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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1953
Page
1
Alberta education deputy minister Dr. W H Swift says the teacher shortage this year will likely be worse than last year when 200 classrooms were without teachers. Other notes cite Senator Buchanan recovering from surgery and legal actions involving Maclean's magazine in a libel case.
London reports show Lauiel refuses to negotiate as civil war looms in Morocco with a 13th day general strike pressing to oust the sultan. In Paris Laniel rejects talks with strikers amid troop deployments. In Rabat the pasha Thami El Glaoui threatens action while the sultan calls for calm and officials note escalating violence.
London Reuters reports the £63 million industrial development by the late Duke of Westminster for Annacis Island near Vancouver will go ahead despite his death. A delay is expected to revise British treasury funding, with preliminary work set to begin next month under John Laing and Son (Canada) Ltd.
High school students writing Chemistry 2 Physics 2 Algebra 2 Trigonometry and Analytical Geometry Biology 2 and Social Studies 2 must bring electrographic pencils. They should also bring receipts from the department of education or they may be required to repay the exam fee before being allowed to write.
Fire outbreaks merge east of the lumber town, burning three square miles of timber land. About 40 villagers fight blazes near homes as winds shift. A water shortage hampers efforts. evacuees pause for safety while a southeast wind could push flames toward Ste. Therese.
District agriculturist Jack Anderson reports winter wheat at the Hutterite settlement twenty miles west of here averaging 40 bushels per acre on about 150 acres with a fine sample. Rye on the same section stands six feet tall. Nearby Gold Brothers at Bullhead claim Marquis spring wheat over 36 bushels per acre, while the district average is expected to run 18 to 20 bushels.
A storm off the B C coast will dominate western prairie weather for several days. As it moves northeast it brings cool high level air to Alberta and Saskatchewan with isolated evening thunderstorms. Daytime will be sunny and warm with temperatures in the 75 to 80 degree range. Medicine Hat: Sunny and very warm with scattered foothill thunderstorms this evening and again Wednesday evening.
Medicine Hat seniors debate acceptance of a $4000 municipal grant to build and renovate a clubhouse behind the city hall annex. President Susan McArthur opposes the grant, calling the current building inadequate, while a majority supports moving the project forward and studying sites with city officials. The council debates deferring action until a formal club stance is established and a sites committee reports findings.
Sixty UN member states gather for the No. 1 committee to discuss a peaceful settlement for Korea after war. The session lasts seven minutes amid divergent views on attendance for a political conference, with the United States favoring participants who fought in Korea and Britain Canada and others supporting broader inclusion including India.
Lane Jangula, two, son of Mr. and Mrs. J F Jangula, fell from a second story window at 757 9th Street. He landed seventeen feet to the ground, possibly due to soft putty around the frame. He was taken to Medicine Hat General Hospital under Dr Pattison care.
British businessman Edgar Sanders, held 314 years in Communist Hungary on spying charges, was pardoned by Hungary's presidential council. Budapest radio said Sanders could be released any time, as his wife and daughters prepared for travel to Vienna.
Seventy five more Americans were freed as the third week of the Korean war prisoner exchange began. Also returned were 75 British and 300 South Koreans, with plans for larger groups next day. A veteran described meals in North Korea as "soupy sorghum and rice" with meat and worms in sorghum.
A humorous strip shows a boss revealing his wife hired a new secretary, prompting a quip about hair color and the boss admitting he is bald. The dialogue conveys light workplace comedy and character dynamics.
Greenshields notes show pulp and paper firms spent about 7.3 billion on new plants and 360 million on maintenance postwar to align supply with rising demand. Despite 18 percent capacity and 58 percent output growth, 1952 closed the gap, shifting newsprint to a balanced market with higher costs and lower earnings.
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh's government continued a roundup of suspects in Sunday's attempted coup. Maj Gen Fazollah Zahedi called on army officers to lay down their lives for the monarchy from a hill hideout. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and Empress Soraya left Iraq for Europe, with possible stops in Rome or London.
The Shah and Empress Soraya departed Baghdad aboard a British Overseas Airways plane heading to Rome en route to London. It was unclear if they would stop in Rome or proceed to Britain.
Rested 30 alleged ringleaders of the palace attempt to oust the aged premier. Foreign Minister Fatemi admitted 14 were army leaders. Zahedi’s declaration circulated as troops searched for him. Mossadegh’s government stayed in power after the abortive coup. The shah and Empress Soraya fled to Iraq by plane. Frontiers were tightened to block Zahedi. Fatemi warned Iraq against hosting the shah, fearing regional trouble.
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