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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 01, 1962
Page
1
The 1962 census reports Medicine Hat total population at 24 615, up 600 from 1961, across four categories including adults eligible to vote 14 079 and under six 3 467. City taxation clerk Dick Dietrich invites Hatters who were overlooked in the enumeration to contact City Hall.
The Arrow and Bomarc, pivotal Canadian military devices, ignite the campaign as Lester Pearson notes the Liberal position on nuclear weapons remains flexible. Douglas opposes nuclear arms. Diefenbaker campaigns in Newfoundland while Pearson and Douglas tour western and eastern Canada with party events.
Van Redi Mix at 821 17th St. S W is added to a spate of break ins in Medicine Hat lifting the tally to six in less than a week. Thieves forced a rear dispatch area door at the hat mix premises to access a desk and boxes containing about 90 dollars, 80 dollars, and 700 unendorsed cheques. Other sites hit include McCoy High, Crescent Heights High, Parkside School, Redcliff, Hat Salvage Co, and Redcliff Esso Coffee Shop. A suspect in the Hat Salvage Co break was jailed a year in Lethbridge.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker will speak at a Progressive Conservative rally in Medicine Hat Arena Gardens on May 11. PC campaign publicity chief Tex Fenske confirmed the engagement and noted details such as travel plans and post-event itinerary are not yet announced. It would be Diefenbaker’s first visit to Medicine Hat in 43 years, a city last visited during Sir Robert Borden’s terms.
An anthrax outbreak in a Consort Alberta cattle herd was brought under control with quarantine, vaccination of survivors, and thorough disinfection. Fourteen of 500 cattle died, the disease can affect humans, and vets warn against post mortems due to soil spores.
Water arrives in Bow Island irrigation network amid drought. S.M.R.D. ditchriders and assistants cleared weeds and drift soil since April. Chin reservoir gates opened April 23 and water reached Bow Island April 26. Farmers may request water with 24 hour delivery window. Maintenance teams support ditch riders through summer. water shut off October 20.
British Prime Minister Macmillan reaffirmed Britain’s resolve to safeguard Commonwealth interests in talks with Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker as they prepared for a Torontoflight after a two day visit. Diefenbaker planned a televised speech on the Common Market and other issues for Wednesday night. Alberta Wheat Pool reports severe sub soil moisture in southern Alberta with some areas almost dry and seeding halted, while northern reserves are good and Cardston Pincher Creek Claresholm areas are excellent. Seeded wheat area seen rising 6 percent. barley and flax likely decline.
Gunmen and secret army terrorists struck eastern Bone and Algiers, wounding 21 Moslem dock workers and killing five Europeans. Bomb blasts damaged a dam models office and a Kouba tax office, with a Moslem grocery store attacked in Hydra Quarter. Overall toll: 19 Moslems killed, 26 wounded, plus four Europeans hurt.
Medicine Hat Public School District may receive up to $14,000 under Alberta education foundation Clause G 1962 adjustments. Secretary treasurer George Davison noted uncertainty and sought Education Department clarification. Joe Kelly said he was working to interpret the clause. copies of the program provisions arrived at both city offices.
May Day events across the world featured parades and speeches. In West Berlin about 700,000 residents near the wall heard Gen. Lucius D. Clay and Willy Brandt, while a clash of loudspeakers with East and West sides occurred. East Berlin staged a military parade with 8000 troops and rockets.
Chicago report tallies eight dead and up to 100 injured across multiple states as tornadoes and storms sweep the Midwest and South. Weather hazards include hail up to two inches and winds around 105 mph with widespread property damage and rainfall.
Ottawa sources say major railways will file tariffs to extend the reduced rate level under a now-dead subsidy until May 31. Freight agents and the Board of Transport Commissioners were informed early today of the extension and the tariffs will be filed at the Montreal office to formalize the change.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen says the conciliation board's wage plan is inadequate and prepares a strike ballot for about 10 000 CNR workers. They oppose a 6 percent raise spread over three years and fear drastic changes to working conditions threaten craft security.
Regina women mobilize petitions to force delay or acceptance of the Saskatchewan medical care plan. Mothers lead both sides with thousands of signatures while rural constituencies urge a plebiscite as doctors face possible departure.
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