06 May 1963
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 06, 1963
Page
1
Alan The Hamilton teen crator reports on a broad, openly operating movement in Quebec seeking independence. He notes separatists range from civil servants to business staff and estimates the FLQ at about 50 members, with two legal parties forming in four months and broad support beyond violence.
Prime Minister Pearson returns to Ottawa upbeat about his London visit with Macmillan and NATO leaders. He dismisses a bomb-hoax report as false and outlines talks on Kennedy, Commonwealth issues, Burns’ disarmament work, Drew’s return, and offshore fishing limits aligning with Britain's three-mile expansion.
Montreal report states prison guard Raymond Tellier died from bullets fired by his would be rescuers, not knife wounds, in a melee at St Vincent de Paul penitentiary last week. A CP dispatch notes findings from the autopsy.
Dominican forces were rushed to the Haitian border amid reports President Juan Bosch could order an invasion at the slightest provocation. Air patrols and naval links with U S ships were noted as the OAS studies its mission report on the crisis.
Medicine Hat could raise the mill rate to 36 mills on the new assessment, meaning about a 20 percent rise in city property taxes for residents. The provincial education demand is expected to top $1.1 million, up modestly from last year, with local boards clashing over extra requisitions. City finance Aldermen aim to reach 36 mills, potentially cutting school requisitions or appealing to the Public Utilities Board. Local figures cited include A. T. Legge and city council discussions on funding.
A 12 member task force holds the island as Mackenzie River ice breakup looms. Evacuated residents may return to aid cleanup if downstream ice clear allows, else flooding could submerge the 750 person town and its two mile island near Fort Simpson at the Mackenzie Liard confluence.
The federal cabinet will decide this week on aid for Hay River and Fort Simpson in NWT hit by floods and ice. Damages at Hay River are projected at 1.6 million dollars. Fort Simpson losses center on about 50 homes to be repaired on high ground.
A violent blast ripped the roof and walls of St. Lawrence Sugar Refining Limited in east Montreal at 1 15 p m EDT. Fire officials say all employees may be out but several people could be trapped. Four injured, one with a broken foot, others with minor injuries. Rubble fills Notre Dame Street as six water hose streams battle post blast fires. Cause unknown.
An escaped convict Thomas William McCauley and Mary Ann Connelly were charged with attempted capital murder and breaking and entering after a Regina police shooting. Constable Donald W. Coulthard was seriously wounded with two bullets, as a car chase through Regina ensued following a drug store break in.
Three people, two men and a woman, were hospitalized after a two car crash two miles south of the Trans-Canada Highway on the Black and White Trail Sunday at about 7 40 p.m. One man in fair condition with chest and hip injuries and multiple lacerations, others with minor bruises. Driver John Bailey of 537 Aberdeen St. was not hospitalized. one car was a total loss. RCMP investigating. details scarce at press time.
EDMONTON CP T K Klemke and Son Construction Ltd of Medicine Hat received an 87255 contract for grading and other work on Highway 27 from east to Three Hills Creek to junction with Highway 21 a six mile stretch. Five other road contracts went to Calgary and Red Deer firms.
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