Lynx Spotted Near Police Point In Medicine Hat
Two Medicine Hat women painting at Police Point reported a light brown wild cat with a short tail and pointed ears, possibly a lynx or bobcat, which ambled away. Officials say the timid wild cats pose no serious threat and are protected by law. police warn against discharging firearms within city limits.
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Medicine Hat
Police Point
Cootie Rozenhart
12Th St. N.E
Grace Cormier
14Th St. N.E
Mrs. Rozenhart
Fish and Wildlife
Bill MacDonald
Canada looks to Parliament over waterfront labour violence
Prime Minister Pearson said Canada may summon Parliament before its Sept. 30 opening to address the waterfront strike and back five CMU under trusteeship after the SIU dispute. The How ard L. Shaw freighter remains idle in Chicago as tension rises between unions and shipowners. Hal Banks of SIU was jailed for contempt, pending appeal, in the Quebec case against Upper Lakes Shipping.
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Ottawa
Pearson
United States
Justice T. G. Norris
Seafarers’ International Union
Ind
Canadian Maritime Union
CLC
Great Lakes
Howard L. Shaw
Chicago
Shaw
SIU
CMU
Upper Lakes Shipping Company
Kennedy
the Lakes
Montreal
Hal €. Banks
Upper Lakes Shipping Limited
Toronto
Andre Sabourin
Quebec Superior Court
Board Confirms Big Wheat Sale to Russia
The Canadian Wheat Board reports Russia bought 11.2 million bushels of Canadian wheat for 22 million dollars. Negotiations closed in Ottawa with shipments split between Pacific and St Lawrence ports. Wheat board Commissioner McNamara and Trade Minister Sharp tied the sale to a broader Canada Russia trade agreement.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Russia
Ottawa
Pacific
St. Lawrence
Sharp
Wheat Board
W. C. McNamara
Federal troops seize Alabama National Guard for school desegregation
In Birmingham the federal government assumed control of the Alabama National Guard by presidential order to enforce integration amid Governor Wallace's defiance. Two African American students, a 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, entered Murphy High School in Mobile just before 7:30 am as the first black pupils in Alabama public schools. Guardsmen stationed around the school withdrew shortly before their arrival.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama National Guard
George C. Wallace
Murphy High School
Mobile
Alabama
Wallace
Simpson Seeks Council Seat in Local Race
Peter Simpson declared he will seek a seat on City Council in the upcoming race. Four vacancies exist on the nine member body with several declared and considering candidates, nomination closes September 25, and terms for several officials run one more year.
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Peter Simpson
Ald. T. R. Osborne
Ted Anhorn
Helen Beny Gibson
Willard Lutes
Mr. Simpson
J. C. Miller
Milton Reinhardt
Gordon Sissons
Harry Weiner
Weiner
Cliff Adam
Jack Edwards
T. R. Osborne
Earl Smith
Armed South Vietnamese troops seal schools in Saigon
Reuters reports that arm ed South Vietnamese combat troops and police occupied all high schools in Saigon after violence at several schools amid anti government protests. A separate Reuters note from Linslade England says a full hearing for 10 defendants in Britain's Great Train Robbery case begins September 20.
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Saigon
Reuters
Linslade
England
Britain
Harvest Progress and Yields in Alberta Districts
Ideal temperatures in Medicine Hat area support harvests with 75 to 100 percent completion. Wheat yields average 13 bushels per acre in Schuler. some districts report good yields despite drought. Local showers did not hamper harvest. rain totals varied by area with pockets near 0.5 inches and up to 15 inches elsewhere. Harvests nearing completion in Faith-Etzikom and IddesleighJenner areas. grasshopper damage and hail affected some yields. Central Alberta reports high yields above 100 bushels per acre in some stations. broader regions show mixed progress as threshing advances countywide.
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Medicine Hat
Schuler
Hans Wiedeman
Alberta
Walsh
Spring Creek
Box Elder
Vic Krause
Iddesleigh - Jenner
A. Sten
Ner
Alberta Wheat Pool
Edmonton
Peace River
Lethbridge
Calgary
Quadruplets Born To Harkins Family In Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi a mother Thomas P. Harkins welcomed quadruplets born Saturday at St. Dominic Hospital. The four girls, labeled A B C and D, were moved from incubators to normal ones and are reported healthy. The father sought a celebratory cigar while relatives plan a family conference to pick names.
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St. Dominic Hospital
Ottawa Meeting Planned on Great Lakes Labour Dispute
United States Labor Secretary Willard Wirtz will fly to Ottawa on Wednesday for talks with Labour Minister Mac Eachen on the Great Lakes marine dispute. Canadian officials may brief him on proposed legislation to trustees five mine unions including the Sea farers International Union of Canada and the Canadian Maritime Union. Parliament is set to resume on Sept 30 with no immediate emergency session called.
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Ottawa
United States
Willard Wirtz
MacEachen
Great Lakes
Wirtz
Seafarers’ International Union of Canada
Ind
Canadian Maritime Union
CLC
Board allows full minute booze ads on radio and TV
The Board of Broadcast Governors in Ottawa approved a full minute of hard-sell beer and wine advertising in radio and television commercials. The decision marks a green light for alcohol promotion across broadcast media.
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Ottawa
Board of Broadcast Governors
Olson Backs Jet Centre for Suffield Air Station
Medicine Hat MP H A Bud Olson backs moving the proposed jet training school from Penhold to the Suffield Experimental Station. He cites better weather and more flying days, noting facilities at Suffield are largely unused since 1958 and pledges support by letter and personal representation in Ottawa.
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Medicine Hat
H. A
Bud” Olson
the News
Chamber of Commerce
Suf
Penhold
Olson
Ddesleigh
Calgary-Edmonton
Suffield
RCAF
Ottawa
Pensions in Spotlight as Canada Plan Moves Ahead
The federal provincial pensions conference opens with Prime Minister Pearson announcing a $10 basic old age pension rise three months early. Ontario's Robarts backs a compatible provincial plan while Quebec pushes its own system. all sides aim to integrate with the Canada Pension Plan.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Robarts
Ontario
Canada
Quebec
Judy LaMarsh
Canada Pension Plan
Carrier Fortin
Quebec Legisature
Miss LaMarsh
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Karl Brucker
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Little Cloud
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