Severe drought grips Canada's Prairies amid fears of long dry spell
Severe drought threatens the Prairies as 1960-61 winter proves driest since the mid 1920s. Ranchers face water shortages and uncertain feed supplies with late summer drought possible, prompting officials to urge pasture use for breeding stock and dry lots for calves, while stubble should be left unseeded to curb soil drift.
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Bert Hargrave
Walsh District
Hargrave
Walsh Cattle Marketing Association
Walsh
Regina
Departments of Agriculture
Canada
Prairies
Weather Relief Delayed in District Amid Mixed Rain
Light rain has fallen in parts of the district but not enough to ease conditions. Reports show varied precipitation with some snow and freezing drizzle overnight. Forecast calls for dull clouds across Alberta and Saskatchewan through Sunday morning with breaks Sunday afternoon.
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Bow Island
Brooks
Walsh
Atlee
Wildhorse
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Mel Cameron
Death Claims Dr. Fairfield Pioneer Alberta Agriculturist
Dr. William Harmon Fairfield, pioneer and leading southern Alberta agriculturist, died Thursday in Lethbridge. He headed the Lethbridge experimental farm from its 1905 founding until his 1945 retirement.
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Lethbridge
William Harmon Fairfield
Alberta
Fairfield
Lethbridge Experimental Farm
Alberta first reading on pipeline and power line tax bill
Alberta legislature advances a bill to empower municipalities to tax pipelines and power lines for the first time. It sets a 32 mill levy on equalized assessment for education and places provincial and municipal buildings on municipal rolls. Estimated pipeline value about 80 million. total provincial assessment 1.738 billion.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Social Credit
A. J. Hooke
Department of Municipal Affairs
Utilities relief and uniform assessment proposed in press bill
Mr Hooke announced relief for utilities until July 1 due to existing consumer contracts. Urban municipalities currently tax pipelines and power installations at 10 mills, with most property assessed at 60 percent of fair value, except power equipment at 30 percent. A read of the assessment bill aims for uniform practices across cities, with a 32 mill education levy collected via municipal assessments and redistributed by the province.
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Hooke
Municipal Affairs Department
SEATO Laos talks set by foreign ministers in Bangkok
Foreign Ministers of SEATO converge in Bangkok for a Laos crisis conference. A defense blueprint favors a hard U S line and stronger alliance firepower while Western military movements remain secret. Leaders include Rusk Home Menzies Holyoake Couve de Murville and others.
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Bangkok
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Laos
Seato
U.S
London
Britain
Soviet Union
Cochairmen
Indochina
Control Commission
India
Poland
Canada
Reuters
State Ministerial Council
Rusk
Lord Home
Serrano
Robert Menzies
Australia
Keith Holyoake
New Zealand
Couve de Murville
Manzur Qadir
Pakistan
Thanat Khaman
Thailand
Animals Aboard Soviet Spacecraft Return to Earth
Moscow radio reported a dog and other small creatures were launched into orbit and landed safely. Preliminary checks showed the animals in normal condition and the mission aimed to improve designs for sustaining human vital functions during spaceflight and reentry.
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London
Ap-Reuters
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Earth
Rural Bloc Keeps School Finance Plan On Track
Alberta School Trustees' Association approved the education financing plan in principle after rural members defeated a push by urban delegates to postpone a year. The convention backed the scheme with a 172 to 61 vote, while a 77 to 42 motion to delay was tabled. Education Minister Anders Aalborg cited rising salaries and costs as context for a 55.6 million dollar levy and 49 million dollar appropriation.
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Edmonton
Alberta School Trustees’ Association
Resolutions Committee
Anders O. Aalborg
Board of Public Utilities Commissioners
Public Disregard Charged by HSA
The Alberta Federation of Home and School Associations accuses the provincial government of ignoring public opinion by pursuing immediate use of an education tax program. Delegates sent telegrams to Education Minister A. O. Aalborg demanding delay until the next legislative session and urged cooperation if the program proceeds this year.
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Banff, Alta
Alberta Federation of Home and School Associations
Federation
A. O. Aalborg
Aalborg
Alberta
Cameron
Educational Planning Commission
Canadians Win Big In Grand National Sweepstakes
A Gleichen housewife and three other Canadians each won 138500 dollars in the Grand National sweepstakes at Aintree England. Eight Canadians won 55400 dollars on the second place horse Merryman II. Five others including a Calgary man won 22770 dollars on Nicolaus Silver, with winners from Toronto area and White Rock.
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Gleichen
Aintree
England
Catherine Porter
Calgary
Macushla
Nicolaus Silver
Merryman II
O’malley Point
Toronto
White Rock
Third Jury Seeks Verdict On Finch Murder Charge
In Los Angeles a jury of ten men and two women deliberates for the third time in the murder conspiracy case against Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff over the death of his wife Barbara. Finches age 48 and Tregoff 24, both in Hall of Justice cells, face possible life or death outcomes.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Finche
Barbara
Finch
Hall of Justice
Miss Tregoff
Foulston Sets 8:30 Start For Bonspiel Finals
Drawmaster John Foulston has set a tentative 8:30 pm start for the finals in the Thirteenth Annual Ladies Bonspiel at the curling rink. Play began this morning in the Drs. James and Findlay Trophy event with other action in the eights and fours. The grand aggregate features three local rinks tied at 6-1 including defending champion Polly Beaton. Fern Adams and Doris Close fill the trio, while Dorothy Shields Sceptre is 6-2 and Baxter of Swift Current sits at 5-1. Further results appear on pages 9 and 18.
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John Foulston
Polly Beaton
Fern Adams
Doris Close
Dorothy Shields
Sceptre
Swift Current
Baxter
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