25 Aug 1958
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 25, 1958
Page
1
One man is dead and two others injured after a fierce gun battle in Edmonton. Police say the shooting occurred amid chaotic scenes as bystanders fled the area and investigators collected evidence at the scene.
A bulldozer ended a five hour gun fight in Jasper Place as police battled an elderly man holed up on a lawn. One man was killed and another injured after more than 40 shots were fired during the standoff with about 30 officers involved.
In three western provinces 15 people died violently over the weekend. Alberta saw five traffic deaths and a suffocation. a man named Jim Alix 65 was charged with murder after a trench battle at his Jasper Place boxcar home. Police described Alix as obsessed and isolated, while two residents were killed nearby and a bulldozer later helped end the siege.
Liberal Leader Lester Pearson announced the opposition will challenge the government plan to reframe the CBC. He urged referral to a parliamentary committee for study, arguing the bill weakens the CBC and risks political pressure and delay in Parliament’s business timetable.
Two Canadian CF-100 interceptors from the 423rd Squadron crashed in flight near Gros Tenquin Metz. One jet struck the RCAF hospital, killing three crewmen, a nurse, and a doctor. ten were reported injured. Survivors evacuated to Saarbrucken and Lansturm hospitals.
In Asuncion Paraguay a band of Moro Indians armed with spears and bows attacked a Williams Brothers Company American oil installation in the Chaco jungle wounding a laborer. The raiders were driven off by gunfire and one attacker was captured. The Pure Oil Company and Williams Brothers are building roads and drilling for oil in the area.
Parks authorities will deploy armed wardens patrols fence camps and issue dog permits to protect visitors in national parks Agriculture Minister Harkness says in a letter to the Wildwood Community Association following a request after seven year old Christine Coates of Calgary was mauled by a bear in Jasper National Park on August 8.
Edmonton CP reports a subcommittee investigating the dismissal of Brooks Experimental Station superintendent P D Hargrave worked in Brooks and planned to submit its report to Provincial Treasurer Hinman later this week. The Alberta Institute of Agrologists discussed the matter in Lethbridge, awaiting the investigation’s outcome.
Chinese Communist guns opened fire on Quemoy again early today, with little detail on the intensity. Nationalists repelled a seaborne attempt to seize Tingting, 17 miles south of Quemoy, as weekend bombardments gave way to lighter fire. The U S Navy was ordered to normal precautions and to hold joint naval exercises with Nationalist forces to bolster close cooperation.
In Nottingham England a 90 minute street clash erupted Saturday night as at least 200 people fought with knives sticks and fists. Eight whites and a police officer were injured and police intensified patrols while searching for involved men. Authorities vowed to stamp out violence as tensions between white and colored residents remain high.
Capetown reports the death of Prime Minister Johannes Strijdom at 65 after a heart ailment with a lung blood clot. He led the Nationalist party to victory in 1954 and plans for apartheid remain, with Justice Minister Charles Swart set to succeed him.
The Supreme Court will convene a special session to review the Little Rock segregation case as Arkansas lawmakers draft measures. Governor Faubus proposes options including delaying or closing Central High School with a public referendum. In Norfolk, Judge Hoffman orders further consideration of 151 Negro admission pleas and seeks results by Friday.
The weather office predicts a coming cooldown in the Medicine Hat district with temperatures dropping from today's noon high of 86. Thunderstorms and heavy winds are forecast this week, with cloudy periods by Tuesday morning and a 55 degree low tonight, leading to 70s for the rest of the week.
In DOLBEAU Quebec two car collision near Roberval County left eight dead and eight injured. Among the dead were Mrs. Patrick Deschene 49 and Luc Fortin 18 months old. The Fortin family in the station wagon also perished. Police could not determine the cause.
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