07 May 1964
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 07, 1964
Page
1
Seven local dealers were surveyed. one reports a 40 percent year over year rise, mostly to the south and east, while others say sales are normal. Dealers expect rains to lift purchases later, though farmers may wait for crops to be in. A local bank official notes credit demand remains at normal levels and cautions the uptick may not arrive until early fall.
Forty four people were killed when a Pacific Airlines Fairchild F-27 crashed on a Reno to California flight. The aircraft carried 49 passengers, three crew, and an FAA observer. Pilot Captain Ernest Clark and First Officer R Andress were named, and a rancher described the wreckage as exploding into small bits with only the landing gear intact.
Roy Franklin, 19, wins seven vocal contests and a band prize at the Rotary Music Festival in Medicine Hat. He sings Lord God of Abraham and Coronach with top scores, trained six months, plans to attend the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. Brenda Bischoff leads girls solos. Riverside wins Grade I II chorus with 84 points.
Firemen walked out at Conway Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Railroad yard and earlier at TPW and PPU in Illinois. After union chiefs in Washington called, the two Illinois walkouts were halted within about 10 hours. An arbitration ruling allows elimination of unneeded firemen on diesel yard and freight runs, about 3,000 affected.
Health department says it will not block a single physician from prescribing or administering anablast to a Montreal area leukemia patient, but cautions that any sale or clinical testing must follow new drug regulations. The case involving Rene Guynemer and doctor Cameron is treated as an exception, not a precedent.
Canada pledges a positive role in Kennedy round talks starting September 10. Ottawa aims for selective tariff reductions tied to gains in export markets, with emphasis on improving access to European agriculture and resolving US ECM tariff disparities. France’s stance remains uncertain while observers anticipate US position in September.
The Medicine Hat Municipal Planning Commission approved plans for a 35 unit two storey Travelodge to be built at 527 2nd St. S.E. on a vacant lot opposite CHAT. Units are shown west and north of the site along 5th Ave and 1st St with parking on the east and south. access from 1st St. R. A. Pearce said the exact construction cost is not yet known.
Northwest Nitro Chemicals Ltd announces a large expansion of nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer production at its plant. President T B Potter cites a 100 percent ammonia capacity increase, 30 percent sulfuric acid, and about 25 percent phosphoric acid boosts, aligning with a prior million dollar modification program and strengthening outlook amid Iron Curtain grain exports.
Mayor Harry Weiner hailed Northwest Nitro's multi million dollar expansion as a boost to the economy estimating 50 to 75 new jobs, increasing payroll from 302, and linking the project to Canadian agriculture and fertilizer production with broad design and tech assistance.
A weather department official reports Medicine Hat received more rain in the last six days than any May month from 1856 to 1963. The six day totals compare with May totals from prior years, listing 1963 as .79 inches, 1962 1.03, 1961 1.05, 1960 1.33, 1959 1.39, 1958 .8, with 1957 .05 and 1956 1.72 inches, and 1955 a record 4.2 inches in May.
President Makarios toured western Cyprus on a goodwill mission to Turkish Cypriot villages. Surrounded by Greek police and UN troops he pleaded for peace, visited Paphos outskirts, and spoke from a Turkish coffee shop in a mixed village where Turkish Cypriots greeted him.
Parliament debated the reading of 24 supporting engineers as Richard Deane of Consolidated Mining and Smelting urged abolition of the High Arrow Dam. MPs accused the committee of throttling evidence as anger rose over admissibility and questioning.
The U.S. embassy in Moscow protested to the Soviet Union after three American military attaches were drugged during a March 24 26 visit to Odessa. Named officers Lt Col W L Van Meter Air Force Marine Lt Col J M Landrigan and Navy Lt Cmdr S Shapiro reported drowsiness after meals with barbiturates detected in Moscow tests.
Montreal police warn ALQ may strike again despite apparent destruction of its group. Senior officers note the ALQ is not dead and say dynamite stolen from subway and other construction sites remains unaccounted for, suggesting further activity possible.
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