Medicine Hat marks 369 days without a fatal accident
The Medicine Hat area records 369 consecutive days without a traffic fatality, the longest such stretch in the town's history. Sgt. Bill McKenzie emphasizes individual driver responsibility, noting the daily tally will be tracked by The NEWS to raise awareness. Previous fatality occurred Sept. 22, 1962, with eight deaths since 1960.
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Rod Edwards
Medicine Hat
Bill McKenzie
McKenzie
Redcliff Community Park Plans Launched
A provisional committee led by Vic Alguire and Frank Lritt launched the Redcliff Community Park project. The park will sit on the South Saskatchewan riverbank one half mile east of the pumping station and include picnic areas, kitchen facilities, and shaded riverbank trees. Local donations fund the start, with Redcliff town council backing the effort and grassing planned for this fall.
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Redcliff
Vic Alguire
Frank Lritt
Park administration shifts to elected committee in Red Cliff
Town machines placed under new system as all park affairs will be handled by an elected committee. A meeting is set for Oct 1 at 8 p.m. in Red Cliff town hall. All organizations and residents urged to attend.
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Redcliff
Newfoundland faces unprecedented gastroenteritis outbreak
News briefs report a severe gastroenteritis surge in Newfoundland unseen since Confederation in 1949. The item notes province wide impact and calls for attention to the health crisis. The brief cites no individual names or dates beyond the historical comparison.
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Johns
Newfoundland
Denning Report Clears Ministers in Profumo Affair
Lord Denning's report labels Stephen Ward a Communist sympathizer who befriended Capt. Yevgeny Ivanov and doubts Ivanov was Christine Keeler's lover. Ward died by barbiturate overdose on sentencing day after being found guilty of procuring and living off prostitution proceeds related to Miss Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies. Ministers named in rumors avoided censure. Denning notes discussions about US arming West Germany but finds no proof Ward acted on such requests.
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London
Lord Denning
Stephen Ward
Ward
Yevgeny Ivanov
Ivanov
Christine Keeler
Capt
Miss Keeler
Mandy Rice- Davies
Profumo
John Profumo
Ivanovy
United States
West Germany
Capt. Ivanov
Rosemont Decision Reserved in Alberta Appeal
The Alberta appellate division in Edmonton reserved judgment Tuesday on the Rosemont case appeal by the City of Medicine Hat. The appeal challenged a November Milvain ruling that denied Rosemont Rental Developments Ltd. and HW. R. A. McMillan a service station at 7th Ave 12th St NE Crescent Heights, involving the Medicine Hat Interim Development Board, City Council, and Provincial Planning Advisory Board.
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Supreme Court of Alberta
Edmonton
City of
Medicine Hat
Rosemont
J. W. HW. Milvain
Persona Designata
12Th St
Crescent Heights
Wintermeyer resigns Ontario Liberal leadership after election defeat
John Wintermeyer announced his resignation as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party at a Kitchener press conference after a crushing provincial election defeat. He will reorganize his personal affairs and may step away from public life, noting he is not quitting politics entirely. Waterloo North swung to Keith Butler of the Progressive Conservatives by nearly 3,000 votes.
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Kitchener, Ont
John Wintermeyer
Ontario Liberal Party
Robert Nixon
Ontario Liberal Association
Liberal Party
Ontario
Wintermeyer
Kitchener
Waterloo
Waterloo North
Keith Butler
Progressive Conservatives
Normandy
Mr. Wintermeyer
Alfred C. Wintermeyer
Federal Tories Count Blessings After Ontario Victory
Ontario election boosted Conservative prospects with Premier Robarts re elected and linked plans for a portable pension program. Liberals argued no federal election was imminent while Diefenbaker claimed voter discontent with the federal Liberal government. Both sides highlighted Ottawa provincial cooperation.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Political Alignment Shifts Between Liberal Conservative and NDP
The data shows gains for the Liberal and Conservative blocs from the New Democratic Party and vice versa, with the Liberal and Conservative blocs exchanging positions and the NDP level remaining largely unchanged at 5 and 84 and 6 in the sequence.
Close Ties Urged Between Federal and Ontario Leaders
Prime Minister Pearson urged closer federal provincial cooperation on pension and municipal grants with Ontario Premier Robarts. He commented on Ontario politics, expressed regret at Liberal leader John Wintermeyer’s defeat, and noted Parliament will resume with a bill to place five Great Lakes unions under federal trusteeship if disputes remain unresolved.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Robarts
Ontario
John Wintermeyer
Ontario Conservatives win big in 1963 general election
Premier John Robarts leads a strengthened Progressive Conservative majority in Ontario with 78 seats and 48 mandate seats. Liberal challenger loses his seat. Speaker William Murdoch falls in Essex South. Ada Pritchard becomes first woman M L A in the new assembly.
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Toronto
John Robarts
Ontario
Leslie Frost
John Wintermeyer
Robarts
Frost
London
Iouse
London North
Essex South
William Murdoch
Don Paterson
Agnes Macphail
CCI
Ada Pritchard
Edimilton City
W. K. Warrender
Editinilion Centre
Irvine elects W. Schneider to hospital board by acclamation
W. Schneider was declared re elected by acclamation as the Town of Irvine's representative on the Medicine Hat General Hospital board. The announcement notes the decision was made Wednesday with reference to further details on Page 3.
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W. Schneider
Town of Irvine
Medicine Hat General Hospital
U.S. Weighs Selling Wheat to Russia as Czechoslovakia Enters
Washington reports indicate Czechoslovakia, a Soviet bloc player, has approached the United States about a wheat sale while Moscow has not moved. President Kennedy asks two committees to discuss with Freeman and Hodges as Mansfield says a U.S. Russian deal may be worth considering.
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Washington
U.S
Russia
Czechoslovakia
United States
Agriculture and
State Department
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Soviets in Ottawa Continue Wheat Trade Talks
United States grain traders met with L. M. Mateev head of the Soviet trade agency Exportkhleb in Ottawa. No further meetings planned yet, though the group will stay until notified. Mateev remains in Canada after helping negotiate a 500 million dollar record wheat and flour sale announced September 16.
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Ottawa
United States
Exportkhleb
L. M. Mateev
Canada
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