RCAF collision in Moose Jaw leaves cadet dead
Cadet Peter Morrow of Edmonton aboard a car driven by Flight Cadet Gordon Makin of Forest Hill Ont collided with another vehicle Monday. Morrow and another air force member in the other car are satisfactory. Makin was killed and an inquest opened today as parents arrived. AC2 David Watson and Thomas Stewart of Moose Jaw air base are in good condition in hospital.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
Peter Morrow
Edmonton
RCAF
Gordon. Makin
Forest Hill
Ont
Air Force
Morrow
David Watson
Thomas Stewart
Mickeys Letter to Mommy Touches Nation as Letter Reaches Post Office
In Grand Rapids, Michigan a child’s unstamped letter to “Mommy, care of God, Heaven” is found by the postmaster who cannot return it to a dead letter box. The simple plea draws sympathy nationwide as a “Mickey” file fills with letters while the writers search for the eight or nine year old girl whose mother died recently and whose father is away.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Mickey
H. Wayne
Traffic Violations Report 1956 Summary
Year to date tallies show excessive speed leading with 117 cases followed by 360 for without due care and 173 for failing to stop. Impaired driving and yield right of way violations also appear with smaller counts.
Three Die as Police Fire on Bombay Demonstrators
Police opened fire on protesters opposing the government's move to form a new bilingual Bombay state, killing at least three people and wounding several others this afternoon.
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Bombay
J Ulrich Remains On Critical List After Fall At Plant
Julius Ulrich 36 and James Duke 37, Fluor Corp employees, were injured in a 35 foot fall at a new chemical plant. Ulrich suffers a broken neck, fractured ankles and internal injuries and remains semi conscious in critical condition. Duke has a fractured hip and jaw with shock and is improving.
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Julius Ulrich
City
Fluor Corp
James Duke
Moose Jaw
Ulrich
Duke
Richardson's Bakery
Weather overview for Alberta and Saskatchewan Thursday
Skies will be mostly sunny across Alberta and Saskatchewan on Thursday with afternoon highs in the 70s. Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop this evening and move eastward overnight, bringing unsettled conditions to the prairies.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Calgary
Lethbridge
Swift Current
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Lthbridge
Suez control debate fires UK as Elan warns of dire cost
London bulletin reports Prime Minister Elan calling international control of the Suez Canal a matter of life and death to Britain misquoted. The statement signals tense mood in government and potential shifts in policy as the canal crisis unfolds.
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Bulletin London
Elan
Suez Canal
Cali Blast Toll Surges Amid City Destruction
Reports from Cali indicate more than 1,000 dead and injured after a dynamite truck convoy exploded in the city center. Estimates varied up to 1,800 dead with official figures scarce as relief crews work through debris and identify victims.
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Cali
Colombia
Diario de Colombia
Bogota
la Republica
Dent Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Blas
Buenaventura
Public Works Ministry
Rojas Pinilla
Spain
Alberto Llergas Camargo
Laureano Gomez
Canadian woman to head two North American orders
Medicine Hat resident Mrs. Eleanor Douglas will be installed next week in New Orleans as supreme chief of the Pythian Sisters, feminine branch of the Knights of Pythias, with jurisdiction over the United States, Canada, Hawaii, and the Yukon. She is already grand president of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Order of Railway Conductors.
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Medicine Hat
Eleanor Douglas
United States
Canada
Hawaii
Yukon
Pythian Sisters
Order
D. N. Davis
Vancouver
Douglas
ORC
Ald. Douglas
Alumni panel preserves nursing school history at Medicine Hat
A six foot tall display panel of photographs from Nursing School graduates, dating to 1903, was presented by the Alumnae Association to Medicine Hat General Hospital School of Nursing. The pictorial record, mounting by Tom Dutton and hand lettering by Jack Barrie, will be housed in the Nurses' Residence and color themed blue and gold. The article notes historic living rules for nurses, references the first plans presented in 1954, and records 492 graduates since the first ceremony sixty years ago with 18 in the current year.
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Ted
Weatherhead
Medicine Hat General Hospital School of Nursing
Alumnae Association
Tom Dutton
Marshall’s
Jack Barrie
Elizabeth Bietsch
General Hospital
Miss Bietsch
Miss Bietch
Alberta
Canada
Northwest Territories
Medicine’ Hat
John Niblock
CPR
Alberta Slot Machine Act Ruled Ultra Vires
The Alberta Supreme Court Appellate Division unanimously held the 1954 slot machine act ultra vires. The ruling follows a 1954 federal decision and confirms a broader limit on provincial gaming legislation. The case arose from a civil dispute between Regent Vending Machines Ltd and Alberta Vending Machines Ltd over debts on sold slot machines.
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Calgary
Alberta Supreme Court
Alberta
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court
W. G. Egbert
Justice Egbert
Tion
M. M. Porter
Egbert
Regent Vending Machines Ltd
Alberta Vending Machines Ltd
Alberta Vending
Regent Vending
First phosphate rock trainloads begin for Medi cine Hat plant
Loading of the first trainload of phosphate rock for Northwest Nitro Chem Plants at Medi cine Hat begins at Minod Montana. It marks the start of commercial operations for the new industry with two carloads previously received for test runs. Shipments aim at 400 tons daily, totaling over 120000 tons.
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Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd
Medicine Hat
Minod
Montana
Simplot Co
Spencer
Idaho
Centennial
Marilyn Bell to Swim Strait at 5 45 a.m Friday
Marilyn Bell 18 from Toronto plans a 5 45 a.m. PDT Friday start from Victoria Horseshoe Bay to cross Juan de Fuca Strait about 18.3 miles to Port Angeles. The timing shifts with tides and weather. if needed the swim may pause 24 hours and resume at the next favorable tide.
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Victoria
Marilyn Bell
Juan de Fuca Strait
Toronto
Lake Ontario
English Channel
Horseshoe Bay
Florence Chadwick
California
United States
Port Angeles
Wash
Bert Thomas
Tacoma
Missilemen reveal Bird Inaccurate Missile tests
The News Ottawa reports Canada’s 24 million dollar guided missile program produced a failed public debut at a testing range near Port Petre. The Velvet Glove project is abandoned while Sparrow moves to Canadair for CF-105. Engineers criticize secrecy and missed funding.
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Douglas Leiterman
The
News Ottawa
Free Point Petre
Ont
Canada
Canadair
Wih
Velvet Glove
Lake Ontario
Defence
Campneyl
Dr. J K Morrow Named Supervisor Brucellosis Branch
Agriculture Minister Halmrast announces two new supervisory appointments in Edmonton. Dr. J K Morrow of Medicine Hat will head brucellosis control, with 11 years private practice in the Medicine Hat ranching area and training at Ohio State University. Jack W Edmunds of Edmonton named supervisor of agriculture overseeing beekeeping after serving as apiary inspector. Edmunds, a Brockville Ontario native, earned an agriculture degree from Ontario Agricultural College in 1951 and joined Alberta department soon after.
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Mr. Edmunds
Brockville
Ontario
Ontario Agricultural College
Alberta
Lake Louise rescuer fall fatal in cliff incident
August Lenberger of Alta and Frank Garneau of Lake Louise were mountain climbing on Tuesday night near an 80 foot cliff when Garneau slipped losing his grip. Lenberger tried to support him and both men fell pulling Lenberger down with him. Both men were injured with sprains and Lenberger later died.
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Lake Louise
Alta
August Lenberger
Frank Garneau
Lenberger
Garne
Lake Loteau
Pullin Berger
Breach unlocks path to surface for Marcinelle miners
Rescuers breached concrete to reach an estimated 270 miners trapped nearly half a mile underground at Amercoeur pit 3. Three survivors and three victims were brought up. Officials reported 139 Italians among the trapped, with Belgians and others also affected. Police controlled crowds as roads near Marcinelle flooded with traffic.
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Marcinelle
Belgium
Amercoeur
Ruhr Association
Cypriot Youths End Prayers in Prison Cells
In Nicosia reports say Cypriot youths faced final hours behind bars as clashes with police intensified. Strikes and baton use were noted as authorities maintained control amid tense demonstrations.
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Nicosia
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General ‘Hospital School of Nursing
W. C. Campbell
Centre
Joan Richard
Yerman
Yee
J. Ulrich
Canadian Press
National League
Phila
New York
PGA
Sa Phosphate Rock
Marilyn
Ellice Cavin
Island Tug and Barge Co
Strait Navigation
Gus Ryder
Resports
Jack Morrow
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