11 Dec 1959
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1959
Page
1
Rioting in Suva, Fiji ends day with an eerie calm. Four people arrested for breaking the dusk to dawn curfew as troops patrol wrecked streets and police enforce the curfew across Suva and nearby areas.
In Albert Lea Minnesota a detachment of 80 guardsmen, part of 200 called by Governor Free man, dispersed a several hundred strong crowd at the Wilson Packing Company plant to back martial law. Non union workers were allowed in while striking workers stayed away as violence earlier in the week prompted raids and disrupted exit routes.
Martinsville Virginia police nabbed Charles W. Stewart known as the ringleader of Ivy Bluff prison escape. A high speed chase ended when Stewart’s Roanoke tagged car crashed at a bridge, leaving six escapees still at large with other fugitives captured in Virginia Ohio and near North Carolina. Stewart was armed with a .38 revolver.
In CARRETSON South Dakota a harvest moon brings rumors as a mother confronts her teen daughter about a late return. The dialogue hints at a moonlit date and car ride with a boy named Jimmy, while cryptic lines about hunting and furs add local color.
About 800 Koreans bound for the communist north arrived at Niigata Japan for processing after a delay caused by anti Communist demonstrators. They total about 5 000 Koreans in Japan who want North Korea job offers. Police pushed demonstrators off tracks as 200 South Koreans protested.
NATO military committee finished its annual review with a warning that current Allied policy trends could cause dangerous weakness if not halted. Gen. Nathan Twining singled out France, implying President de Gaulle bears major responsibility for the tensions influencing strategy.
St Nick appeared on the steps of city hall at 4 pm with Mayor Harry Weiner and Kinsman Rudy Tobler. Don Medhurst and other Kinsmen Club members assisted as Santa distributed small gifts to local children. He will stay in Medicine Hat until Christmas Eve attending many Yule tide gatherings.
President Eisenhower called all nations to wage a noble war against hunger as a path to lasting peace at the World Agricultural Fair opening in New Delhi. He urged international law updates and broad student exchanges while pledging U.S. cooperation to end hunger. He also received Delhi University's honorary law degree and wore a scarlet robe at the convocation.
The coroner's jury investigating seven deaths in a truck train collision October 24 near Parkland Alberta urged bold color schemes for CPR diesel units to improve visibility. They also urged special driver licenses for public service vehicle operators transporting flammable materials. The deaths included truck driver Arthur Boyd and five CPR diesel unit passengers. Witnesses said the silver train with red and white markings is hard to see.
The Alberta Farmers Union voted unanimously for a prairie wide strike with Saskatchewan and Manitoba unions joining. President Ed Nelson said a meeting in Saskatoon may set strike actions next Friday to press for a fair deal. participation remains voluntary with no enforcement.
Washington AP reports the U S government suspended further steel peace talks for now saying no substantive progress has been made. David J McDonald and aides will join aluminum negotiations in Chicago next week as Finnegan suggests the pause may last days rather than weeks.
Robert Raymond Cook, 23, was sentenced to be hanged on April 15 for the murder of his father, Raymond Cook. A Supreme Court jury found him guilty after a 1 hour 20 minute deliberation, with no mercy recommended. An appeal was announced through defence counsel Gifford Main.
A cyclone razed the coastal town Mocimboa de Praia in northern Mozambique. Dozens may be killed and many injured as government declares disaster area and rushes aid by land sea and air.
Ottawa reports the royal commission on transportation faces a private session to delay cross examination of railways cost studies on grain movements. Prairie provinces and wheat pools urge deferral until March after western tour to scrutinize costs beyond grain.
In Havana Fidel Castro's regime arrested and briefly detained Miami Herald reporter James Buchanan while holding British journalist Ian Aitken and others. Buchanan faced accusations of aiding Miami accomplice Frank Austin Young, sentenced to 30 years. Young escaped, then was recaptured. Aitken, Buckman names surfaced in questioning.
A dawn crash on Japan's No 2 Tokyo Yokohama route involving a truck with four tons of explosives and a gravel truck caused a massive blast. Two drivers died, 88 people were hurt, and damage spread across 36 homes and 480 buildings in Yokohama's industrial area 18 miles south of Tokyo.
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