Vote count begins Wednesday in Saskatchewan election
Regina reports the official vote tally for the April 22 Saskatchewan general election starts Wednesday. About 640000 ballots were counted on election night giving the Liberal Party 33 seats, CCF 25, and Progressive Conservatives open. Final results may extend to Thursday or Friday as absentee, declared and advance ballots are processed.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Liberal Party
CCF
Progressive Conservatives
Saskatchewan Liberal stance on tax cuts clarified
Regina CP reports Liberal leader Ross Thatcher states the party will not rush tax cuts before taking office while Premier Woodrow Lloyd accuses the Liberals of changing their stance. Thatcher promises major reductions soon with decisions to be made by his cabinet on timing and budget sessions.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Ross Thatcher
Woodrow Lloyd
Lloyd
Thatcher
Liberals
Canadian Traders Conclude Two-Week Russia Trade Tour
A 40-member group of Canadian businessmen finished a private two-week visit to Russia after touring factories in Leningrad Rostov Volgograd and Zaporizhzhia and inspecting a uranium mine in Ukraine. They discussed deals and arranged Russian translations for Canadian publishers as follow-up sales negotiations began.
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Moscow
Reuters
Russia
Sweden
Edgar T. Alberts
Toronto
Leningrad
Rostov
Volograd
Zaporozhe
Ukraine
Canada
Basford urges BC attorney general to testify on drug policy
Ron Basford tells the Commons foods and drugs committee that BC Attorney General Robert Bonner should be called to explain action depriving low income groups of cheaper drugs. Basford warns he may move a witness motion if the committee does not call Bonner. Dr. C A Morrell will testify first on drug safety.
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Ottawa
Ron Basford
Vancouver - Burrard
Robert Bonner
British Columbia
Commons
B.C
Basford
Special Commons Committee On Foods and Drugs
Bonner
Vancouver
C. A. Morrell
Federal Health Department
Food and Drug Directorate
Major additions mooted for Medicine Hat High School
A Public School Board report projects enrolment rising from 860 to 1249 by 1968 at Medicine Hat High School with about 400 students in the vocational wing. It recommends $485,000 for buildings and equipment including a new $182,000 junior machine shop and industrial electrical shop, two $88,000 additions for lecture theatres, plus $31,500 for business equipment and various shop facilities.
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Medicine Hat
W. Q. Sanders
G. S. Grant
MHHS
Harris Romfo
U S Will Continue Flights Over Cuba
U S Secretary of State Rusk told the NATO ministerial council the United States would persist with aerial surveillance of Cuba as a basis to verify there are no Soviet missiles. He warned against interference and urged broader support for South Vietnam. He noted Cuban subversion abroad and described Khrushchev’s Cairo visit amid Sino Soviet tensions.
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The
Hague
U.S
Rusk
Cuba
NATO Ministerial Council
United States
South Viet Nam
Free World
Castro
North Viet Nam
Russia
Peking
South
Viet Nam
NATO
Khrushchev
Cairo
Soviet Union
UN troops seal Famagusta zone after Cyprus clash
Irish UN peacekeepers blocked the old Turkish quarter of Famagusta to curb Greek Cypriot revenge after a shooting that killed a Turkish Cypriot and wounded a Greek officer. Ten Turkish Cypriots were missing, reportedly taken hostage by Greeks. A Greek government call denounced the incident as cold blooded murder.
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Nicosia
Iirish
Famagusta
Cyprus
Serted
Pariagiotis Tarsoullis
Tarsoullis
Language barrier stalls hearing in Commons Privileges Committee
The Commons privileges committee failed to start its hearing on Gerard Girouard amid a language barrier and a push to call Keith Davey first. The panel defeated a motion to hear Davey earlier and will consider him as a potential witness while Girouard cites Liberal pressure for a fat campaign fund.
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Ottawa
Commons Privileges Committee
Gerard Girouard
PC — Labelle
Liberal Party
Liberal National
Keith Davey
Girouard
Social Credit Party
Davey
Commons
Liberals
Privileges Committee
Stanley Knowles
NDP
Winnipeg North Centre
Hole-in-one at Medicine Hat Golf Club
John Boehm of Medicine Hat made the first hole-in-one of the season at the Medicine Hat Golf Club on the 205 yard fourth hole using a four-wood. The ball landed short, rolled to the green and dropped into the cup. He was accompanied by Wes Cotton, also of Medicine Hat.
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Medicine Hat Golf Club
John Boehm
Medicine Hat
Boehm
Wes Cotton
Opposition rails on defence policy in Ottawa debate
In Ottawa MP clashes over defence policy stretch into the third day. Opposition members accuse the government of weakening Canada’s forces while criticizing vague future promises and a lack of commitment to nuclear weapons and Arrow interceptors. Reg Cantelon questions the government’s position.
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Ottawa
Defence
Hellyer
Canada
Douglas Harkness
Reg Cantelon
Pc— Kindersley
Levesque in Quebec Politics Sparks Monologue to Debate
Rene Levesque, Quebec resources minister, forges his own image of Quebec as an associate or independent state. The piece questions his influence, the loyalty of Premier Lesage, and whether Levesque can be challenged or may become a political bogeyman in Ottawa negotiations.
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Montreal
Rene Levesque
Quebec
Levesque
Doug Fisher
NDP
Fisher
Government of
Canada
Pearson
Mr. Pearson
Lesage
Leves
Que
Ottawa
McCarthy
United States
Rainfall slows seeding in Alberta crops
Alberta crop report notes field work nearly halted by heavy rains from late May into early June. Southern districts averaged three inches, Peace River about one inch, topsoil moisture excellent while sub-soil at 74 percent of ideal. Only three percent of wheat seeded, mostly around Medicine Hat and Edmonton. little other planting underway. Winter wheat and fall rye fared well in south. some wheat streak mosaic in Lethbridge area prompting plowing.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Peace River
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Lethbridge
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