06 Aug 1956
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1956
Page
1
A condensed record shows 1956 traffic violations with categories including excessive speed 116 cases without due care 36 failing to stop 56 ability impaired 15 fail weild right way 12 and other violations 13. A note indicates yesterday’s total 1.
A truck out of control after sideswiping another vehicle killed three people in a Montreal safety zone. Victims included two fire department workers Annette Rodier 56 and Madelaine Ouimet 36, plus an unidentified bathing-suit boy. Driver Thomas Jensen 18 said he blacked out after the crash.
Ed Sullivan, TV host and syndicated columnist, suffered broken ribs in a two car crash in Seymour Connecticut. Three other people were hurt. Sullivan planned to appear on his regular air show next Sunday. CBS said he would telecast and leave hospital Tuesday to return home.
Leha Schwartzenberger of 422 Tenth St S E holds the longest surname with 16 letters in the city’s new Medicine Hat government directory. Officials note it is the longest name among residents.
Canadian and American crowds gather at Wild Horse border to dedicate a Kiwanis International Peace Marker marking over a century of peace. Montana guards perform Queen Anns Drill while dignitaries praise neighborliness and cross border harmony despite regulatory boundaries.
London AP report says the 22 000 ton aircraft carrier Mulwark left Portsmouth for the Mediterranean with 29 million dollar ship joining Britains force buildup over Egypt s nationalization of the Suez Canal. Prime Minister Eden expands reserve calls as Britain seeks a 24 power conference with Nasser and allies.
Bill Linderman of Walla Walla wins two pairs of diamond spurs and two trophies at Spokane Rodeo seventh annual event closing Saturday. He wins bareback bronc riding and steer wrestling and places second in saddle bronc. Deb Copenhaver of Post Falls Idaho earns first in saddle bronc. Final bareback score Linderman 168.60 ahead of Billy Schall 126.50 and Daryl Hodbey 84.30.
Canadian debates on the South Saskatchewan River power irrigation plan continue as the 1956 57 budget appropriates 80 991 000 for agriculture. Hazen Argue accuses Prime Minister St Laurent of blocking the dam while Gardiner asserts readiness to proceed when conditions permit.
Atlanta AP reports renewed leg breaking by convicts in Georgia with Governor Griffin announcing another inquiry into inhumane treatment. Two inmates at Reidsville prison reportedly shattered a leg after prior injuries at Rock Quarry Burford last week, joining 34 others hospitalized with broken legs.
Alberta Economic Affairs Minister A Russell Patrick toured the Junior Chamber of Commerce centre on the city outskirts yesterday. He praised the building and services provided by the local Jaycee chapter.
Archbishop Rummel cited "certain difficulties" delaying end of racial segregation in Roman Catholic schools in the New Orleans archdiocese for at least another year. The pastoral letter says integration will be gradual, noting some limited past integration in parochial elementary schools serving about 60 000 white and 12 000 Black students.
The Edmonton forecast says high seventies across Alberta and western Saskatchewan Tuesday with sunny skies. Yesterday's high 75 and low 49 marked no precipitation, noon temperature 77, light SW winds. Estimated highs reach 75 in Edmonton and Calgary and 80 in Swift Current and Saskatoon with mid 50s on the day.
In a light家庭 moment a couple contemplates naming their newborn George amid a chorus of opinions. The exchange captures a humorous clash between traditional naming and common choices.
Police opened fire to quell a riot in a refugee camp in The Netherlands injuring nine Amboinese refugees exiles from Indonesia. The Progressive Conservative opposition urged the government to offer loans enabling rich countries such as Canada to buy more wheat.
Flood waters swept the Monongahela into Pittsburgh as heavy rains battered the Ohio Valley amid a three year no strike contract signaling a return to full steel production.
In Nicosia a 22 year old Greek Cypriot fiancee of a slain police informer broadcasts a bitter plea to EOKA leader Grivas accusing him of murder and calling for his removal. British authorities fly her family to England before the speech airs amid threats and mounting violence on the island.
Legislation to reinstate unemployment insurance for workers disqualified last year and to insure commercial fishermen was introduced in the Commons by Labor Minister Gregg. The measure aims to requalify about half of those who lost benefits after last fall’s overhaul, and reduces the maximum weekly payments eligible within 52 weeks from 30 to 24.
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