Mayor Harry Veiner named Outstanding Citizen of the Year
The Medicine Hat College banquet marks its seventh anniversary with Mayor Harry Veiner receiving the Outstanding Citizen of the Year award for community service. Past winners, awards to college officials, and recognitions for college art and music programs were also announced during the event.
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Harry Veiner
Medicine Hat College
Veiner
George Davison
Eugene Burton
Bud’’ Olson
Harry Strom
Noreen Flanagan
Neville Matthews
Alderman Davison
Medicine Hat
Weiner
Nixon
Montreal
Gary Seymour
College Board of Governors
Jaci Snedden
J. B. Bird
Don Oliphant
George Hawrelak
David Carter
Gordon Willis
Duncan Currie
Luke Lindee
John Porter
Jack Barrie
Betty Ann Yuill
Nancy Ruth Sissons
Betty Lawson
Linda Arnott
George Rayner
Aurline Lewis
Elaine Pritchard
Ivy Anderson
Dorothy Olmstead
Lois Racette
Centre
Medicine Hot College
Stanfield Liberal support questioned over policy shift
Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield accused the Liberal party in Vancouver of wholesale abandonment of principles and policies after the election, citing a string of new cynical moves that depart from four years of espoused positions.
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Vancouver
Robert Stanfield
Liberal Party
Mitchell Indicted Over Secret Nixon Donation Scheme
Former attorney general John Mitchell former commerce secretary Maurice H Stans and two corporate officials were indicted on 16 counts for conspiring to arrange a secret 200000 contribution to Nixon re election efforts Vesco 37 former board chairman of International Controls Corp was named as a defendant Sears a New Jersey Republican leader was also charged The donation was later returned by the Nixon campaign and prompted questions about government credibility.
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New York
John Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
New Jersey
Harry L. Sears
Robert L. Vesco
International Controls Corp
Vesco
Nixon
Prairie grasshopper plague threatens vast farm area
89 000 square miles across Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba face potential grasshopper infestation double last year's area. Officials warn eggs are present and hatch timing and local conditions will determine crop damage with the risk strongest in southern regions and Red River Valley Manitoba.
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Don Sellar Southam
Ottawa
Agriculture Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Agriculture Department
Saskatoon
Red River Valley
Neepawa
Carberry
Plumas
Last Mountain Lake
Kyle
Corinne
Coronach
Nanton
Carmangay
Vauxhall
Taber
Warner
Bow Island
Manyberries
Gleichen
Brooks
Red Deer River
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Schuler
Alsask
Canada
Consumers spoiled by low food costs in Canada
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan criticized price conscious consumers as spoiled by decades of low food costs. He noted a 2.6 percent March to April rise and warned costs could rise about 37 percent by next March if trends continue, blaming weather, droughts, and higher demand for red meat and fish.
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Ottawa
Eugene Whelan
Ottawa- Carleton
Mr. Whelan
Whelan
Liberal
Trudeau
East
Peru
Medicine Hat to award Maple Avenue bridge contracts
The Alberta Highway Department approves two Calgary bids for the Maple Avenue bridge in Medicine Hat. Commonwealth Construction bids 2,067,330 for main structure and roadways while Con-Force bids 748,000 for pre cast girders. Completion target is October 1974 with 2,279,400 of 3,562,000 funded by province.
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Edmonton
Department of Highways
City of
Medicine Hat
Maple Avenue
Calgary
Commonwealth Construction Ltd
Con-Force Products Ltd
Medicine Hat Public Works Department
Commonwealth Construction
Con-Force
Medicine Hat Public Works
Lorne Thompson
Canada wildlife act moves to committee after tense debate
The Commons finished second reading on a bill granting Ottawa general wildlife conservation authority. Only Don Blenkarn opposed, warning of ministerial overreach. Critics said the act lacks teeth while advocates urged broader input from native and rural communities before fisheries and forestry committee review.
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Ottawa
Commons
Environment
Jack Davis
Don Blenkarn
Peel South
Tan Watson
L—Laprairie
Mark Rose
NDP
Fraser Valley West
Watson
Mr. Rose
Frank Howard
NDP— Skeena
Fisheries and Forestry Committee
Baby Shipped in Box Sparks Outrage at Edmonton Hospital
The three month old Belinda Manybears died of shigella and her body was taken from Royal Alexandra Hospital to Slave Lake in a cardboard box. Pathologist Dr Peter Davey condemns the handling and calls for legislation requiring hospital handoff to undertakers. The mother found the body in her living room and described disturbing signs. The health minister orders an inquiry into hospital body handling after recent distress.
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Peter Davey
Wabasca
Slave Lake
Manybears
Belinda
Neil Crawford
Alberta Hospital Services Commission
Lack of capital threatens ICCS in Vietnam
The International Control Commission and Supervision faces service cuts as it seeks fresh funding from the four Paris peace parties US North Vietnam Saigon and the Viet Cong. Contractors warn of halted services without payment after initial 4.5 million francs from each party.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
International Control Commission
Indochina
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Prairies
Stanfield
Mitchell
Statistics Canada
Department
W. D. Smith
Cer Seem Cove
Pease Drive
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