Medicine Hat Corn Shipment Sets Prairie Record
National Fruit Co shipments reach 8 000 dozen cobs from Medicine Hat amid a new market push. Pre cooling lowers field temps to 38 to 40 F before refrigeration, preserving sweetness for Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge and Prince Albert. Growth driven by local growers and store demand.
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Medicine Hat
National Fruit Co
Casey Valkeburg
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Prince Albert
Valkenburg
National Fruit
Mr. Valkenburg
Health Officer Blasts Medicine Hat Wading Pools
Medicine Hat Health Officer Dr. J. M. Brown denounces the condition of the city’s five wading pools as unsafe and poorly maintained, calling for immediate attention and repairs.
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City
J. M. Brown
Medicine Hat
Pickersgill Attacks MPs Rights in Commons
In Ottawa Liberal J W Pickersgill charged two cabinet ministers Browne and Macdonnell with not legally qualifying to sit in Parliament over salaries paid after the March 31 election. He cited the Canada Elections Act and accused the ministers of an underhand procedure while noting no immediate reply was possible from Prime Minister Diefenbaker.
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Ottawa
J. W. Pickersgill
Commons
W. J. Browne
J. M. Macdonnell
Pickersgill
Bonavista - Twillingate
Browne
Mr. Macdonnell
Macdonnell
Diefenbaker
Diefenbaker Outlines Plan of Government During War
Prime Minister Diefenbaker outlined a decentralized federal system to govern during war. He proposed a nucleus of civilian and military authorities in Ottawa and dispersed regional centers, working with provincial and municipal governments. The plan aims to fit provincial boundaries where possible and adapt to civil defence needs.
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Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Federal District Commission
National Capital Commission
Pearson
Canada
Washington
London
NATO
U.S
Mr. Diefenbaker
Unionists Accept Pay Proposals in Canada
The general conference committee of 15 non operating railway unions in Montreal agreed to accept the majority findings of a federal conciliation board on a 130000 worker contract dispute. They will inform Labor Minister Starr by letter detailing their views on some aspects of the report. The CBRE opposes the board’s report and action remains unsettled.
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Montreal
General Conference
Starr
Board of
Minister of Labor
CBRE
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees
Federal Board
Frank H. Hall
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
CBC
July Road Toll Hits New Peak
Forty four people died in Alberta highway accidents during July, the highest one month toll in the province’s history. The Alberta Safety Council reported a six per cent rise in accidents in the first seven months of 1958 to 12,684, with fatalities increasing to 176 from 188.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Safety Council
Temptation Could Challenge Beacon Hill Saloon Plan
In Boston AP report two judges oppose opening a saloon near the city prison and courthouse on Beacon Hill. Chief Justice Elijah Adlow cites temptations for 20 to 50 men released daily. Chief Justice Paul C. Reardon warns 200 to 300 jurors could be tempted. Licensing board will deliberate.
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Boston
Beacon Hill
Elijah Adlow
Municipal Court
Licensing Board
Paul C. Reardo
Superior Court
RCMP Tighten B C Security in Kootenays
In Trail British Columbia the RCMP heightened security after a meeting of Premier Bennett and his cabinet. Police searched city hall and surrounding areas while at Krestova a funeral for Phil lip Pereversesoff drew about two thousand Freedomite followers as police and vigilantes investigated a fatal time bomb blast.
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RCMP
Krestova
Here
Sons of Freedom
Phillip Pereversesoff
Freedomite
Pereversesoff
Kelowna
Freedomites
Fred Davidoff
Okanagan
Kootenays
Lethbridge Records Provincial Heat Amid Mild North
Lethbridge reached the province’s high at 81 degrees on Wednesday with Medicine Hat near 81. The city saw 79, a single degree below the forecast 80. Lethbridge’s low was 56 with a 59 in the surrounding area. Calgary and Moose Jaw logged 75 and 50, and 77 and 55 respectively. The forecast calls for sunny warm weather with light winds and no rain expected today.
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Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Moose Jaw
Taste Not Health the Key To Before Dinner Cocktail
Philadelphia reports that researchers at Lankenau Hospital say a little alcohol before dinner is a matter of taste, not health. They found adrenalin increases heart workload far more than three cocktails and note cocktails raise coronary blood flow but do not greatly improve heart health.
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Philadelphia
Lankenau Hospital
Arab Countries Back Peace Plan At UN Session
Arab nations led by Lebanon and Jordan gave final approval to a four point peace plan intended to end the UN General Assembly emergency session. Heads of 10 Arab delegations met to endorse the resolution and prepare for rapid adoption by the 81 nation body as officials planned a vote this afternoon or tonight.
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United Nations
N.Y
Lebanon
Jordan
Middle East
UN General Assembly
Integration Rule Stay Is Granted
Cen tral High School in Little Rock will reopen September 2 as an all white school after the U S Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay delaying integration until the Supreme Court rules. The school board may appeal within three months while officials weigh a possible special session plus potential measures to halt or close Central High under conditions of forced integration.
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Little Rock, Ark
Virgil Blossom
Central High School
U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Blossom
Orval -Faubus
Central High
Eisenhower
Faubus
Five Convicted On Bomb Charge In Amman Court
A Jordanian military court convicted five young Arabs of exploding bombs in Amman. One defendant, a 19 year old Nadia Salti, received seven and a half years reduced to three years in hard labor. Her fiancé, 22 year old Stephen Theodore Stephan, was sentenced to death. The blasts included attacks on the British Library and the Jordanian Development Board. The case drew radio attention labeling one defendant a Moslem Joan of Arc.
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Amman
Jordan
Nadia Salti
Stephe Theodore Stephan
Jordanian Development Board
Cairo
Saiti
Joan of Arc
You Cant Be Too Careful Clip Sparks Alarm
An airline clerk in Nelson British Columbia suspected a Ukrainian accented man seeking to send a parcel to the RCMP in Kelowna and alerted RCMP after directing him to the express office. Mounties then intervened and the man revealed himself as a plain clothes RCMP officer.
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Nelson
B.C
RCMP
Kelowna
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