BC election campaign nears end as leaders duel over Peace River
Premier Bennett and Progressive Conservative leader Fulton press the Peace River project amid sharp exchanges. NDP chief Strachan plans a Vancouver press conference, then returns to Alberni to speak. Liberal Perrault pledges a special BC Legislature session if his party wins.
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W. A. C. Bennett
Dave Fulton
Peace River Project
Robert Strachan
New Democratic Party
Vancouver
Ray Perrault
B.C
Bennett
Nanaimo
Peace River
Fulton
Kimberley
Social Credit
Columbia
English Channel
St. Lawrence Seaways
Strachan
Duncan
NDP
Vancouver Island
Alberni
Ministers push wheat surplus plan at Saskatchewan meeting
Liberal cabinet ministers visited Moose Jaw to explain the Canadian wheat board agreement and its burdens on farmers. Speaker Gillattef Hilicet Sharp told about 300 Saskatchewan Farmers Union members that railways must handle 239 million bushels for Russia under the Ottawa signed plan, easing fears of new surplus problems.
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Eew Board
Gillattef Hilicet
Medraith
Wentert
D Day Near In Ontario
Ontario's three party leaders return to home ridings after a big bid for Toronto seats. NDP chief Donald MacDonald led a three way York South debate, Premier John Robarts campaigned in London as PC candidate, Liberal John W. Meyers returned to Kitchener.
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Toronto
Ontario
New Democratic Party
Donald MacDonald
Metro
York South
John Robarts
London
Ont
Progressive Conservative
Liberal Party
John Wintermeyer
Kitchener
Early Birds Fined for Out of Season Hunting in Strathmore
In Strathmore Police Court, 34 hunters were fined a total of 850 dollars and had their licences revoked for a year after violating hunting seasons north of Highway 1 and east of Highway 9 in the designated southern zone which opened Monday.
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Calgary (Cp
Strathmore
Highway 1
Highway 9
Avenues Probed On Disarmament at UN Mission
External Affairs Minister Paul Martin discussed a potential new disarmament initiative with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the United Nations mission. Martin planned further talks with India's Vijaya Pandit and Tunisia's Mongi Slim, and was to meet South Africa's G P Joost, amid Afro Asian talks on South Africa's racial policy. He later planned more meetings with Japan's Masayoshi Obira before returning to Ottawa.
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United Nations
Paul Martin
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
East
We Martin
Towa
India
Vijaya S. Pandit
Mongi Slim
Tunisia
South Africa
G. P. Joost
Pandit
Nehru
Martin
Japan
Masayoshi Obira
Alberta Crash Claims 3 Lives
A two car collision near Botha Alberta Sunday night killed 24 year old Alex Leonard Fuhrer of Gadsby 52 year old Mrs. Oliver Payne of Stettler and her nine year old son Darryl. Mr Payne the other driver sustained serious injuries and Fuhrer was alone in the other vehicle. Botha lies 55 miles east of Red Deer.
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Botha
Alta
Alberta
Alex Leonard Fuhrer
Gadsby
Oliver Payne
Stettler
Senators Ratify Nuclear Test Ban Pact
The Senate approved the limited nuclear test ban treaty by a 80 to 19 vote after weeks of hearings and debate. The pact bans atmospheric, outer space, and underwater tests and aims to ease global tensions while critics warn of security risks and a potential path to broader disarmament.
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U.S
Washington
Senate
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
Kennedy
Richard B. Russell
Dem. Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Stennis
Dem. Miss
Strom Thurmond
Dem. S.C
Russell
No Jets Penhold Jet Training Off Penhold Site
Ottawa says jet training will not launch at RCAF Penhold Alberta due to complex surrounding pattern. Harvard jet trainers will stay in service elsewhere with absorption of Penhold schedule at other bases. Moose Jaw and other ports may host displaced training while officials review Suffield as a possible center.
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Ottawa
Penhold
Alta
Moose Jaw
Sask
Défence Department
Harvard
Ally Hayne
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Stoday
Chamber
OE Commerce
Defence
Paul Hellyer
Defence Department
Suffield
Only Sign Shed Heft of Hamlet
Saskatchewan Wheats Pool construction crews towed away the town’s grain elevator leaving only a dull red tool shed as the hamlet was virtually wiped from the map. The 90-foot high elevator once stored 38,000 bushels of grain and its removal marks a dramatic change for the community of Saskatoon area.
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Pickthall
Sask
Saskatchewan Wheats Pool
White signed elevator moved from Little Cloud to Crane Valley
The 180 ton elevator owned by Canadian Pacific Railway was hauled away Monday morning toward Crane Valley, about 75 miles north. It is expected to reach there by Wednesday, with Pool crews led by chief engineer McGinn having solved numerous difficulties in moving structures previously.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Crane Valley
Cafae Manta
Regina
McGinn
Death of George Bonthoux Former Medicine Hat Resident
Word was received this morning of the death of George Bonthoux of Edmonton and former resident of Medicine Hat. Mr. Bonthoux was former manager of Hat Commercial Printers. He died in Edmonton Monday. A funeral service will be held in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Friday.
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George Bonthoux
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Bonthoux
Hat Commercial Printers
North Battleford, Sask
British Embassy Evacuated as Indonesia Blocks Flights
The British embassy in Jakarta evacuated staff after Indonesian officials barred international airlines from using Jakarta for Singapore pickups. Ambassador Gilchrist and his wife were among evacuees, as authorities prepared joint British Indonesian security measures.
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cPlffim
Ap-Reuters D ‘Jakart Ene
Feklastor Ieee Feklan
Andrew Gilchrist
Jakarta
Singapore
Gilchrist
Prisoner Makes Stylish Escape From Haney Prison
Mel Hawk. Adam, 20, escaped from Haney Correctional Institute while on maintenance duty. He entered a car and fled the Fraser Valley area as authorities issued a manhunt. Warden John Braith- is overseeing the incident.
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Haney
B.C
Mel Hawk
Adam
Haney Correctional Institute
Feciouary
Aney Correctional Inst
John Braith
New Dems Seek Shift In Seating Arrangement
Ottawa reports a call to rearrange the House of Commons seating. New Democratic Party whip Stanley Knowles requests moving the Social Credit MPs downward and elevating the New Democrats beside the Speaker. The Social Credit caucus shows fractures with Robert Thompson leading 11 MPs and Real Caouette’s splinter group at 13 Quebec MPs.
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Ottawa
Alan MacNaughton
Social Credit
New Democrats
House of Commons
Stanley Knowles
New Democratic Party
MacNaughton
Progressive Conservatives
Ting
Guy Marcoux
Quebec-Montmorency
Face of
Robert Thompson
Quebec
Alberta
British Columbia
Real Caouetite
Mr. Thompson
Ralliement Des Creditistes
National Association
National Party
Guerrilla shot hits Pan Am 707 near Saigon
A Pan American 707 was struck by a Communist bullet seven miles from Saigon airport while en route from Singapore to Manila. The engine oil lines were severed in the No 3 engine, but the jet landed safely on three engines. The hit may have targeted U.S. officials McNamara and Taylor.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Reuters
United States Defence
Robert McNamara
Singapore
Manila
McNamara
Maxwell Taylor
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
South
Viet Nam
Pan American
Kennedy Sends McNamara and Taylor to South Viet Nam
President Kennedy announced on Saturday that McNamara and Taylor will travel to South Viet Nam to review the guerrilla war. The move signals oversight of U.S. strategy and assistance to Saigon.
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Kennedy
McNamara
Taylor
South Viet Nam
One Bushel Quota Set for Medicine Hat Deliveries
The Canadian Wheat Board set quotas of one bushel per acre for 145 Prairie grain delivery points including Medicine Hat. Manitoba 14 points, Saskatchewan 101, Alberta 30 receive quotas under the measure.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Fraud Charges In Quebec Shake Union Nationale Figures
Two former Union Nationale cabinet ministers a legislative councillor and a former senior civil servant face fraud charges in Quebec alleging they defrauded the province. The case marks a high profile political corruption inquiry with formal allegations filed today.
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Quebec
Province of
Union Nationale
legislative coun_cillor
Harvest Work Resumes in Alberta After Rain Delay
Alberta Wheat Pool reports harvests restarting after heavy rains paused work. Across the province over 90 percent of grain cut and 65 to 70 percent threshed, flax lagging with 44 percent cut and 12 percent threshed. Southern areas show improved moisture. Peace River trails with light frost and crop damage minimal.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Wheat Pool
Peace River
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