28 Sep 1963
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1963
Page
1
The report credits Marilynn Hehr and Pat Flinn of The News with coverage of local events. It notes their collaboration and attribution for reported items.
The ecumenical council meets in Rome under Pope Paul VI with faster procedures aimed at renewal. Nine laymen from France Italy Spain Poland and the United States will attend secret sessions but may only advise the council’s ten commissions. About 2,450 council fathers are present, including Cardinal Leger of Montreal.
An Indonesian naval patrol destroyed a boat flying the Malaysian flag in waters north of Toli-Toli, North Celebes. One crew member was killed and two wounded. other crew members were arrested. The incident date was not released.
North Bay reports that Canada will fit nuclear warheads into 56 Bomarc missiles within two months, with Voodoo interceptors awaiting warheads for several months. SAGE combat centre under Reservoir Hill provides rapid data and orders as American crews prepare custody of warheads. Bomarc squadron at North Bay and another at La Macaza share missiles and control, with limited spares and remote firing rules.
British Columbia government confirms ownership of BCE three days before an election. A $25,281,306 out-of-court settlement was paid by B C Power Corporation, parent of BCE, settling the difference between the government’s earlier compensation and the final purchase price of $197,114,358.
Montreal turmoil over the 1967 world exposition intensified as planning director Claude Robillard resigned for personal reasons. Prime Minister Pearson and Mayor Jean Drapeau jointly assured the project would proceed, with Pearson rejecting abandonment and Drapeau pledging the fair would be the greatest since international exhibitions began.
Six masked robbers raided a freight transport depot in London's east end and escaped with diamonds and valuables believed worth £13,000. The raid followed a separate armored car ambush in Kent that yielded about £90,000, with valuables including jewellery reportedly flown in from Switzerland.
Senate investigators hear Joseph Valachi claim Cosa Nostra spread to Canada with Toronto figures like Vito Agueci, a former narcotics smuggler, named as a Buffalo Toronto linkage. Valachi, 60, describing Genovese as the crime family boss, foreshadows more testimony as hearings resume. Ontario police show interest and plan follow up.
Medicine Hat churches join United Fund Sunday to raise awareness. Weekly bulletins will be printed inside specially prepared United Fund forms for the occasion. Congregations are urged to support the community drive.
Indonesian President Sukarno denounces Malaysia as a neo colonial plot and cuts trade while communications are disrupted. In the Dominican Republic a bloodless coup ousts President Juan Bosch amid charges of communism and chaos. Lord Denning's report on the Profumo affair is released. Premier John Robarts leads Ontario PCs to a landslide victory as Liberals fare poorly. Kierans wins a Quebec by election. Russia wheat deal sparks U S talk of similar sales.
The article notes Medicine Hat electors face eight mayoral and council candidates on October 16. It also mentions a bylaw on borrowing for a new police station, a new Cable-Vision Medicine Hat Ltd, and local aviation and political developments including the rise of E W Ted Brunsden as federal PC association president. It covers broader Western politics and a note that Lethbridge and Medicine Hat will not have elections this year.
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