27 Aug 1959
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1959
Page
1
Fragmentary notice references gifts and a sale running in September. It mentions limited quantities and a retailer or venue, likely early September, with emphasis on discounted items and possible special bundles.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker said northern road building takes priority over a proposed second east west highway for the western provinces. He promised full consideration of a 60,000-name petition for a national road policy while noting priority at the moment lies with north development and resource access roads.
Moscow-based Izvestia denounces former President Truman for opposing Premier Khrushchev’s U S visit, calling him a “small politicker” and arguing he sparked the cold war and arms race. Tass quotes accuse Truman of losing control as U S officials plan exchanges with the Soviet leader.
British scientists from Armstrong Whitworth propose a delta shaped base flying pyramid to shield a returning spacecraft from heat at 18 000 mph during re entry They claim the 60 hour round trip could include four orbits and landing at 80 mph The main hurdle is cost threatening to keep the concept on paper for years
Very cool and wet conditions are expected in Alberta and western Saskatchewan today and Friday with daytime highs of 50 to 55 degrees. A large rain area spans the north and will drift south tonight, bringing a low of around 45 in Medicine Hat and a high near 55 on Friday.
President Eisenhower wrapped up a 24 hour stay in Bonn with pledges of NATO solidarity and apparent German backing for talks with Khrushchev. He met Chancellor Adenauer, issued a joint statement on collective defence, and suggested Adenauer supported next month’s Soviet talks.
President Eisenhower orders a two month postponement of U S nuclear tests extending the deadline to December 31 to give Geneva negotiators time to finalize an international ban. Amb. James Wadsworth returns to oversee matters as talks recessed for six weeks. The move draws mixed reactions from lawmakers and allies amid dispute over inspection rights and enforcement.
Toronto reporters state the United States comedian George Gobel was ordered to clean up his act before a second CNE appearance. Officials described portions of the opening performance as blasphemous and criticized a sequence examining chorus Sandra O Neill.
The Bank of Canada cut its key rate to 5.58 percent from 6.29 percent after smaller treasury bill sales. One day bill yields averaged 5.33 percent, down from 6.04 percent last Thursday, with Finance Minister Fleming previously rejecting bids as too high. The rate sits at a quarter point above three month bill yields.
de Gaulle flies from Paris to Algeria for a four day fact finding tour. He is accompanied by Defence Minister Pierre Guillaumat and presidential staff. The Kabylie region near Algiers will see 20 000 French soldiers in a major operation as insurgency continues since 1954.
Four Iowa men Leland Chester William Schneider Fred Wegner and pilot Lloyd Boofer failed to return from a weekend fishing trip to Canada. They left Charles City airport Friday in a rented plane bound for Jorgenson's Lodge Ignace Ontario and last spoke with families expecting to return Sunday or Monday. Bad weather and a possible forced landing are being investigated by Canadian and Minnesota authorities with Fort Frances customs noting no plane record.
Jean Elizabeth Wood, 26, stood on Highway 99 in the desert and was struck by a truck, dying 110 feet from the impact. A highway patrolman labeled it a traffic fatality while authorities investigate. The Riverside hotel operator said she was despondent, recently out of work, and living in Riverside since June 24. her mother Vera Harty in Spokane reported three marriages and two children.
An earthquake in southern Mexico killed at least 10 with some estimates reaching 40. The 2:20 a.m. quake damaged Jalapan and Acayucan heavily, knocked out communications, and cracked highways and rails across Veracruz Oaxaca Campeche Yucatan Puebla and Tabasco. Government aid moved in by land air and sea as panic spread in Loma Bonita Progreso Jalapa Fortuna las Flores and many towns.
In Guelph Ontario three rioters receive longer terms after three days of unrest at the Guelph Reformatory. The uprising began in the tailor shop and escalated to the breakfast room and exercise yard with tear gas deployed to quell the riot. Guards reported threats from inmates and several prisoners including Paul Waters James Stewart Pinell William George Bull John Henry Brady Marvin Sharpe and Gary Edward Corey were sentenced to penitentiaries or reformatory terms varying from two years less a day to four years.
Laos reports show government troops retook the Sop Vieng army post 50 miles northeast of Vientiane, easing rebel threats to north south communications. Washington seeks urgent aid, SEATO session planned, and debate grows on U.S. Marines and naval presence.
The Navy fired a test version of a Polaris submarine missile from a ship at sea for the first time. The air shot launched from a tube burrowed into the deck of Observation Island. The first stage ignited about 70 feet above the deck.
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