City Hall Discusses Comfort Station for Riverside Park
City aldermen debate a possible comfort station in Riverside Park to serve travellers and residents. The idea, considered for the old museum site or the concrete checkerboard area, may be added to next year’s budget if approved. The council also moves to demolish the old First Street powerhouse, with salvage used as foundation fill, and reviews road allowance closings and title issues at hospital sites.
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Aid
E. Heckbert
Riverside Park
Medicine Hat
Parks Committee
First St
Third Ave
S.E
Poison Plot Case Involving Hospitalized Husband
In Birmingham Alabama a woman Inez Oliver was charged with assault with intent to murder for allegedly poisoning her husband William Oliver who lay in a hospital recovering from stomach ulcer surgery. Bond set at 300 dollars. Police also investigate the death of her 54 year old son last year after long illness.
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Birmingham
Ala
Circuit
Emmett Perry
Inez Oliver
Two Fluor Corp Men Hurt After 35-Foot Fall
James Duke and Julius Ulrich, construction workers for Fluor Corp, fell 35 feet from a swinging stage north of Crescent Heights while siding a conveyor. Both were conscious on admission to Medicine Hat General Hospital with serious, undetermined injuries. no immediate operations planned. Ulrich had been in Medicine Hat five weeks and is married. Duke is 36 and from Medicine Hat.
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Medicine Hat General Hospital
Fluor Corp
James Duke
Medicine Hat
Julius Ulrich
Moose Jaw
Ulrich
Crescent Heights
Fluor Company
Mayors Dodge Polka Challenge as Safe-City Debate Heats Up
Niagara Falls Ontario mayor E M Hawkins and St James Manitoba mayor Thomas B Findlay rejected Gas City mayor Harry Weiner’s public contest to prove which city is safer. Hawkins cited 1051 traffic fatality free days for his city while Findlay boasted St James as the second safest in Canada with 652 days, though the city was still a town.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
St. James
Man
E. M. Hawkins
Thomas B. Findlay
Gas City
Harry Weiner
Hawkins
Medicine Hat
Winnipeg
Findlay
Canada
Weiner
Weston Cadet Dies From Injuries
Medicine Hat born Flight Cadet Peter Morrow remains in hospital in Moose Jaw after a two car collision near the city outskirts. He is listed as in serious condition with injuries described as significant and requires continued medical care.
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Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat
Peter Morrow
Medicine Hat Considers Future Sewage Disposal Plant
City officials debated the need for a sewage disposal plant as new outfall sewers may be required into the Oldman and South Saskatchewan rivers. Dr. A H Somerville cited a two year pollution survey, noting no immediate facility change but advising planning for future disposal options. Aldermen ordered a reply thanking him and noted existing outfalls and planned sewer tie-ins.
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Medicine Hat
A. H. Somerville
Provincial Board of Health
Oldland
South Saskatchewan
Alberta
Medi
Cine Hat
Somerville
Jim Carswell
Medicine Hat Golf Club
Parkview Drive
Balmoral St
Purmal
Strathcona Island
Montana Mana for closer Montana Canadian relations
Senator Mansfield praises cross border cooperation as Montana towns share civic services with Canada. A planned Aug 10 all-Montana Canadian relations tour aims to boost trade and goodwill, tracking 1955 Canadian visitors spending 16 million dollars in Montana with expectations rising.
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Washington
Montana
Mansfield
Montana Chamber of Commerce
A. W. Johnson
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Acting Police Chief Killed by Prowlers in Quebec Town
Ernest Chalifoux, 51, acting police chief of Ste. Agathe, was shot at dawn while investigating prowler reports and died in hospital. Police raised road blocks as they probe tampering of cars near the ski resort town about 60 miles northwest of Montreal.
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Ste
Chalifoux
Tasse
Ste. Agathe
Montreal
Ubald Legault
Plan Thursday Session With Bylaw Violators
Mayor Weiner calls a special Thursday afternoon meeting at 3 pm in the mayor's office to address the dispute over store closing hours after 6 p.m. Merchants keeping shops open after 6 are urged to attend and seek a settlement with civic leaders. The plan follows council debate on early versus late closing and potential revisions to the bylaw.
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Harry Weiner
the News
Ottawa Parliament Pushes Through Eight Bills In A Day
Heat wave or not, Ottawa's parliament sped through eight bills in eight hours as members rushed to end the session. Amendments touched the Small Loans Act Post Office Act Income Tax Act Public Service Superannuation and more including unemployment coverage for fishermen equal pay for some women and pension tweaks for mounted police.
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Douglas Leiterman
News
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Parliament
Riven Award Green
Fulton
Jack Pickersgill
Davie Fulton
Okanagan Valley
Pickersgill
Commons
Im Public Service
C. D. Howe
Oldsters
Frank UN
Medicine Hat to Host Rural Kiddies Day and Fall Festival
City merchants plan two large events in Medicine Hat with free entertainment for rural children on Nov 3 and a three day Oct 18-20 shopping spree. A special chamber meeting endorsed a noncommercial kids day aimed at district youngsters and a winter prep sale.
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Retail Merchants of
Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
Assinibooia Hotel
Tornado Strikes Small South Dakota Town
A tornado hit MARTIN S D South Dakota damaging the hospital tearing off its roof and injuring several residents of the town of about 1000. Telephone service was briefly cut and power restored by daybreak. No fata lities were reported though an undetermined number were hurt and a hospital ward evacuation occurred.
Smilestones Laughing at Fatigue in Studio Exchange
A quirky exchange shows a boss scolding an employee for sleeping on the job while the employee quips that rest is why he never tires. The humor centers on the tension between hard work and fatigue in a lighthearted workplace vignette.
City bylaw enforcement debated as grocers stay open
The mayor faced questions over a month’s delay before tabling action. Starritt proposed seeking a directive writ to compel the mayor to order the chief of police to enforce the bylaw, noting many grocery stores remain open at night in violation.
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J. O. Starritt
Retail’ Merch: Is
Weiner
Stirs Ritt
Starritt
Cit
J. G. Kidd
City approves two new underground reservoirs for Crescent Heights
City council authorized the installation of two underground reservoirs each with five hundred thousand imperial gallons capacity at Crescent Heights. The $71,000 tender tops a broader waterworks expansion risking $450,000 initial cost and $609,000 final total, with routes to Riverside and potential bridge connection. The project aims to relieve pressure, provide supply for Hill and Flats, and avoid mains enlargement, though gravity flow will not be provided to Crescent Heights.
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Crescent Heights
Riverside
Finlay Bridge
Hill and Flats
Als
Ed McCombs
Weiner
Jim Carswell
Airport Hutments
Council
City council debates bylaw enforcement and merchant hours
Mayor Weiner and Aldermen discuss enforcing an early closing bylaw versus repealing it. Ald. Lloyd Craig supports free enterprise and merchants setting hours, while urging enforcement rather than imposed limits. The exchange centers on who should decide opening and closing times.
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Weiner
Starritt
Ald
Lloyd Craig
Easter
Lorne Walker
Lillian Gust
Craig
Ald. Craig
Quebec professors warn of “stupidity and immorality” in election
Two Laval University professors publish a study during the June 20 provincial campaign claiming a surge of perceived stupidity and immorality in Quebec politics. They say the paper aims to analyze voter attitudes and campaign rhetoric amid the election fever.
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Quebec
Laval University
Quebec Clergy Document Urges Civic Moral Education
The article reports a circulated document in Quebec among Roman Catholic clergy calling for a program of moral and civic education for Roman Catholic residents. It warns against demagogues and fascist influences and notes the document’s authorship is unconfirmed and not believed to be an official church document.
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Quebec
Indus Flood Displaces 30000 in West Pakistan
Flooding from heavy rain swells the Indus River sweeping through West Pakistan. A state of emergency is declared in worst areas as 30000 residents in Sindh are reported homeless. Relief teams rush food and medical supplies by boat and helicopter.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Reuters
Indus
Sind
Khairpur
Baluchistan
Quetta
No Reconsideration on Lethbridge Tax Office Shutdown
Revenue Minister McCann asserted in Ottawa there is no reason to reconsider the closure of the income tax office in Lethbridge Alberta at month end. He answered questions from John Blackmore who has pressed the issue in the Commons nearly every day.
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Ottawa
McCann
Lethbridge
Alto
John Blackmore
Weather notes forecast near 75 degrees in region
Weather snippet reports near 75 degree highs with yesterday’s values showing low precipitation. Noon temperatures and wind speeds listed for several cities including Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge Swift Current Saskatoon with varied highs and yesterday’s readings.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Swift Current
Saskatoon
Moose
Jay
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