22 Aug 1958
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 22, 1958
Page
1
Ottawa reports show unemployment insurance reserves dipping below safe levels after heavy draws. The advisory committee cites 134.2 million dollars drawn in the year to March 31 and notes further withdrawals. It urges the government to raise its share of total contributions from 20 to 50 percent to bolster the fund.
United States and Britain propose a one year suspension of nuclear tests starting Oct 31 if Russia agrees to maintain its test ban and pursue a permanent ban. Britain would join if talks begin in New York with a goal of a world ban system, excluding France. The plan allows year by year renewals if inspections prove functional and major arms control progress is made.
Ottawa reports Liberal Jack Pickersgill charged two cabinet ministers sit in parliament while paid by the crown. Prime Minister Diefenbaker defended the practice, noting past use, as Lester Pearson urged legal opinions to clarify regularity. Lionel Chevrier’s 1957 Privy Council post cited as precedent.
A warm spell eases with 80 degree temperatures cooling to 55 at night and a sunny start to Saturday. After recent thunderstorms the weekend is expected to stay sunny and warm with light winds and little temperature change.
The UN emergency General Assembly votes 80 to 9 with one abstention on an Arab backed settlement outline. Dag Hammarskjold will visit the region within two weeks to oversee talks, aiming for a British and American troop pullout from Jordan and Lebanon by late September and to set groundwork for regional economic development.
The NAACP seeks a Supreme Court order to overturn a stay blocking racial integration at Little Rock Central High School. Governor Fau Ious and the school board prepared for an all white opening while awaiting the Court's action on a prior appeals ruling and Lemley delay.
Ottawa expects prorogation next week with Howard Green aiming to introduce a federal bill of rights. The measure, modeled on John Diefenbaker’s 1955 draft, would protect life liberty and security and bar discrimination while applying across federal jurisdiction. Quebec may challenge if provincial rights are affected.
Two Brooks aldermen resigned after a telegram signed by four men claiming to represent the town council urged the reinstatement of P. D. Hargrave, fired from the Brooks horticultural station on August 5. Council members had opposed telegrams, but four others sent one. Hargrave appealed his dismissal in Edmonton. decision expected Monday.
Dublin reports the worst spud shortage since 1848 as heavy rains flood farms. Potatoes go on ration with housewives limited to 3 1/2 pounds per weekend, price soars to six shillings per 14 pounds. Agriculture Minister Patrick Smith plans emergency aid. troops may assist.
Brig Wieler admitted he triggered the burglar alarm at the Tower of London to test guard response. The simulated intrusion prompted a rapid, coordinated police and military reaction as alarms rang and authorities sealed Tower Hill.
Calgary enacts a bylaw to curb litter on streets, parks, and public places. Conviction can bring a fine up to 100 dollars or 45 days imprisonment. Rule bans cardboard boxes wrappers paper and any rubbish except in proper receptacles. offenders must remove deposited material immediately.
Edmond Cloutier breezed through a public accounts hearing on the National Printing Bureau project in Hull valued at 16.2 million dollars. He stressed not shaping the plan but ensuring standards, noted his pay rise to 18 thousand, and dodged questions about air conditioning and extras totaling 210 thousand. He described the new plant as a vast improvement with operations spread across Ottawa in 24 sites.
Actress Elizabeth Taylor filed a 5 million dollar damage suit in New York federal court after a March plane crash killed her husband producer Mike Todd. Todd Jr. joins as co plaintiff against Ayer Lease Plan Incorporated Trade Ayer Incorporated and Michael Todd Company Incorporated.
The French vice-consul in Beirut Jean Gaspard was shot in the head while traveling from Beirut Airport into the city. He was admitted to the American University Hospital in Beirut with grave injuries. No shooter identified. area has seen frequent attacks on American troop convoys.
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