First of a Series So You Want to Be a Lawyer
Bruce W. Hogle outlines the lawyer’s wide career paths from advocate to adviser to general practitioner. He stresses public service and earning potential, cites John Diefenbaker as an example, and urges high school graduates to work hard for three college years to qualify for an accredited law school.
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Bruce W. Hogle
Canada
Dominion
House of Commons
John Diefenbaker
Prince Albert
North America
Pink Insurance Cards Issued For Alberta Motorists
Alberta motorists begin receiving pink financial responsibility cards effective Oct 1 under the Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act. Cards prove driver insurance, with lapsed or missing cards risking impoundment after a crash. Eligibility requires 5 to 10 thousand dollars bodily injury and 1 thousand for property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
R. F. Tait
Registrar of Motor Vehicle Operators
Motor Vehicles Branch
Tait
British Columbia
Manitoba
Massey Family Sends Corn to Governor General
A Canadian city notes Mayor Harry Veiner sent two dozen Golden Bantam corn cobs to the Governor General. Lionel Massey, secretary to the Governor General, thanks the mayor and praises the shipment as excellent and delicious enjoyed by the Governor General and family during a picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veiner
Governor General
City Hall
Harry Veiner
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Weiner
Sketches for Medicine Hat mural under consideration
Sketches for a historic mural honoring Medicine Hat pioneers have been received for study. Prof H G Glyde and Canada’s muralist are guiding the project funded by the 1955 Golden Jubilee Committee. The mural will hang in the Medicine Hat Public Library and be removable for future relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
H. G. Glyde
University of Alberta
Canada
Prairie West
Golden Jubilee Committee of
H. R. Hutchings
Jaycee
Wilson Riley
Glyde
Helen Gibson
FE. G. F. Skinner
Library Board
Smiles and clocks clash in a witty domestic exchange
A husband brags about fixing things at home and a cuckoo clock joke follows as the cuckoo asks what time it is, turning a domestic repair into a playful moment.
Runaway Bride Forgiven by Mother in Winnipeg Editorial
Lill Vlach, 16, eloped with a 34-year-old salesman July 16 and was charged with perjury by her mother who now says she is forgiven. Spiralling costs halt Winnipeg hydrotherapy pool project estimated at 100000 for polio patients. Assiniboia Construction Co. Ltd. wins a 37000 contract to build 13 precast concrete bridges in Bow River development Travers Lomond area. A -33 silver star jet trainer from Gimli RCAF base crashed and burned five miles south of Gimli today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lill Vlach
Assiniboia Construction Co. Ltd
Calgary
Travers-Lomond
Bow River
Gimli Rcaf Base
Gimli
Kiwanis Best Kept City Block Award Goes To 0-99 Block
The 0 to 99 block on 10th Street Southwest was named the Kiwanis Club 1956 Best Kept City Block. The plaque will be awarded later this week after final arrangements. This is the second win for 10th St SW in 11 years with 1954 also a 10th St SW winner. Honorable mentions go to the 400 block Belfast the 100 block on 10th St SW and the 100 block on 3rd St SW.
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10Th St. S.W
Kiwanis Club
Dundee St
Ross McKay
10Th St. SW
10Th
Belfast
3Rd St. S.W
Medicine Hat
3Rd Ave. S.E
Aberdeen
Cambridge
4Th St. S.E
8Th St. S.E
Aberdeen St
Our City
Collision Involving Wardlow Family Leaves Two Seriously Hurt
Mrs Ethel Zeer and her son Blaine 13 are seriously hurt after a head on crash near Wardlow. Mrs Zeer faces facial fractures lacerations chest and leg injuries. Blaine has jaw fracture and lacerations. Two other passengers Mrs Sharon 12 and farmhand Frank Richter suffer lacera tions but no fractures and are expected to be released. Medical aid included blood plasma from Calgary Red Cross. Ray Zeer was driving the truck. he and the family were treated at Brooks Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Zeer
Blaine
Brooks Hospital
Ray Zeer
Wardlow
Frank Richter
V-V Ranch
Zeer
V V Ranch
Threat of violence looms as Cyprus truce ends
In Nicosia, Cyprus, a renewed threat of violence hovered as the 10 day truce called by the EOKA terrorist group neared its expiry at midnight Cyprus time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia
Cyprus
Reuters
EOKA
Hoboes hold Iowa convention with wild platform
Hoboes of America in Britt Iowa stage a one day convention drawing 15000 to 20000 attendees. Hobo Benson wins as king while Scoop Shovel Scotty is ousted after a boisterous speech. The platform calls for four days work, pay scales, and generous welfare terms, all delivered in a carnival tone.
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Brityt
Iowa
King of the
Scotty
Hobo Benson
Scoop Shovel Scotty
Hobo News
Lord Packsack Jones
Hitchhiking
Kid
Gilman Collamore
Scoop Shovel
Cedar Rapids
Scoop
Benson
Britt
Drowning Tragedy in Medicine Hat: Jimmy Bell Declared Victim
Local youths James Bell 16 and Larry Mullen 16 attempted a crossing of the Saskatchewan river. Bell disappeared after a third call for help as rescuers and a special plane joined fire and police efforts. Bell is survived by his parents and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Victor
Saskatchewan River
James
Jimmy) Bell
Larry Mullen
Saskatchewan
Th Mullen
Brooks
Bell
Mullen
Specia
RCM
Cph
Jim Middleton
Donnelly
Bill Copeman
É Aero Service
Salvage Pany
Senger
Morris
Jin
Cpl
Kuri
Tim
Jimmy
Bell la
Jimmy Bell
Charles Be
Spotted The Body By Bill Copeman
Lookout narrates search for Jimmy Bell’s body in Medicine Hat, recounting two twilight sweeps from a light plane provided by Aero Service owner George Manyk. He confirms spotting a white object near the bridge on a second pass and notes dangers of river currents drawing other swimmers toward the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Copeman
Jimmy Bell
South Saskatchewan
Copeman
Bill Donnelly
Medicine Hat
Bill
Bull
Jimmy
George Manyk
Aero Service and Salvage Co
Joan
George
Luscombe Silvaire
Rich New Oil Field Discovered in Tehran
A massive oil gusher near Qum south of Tehran shoots oil 150 feet into the air, flooding fields. The National Iranian Oil Company calls in British and American experts to help cap the well as production rises to about 80 000 barrels per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
National Iranian Oil Company
Qum
Also Mentioned on This Page
South Saskatchewan River
Trunks
RCMP
Tee
Massey Family
Lionel Massey
Montreal
Arthur Maloney
Toronto
Garson
Louis Bercovitz
Harry Davis
Montreal Herald
Bercovitz
Maloney
Ottawa
Office of Justice
Davis
David
Bulletins
Winnipeg
The
Winnahs
Air Search
Jimm
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