Hour of Decision Facing Cattlemen in Alberta Drought
Cattlemen in southeastern Alberta face a drought driven hour of decision as three weeks without rain could devastate feed supplies. Mass shipments are expected to move cattle to central and northern Alberta with 600 head sent from the Q Ranch to Camrose and South Edmonton. Ranchers warn if rains do not come soon, grazing capacity will collapse and larger shipments will follow.
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Harald Gunderson
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Q Ranch
Wildhorse
Cressday
Manyberries
Camrose
Weiller and Williams
Qranch
Lloyd Tytlandsvik
Mr. Tytlandsvik
Tytlandsvik
George G. Ross
Ross
Western Stock Growers Association
WSGA
James Mitchell Ltd
Elkwater
James Mitchell
Red Deer
British Columbia
Walsh
Bert Hargrave
Walsh Cattle Marketing Association
Diefenbaker Touts Disarmament Policy In Ontario Rally
Prime Minister Diefenbaker says Canada will not join the nuclear arms race while world hopes rest on disarmament. He spoke in Brockville during a campaign swing that also saw Douglas and Pearson campaigning in Ontario as parties push broader fronts in the race.
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Diefenbaker
Canada
Brock
Prairies
Neepawa
Brandon
Man
Douglas
Regina
Social Credit
Saskatoon
Ontario
Pearson
Tobacco
Lake Erie
Rimouski
RCAF
Trenton
Kingston
Thousand Islands
Brockville
Western Beef plant plans unchanged in Medicine Hat
Despite a Lethbridge report of potential layoffs at Canada Packers and Canadian Dressed Men Company, Alberta Western Beef maintains plans to open its Medicine Hat plant around mid June once construction is finished. The devaluation of the Canadian dollar to 92.12 US cents is cited as a factor benefiting American buyers, possibly affecting production levels. E W Smith of Alberta Western Beef says the situation is being watched and changes to scheduled operations remain possible.
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Western Beef Company Ltd
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Canada Packers
United States
Canada
E. W. Smith
Alberta Western Beef
City Man in Critical Condition After Highway Crash
Andrew Arychuk, 33, remains in critical condition at Calgary General Hospital with serious head injuries after a rear collision on Highway No. 1. Passenger in a car driven by Murray Leask, 28, who died at the scene. truck driver Ken Hart, 40, uninjured. RCMP say Leask attempted to pull over before impact.
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Andrew Arychuk
Gleichen
Calgary General Hospital
Calgary
Arychuk
Murray Blake Leask
12Th St. NE
Leask
Ken Hart
Medicine Hat
What About The Doukhobors Series Preview
West Coast correspondent Tom Hazlitt investigates the Doukhobors of the Kootenays in a four part series. The first installment will appear on the Editorial page tomorrow and run over the next three days.
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Sons of Freedom
Canada
Kootenays
Southam
West Coast
Tom Hazlitt
Vancouver
Western Rapport Sought by U S
Washington reports the United States seeks full clarification from West Germany on its stance toward exploratory talks with Russia about an East West Berlin accord. President Kennedy calls for secrecy in allied consultations and urges Chancellor Adenauer to avoid public debate despite mixed signals.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Berlin
Kennedy
Allied Con
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Sub Freighter Collide With Nuclear Sub near Farallon Islands
A 12 000 ton freighter ran over the nine month old submarine Permit during a submerged test near the Farallon Islands. All 140 aboard were unharmed as the Ha waiian Citizen docked in San Francisco after reporting hull damage. The only damage to the submarine was bent conning tower doors. crew opened them to raise the radio antenna and report status. The Permit departed Mare Island Shipyard under Lt Cmdr Ernest R Barrett.
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San Francisco
Farallon Islands
Matson
Navy
Mare Island
San Francisco Bay
Cmdr
Ernest R. Barrett
Vicksburg
Miss
Deformed Babies Seen Possibility in Calgary
Dr. R. D. Buchanan of the Calgary and District Medical Society says deformed babies may be born in Calgary through September due to mothers taking Thalidomide. He cites at least one affected child and reports four cases including a stillbirth, urging tighter Canadian FDA regulation as the drug is recalled for causing limb deformities when taken in early pregnancy.
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Calgary
R. D. Buchanan
Calgary and District Medical Society
Buchanan
Canadian Food and Drug Administration
United States
Dr. Buchanan
Maple Creek Merchants Ask Council to Undo Noon-Hour Bylaw
Maple Creek merchants voted to ask town council to rescind the 11 year old bylaw forcing noon hour closures on Mondays while keeping the general Monday closure. About 27 persons attended the meeting chaired by Gryce Blythman who said almost all merchants support concluding Monday closings but want freedom to open noon to 1 pm if desired.
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Maple Creek
Retail Merchants
Chamber of Commerce
Saskatchewan
Gryce Blythman
Retail Merchants Committee
Blythman
Alberta Municipal Finance loans rise to 13.8 million this year
Alberta Municipal Finance Corporation reports loans totaling 13,788,000 to municipalities so far in the year, bringing the total since inception to 295,000,000. The report was released Wednesday and highlights ongoing municipal financing activity across the province.
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Edmonton
Alberta Municipal Finance Corporation
Lusitania Wreck Probe Raises German Ammo Claim
An American skin diver led a 23 year old team to the Lusitania wreck 10 miles off Ireland’s coast and found signs the site was tampered with. They suggest a torpedo plus an internal explosion and note cargo of 4000 cases of small arms ammunition.
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London
Atlantic
U.S
John
Light of
Elmhurst
N.Y
Ireland
Light
BBC Television
Maurice Harvey
Harvey
Politicians Share Seats Aboard Trans-Canada Flight
On a Toronto to Winnipeg trip Liberal Paul Martin Progressive Conservative Trade Minister Hees New Democratic Leader T. C. Douglas and NDP candidate Stanley Knowles shared two first class seats. A TCA official joked about name tags as the group exited. Hees described the meeting as a friendly confab among the four.
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Winnipeg
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Toronto
Paul Martin
Hees
New Democratic
T. C. Douglas
NDP
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Tunis
Ben Khedda
France
Little
BBC
Patrick Troughton
City News
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