04 Dec 1957
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1957
Page
1
On December 4 Medicine Hat marks three years without a traffic fatality, a Canadian city record for its size. Provincial and civic dignitaries attend to speak at schools and a Town and Country club banquet. Minister Gordon E Taylor headlines the evening with 27 school patrol captains honored.
A humor piece notes the ideal husband values his wife's ache as much as his rheumatic pain, framing domestic sympathy as a benchmark of partnership. The snippet reflects social mores and comic contrast in midcentury newspaper voice.
The half way point of the 11 hour countdown for the U S satellite test launch passed without major delay at Cape Canaveral as weather risiko and prep work were managed. Navy and Air Force officials praised inter service cooperation amid competing countdowns and delays.
At the United Nations a Western bloc led by the United States Britain and Canada opposes the Special United Nations Fund for Economic Development SINFED in favor of broadening the existing UN technical assistance program The Canadian stance outlined by Ellen Fairclough supports sympathetic parliamentary consideration for Canada but no funding figures are set The US estimates SINFED would require about 250 million dollars annually while the broad expansion could accelerate aid delivery.
Theophilus Adepoju Aderonmu, 30, a Nigerian Bible student, won 64000 on CBS 64 000 Question and will return next week for the second question. He reconciled with his ex wife Fay after a lunch discussion following a non support summons.
President Eisenhower, recovering from a mild stroke, joins a meeting as Sen Thomas Hennings notes his slower speech. Senate leaders, led by Styles Bridges, push a defense budget rise of about 2 billion dollars for the next fiscal year focusing on missiles and anti submarine gear. Additional proposals include a five year extension of trade pacts and easing atomic energy restrictions for ally nations.
Jim Miller, a chartered accountant, was re-elected today as president of the Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce at a directors meeting held at noon. This marks his second year in the civic post. E. A. Red Amos was elected first vice-president and Russell McBride second vice-president.
Senator Donald Cameron urges a nationwide program to boost high schools and universities with provincial municipal support and large federal spending. He cites education as vital to national defence and economy, proposing as much as 150 million dollars yearly over a decade, drawing skepticism from government leaders. In Ottawa, Finance Minister Donald Fleming hints at tax-change announcements this session as Commons debates spending.
Red Star, the Soviet army newspaper, warned that a single mistake by a nervous American pilot could trigger a third world war under the current U.S. military alert level. The paper asserted that there are several million lunatics in the United States.
London AP Postmaster General Ernest Marples addresses the first annual meeting of the British National Pets' Club at Cafe Royal. Guests dine with dogs parrots monkeys and a python as pets roam and even a St Bernard with an empty brandy cask adds to the spectacle. The scene ends with a joke about a dog inside Sputnik II.
Ottawa based External Affairs Minister Sidney Smith faces Commons committee scrutiny and criticizes the United States state department for reacting negatively to Russian proposals. He urges a reassessment of Canada Soviet relations in light of new global science driven realities and cites Khrushchev summit talks as unlikely. Lester B. Pearson questions Washington’s stance.
Russell McBride city department store manager resigns as head of Medicine Hat police commission after three years in the role. Mayor Harry Weiner confirms the offer while McBride cites no reason. He favors forming a new five member panel with at least one legal professional.
Monarch Broadcasting proposes to televise the first hour of all council meetings at no cost to the city. The plan would shift televised segments to Monarch's Red Cliff studio, with full council sessions continuing afterward at City Hall. The offer, in a letter from R. J. Buss, is to be presented to the next council meeting.
A vast five inch thick steel reactor housing for Canada’s first commercial atomic plant, built by Babcock and Wilcox, has been discarded as Canada delays the Chalk River project. Ontario Hydro Electric, the federal government, and Canadian General Electric faced changed specs, with completion now uncertain for 1960 or 1961. Britain presses ahead with atomic power while Canada lags behind in the global program.
The pattern remains mild with unsettled skies and rapid changes. Chinook winds faded at Grande Prairie Tuesday night as Pacific moisture brings mainly cloudy skies and local snow flurries. Alberta Thursday highs are 30 to 35 with Saskatchewan at 20 to 25.
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