Leinweber Faces Poll Challenge Ahead of Provincial Vote
A NEWS research poll in Riverside School's district shows incumbent MLA Harry Leinweber with 6 votes among 344. Roy Wiedemann and Jim Horsman each get 51, Ted Grimm 42, with 86 undecided. Daylight saving support 163 to 111. Undecided voters may decide May 23.
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Harry. Leinweber
Riverside School
Social Credit
Leinweber
Roy Wiedemann
Jim Horsman
Ted Grimm
Wiedemann
Horsman
Grimm
Edmonton
Progressive Conservative
NDP
Riverside Leinweber
Broadfoot
Liberal
Reinhardt
Gibson
Biddell
Prairie canoe pageant to open with 60 paddlers
Edmonton and Winnipeg canoe enthusiasts propelled a centennial event that launches from Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, traveling 3,283 miles toward Expo. The pageant, backed by Expo authorities and federal and provincial governments, offers up to $120,000 in official prize money to be awarded by September 4.
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Edmonton
John Nikel
Jim Rheaume
Winnipeg
Rocky Mountain House
Alta
Expo
Adam Borys
Borys
Medicine Hat Lions
Clarence Heringer
John Weimer
Wilson Keeps Pushing Britaininto Common Market Despite Veto
London reports say Prime Minister Wilson will keep pursuing Britain's entry to the Common Market even after President de Gaulle’s velvet veto. Analysts note France’s stance may delay Britain until de Gaulle leaves Paris, with other countries retaining veto power. Meanwhile, Alberta’s Centennial canoe pageant unfolds with ten crews racing down rivers and lakes for up to 22 500 dollars for first place.
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London
Wilson
Britain
de Gaulle
Paris
France
Vid Thompson
Alberta
Rocky Mountain
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Milk price increases hit nine Canadian cities
A cross country survey shows milk prices rising or set to rise in nine of ten major cities. Ottawa stands out with protests and a two cent per quart increase prompting a two week boycott to press for lower dairies prices and new provincial milk production rules.
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Saint John
N.B
Ottawa
Consumers Protection Association of Ottawa
Vancouver
Regina
Winnipeg
Montreal
Edmonton
Calgary
Halifax
Toronto
Cc. J. Kempffer
The
Consumers Association
Ontario
Canada
Arabs demand UN force withdrawal from Gaza border
The United Arab Republic called for the immediate withdrawal of the United Nations Middle East Emergency Force from the Egyptian Israeli border area to the Gaza sector. Cairo radio quoted Field Marshal Abdel-Hakim Amer urging the UN force to pull back to avoid risk if military operations break out. The demand was addressed to Maj. Gen. Indarjit Rikhe, the UN force commander.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Reuters
United Arab Republic
United Nations
Indarijit Rikhe
Ottawa confidence vote looms as dairy subsidy issue highlighted
Opposition parties unite for a no confidence motion against the Liberal government over dairy policy and milk subsidies. Prime Minister Pearson says cabinet agrees to follow Vietnam policy in throne speech debate. Dairy dispute centers on $5.10 versus $4.75 a hundredweight, with NDP and others pledging support.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Privy Council
Walter Gordon
Liberals
NDP
Creditistes
Social Credit
Tories
Lewis Brand
Saskatoon
Ed Schreyer
Springfield
Creditiste
Quebec
Social’ Credit Group
Brand
Schreyer
Dr. Brand
Prairie grain board accepts revised wheat pact
EDMONTON CP Prairie agriculture officials grudgingly accept the new three year international wheat agreement as half a loaf better than none. The plan raises No 1 northern Lakehead prices and Vancouver delivered prices by about 20 cents per bushel, but western farmers lament not achieving a 50 cent gain. Saskatchewan Wheat Pool president Charles Gibbings says the deal is as much as could be achieved under the circumstances and National Farmers Union chief Roy Atkinson notes producers face several imperatives despite the smaller price rise.
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Edmonton
Prairie Agriculture
Geneva
Vancouver
Lakehead
Charles Gibbings
Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Roy Atkinson
Saskatoon
National Farmers’ Union
Riverside polling district predicted Medicine Hat results in 1967 survey
A News team tested Riverside as the key polling division in Medicine Hat, finding Riverside near 1.5 percent of final totals in 1961 and 1963. The survey contacted 344 voters with 5 to 10 percent refusals and compared 1967 results to earlier elections, showing Riverside’s strong influence despite redrawn boundaries.
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Medicine Hat
Riverside
Riverside School
Redcliff
John Stanley
Myron Johnson
Angus Ricker
Gordon Pollard
Lawrence Streifel
Larry Jackie
Malley interview report denied by Chinese officials
The Chinese government rejected Simon Malley’s claim that Premier Chou En-lai granted him an exclusive March interview for Jeune Afrique. Roy M. Fisher of the Chicago Daily News defended the reports as authentic, saying Malley’s articles offer insight into Chinese thinking and plans despite Beijing’s denials.
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China
Chou En-lai
Simon Malley
U.N
Jeune Afrique
Malley
Chicago Daily News
United States-China
U.S
Vietnam
Roy M. Fisher
Peking
United States
Africa
China Predicts Border Conflict With USSR Escalation
Exclusive Peking interview reports top Chinese leaders warn of possible and probable armed clash on the Russia China frontier if Soviet revisionists press toward total war. Chou Enlai foresees Kremlin leadership change as a path to end conflict, citing alleged Soviet American collusion and past crises from Quemoy to Cuba.
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China: Russia
Chou
Kremlin
Peking
Simon Malley
China
Chou En-lai
Peoples Palace
Forbidden City
Russia
America
Aleksei Kosygin
Leonid Berzhnev
United States
U.S.A
Chen Yi
Quemony
Matsu
Formosa Straits
Quemoy
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Liu Shaochi
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang Kai-shek
Middle East
Lebanon
Feisel
Iraq
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Medicine Hat Life Underwriters Association
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Little
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Frontier
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