30 Aug 1956
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1956
Page
1
1956 traffic violation figures show Excessive speed 123 instances Without due care 37 Fail to stop 38 Ability impaired 15 Fail yield right of way 14 Other violations 132 with 1 remaining. The data highlights prevailing risk factors and enforcement counts.
Edmonton forecast shows very cool weather with fresh northwest winds Friday. Frost is unlikely in Alberta and Saskatchewan tonight, with daytime highs around 60 across major prairie cities. Calgary and Edmonton expect highs near 60 with lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s, while Swift Current and Moose Jaw reach the mid 60s and low 40s respectively.
Vancouver major stores including Hudson's Bay Woodwards Army and Navy and Woolworths will stay open Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Smaller downtown shops are expected to follow. In Regina hail damage remains near average with some areas hit again. Public health reports note polio cases in Edmonton and a preventive holiday patrol by Calgary police and RCMP to curb accidents. Regina highway board cites a decade of Alberta road fatalities. Nipawin drives pheasant conservation under Operation Pheasant.
A Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-6B crashed near Cold Bay Alaska killing or leaving missing fifteen aboard. Fourteen passengers and crew were aboard from Vancouver to Tokyo and eight crew members were on board. Rescue efforts hampered by bad weather as search continued near the tidal flat.
Bruce W. Hogle presents the case for accounting as a growing field in Canada. The piece notes a manpower shortage, rising demand, and explains two main types of accountants, highlighting the profession’s expanding role in business and education since ancient times.
Residents from Bindloss Oyen Acadia Valley New Brigden and Chinook celebrate the opening of a long awaited ferry linking the Saskatchewan towns to Medicine Hat. After 39 years of petitions and delays the community gathers for a simple ceremony and to mark a transport link finally completed.
City Engineer Jim Carswell said the public works program should finish this summer barring bad weather. With about four weeks of suitable weather remaining, 52 of 69 sidewalk blocks, 94 of 146 curb and gutter blocks, and 38 of 75 hard surface road blocks are complete, with all water extensions in except a few hookups.
The AP reports a deadly start to the Labor Day weekend as millions take to roads nationwide. In the first hours, deaths include a California woman, an Idaho elder, and four Kentuckians in head on crashes.
Mayor Harry Veiner says Medicine Hat cannot relieve CMHC of contract terms for wartime housing sales. CMHC asks 6545 to 7345 per four or five room units with a 1000 rebate over two years. City cites land at 1 and fixed utility costs, with possible one third provincial and federal contribution to reduce the price. veterans seek cost-based pricing.
City share in selling 100 wartime homes to veteran tenants could affect a forthcoming election. CMHC seeks a profit claim while veteran tenants and the Legion protest the asking price as exorbitant. Ottawa correspondence highlights the city’s $535 per dwelling but rents since 1948 total $60 annually in lieu of taxes.
A local official responds to a Medicine Hat News piece on selling Wartime Homes on 10th and 11th Streets S.W. He describes prior action with Central Mortgage and Housing, notifying veterans of sale dates and prices, and notes a Legion meeting intended to secure a better deal. He missed the street meeting due to an earlier commitment.
Twelve Negro students entered classrooms via a side entrance as police and sheriff deputies kept two entrances monitored. A crowd of about 200 watched while white activist John Kasper, blamed for stirring tensions, remained across from the police station. Clinton officials asked federal Judge Robert L. Taylor in Knoxville for a contempt citation against Kasper for actions against integration. Taylor ordered Kasper and five residents to avoid interfering with the school’s integration and set a hearing for the day.
Four weather Banshee fighter jets, the Royal Canadian Navy's first carrier-borne planes, will perform at the Canadian International Air Show in Toronto on September 7 and 8. It marks their first public appearance outside the Maritime provinces. Pilots include Lt Cmdr Alan J Woods of Vancouver and Lieut Gordon Liwards of Medicine Hat along with Frank C Willis of Flin Man and Lieut Derek Aroi of Vancouver.
An inmate at a mental institution pressed his ear to a wall in a moment of play, shouting Listen The attendant leaned in and whispered back I don t hear a thing The inmate replied I know I ve been like that all day indicating a humorous but distressed mood in a secluded facility.
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