21 Mar 1964
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1964
Page
1
Readers weigh in on teen queen and outstanding teen contests in this weekly feature. The piece solicits opinions from the community, highlighting youth involvement and public interest in local pageantry.
The 30 shift foremen at the Dominion Glass Plant in Red Cliff walked off Friday morning protesting no regular days off and returned yesterday afternoon after a meeting with a company official. Plant manager W. J. Sellhorn left for Lethbridge this morning and could not be contacted for comment.
Timely snowfalls yield about half an inch of moisture in the Medicine Hat district over the last two days. Snowfall from Friday night to today totals 1.8 inches, bringing the Thursday to today total to 5.4 inches. No letup in sight with temperatures forecast from 10 to 25 degrees tomorrow and Sunday.
George Ross president of the Western Stock Growers Association announced the 69th annual convention will be held in Medicine Hat on February 24 1965 at the new Elks Hall possible. About 275 guests attended the West ern Chamber of Commerce dinner where officials urged farmer rancher and city businessmen to share ideas. Fred Newcombe retired agricultural extension worker spoke on life in Burma outlining his Burma trip with slides.
The Irish playwright Brendan Behan died in Meath Hospital at 41 after a long struggle with drinking and illness. Doctors cited jaundice and diabetes as factors despite a life spent in and out of hospital and legal trouble in several countries.
Premier Robarts pulled back the bill after opposition and public criticism. He said he would not tolerate any law infringing personal rights, effectively spelling the death of a bill granting the Ontario Police Commission power to jail without trial. The fate of the measure lies with a committee meeting likely Monday.
The airborne build up of Canada’s UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus ends Sunday with 32 troops arriving to bring the Canadian total to 1948. The remaining 1,150-man contingent will arrive March 29 aboard the RCN carrier Bonaventure. A Greek Cypriot shepherd reported missing after a shooting was found hiding in a well. Greek Foreign Minister Spyros Kyprianou left Athens for New York for talks with UN Secretary-General U Thant on the future role of the peace force.
Five Canadians won 150000 each as Team Spirit captured the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree England. Four Canadians earned 60000 each for Purple Silk in second, and one won 30000 for third place Peacetown.
Medicine Hat mayor Harry Veiner wins a football kicking contest against Dundee Lord Provost Maurice McManus by about ten yards amid a 10,000 crowd at a mid game event. A trophy from the South Alberta Caledonian Society is presented and a full account with photos will follow by air mail.
The Society urged Medicine Hat and Dundee to become twins for the Centennial. Mayor Harry Weiner and Lord Provost Maurice McManus discussed a football kicking contest with a trophy donated by the society. A letter urged Kenneth McKellar to present the trophy and a second letter introduced guests from Dundee.
The Cyprus conflict flared with at least eight dead as Greek and Turkish Cypriots clashed. Canadian troops prepared to assume UN peacekeeping duties near Nicosia, while Irish Swedish and Finnish contingents awaited activation. President de Gaulle toured Mexico and Hal Banks faced removal from leadership of the SIU. Ontario police study calls for broad new powers amid organized crime ties. Gordon keeps tax rates. student family allowances rise. Jack Ruby hires Percy Foreman as new lawyer after death sentence ruling.
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