15 Dec 1956
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1956
Page
1
A brief entry recaps traffic violations for 1956 with counts and dates. The fragment lists numbers and codes such as 170 and 271 and shows dates like 26 and 18, indicating a ledger style municipal record of infractions. No individuals or organizations are fully named in readable form.
Fort Macleod reports a fatal crash near town with a two month old Joanne Mahalicz killed and two women and another child injured. The mother Tilly Mahalicz underwent elbow surgery, and Shane Bliss of Medicine Hat suffered a skull fracture. A Ladine of Bow Island sustained a fractured foot.
A flood of telegrams poured in to John Diefenbaker at downtown hotels as Conservative supporters and dignitaries celebrated his election as Progressive Conservative leader. Messages ranged from provincial and regional figures to national party figures and a Winnipeg Ukrainian Canadian Committee joyfully sent best wishes. The scene included Parisian-like outpourings of flavor and a watchful sense of significant political impact.
Vancouver CP says the University of British Columbia extension department will offer an evening course for baby-sitters starting in January. Director Mrs. Alice Lindenberger notes many teen-agers lack training and the program aims to teach first aid, baby care, and handling common babysitting scenarios to any untrained person.
The Trans-Canada Air Lines Super-Constellation landed safely at London airport on three of its four engines after an Atlantic crossing with 61 passengers and eight crew. An RAF Shackleton escorted the aircraft after one engine cut out and a second showed trouble 700 miles west of Ireland, with pilots and officials reporting minimal engine loss and a safe approach to London.
A wave of bomb attacks in Argentina hits public transport and private homes. A new political party forms with Gen. Leon Justo Bengoa as president while labor tensions rise. Police defuse a bomb on tracks. two men fail to ignite a city bus fire.
Anti-Soviet disorders spread from the Danube to the Baltic as Budapest and Stettin face uprisings. UN condemns USSR and calls troop withdrawal in Hungary. Japan admitted to UN as 80th member after USSR veto shift. Magnificent sails to Middle East with Canadian UN troops. Eisenhower and St Laurent on southern U.S. vacations.
In Port Said Egyptian guerrillas strike UN patrols as British forces widen crackdowns searching for Lt Anthony Moorhouse. UN commander Maj Gen Burns protests Cairo while Lt Gen Stockwell orders broad arrestees in a five block zone amid uncertain traces of Moorhouse.
Life magazine defends its editorial accusing the Red Cross of unequal relief to Hungarian refugees while noting food aid in Hungary was sold in shops at prices beyond the average Hungarian’s reach. The piece cites Ed Clark from Budapest and rejects claims of abandonment.
The Crowell-Collier Publishing board voted to discontinue Collier's and Woman's Home Companion after six hours of deliberation, ending two long running magazines once read in millions of homes. The titles were losing money and together reached about 8.5 million in circulation.
Ottawa sources report talks on a contract for more than 200 Sabre fighters valued around 66 million dollars with West Germany. Bonn says Germany seeks 225 jets while Canada weighs a suspended 24 jets sale to Israel. Meir calls ban temporary though no formal statement issued. Canada previously gifted 75 Sabres to West Germany under NATO aid.
A humorous Mississippian vignette features a maid asking how to announce dinner. The mistress replies with options and a twist about saying dinner is burnt, reflecting domestic humor.
Soviet imposed radar government uses tanks to crush open revolt as strikes continue in Budapest factories and mines. About 28 000 workers at Csepel refuse to work until released leaders Sandor Bacz and Sandor Bari. Miners around Pecs drop from 100 000 to 45 000. many flee west while regime warns of five year prison for unauthorized meetings.
New York AP reports brisk production in US factories mines and oil fields but weak retail sales this week. Dun and Bradstreet totals trail last year's peak while steel output and auto production reach new highs. Other items note a 55 million tanker order and anti trust actions against Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet Tube.
AP reports renewed anti Soviet protests in five Polish towns including Stettin where 91 people were arrested after an attack on the Soviet consulate. Students also demonstrated in Lublin as authorities warned of potential government crackdowns and rail link concerns with East Germany.
Philadelphia woman Ann Gartman was convicted in federal court of using mail to swindle male suitors. A jury found she posed as a 22 year old heiress and lured men into sending funds, then sent fake letters to collect more money. She admitted fabricating a glamorous blonde image and soliciting bus fare from victims.
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