28 Mar 1964
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1964
Page
1
Pearl Muir and Pat Flinn discuss the TV film The Open Grave. Readers are asked if the program offended them and to share views on its content and themes.
Ottawa MPs moved to permit a post Easter recess if the $240.9 million spending bill is cleared and royal assent given. The Easter sittings followed a brief Good Friday session amid protests over the fiscal year estimates. House and Senate schedules were set, with party lines and unanimous consent influencing the recess.
A sweeping Associated Press capsule details Alaska quake devastation with Anchorage near total destruction and hundreds feared dead. Kodiak Valdez Seward and Juneau report casualties as waves up to 17 feet flood coastlines and oil tanks burn. Worldwide tidal effects hit Crescent City Deppe Bay Portland Honolulu and other sites with multiple drownings and damage.
Christians prepare for Easter as Pope Paul and church leaders issue messages of unity. In Alaska, metro Anchorage suffers a devastating earthquake at rush hour with a cascading collapse of downtown buildings and a potential death toll reaching hundreds.
The magnitude 9.2 quake devastates Anchorage on Fourth Avenue with buildings leveled and homes swept from cliffs. Analysts report up to 300 dead in Anchor age and thousands affected. Valdez Seward and Kodiak report deaths and missing persons. Governor Egan seeks presidential disaster declaration as oil tanks explode and power fails. Rescue efforts struggle without reliable communications and fire services hampered by water shortages. Navy evacuated its station as residents flee to higher ground.
Cambridge rowers led from start to finish on the Thames and beat Oxford by six and a half lengths in the four mile race. John Lecky of Cambridge and John Roche Kiely of Jacksonville powered the No. 5 and No. 6 positions as Cambridge extended its edge to claim 61 wins in 110 races.
The annual meeting of the Medicine Hat Artificial Ice Company Ltd will be held April 3 at the Medicine Hat Curling Rink. The meeting will get under way at 7 30 p.m.
Alberta Red Cross appeals for blood from type O negative donors amid a critical shortage due to recent accidents. Officials warn supplies are extremely low and urge type B donors to receive pre donation shots to help determine blood types. A Medicine Hat clinic at St. John's Church Hall runs March 1 to April 2, staffing the blood bank.
An eyewitness recalls the March 27 1964 Great Anchorage quake detailing buildings toppled by moving ground. He describes damage to his apartment and office, crowds gathering outside homes, and civil defense crews coordinating at the safety building as death toll rises.
A powerful Alaska earthquake caused landslides in Turnagain Bluff above Anchorage and sent tidal waves flooding Washington coastlines and Vancouver Island ports. Reports say Seward and Port Alberni suffered heavy damage while Juneau Coast Guard noted a 100 mile wave travel rapid. widespread evacuations followed.
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