Pillar of Smoke Looms Over Powerhouse After Explosion
A towering column of smoke rose from the powerhouse after a massive explosion. The vapor stretched across the western skyline on Monday and lingered today as frigid conditions persisted.
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1961
Page
1
Subsidy Sought for Prairie Airline Route Expansion
Pacific Western Airlines asks the Air Transport Board for a 495000 subsidy to operate a prairie route looping Regina Winnipeg with connections Edmonton and Daw son Creek Lloydminster and other points Northwest Airlines proposes Regina stop and a Regina Edmonton milk run while TransAir backs a Regina Winnipeg link PWA outlines growth and acquisition history including the Mackenzie service takeover in 1959 and plans to rely on Edmonton as a base. The hearing also covers Saskatchewan Government Airways and Northwest’s subsidy rationale prepared by Winspear firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Sask
Pacific Western Airlines
PWA
Air Transport Board
Northwest Industries
Winnipeg
Northwest
TransAir
Pacific Western
Edmonton
Richard H. Laidman
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Mackenzie
Laidman
Ian McPherson
TCA
Edmonton Municipal
Nisku
Herald
DOT
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Air Board
William W. Winspear
Edmonton Accountancy
Winspear, Higgins, Stevenson and Doane
Winspear
F.G. Winspear
Eichmann Told Compassion Out in Israel Judgment
The Israeli court found Adolf Eichmann guilty on all 15 counts for crimes against the Jews. It delivered a condemnatory 100,000-word judgment detailing his role in the extermination of six million Jews and other Nazi crimes, with death as the maximum penalty and no mitigation expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Wichmann
Gestapo
Europe
Eichmann
Gideon Hausner
Argentina
Poland
Lidice
Reinhard Heydrich
Security Police
Gesapo
UN Jets Strike Katanga Strongholds in Night Attacks
UN jets bombed Jadotville and Elisabethville area targets including railway terminals and Union Miniere sites. Elisabethville Airport faced four dawn strikes dropping 26 bombs with no UN damage reported. Katangan mortars hit the UN headquarters, killing two Indian Gurkha troops and wounding one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabethville
United Nations
Katanga
Jadotbille
Union Miniere Mining Company
Leopoldville
Elisabethsville
Rail Strike Pressure Grows Over CNR Engineers Pact
Ottawa reports a federal conciliation board’s majority decision on the CNR engineers contract, likely to drive looming rail disputes. The 9200-member union reportedly rejects the six percent wage rise over three years and AR reductions the board proposes, while the CNR accepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
CNR
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Inc
J. C. Anderson
Belleville
Ont
T. R. Meighen
Montreal
Marc Lapoint
CPR
Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Canadian Labor Congress
Diefenbaker Urges Prompt Talks with Soviet on Berlin
Prime Minister Diefenbaker said Canada should seek negotiations with the Soviet Union over Berlin without delay. He warned against sensational concessions and stressed patient, good faith talks to find limited agreements while preventing Soviet aggression and nibbling at Berlin. He highlighted UN progress and calm handling of difficulties as hopeful signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Diefenbaker
Soviet Union
Berlin
West Berlin
Pfeiffer Inquest Set For Bert Pfeiffer Death
An inquest into the death of Bert Pfeiffer 26 of 112 2nd St NW will be held Wednesday at 7 pm in city police court by coroner Dr Leo Lewis. Pfeiffer died November 25 at Medicine Hat General Hospital from head and back injuries suffered in an automobile crash November 11. The Pfeiffer vehicle collided with one driven by Henry Paulson at 6th St and Division Ave SW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert. Pfeiffer
2Nd St. NW
Leo Lewis
My. Pfeiffer
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Pfeiffer
Henry Paulson
Soviet demand to hand over German NATO chief for trial
Moscow reported Russia asked the United States to arrest and surrender Gen. Adolf Heusinger, former Nazi officer and German NATO chair, for war crimes. The Soviet note cited documents from Nazi archives and urged U.S. action under the 1945 Lublin pact. Bonn rejected the allegations as Soviet propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Reuters
Russia
United States
Adolf Ueusinger
NATO
Washington
Heusinger
Witler
NATO Standing Committee
Britain
France
Mikhail Kharlamov
Soviet
Foreign Ministry
West Germany
Bonn
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Greece
Switzerland
U.S
Kharmalov
Hearing resumes Wednesday for former constables theft case
Jim Gehring and Bill Plotsky both former Medicine Hat City Police Department constables face a second appearance before Magistrate A. Y. Spivack at 2 p.m. Wednesday charged with theft of a cash box valued over 50 dollars. Gehring now has legal counsel S S Moscovich QC of Lethbridge firm Moscovich Moscovich Spanos Matisz and Yanosik. Plotsky is represented by C W S QC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Gehring
Bill Plotsky
Medicine Hat City
A. Y. Spivack
Gehring
the News Today
S. S. Moscovich
Lethbridge
Moscovich
Moscovich, Moscovich, Spanos, Matisz and Yanosik
Plotsky
Two Die in Trailer Near Chaplin Saskatchewan
Police identified Jan Molling 26 of Moose Jaw and William Chalupiak 27 of Regina found dead in a frozen trailer near Chaplin 50 miles west of Moose Jaw. Molling recently arrived from the Netherlands. Chalupiak was married. Both believed to operate a local dragline. Autopsy and inquest ordered. foul play not suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaplin, Sask
Moose Jaw
David Hughes
Chaplin
Jan Molling
William Chalupiak
Regina
Molling
Canada
Netherlands
Chalupiak
Yule Lighting Contest Opens in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat's seventh annual Christmas lighting contest opens with four categories plus a fifth prize via a draw among honorable mentions. Prizes honor best home display religious scene Santa display and best window. Entries to Jaycees PC Box 234 or JAT-2774. judging Dec 21. tours for disabled entrants planned Dec 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
The
Jaycees and
the News
Jim Marshall
Jaycee Committee
Teenhneren Af Anitanrnmsante
Marshall
Bert Kreis
Jaycees
Kleis
Greenhouse Operators Face Frost Blues in Medicine Hat
Cold weather disrupts greenhouse work as operators in Medicine Hat race to protect crops. Frost night drops to 26 below zero. crews vigil with wood, stoves, and smoke screens to preserve heat. Some houses report minimal losses, others cautious but hopeful for milder weather and Wednesday temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Howard Heid
Power House Gardens
Valley Dale
Power House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gordon Blair
T. P. Fox
Compassion Out
UN Jets
Inister
By Robert Rick
Little Cloud
Pfeiffer Inquest
Commission
Valentina Grizodubta
Hitler
General Staff of Land Forces
Riverside Greenhouse
Canadian West
Prairies
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