23 May 1964
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 23, 1964
Page
1
Pearl Muir and Pat Flinn ask readers if Sport Shirt Month should extend to June and July. The column invites opinions and debate on expanding the themed period and its impact on events and apparel collections.
Prime Minister Pearson aims to introduce a resolution next week on adopting a distinctive national flag featuring a maple leaf. The Commons debated foreign affairs for hours as questions about O Canada and the anthem, the Senate vote, and independent senator positions remained unresolved.
Regina police recovered a stolen car and about 1200 dollars believed to be loot from a Friday hold up at the Bank of Nova Scotia on 13th Avenue and Scarth Street. Teller James Dixon Stephenson, 19, was shot in the leg and hospitalized in good condition. The bandit fled on foot after stuffing cash in a brown paper bag.
Charles Lynch argues Canada’s International Control Commission in Vietnam has failed to prevent civil war and that External Affairs Minister Paul Martin’s speech signals a withdrawal. He notes Canada’s limited impact, criticizes North Vietnamese aggression, and suggests this demise could improve future peacekeeping efforts.
Gen. Kong Le flew from the north to Vientiane and told Premier Souvanna Phouma the neutralist forces are in a very bad state. He may return to Ban Na as Pathet Lao advances pause due to monsoon rains while U S led efforts seek aid to curb the Communist advance in Laos.
Salvador Lopez announced a three power peace summit among Indonesia Malaysia and the Philippines to be held in Tokyo in June. Malaysia offered terms to Sukarno, with no stated date for Indonesian troop withdrawal, while Sabah and Sarawak concerns were raised by Stephen Kalong Ningkan about regrouping guerrillas along the border.
Medicine Hat Musical Theatre officials announced Dorothy Jones will direct the 1964 production. Seven musicals are under study for possible staging, with last year’s South Pacific having been produced by MHMT.
The New York Herald Tribune will publish a Sunday full page feature showing a photograph resembling Lee Harvey Oswald at the Texas School Book Depository moments after Kennedy's assassination. The paper notes FBI said it was not Oswald but questions persist about who fired the bullets.
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