Calgary police and RCMP crack wide theft ring
Seven arrests across Calgary Medicine Hat and Edmonton linked to a widespread theft ring. Suspects Darrell Hartley Lloyd Hartley and John Mackie face conspiracy charges in Medicine Hat with others held on local counts. Police recover stolen furniture and vehicles. Edmonton and Medicine Hat cases involve fraudulently paid cheques and COD orders.
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Calgary Herald
Calgary
City Police
RCMP
Medicine Yar
Edmonton
Darrell
Lloyd Hartley
John Mac
Kie
Medicine War
Melvin Stewart
Larry Brando
Paul Dupont
Amy Ewashhke
Mackie
Hartleys
James C. Duguid
Medicine Hat
Parkdale
Tragedy lists major air disaste rs and fatal totals
A retrospective catalog of aviation disasters cites Trans-Canada Air Lines and military crashes from 1940s to 1950s. It notes scarring losses including 62 aboard a Penticton crash and several major incidents in Canada, the United States, and beyond with fatalities ranging from single digits to over a hundred.
Sister of Hat women aboard missing North Star
A Trans-Canada Air Lines North Star with 62 aboard is believed down about 100 miles east of Vancouver after reporting engine failure at 7 02 p m PST Sunday. Audrey Harper of Calgary is among the passengers. search efforts in Fraser Canyon faced extreme turbulence as 18 planes combed the area.
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Penticton
B.C
Tokyo
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Canada
William Schmidt
Medicine Hat
Grey Nuns of the Cross
Orleans
Ont
RCAF
Trans-Canada Air Lines
North Star
Moose Jaw
Sask
TCA
United States
Yukon
Texas
Armstrong
American Airlines
St. Thomas
Rcaf Transport
Estevan
Vancouver
Rimouski Airline
Gaspe Peninsula
Audrey Harper
Imperial Bank
Calgary
Honolulu
Marian Butcher
Art
Princess Grocery
Edna McCormick
Syd
Irvine
Fraser Canyon
Sqdn
Ldr
G. L. Sheahan
Hope
Sheahan
Alberta Safety Council reports Safe Driving Week in nine cities
Medicine Hat had 12 accidents per car with over $100 in damages, no injuries or fatalities. The province tallies seven days to 716 accidents 100 injured and one death. The final report covers nine cities including two in Saskatoon? (text uncertain) and details breakdown for the period ending Dec 17.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Alberta Safety Council
Smilestones Joe Awakens to Baby Sleep Interlude
The scene centers on a kitchen moment where Joe awakens as a baby naps nearby. The interaction captures a domestic pause marked by a gentle call and quiet household routine.
Alberta storm center shifts north as chinook warms south
A storm center moved into northern Alberta while a chinook kept southern temperatures between 40 and 50 above. The cold air is advancing south and the balmy conditions now in place will end by tomorrow morning.
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Edmonton
Alberta
First Carload Ammonium Phosphate Fertilizer Shipped
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals reports the first carload shipment of Ammonium Phosphate fertilizer from Medicine Hat to United Grain Growers in Red Deer. The $21.5 million plant will sell through Harrisons and Crosfield with outlets across the Prairie provinces and eight Northwestern states.
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Northwest Nitro-Chemical
Medicine Hat
N.W
Northwest Nitro
Medicine Nat
United Grain Growers
Red Deer
Harrisons and Crosfield (Canada) Ltd
Tom L. Brook
Northwest
Prairie Pro
Ray Carlson
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Idaho
North
South Dakota
Wyoming
Minnesota
Medicine Hat urged to link with Hungarian refugees relief
An executive recommendation to Medicine Hat's Council of Social Services asks the city to volunteer for rehabilitation and aiding displaced Hungarians arriving in Calgary. After a Saturday YWCA conference, officials discussed locating Hungarian families in need of housing and directing skilled residents to relocation and work opportunities.
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Medicine Hat
Council of Social Services
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Ywca Board Room
Calgary
Citizenship Council
Meat Inspection Hours Set For Medicine Hat District
Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9 to 12 will be inspection hours to certify live stock slaughtered for sale to city stores and citizens. The bylaw, approved at a city hall meeting by the finance committee, mayor Dr A N Davis and Dr J M Brown MOH, requires meat to be inspected. unhealthy meat must be burned.
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Medicine Hat
Reed’s
A. N. Davis
J. M. Brown
Open House for 55th Wedding Anniversary Grose Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob C. Grose of 921 Second St. S.E. Medicine Hat celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary. Born in Hillsbro Kansas the pair married Dec. 8, 1901. They lived in Harvey North Dakota and Woodrow Saskatchewan before retiring to Medicine Hat in 1953. They have nine children, 19 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
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Jacob C. Grose
Second St. S.E
Medicine Hat
Hillsbro
Kansas
Harvey
N.D
Woodrow, Sask
Grose
Cele
Clarence
Redcliff
Drumheller
Harry
Lethbridge
John
Rosebud
Walter
Leo
Bassano
Josephine Lautermilch
Herbert, Sask
Bertha Peter
Woodrow
Elsie ‘Bertsch
First Heavy Wave Of Shopping For Christmas Gifts
The 1956 Christmas shopping season began with a strong Saturday rush as Settaday stores saw high demand. Merchants expect record sales, with many items already marked sold and several shops planning open houses on Wednesday and Friday ahead of Christmas Eve closures.
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Settaday
Names Of Persons On Missing Plane
A partial list records many individuals associated with a missing plane. Included are C J Kennedy of Toronto H Cleven of Calgary K We Collett J M MacKay Mrs H J Rose D Stewart Helen Chapman John B Hemming R J Muir Wong Fook Cheng s au chun Liwan Ying Yuen Gar York Anthony Folger M L Bright Struthers Wally Rowan and family plus others in Calgary Regina Vancouver and Redwater with addresses or cities noted.
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C. J. Kennedy
Toronto
H. Cleven
Calgary
We Collett
2Nd St
J. M. MacKay
H. J. Rose
16Th St
D. Stewart
Vancouver
Helen Chapman
19Th Ave
Northwest
John B. Hemming
18Th St
R. J. Muir
Powell River
B.C
Dallas
Tex
M. L. Bright
Fort Worth
J. Struthers
Quilechena Drive
HW. A. Wright
48Th Ave
Wally Rowan
TCA
Susan Rowan
Patrick Rowan
J. A. Munro
West 23Rd
Mel Becket
Princess Drive
Regina
Mario DeMarco
Warren
New Hourly Crescent Heights Bus Service Approved
City and bus company officials confirmed an hourly Crescent Heights Crestwood service starting next Monday December 17. One bus and two drivers will run from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m with a three month trial. schedule still being finalized.
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Crescent Heights
Crestwood
City Finance Committee
Calgary fiancée among North Star passengers
Helen Chapman of Calgary, fiancee of Gordie Smith, was aboard the North Star. Gordie, a Calgary resident and brother of Jim Smith, Can talinis hockey club manager, is a former Atlantic City Seagulls player. The couple planned to marry next spring.
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North Star
Helen Chapman
Calgary
Gordie Smith
Medicine Hat
Gordie
Jim Smith
Cantalinis
Atlantic City Seagulls
Footballers aboard plane linked to potential Canadian tragedy
A chartered plane carrying four Saskatchewan Roughriders players Mel Becket Gordon Sturtridge and a passenger's wife from Vancouver to Saskatchewan faced possible disaster. If all aboard perished it would be Canada’s worst aviation loss.
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Saskatchewan Roughriders
Vancouver
Mel Becket
Gordon Sturtridge
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Brando
Dupont
Ile
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Medicine Hat, and District
Burt Photo
S.F.D
Drc
Wetaskiwin
Boa Og
Camrose
Jasper Place
Mizpah
AF. & AM
Dee
Tith
Masonic Hall
John Hill
St. John's Presbyterian Church
Algary
Saskatoon
Swift
Algary Lethbridge
Swift Current
Ian
Medicine Hat Lodge No
A.M
Hungary
Pat’s
Capitol Furniture
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