Alberta Western Beef plant to reopen August first
A meeting in the mayor’s office heard J. C. Wheatcroft, president of the former Alberta Western Beef Company, promise a near complete reorganization and a reopening date. Mayor Weiner said the city will press shareholders for settlements only if the plant does not resume operations and pledged support to help open the plant.
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Alberta Western
The
NEWS
J. C. Wheatcroft
Weiner
Wheatcroft
Alberta Western Beef
Debate over a Speaker could be embarrassing
Ottawa reports growing concern among MPs that the Commons Speaker debate may degenerate into a sour, embarrassing discussion. Three candidates are discussed, including Alan Macnaughton Lucien Lamoureux and Roland Michener. Opposition Leader Diefenbaker suggested Macnaughton for the post. Prime Minister Pearson urged confidential discussion.
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Ottawa
Commons
Alan Macnaughton
Lucien Lamoureux
Roland Michener
India
Diefenbaker
Macnaughton
Montreal
Mount Royal
NDP
Stanley Knowles
Winnipeg North Centre
Pearson
Empress River Race Begins on 120 Mile South Saskatchewan
The second annual Empress River Race started at 4 30 this morning with 40 paddlers in 20 canoes entering a 120 mile course from Medicine Hat to Sandy Point bridge down the South Saskatchewan River.
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Medicine Hat
Sandy Point Bridge
South Saskatchewan
Gemini IV to attempt first in-space rendezvous during flight
Astronaut Edward White will leave the capsule to float in space while James McDivitt pilots the Gemini IV to within 25 feet of the spent Titan II rocket. The plan includes a space walk using a space gun to aid close approach as the craft enters its first orbit from Cape Kennedy.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Edward White
White
U.S. Space Agency
George E. Mueller
Pad 19
Cape Kennedy Complex
Mueller
James McDivitt
McDivitt
U.S
Russia accuses Canada of witch hunt in espionage claim
Moscow reports say Nedelya magazine accused U S embassy officials Malcolm Toon and Alan Logan of covert intelligence work inside the mission. The embassy rejected the allegations calling the article scurrilous and fabrication with no action indicated. Toon was due to leave the USSR in midsummer.
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Malcolm Toon
Alan Logan
Nedelya
U.S
Toon
Moscow
U.S S.R
NDP Leader Douglas Attacks U S Viet Nam Policy
Douglas accuses United States of new colonialism in Viet Nam as government and opposition spokesmen defend US policy. External Affairs Minister Martin and Opposition Leader Diefenbaker reject Douglas’s view during a day-long foreign affairs debate. Douglas’s hour-long speech marks his broadest critique yet.
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Ottawa
United States
Viet Nam
NDP
Douglas
U.S
Martin
Diefenbaker
Soviet embassy bugging claims erupt in Soviet press
In Sovietskaya Russia the Soviet embassy in Ottawa is accused of spying and being targeted by Canadian authorities. The article cites expulsion of two aides A E Bychkov and V N Palushin for alleged espionage and condemns RCMP eavesdropping and provocations against Soviet nationals. It links expulsions to May Day and alleges anti Soviet sentiment backed by Western crimes in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic.
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Canada
Ottawa
Sovietskaya Russia
Russian Federation
Communist Party
A. E. Bychkov
V. N. Palushin
U.S.S.R
Ipaper
Provocateurs
Izvestia
V. V. Tarasov
Personna Non Grata
Tarasov
Tass
V.P. Cheremisinov
RCMP
United States
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Six Alberta pathologists likely to leave province
A telephone survey by The NEWS shows that at least six of Alberta's twenty two pathologists have accepted appointments elsewhere or plan to do so if provincial health diagnostic service regulation changes take effect in September. Several cited higher salaries and research funding in the United States Pacific Northwest and southern U.S. as incentives.
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Douglas Fisher
NDP
Port Arthur
Fisher
Alberta
the News
Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons
R. Woolstencroft
Lloyd Grisdale
Kenneth Thornton
Ken Thornton
Medicine Hat
Thornton
Royal Jubilee Hospital
Victoria
U.S
United States
Pacific Northwest
Canada
Pathologist Loss Ends Local Medical Tests in Medicine Hat
Dr. Kenneth Thornton will move to Victoria in August leaving the Medicine Hat General Hospital and private lab without a resident pathologist. Lab staff can only perform basic tests, no cancer cell study or biopsies, autopsy service ends, accreditation at risk, and complex tests must be mailed to Calgary or Edmonton.
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Medicine Hat
Kenneth Thornton
Victoria
General Hospital
Medicine Hat Cancer Clinic
Calgary
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Edmonton
The
Alberta
Empress to Get Long Awaited Access Road This Summer
William Delday MLA for Bow Valley Empress announced a new six mile access road to connect with a one mile extension of Highway 41. The project will provide access this summer and improve travel to Empress and surrounding areas.
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Empress
William Delday
Bow Valley
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CCB
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