Gas rate change increases bills for Medicine Hat users
More than 6,000 Medicine Hat domestic natural gas customers face higher monthly bills after July 1 as rates shift to 2 dollars for the first 2,000 cubic feet and a 2 dollar monthly minimum. The old 30 cents per 1,000 cubic feet remains above 2,000 cubic feet up to 75,000, with an average annual increase around 16.50 dollars. Industrial users see a three cent per 1,000 cubic feet rise across classes.
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Medicine Hat
Veiner fights rivals over mill rate and gas hikes
City Council in Medicine Hat capped the 1963 mill rate at 34 mills after a strenuous four hour meeting led by Mayor Harry Veiner. He opposed gas rate changes while eight aldermen backed the shift, approving a roughly 26 percent rise for domestic and commercial gas use and a 34 mill rate. Budget aims include a possible deficit of up to 229,579 dollars.
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Veiner
Harry Veiner
Olson Urges Change in Canada's Nuclear Defence Role
In Ottawa H A Olson urged renegotiating Canada’s nuclear defence commitments to stress its status as a leading middle power. He supported acquiring nuclear warheads but argued Canada can ease world tensions through broader involvement. He warned bilingualism alone won’t solve Canada’s regional differences. Hugh Horner criticized Canada’s nuclear ties to the United States, saying it makes Canada a US satellite and hurts its image with Asian and African nations.
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Ottawa
Canada
H. A. Olson
SC Medicine Hat
Commons
Olson
Hugh Horner
Jasper Edson
the Commons
United States
Asia
Africa
Horner
Trade minister rules out Prairie grain removal by July end
Ottawa claims it is highly unlikely grain producers will be removed across the Prairies before the July 31 crop year end. In other items, Vatican condition described as hopeless by reliable sources in The Hague, and a body found near a Yukon gravel pit is being checked against a missing French student from last summer.
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Sharp
Prairies
Hague
Reuters
Vatican
Whitehorse
Y.T
Alaska Highway
Sumer
Letter Triggers Row in Commons Over Alleged US Letter
In Ottawa former defence minister Gordon Churchill read to the House a letter he said came from US Ambassador W. W. Butterworth congratulating Lester Pearson on a pro nuclear stand. Liberal leader Pearson called the letter a forgery amid protests as Parliament debated foreign intervention in the election campaign.
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Charles Lynch
Southam News Services
Ottawa
Gordon Churchill
House of Commons
U. S
Canada
W. W. Butterworth
Lester Pearson
Pearson
Churchill
U.S. State Department
State Department
Liberal Party
Paul Martin
W. Walton Butterworth
Defence
Piped TV in the Hat This Fall
Israel Switzer of Co Ax Television Ltd says piping TV to Medicine Hat homes this fall depends on city pole access. Delays in talks between Co Ax, the City of Medicine Hat, and Alberta Government Telephones may push back the start of the Canadian football season. Switzer is in Medicine Hat with an engineer and plans a city conference after a March 11 council vote approved leasing pole space in principle. Alberta Government Telephones also seeks inclusion to protect all parties’ interests.
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Israel Switzer
Co-Ax Television Ltd
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Switzer
Co-Ax
Two More Arrested In Loomis Armored Car Robbery
Vancouver police charged William John Grant 31 of Surrey and Jerry Peterson 38 with theft in the Loomis Armored Car Services robbery. The arrests bring to three the number of suspects held in the $525,000 heist.
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Vancouver
Loomis Armored Car Service
William John Grant
Surrey
B.C
Jerry Peterson
Ambassador Butterworth denounces forged letter to Pearson
U S Ambassador W Walton Butterworth calls a letter read to Parliament a complete forgery denying any writing to Prime Minister Pearson about his nuclear stance. A spokesman for Pearson says the letter was palpably fraudulent and no inquiry was pursued. Butterworth says he would fire any secretary who wrote such a fatuous note. American investigators find no original forgery.
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Butterworth
House of Commons
U.S. Foreign Service
Pregnant Geisha Key In Recovery of $300,000
In Hope British Columbia a pregnant geisha persona led motel owners to three metal bound suitcases containing evidence linked to a Loomis armored car robbery. The theft, reported May 19, involved about $500,000 and culminated in the arrest of a guard, Douglas Brown, in Rio de Janeiro.
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Hope
B.C
Loomis Armored Car Service
Don
Pegi Hall
Rupert Taylor
Mr. Hall
Hall
Loomis
Douglas John Brown
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Canada
Fire destroys wings of Ho tel Nieuw Hospital in Chicoutimi
About 1,000 people evacuated as a fast moving fire destroyed three wings of the hospital run by the Sisters of St. Augustine. No injuries reported and only a few surgical patients remain in the new section saved by 60 firefighters amid low water pressure. Cinders sparked fires in six buildings at Riviere du Moulin.
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Que
Nieuw Hospital
Sisters of St. Augustine
Saguenay
Quebec City
Riviere du Moulin
Dispute Flarees Over Privileges In Estevan Clinic
Estevan Saskatchewan doctors clash as a royal commission hears testimony on hospital privileges. Dr Patrick Murphy and Dr Norman Samuels claim discrimination against their applications at St Josephs Hospital amid bitter splits with medicare opponents.
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Estevan
Sask
Saskatchewan
Royal Commission
Patrick Murphy
Estevan Community Clinic
Onother
Murphy
Norman Samuels
Estevan Clinic
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Britain
Merbyn Wood
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
Edward Miller
St. Joseph’s
Miller
Sugar price cuts hit Montreal refineries for second day
Montreal refineries lowered the price of a 100 pound bag of sugar by 25 cents for a second straight day. Two plants charged $17.15 and the third $17.00, marking a shift after a rise since April 10. Since the year's start prices moved from $9.10 to $12.25 and then higher, with 39 changes total. Spokesmen tied the drop to a decline in world raw sugar prices in London.
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London
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