Highway 48 Route Plans Await Ministerial Decision
Edmonton Highways Minister Clarence Copithorne says he has serious reservations about building Highway 48 from Medicine Hat to the U S border citing deep snow, steep hills, and potential high maintenance costs. He will personally survey the route in Medicine Hat and discuss alternatives with local officials before deciding, with no fixed travel date set.
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Clarence Copithorne
Medicine Hat
United States
Copithorne
Social Credit
Gordon Taylor
Highways Committee
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U.S
Nixon visits Poland after Tehran blasts during Iran trip
President Nixon flew to Warsaw after a 24 hour stay in Tehran marked by a white tie banquet and a rash of bombings that injured a U.S. general and a Iranian woman. Iranian police blamed local Marxist guerrillas while Iraqi broadcasts urged disruption.
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Meir Blames Arab States for Lod Airport Massacre
Prime Minister Golda Meir told parliament that Arab states would bear responsibility for the Lod airport massacre in which at least 22 people were killed and scores wounded. She criticized lax airport security and said the attack could have been prevented if airlines checked passengers.
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Associated Press
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Mordechai Shani
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Bellinson Hospital
Government axes Medicine Hat Maple Avenue Bridge plan
The province rejects Medicine Hat’s 600 000 grant request for phase one of the Maple Avenue Bridge, citing limited funds. Highways Minister Copithorne says the project will be reconsidered next year as total costs exceed available grants, with Edmonton and Calgary prioritized. MLA Wyse calls the decision a blow to Medicine Hat amid other area funding delays. City council will meet to plan protests and seek future funding, keeping the door open for a fall review.
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The
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Medicine Hat
Maple Avenue
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Medicine Hat Public Works
Lorne Thompson
Copithorne
Calgary
Redcliff
Bill Wyse
Social Credit
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Highway 3
Highway 48
Wyse
Socred
Ald
Milt Reinhardt
Reinhardt
Ald. Reinhardt
Army worms threaten rapeseed in Alberta and Saskatchewan
Alberta Agriculture warns Bertha Army worm may threaten rapeseed again this summer. J B Gurba says worms survived winter in good shape and a moth egg lay could trigger another outbreak. Last year caused millions in damage. about 10 percent of Alberta crop affected. Entomologists ready. early field checks advised.
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Alberta Department of Agriculture
J. B. Gurba
Department
Crop Protection and Pest Control Branch
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Gurba
Mr. Gurba
Insurance licence cancelled for Rocky Mountain Life Co
The government cancelled the Calgary based Rocky Mountain Life Insurance Co licence and appointed an interim manager to run the business. Attorney-general Merv Leitch announced the move in the legislature saying it protects 11 000 policy holders, most of them Albertans. A tentative deal cuts creditors claims by hundreds of thousands of dollars while the government administers policies and guarantees full benefits under contracts.
Alberta Milk Price Hike Considered by Public Hearings
Purity Dairy Co op Ltd of Medicine Hat says a general milk price increase of one cent per quart for regular and two per cent milk will be discussed across Alberta at a series of public hearings.
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Purity Dairy Co-op Ltd
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Mayor Veiner Buys Largest Western Canada Greenhouse
Mayor Harry Veiner completes purchase of Medicine Hat Greenhouses Ltd from Neil German and Katie Cummings for an undisclosed sum. The operation, moving main offices to Medicine Hat, spans over 11 acres under glass with last year’s sales around 500000 dollars.
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Medicine Hat
Harry Veiner
Western Canada
Medicine Hat Greenhouses Ltd
Veiner
Calgary
Neil German
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Alberta shelves Athabasca University plan and fourth campus
Advanced Education Minister Jim Foster announced Ottawa that Alberta will not commit to a site or opening date for a fourth university and has shelved Athabasca University. A four to five year pilot tests independent learning, tutorials, and flexible programs with 250 students in temporary facilities as planning continues. The Athabasca project was proposed in 1970 to relieve University of Alberta enrollment pressures and was slated to open in St Albert in 1973.
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Advanced Education
Jim Foster
Athabasca
Foster
University of Alberta
St. Albert
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