01 May 1967
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 01, 1967
Page
1
Severe spring blizzard leaves Lethbridge area with a 63.7 inch April snow total, 10 foot drifts, and widespread power losses. One death is reported as John Obbagy, 65, is believed to have a heart attack while shoveling snow. Helicopters start airlifting feed to stranded cattle as milk and food supplies move toward urban centers.
Ranchers in Southern Alberta face heavy losses as two storms strike within a week. George Ross Jr of Lost River Ranch near Manyberries reports cattle deaths while snow and drifting conditions close highways and hinder cleanup. Lorne Thompson of Medicine Hat Feedlots notes worsening conditions with wind and wet snow.
U S pilots shoot down three Communist MiGs over North Vietnam near the DMZ. Marines suffer heavy casualties at Hill 881 as they fight foot by foot up the slopes. Spokesman says 49 Marines killed and 156 wounded in the action this day. total Marines killed eight and 240 wounded in the week. Marines claim 183 Communist deaths.
Eight helicopters aided rural Alberta after the worst spring blizzard on record isolating communities by three feet of snow. Aircraft airlifted hay and groceries, ferried protein blocks, and brought relief to stranded cattle and residents including four children on the Blood Indian reserve near Lethbridge.
In Moscow on May Day China's An Chih yuan and interpreter walked out as Marshal Grecho denounced China for not joining a common aid program for Vietnam. Grecho, flanked by Brezhnev and Kosygin, urged continued Communist support, while US and West German actions were criticized. May Day marches stretched across the Eastern Hemisphere with labor rallies in many cities.
Bandits overpowered a three man crew in Islington London and fled with gold bullion valued at about 2.25 million dollars or 750000 pounds. The vehicle was later found abandoned in Kentish Town with the crew bound. The haul was said to be destined for the Rothschild firm.
Montreal crowds tally about 1.5 million visitors for Expo 67 as officials note Sunday totals of 569 500 despite uncounted delayed arrivals. Thursday’s private tickets drew 72 000. Friday to Sunday public enterances reach 407 500, 423 000 and surge amid queues and a subway disruption.
Alberta PC leader Peter Lougheed urged reverting AGT to free enterprise and creating Alberta Telephones along lines of Alberta Gas Trunklines. Shares would be sold to citizens with no AGT rate hike, and $20 000 would fund the Alberta Development Fund. Lougheed touted rural service expansion and staff advancement as core goals. He named Jim Horsman as a potential cabinet material amid election preparations.
RCMP reports relief crews work through the night as the town of 37 000 recovers from paralysis. Army and air force helicopters drop hay to cattle while farmers face delayed planting until mid May due to heavy snow and flood risk. Three stranded Indigenous children receive milk during mercy missions near Magrath.
A helicopter dropped tons of hay to cattle stranded in coulees near Claresholm as 50 000 head were cut off by heavy drifts. Neighbors assisted under doctor guidance while Emergency Measures Organization planned feed drops and road clearing. Ministers Halmrast and Strom to tour, radio CJOC kept public updated.
Two Canadian soldiers were killed in an off duty auto accident near Hoitzen West Germany defense department said Pte Earl Charles Brown of Medicine Hat and Pte Ronald Joseph Paderski of Kitchener served with the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Parents to be flown to Germany by RCAF for funeral Wednesday.
Burlington police and volunteers search marsh and swamp around Kilbride for Marianne Schuett who vanished last Thursday after reportedly entering a late model foreign station wagon near her school. Four witnesses dispute the car’s description and a composite portrait is described as uncertain by investigators.
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