Alberta Education Mill Rates to Rise in 39 Municipalities
Education minister A J Hooke announced 39 of 305 reporting Alberta municipalities will raise education mill rates under a new foundation program. Overall, 43 have unchanged rates and 187 will lower school tax. nine cities face higher costs. Medicine Hat's education levy rises to 38.55 mills, with total district budgets increasing despite grants.
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Edmonton
A. J. Hooke
Hooke
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Foundation
Department of Municipal Affairs
Medicine Hatters
Wagner Captures Primary Victory in New York City
Mayor Robert Wagner won a sweeping Democratic primary over the New York city machine and defeated Carmine de Sapio. State comptroller Arthur Levitt conceded after losses. Wagner leads with 342,996 votes to 228,101 as returns from 3,650 of 4,700 districts come in, setting up a race against Louis Lefkowitz in November.
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NEW York
Robert Wagner
New York City
Tammany Uall
Carmine de Sapio
Arthur Levitt
Wagner
Waener
Levitt
de Sapio
James S. Lanigan
Tammany Hall
Louis Lefkowitz
Ranchers May Get Tax Concession for Drought Losses
In Ottawa Revenue Minister Nowlan signaled possible tax relief for drought struck Prairie cattlemen. He said the Income Tax Act already offers flexibility to help without new legislation. He noted ranchers facing herd reductions and discussed removing income tax on forced cattle sales if proceeds are reinvested in new stock next year.
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Ottawa
Nowlan
Edwin W
Brunsden
Medicine Hat
Bourguiba Accepts French Retention Of Bizerte Base
Tunisian President Bourguiba said he would allow France to keep the Bizerte naval base while danger of world war persists and would start modус vivendi talks on base use. He signaled later evacuation negotiations after the danger ends and announced Friday a prisoner exchange.
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Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
France
Bizerte
de Gaulle
Bourguiba
Belgrade
Sahara
Manning Hints at Changes In Petroleum Legislation
Premier E C Manning signaled major Alberta petroleum law reform at a Calgary luncheon during a three day symposium. He warned reserves could drop to ten years by 1971 if trends continue and noted committees are studying potential changes, including pro rationing to balance market share and spur exploration amid rising costs.
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Calgary
Alberta
E. C. Manning
Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists
Geological Association of Canada
Manning
Alberta Department of Mines and Minerals
Alberta Oil and Gas Conservation Board
Independent Petroleum Producers Association
Pennies and Change Said To Kill Zoo Seal
Seattle AP reports Woodland Park zoo director Frank Vinicenzi told the park board a post mortem found a seal died from copper poisoning after swallowing 321 pennies 12 nickels eight dimes and a West German pfennig plus a button a washer and 16 pebbles totaling two pounds 9 ounces.
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Seattle
Frank Vinecenzi
Woodland Park Zoo
Seattle Park Board
Khrushchev Signals Readiness for Berlin Talks
Soviet Premier Khrushchev said he is ready for another summit with President Kennedy on Berlin and East West issues. He warned that if talks fail they may worsen matters, and urged a German peace treaty and a free city of Berlin with Western access under East German agreement.
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Nigw York
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Berlin
C. L. Sulzberger
New York Times
Sulzberger
Kremlin
Times Today
East
West Germany
West Berlin
East Germany
United States
Kkhrushchev
Germany
China
Fallout cloud drifts east from Russian tests toward Hudson Bay
U S weather bureau reports radioactive debris from Russia’s first nuclear explosion drifting east across the Canada U S border toward Hudson Bay and likely toward southern Greenland. Meteorologist Telegadas notes the cloud will affect southern Canada and northern U S, with rain and wind spreading fallout to ground. Officials say detonations pose no major health hazard. Machta compares fallout to U S Nevada tests.
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Washington
U.S. Weather Bureau
Russia
Telegadas
Lester Machta
Canada
United States
Harth
Savoy banquet manager to be known as Evangelo Brioni
Brian Evans the Savoy Hotel banquet manager will be renamed Evangelo Brioni. A spokesman said the Savoy tradition favors an Italian or French name for banquet managers and the change was made accordingly. If Brioni rises higher, a future name decision will be considered then.
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London
Reuters
Brian Evans
Savoy Hotel
Evangelo Brioni
Savoy
Brioni
West Lodges Protest Over Air Corridor Rights
The United States, Britain, and France warned the Soviet Union in Moscow that any interference with allied flights in the air corridors between West Germany and West Berlin will trigger a response for aggressive action against Western rights. The notes reject Moscow’s claim of limited air transport and reaffirm 15 years of open practice supporting Allied access to Berlin.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
West Germany
West Berlin
Kremlin
Moscow
Berlin
U.S.S.R
East Germany
East Berlin
Germany
Refugee Crashes Through Berlin Wall Barricades
A 23 year old East German refugee drove a station wagon through barbed wire and a double barrier at Brandenburg Gate to reach West Berlin. he escaped unharmed and firemen towed the car. In Helmstedt a five person truck crash left a driver dead and a woman injured after a border clash. Bild reports East German planes may begin air corridor exercises to test Western resolve on Berlin defense.
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Reuters-Ap Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
West Berlin
Helmstedt
Berlin
Police Chiefs Seek Code Change On Drunk Impaired Driving
The Canadian Association of Police Chiefs urged the federal government to review drunk and impaired driving provisions. A expert committee would assess a alcoholised content level for impairment, with new rules linking first and second offenses. A Vancouver proposal adds penalties for nonpayment of fines, and a rapid civil defence study is urged. The next meeting is set for Victoria in September with Saskatoon and Moncton, N.B.
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Halifax
Canadian Association of Police Chiefs
Association
Justice Department
J. G. Kettles
Saskatoon
Vancouver
Victoria
Moncton
N.B
Thermometer Dips to 33 For New Low of Season
Medicine Hat registered an official low of 33 with frost in several southern and central localities. The cold snap kept residents bundled as temperatures fell to the season’s lowest point yet.
Canadians Consider Fallout Shelters as War Fear Grows
In Medicine Hat and Edmonton officials report rising interest in home fallout shelters amid fears of nuclear war. Richard A. Pearce notes one shelter plan under review with a house permit. Edmonton authorities say about 12 shelter plans for houses and one for a business are on file.
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Asia
Berlin
Medicine Hat
Richard A. Pearce
Edmonton
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