threats On MPs Prompt Police Protection In London
Scotland Yard guards two MPs after telephone threats of death from the French Secret Army Organization. Fenner Brockway and Alice Bacon report callers warning they are on an assassination list and will soon die. Brockway recalls racist slur and dismisses the threat.
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London
Scotland Yard
Secret Army
Fenner Brockway
Labor Party
Alice Bacon
George Bidault
Britain
Bidault
BBC
Canadian curling championship round results flash
In the seventh round Brandon leads Northern Ontario Saskatchewan Ontario and Manitoba. Ontario and Manitoba dead ends. British Columbia defeats Prince Edward Island 11 to 4 with several ends dead. Alberta 8 Newfoundland 7 Quebec 6 with key ends dead. New Brunswick 9 Nova Scotia 0 with seventh end dead. Bye listed as Nova Scotia.
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Brandon
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Ontario Co. Eee
Manitoba
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Alberta
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Canada U S clash over nuclear arms political rhetoric
Canadian and American leaders clash amid accusations over Diefenbaker's handling of sensitive information and nuclear policy. Pearson denounces classified disclosures while Diefenbaker denies wrongdoing. Debates reflect party lines on arms and trade as Alberta probes a proposed Southland processing venture.
Tempers Flare In B C House
In British Columbia the legislature debated graft allegations linked to the highways department and minister Philip Gaglardi during a committee session. Key witness Dick Holzworth from Helena Montana is expected before the committee with affidavits alleging overpayment of 135000 dollars to Union Contractors Limited for a Trans Canada Highway project near Revelstoke.
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Pers
Social Credit
Highways Department
Philip Gaglardi
Victoria
Dick Holzworth
Helena
Mont
Gordon Dowding
NDP
Burnaby
Highways Department Overpaid Union Contractors Limited, of Whctt
Holzworth
Revelstoke
Alberta Court Awards Damages in Dora Stevens Suit
Justice W J C Kirby of the Alberta Supreme Court awarded $9 552 72 damages to Gotlieb Dorn in a Medicine Hat auto case. Dorn alleged Charlie Stevens caused a fatal accident that killed Sally Dorn and injured Elizabeth Hertz. The judge attributed 50 percent fault to Sally and Elizabeth for remaining in the moving car driven by Carol Stevens. Elizabeth awarded 2000 general damages and 1052 72 additional damages.
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W. J. C. Kirby
Supreme Court of Alberta
Medicine Hat Supreme Court
Gotlieb Dorn
Pormal
S.E
Charlie Steven
Medicine Hat
Justice Kirby
Elizabeth
Sally Dorn
Carol Stevens
Manning and Caouette Clash Over Nuclear Arms Policy
Premier Manning rejects Real Caouette’s stance on nuclear weapons arguing Canada should share responsibility for their sanction and use. Caouette says he would resign rather than accept arms for Canada, while policy calls for an independent committee study and action on its recommendations.
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Edmonton
Manning
Real Caouette
National Social Credit Party
Social Credit
Canada
Caouette
Quebec
Robert Thompson
Drama Festival Opens Friday in Medicine Hat High School
The first South Eastern Alberta high school drama festival runs Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Medicine Hat High School. Three one act plays each night feature romance mystery and suspense with adjudicator Jack McCreth of Alberta Cultural Activities Branch. Tickets sold at the door.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Medicine Hat High School
Jack McCreth
Jack Wyber
Heaven On Earth
Irvine High School
Richard Wray
Crescent Heights High School
A. McRae
Georgie
Senator Gershaw High School
Bow Island
F. Dann
R. Hollett
Jack and the Joker
Henry Allergoth
Puck hits former PC leader McTague at Leafs game
Charles P. McTague 72, ex chair of the Progressive Conservative party, was hospitalized after a flying hockey puck struck him in the nose while he sat in the second row at Maple Leaf Gardens. The puck deflected off Red Kelly of Toronto, a Liberal former MP for Toronto York West.
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Toronto (Cp
Charles P. McTague
National Progressive Conservative Party
McTague
Maple Leaf Gardens
Boston Bruins
Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto
Red Kelly
Toronto York West
Queen Elizabeth and Philip greeted by 70000 students in Brisbane
In Brisbane 70 000 school children roared a deafening welcome as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived. Heat weary with 100 treated for exhaustion, 70 percent returned to seats after the choral roar. The royals also visited a Brisbane suburb centre for disabled children where a boy pressed a crumpled Union Jack into the Queen's sight.
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Brisbane
Australia
Reuters
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
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F. Peters
Czechs
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Miss Bacon
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Pearson
Diefenbaker
United States
U.S
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Ont
Thompson
Montreal
Douglas
Kindersley, Sask
Patrick J. Roe
Southland Growers Industries Ltd
A. R. Patrick
Alberta Securities Commission
Patrick
Agriculture
Strom
B.C. House
THE
Elizabeth General
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Little
Bridge City Page
Jim Coleman
Mad Hatter Pursle
Slemeny
Aieve
Agnes Marie
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