City plans bridge overpass and rail line upgrade
Municipal officials discuss grade crossing project costs and provincial aid proposals including an $750,000 budget for engineering and construction. CPR involvement requested while alternate routes and the impacts on homes and businesses are examined. A winter work approach is favored for the garage and service road projects.
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Federal
Ofc
Commission
Nie Eveyed
Cerabeed
Reid
Schuler Highway
CPR
Canadian Pacific Railway
James G. Kidd
Haddin, Davis and Brown
Allowance Ave
Ald
Cliff Adam
Simon Scott
Mr. Carswell
Fifth St
Seventh St
Public Works Committee
Carswell
Gershaw Drive
Purity Dairy Gains Three Day Milk Delivery Plan
The Board of Public Utilities approves Purity Dairy's three day a week home milk delivery starting Wednesday. Manager Stan Fabbi led the application citing high delivery costs. The change affects 2000 daily deliveries with no layoffs. six milkmen remain in service. wholesale and Ralston routes unchanged. Medicine Hat and Lethbridge dairies are affected. Crystal Dairy in Medicine Hat declines to participate.
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Board of Public Utilities
Stan’ Fabbi
Ralston
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge Dairies
Crystal Dairy
Diefenbaker Cuts NZ Visit After Mother's Stroke
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker left Whenuapai Airport for Canada after word his mother Mrs. William T. Diefenbaker, 86, suffered a relapse and a transient stroke. She is hospitalized in Saskatoon with no paralysis and a clear mind. The trip included a world tour leg in New Zealand before the abrupt departure and planned fuel stops in Fiji and Canton Islands and an overnight in Honolulu.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Diefenbaker
Whenuapai
Canada
William T. Diefenbaker
Saskatoon
Jher
Umight Adut
Elmer
Fiji
Canton Islands
Honolulu
San Francisco
D. M. Baltzan
Greece Seeks Cyprus Solution Amid NATO Talks
Greece proposes a rapid transition path to resolve the Cyprus dispute and restore neighborly ties with Turkey. Averoff states Greece can discuss Spaak’s round table plan if non-democratic points are removed and a democratic, just solution guaranteeing Cypriots’ self determination is found.
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Sentara
Turkey
Cyprus
Greece
Evangelos Averoff
Britain
United Nations General Assembly
Averoff
NATO
Paul-Henri Spaak
Spaak
Alf Pike to remain Winnipeg Warriors coach
Winnipeg general manager Jack Perrin announced Alf Pike will stay as coach of the Western Hockey League Winnipeg Warriors. Toronto will keep Bert Olmstead and Punch Imlach handling the Leafs with the Leafs’ job left open until season end. Negotiations with Pike may resume after the hockey season.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Alf Pike
Winnipeg Warriors
Western Hockey League
Tor
Jack
Perrin
Winnipeg
Toronto
George
Punch) Imlach
Pike
Warriors
Imlach
Bert Olmstead
Leafs
Billy Reay
Vancouver
Warrior
Ice Stymies Lourmais in Fraser River Swim
Louis Lourmais, 38, French frogman attempting a 600 mile swim from Prince George to Vancouver to promote skin diving, travels toward a non frozen Fraser River section. Gordon Ross reports Lourmais, in a rubber suit, has surpassed 100 miles despite near freezing water.
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Quesnel
B.C
Louis Lourmais
Fraser River
Gordon Ross
Lourmais
Frogman
New Envoy Wigglesworth Arrives as U.S. Ambassador to Canada
Richard B. Wigglesworth aged 67 arrived in Montreal to assume duties as the United States ambassador to Canada. He arrives amid early inauguration ceremonies and diplomacy in Ottawa.
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Montreal (Cp
Richard B. Wigglesworth
United States
Canada
Montreal
Lavender scented ads headline Eaton's color display on page 16
The newspaper features lavender scented ink in its color display ad on page 16 marking a second use of perfumed ink in collaboration with advertisers. The aroma aims to boost product identification and reader retention through aroma advertising methods.
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the News
Eaton
Flint Teamster Held On Arson Charge In Fire
Jack Thompson 41 a Flint Teamsters Union business agent was arrested on arson charges related to the cleaning shop fire that left unionist Frank Kierdorf badly burned. Thompson had been held for investigation after the Aug 3 blaze but was released when no charges followed. Prosecutor Jerome O Rourke later said new evidence warrants prosecution though details were not disclosed.
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Flint,mich
Jack Thompson
Teamsters Union
Flint
Frank Kierdorf
Thompson
Kierderf
Flint Teamsters
Genesee County
Jerome O’rourke
O'Rourke
Two Cardinals Appointed to Vatican Council
Pope John XXIII named Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski primate of Poland and Joseph Cardinal Frings archbishop of Cologne as members of the Sacred Congregation of the Council, expanding the Vatican body with two senior church leaders.
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Vatican City
John
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Poland
Joseph Cardinal Frings
Cologne
Sacred Congregation of the Council
Santa Claus Here Visits City For Christmas
The much awaited visit from Santa Claus arrived with hundreds greeting him in the city. He will be at Eaton's Department Store Saturday 9 to 10 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. at city hall, Sunday at the Central Motors Christmas party 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. Then at 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. he will visit the Christmas party at Chi day Santa. He returns to Eaton's 9 to 10 a.m. Monday and attends Salvation Army Brownies 5:30 to 6 p.m. The day closes with Eaton's Ready-to-Wear at the Assiniboia Hotel 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. More dates to be announced.
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Santa Cllaus
St. Nick
the North Pole
ifAngs
Poys
Santa
Per
Frank Walters
Eaton’s .and
Kinsmen ‘Club
Bill Magudge
Eaton’s Department Store
City Hall Council
Central Motors
Moose Hall
Eaton’s
Salvation Army Brownnies
Assiniboia Hotel
West
Aires
Balloonists Launch 3000 Mile Transatlantic Balloon Flight
Four British balloonists led by Arnold Hibart begin a 3000 mile voyage from Santa Cruz De Tenerife aboard the 46-foot Small World gondola. The crew includes Hibart, his son Timothy, Colin Mudie and his wife Rosemary. They expect a one to three week crossing, drifting 500 to 1000 feet above the ocean with radio contact and sun star navigation.
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Arnold Hibart
Timothy
Colin Mudie
Mudie
Rosemary
Timothy Eiloart
Cambridge University
Atlantic
London
Air Ministry
Meteorological Office
Honduras
British Guinea
England
Tenerife
Chinook Promises Fall Weather Douses in Alberta
Weather report notes a zero to 15 degree range across Alberta with colder eastern regions and warmer western areas. Canada-wide readings show Esquimalt B C as warmest and Norman Wells N W T coldest, while Manitoba, Quebec and New York report deep freezes and a historic Lake Ontario snowstorm with six feet of snow and closures.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Canada
Esquimalt
B.C
Norman Wells
N.W.T
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Quebec City
Montreal
Oswego
N.Y
Lake Ontario
Bus Train Crash Kills 2 Students in Ontario
A school bus heading to St. Ignatius School in Essex was struck by the New York Central Detroit er passenger train at an unmarked crossing near Windsor. Two 11 year old boys, David Purvis and Paul Bosney, died, with eight others injured as the bus overturned and skidded on foggy morning. The bus driver Albert Slacht 24 survived with multiple injuries after freeing passengers and guiding them to safety. The train reportedly traveled 80 mph. the engineer saw the bus and applied brakes but could not avoid the collision.
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Windsor
Ont
New York Central
Essex
Here
David Purvis
Paul Bosney
Albert Slacht
Slacht
Margaret Seymour
St. Ignatius School
Fires Claim 642 Lives in Canada Last Year
Dominion Fire Commissioner Christopher Thompson says fires in Canada last year claimed 642 lives and caused losses of 133 million 787 thousand 983 dollars, a peak figure.
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Cornwall, Ont
Dominion Fire
Christopher Thompson
Canada
Christmas Carol Sheets Offered by Safeway and NEWS
The Medicine Hat News and two Safeway stores in Medicine Hat publish the first annual Christmas carol sheet for city and country editions. It includes 15 well known carols. Extra copies are available free by visiting either Safeway or the News circulation department.
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Medicine Hat
Safeway
The
NEWS
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Santa Cruz
DE Tenerife
Carary Islands
Reuters
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