Stevens death ruled self inflicted gunshot wound
A six man coroner jury ruled that 50 year old Charles Stevens Sr of Medicine Hat died July 1 from a personal safety related gunshot wound while intoxicated after a 14 hour drinking spree. The autopsy noted two gunshot holes and 177 milligrams of alcohol per 100 cubic centimeters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Stevens Sr
Medicine Hat
E. G. F. Skinner
Danis
RCMP
Regina
MacCharles
Smith and Glaister
Police Watch Nets Four Corn Raiders
City police set up a field watch on corn crops after market complaints and netted four corn thieves. Acting Chief Harold Watts said the four will be prosecuted this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Watts
Fall Walsh Cattle Sale Dates Announced
Walsh Cattle Marketing Association president Bert Hargrave announced five fall fat and feeder cattle sales. Dates are Sept 17 and Oct 15 22 with Oct 15 dedicated to calves. Ranch bred beef cattle attract buyers from eastern and western regions. Entries should be made with secretary treasurer John A Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Bert Hargrave
Walsh Cattle Marketing Association
John A. Fulton
Wage agreement reached between Perry Brick and Local 471
The Perry Brick and Tile Co. of Red Cliff and Local 471 of the United Construction Workers announced a new 18 month labor contract. It includes an 84 cent hourly raise with 2 percent added to welfare, plus 2 and four cent increases phased in by February 15 1956, and adds several higher wage classifications. Representatives named include Larry Mesmer George Fischer Tom Fritz Ed Hildebrand for the union and Jack Perry Jack O'Brien for the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Brick and Tile Co
Redcliff
United Construction Workers
CCL
United Construction
Larry Mesmer
George Fischer
Tom Fritz
Ed Hildebrand
Jack Perry
Jack O’brien
Edmonton Plans No Penalty for Jubilee Holiday Open
City solicitor T E Garside stated Edmonton will not penalize businesses that stay open on the Sept 1 Jubilee holiday. Edmonton and Calgary agreed to optional openings Sept 1 and Sept 7, while Sept 7 is a provincial holiday for Edmonton. Plewes says residents cannot opt out of Sept 1. councils control municipal holiday decisions.
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Edmonton (Cp
T. E. Garside
Calgary
J. E. Plewes
500 Block of Dundee St Wins Best Kept Block Award
Kiwanis judges declare the 500 block of Dundee Street the 1955 winner of the best kept city block award. The shield will be presented Friday at 6 45 p m. Residents include Jack Anderson Arthur A North George Forde and others. Runner up is 0 to 100 block 10th St SW.
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Dundee St
Kiwanis
Dundee Street
Jack Anderson
Arthur A. North
George Forde
H. J. Paulson
Hope Michael
Annie L. Helmer
Rose Hughes
Wm. Seymour
Herman’ Roblin
Adolph Schulze
Samuel Humphries
Gordon Milley
James Birrell
Rose Potter
Alfred E. Kenyon
10Th St
Belfast St
5Th St
11Th St
7Th St
Ross Street
Medicine Hat
Third Ave
Aberdeen, St
Cambridge St
Fourth’ St
Sifford Sets Canadian Open Pace With Nine Under
In Weston Ontario Charles Sifford of Philadelphia shot a nine under par 63 to lead the opening round of the Canadian Open. Jerry Barber shot a hole in one but was tied for third at 67 with Arty Wall Jr of Pocono Manor and Bob Dean of Cornwall. Stan Leonard of Vancouver was second at five under 66.
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Weston, Ont
Jerry Barber
Charles Sifford
Philadelphia
Sifford
Barber
Los Angeles
Calif
Arty Wall, Jr
Pocono Manor
Bob Dean
Darkhorse
Cornwall, Ont
Vancouver
Stan Leonard
Horned dinosaur head unearthed at Scaby Butte near Barons
Canadian paleontologists Dr. L G Russell and Dr. Wann Langston Jr of the National Museum of Canada excavated horned dinosaur head bones at Scaby Butte south of Keho Lake in Alberta. The 500 pound skull, a packyrhino ceratops, is the fourth find in Canada from this species and may be displayed in Ottawa within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Ottawa
National Museum
Solvents Head Calls for Efficient Use of Fertilizers
J Albert Woods of Commercial Solvents Corp argues nitrogen leads in use and urges farmers to adopt more plant foods or high analysis materials. He cites a new Medicine Hat plant, a $25 million venture, to expand production for prairie Canada and the Northwestern U.S. markets beginning winter 1956 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.albert Woods
Commercial Solvents Corporation of New York
American Society of Senay
Pennsylvania State University
New British Dominion Oil Co. Ltd
Calgary
New Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd
Medicine Hat
Woods
Prairie
Canada
United States
Mr. Woods
Scientists Warn Against Dangers Radioactive Dust
Four British scientists warned at the atoms for peace conference that milk could become poisonous if cows graze on grass contaminated by radioactive particles. They stressed no immediate alarm but highlighted risks to grazing animals and especially infants who rely on milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Reuters
Atoms For Peace Conference
A. C. Chamberlain
J. F. Loutit
R. P. Martin
R. Scott Russell
Britain
Atomic Energy Research
Alberta to amend Legislative Assembly Act for eligibility rules
Alberta will amend the Legislative Assembly Act to clarify who may serve as a member of the legislature and to remove doubts about past legislation. The throne speech for the 13th Alberta Legislature outlines this as the only new business, with other bills carried over from the last session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta Legislative Assembly
Alberta
J. J. Bowlen
Legislative Assembly
E. C. Manning
Chamber Seeks Jubilee Day Celebration Change
The Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce urged the city to celebrate Jubilee Day on Wednesday August 31 instead of September 1 as proclaimed by the province. The recommendation, favoring a midweek observance, will go to city council to consider closing the city all day Wednesday in light of the upcoming Labor Day holiday on Monday September 5.
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Chamber
Medicine Hat
Praises Art Show Under Mrs Gibson
Edmonton reported Dr. R W Hedley honored the art exhibition opening the 13th triennial meeting of the Canadian Federation of University Women. He praised the modern works for imagination and intellect. Paintings were submitted by 17 women's clubs within the federation. Mrs G Ross Gibson of Medicine Hat spoke on the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Canadian Federation of University Women
R W. Hedley
Edmonton Museum of Arts
G. Ross Gibson
Medicine Hat
Businessman Helps Car Pulled from Rut by Circus Elephant
A local businessman at the Clyde Beatty circus setup near the stampede grounds observed his car stuck in a deep rut crossing the prairie. He persuaded an elephant herder to have the pachyderm push the vehicle free, remarking with humor that the elephant likely pushed a car and a bus at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Beatty
Stampede Grounds
Bob Buss
Say Health Plan In Canada by 1957
Ottawa report says a national health insurance scheme in Canada may be in operation by 1957 with Premier Frost pressing Ottawa for a memorandum of views. Prime Minister St Laurent voices concern over taxpayer costs and defence budget pressures as a countrywide plan could cost about $25 per person annually beyond current medical costs.
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Canada
Ottawa
Leslie Frost
Ontario
St. Laurent
Frost
Prairie grain crop yields hold with above-average outlook
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports crops maturing quickly with prospects for above average yields. In Alberta, Lethbridge sets rodeo fair dates Aug 15–17 to beat the weather. Camrose city election set for Oct 19 with six aldermen and a mayor. Camrose becomes Alberta’s eighth city.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Lethbridge
Camrose
Alberta
Old Town Council
Farm Workers to Aid Alberta Harvest Amid Jubilee Day Closures
About 800 Eastern Canadian farm workers are to arrive in Alberta next weekend to assist harvests in central and northern regions. Lethbridge mayor A W Shackleford notes retail stores will close Sept 1 for Jubilee Day. Severe storms hit northeastern Saskatchewan, from Prince Albert to Carrot River, with a prairie wheat crop now estimated at 525 to 575 million bushels by Winnipeg’s Elevator Farm Service.
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Canada
Alberta
A. W. Shackleford
Lethbridge
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Carrot River
Winnipeg
Line Elevator Farm Service
Forgers Swindle: Phony Company Targeted Medicine Hat Firms
Six Medicine Hat businesses lost more than 500 dollars to forged Royal Bank cheques passed on August 12. The victims included Assiniboia Hotel, Cecil Hotel, Cos Hotel, Savoy Cafe, Fenrick’s Jewellery and Gardyne Shoes. The forgers, a pair aged about 22 to 25, used names G. Cowgray or C. Martin and signatures of J. A. Bassett and W. Hermans to appear authentic. Police seek tips to identify the suspects.
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Medicine Hat
Harold Watts
Assiniboia Hotel
Cecil Hotel
Cos Hotel
Savoy Cafe
Fenricks Jewellery
Gardyne
Fenrick’s
Assinib
Watts
the News
Medicine ‘Hat
Berg
Roy Berg
Lethbridge
Royal Bank
Regent Billiards
Royal
Weather pattern holds steady across western prairies
No major change in the weather pattern is expected today or Thursday. Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan will stay sunny and warm. A series of rather weak disturbances is moving eastward across the northern regions.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Boy survives car aerial injury to brain in Canada
Six year old Bobby Jones of Rossland was paralyzed and in grave condition after a car radio aerial pierced his eye and entered his brain. He later showed signs of improvement, with movement in his limbs and laughter, prompting doctors to call the turn a million to one chance that spared his optic nerve. His mother Wanda Jones reported he was much better but still unable to talk.
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Wawaas
al Mast
Riverside
Vancouver
Bobby Jones
Rossland
Wanda Jones
Bobby
Doc
Tors
West Kootenays
Hurricane Diane Hits North Carolina Coast With Mild Damage
Hurricane Diane reached the North Carolina coast eight days after forming in the tropics and moved northeast toward Virginia. Winds weakened from an initial 115 mph core to gusts around 100 mph before landfall. In Wilmington the maximum sustained winds were about 74 mph as the storm tracked inland toward Raleigh Durham.
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A.beach Patrol
North Carolina
Diane
Tropics
Wilmington
N. C
Weather ‘Bureau
Raleigh-Durham
Virginia
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Walsh Cattle
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Bottom
Belgrade
Tony
Chicago
Immigration Service
Scaby Butte
Treasury
Social Credit
Manning
Peter Dawson
Little Bow
United Church
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Progressive Conservative
CCF
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Coalition
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Independent SC
Gibson
Royal Bank of Canada
Western Exploration Company of Irvine
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