20 Dec 1958
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1958
Page
1
Santa Claus and local groups brought holiday cheer to Medicine Hat's School for Retarded Children. Community organizations presented equipment and supplies to the school under an open heart program, marking one of the best seasons for students.
Sudbury shoppers greet a return to normal as the 87 day strike at INCO ends. Workers will miss several weeks before full return, with wage losses near 900 dollars per man. A three year pact reportedly adds about 12 cents an hour plus benefits, and a 40 hour week is guaranteed. Christmas bonus rumored.
In Bellflower California a second grade class at Ernie Pyle School solved a mural dilemma by adding Santa Clauses milking dairy cows to their dairy industry themed mural. Teacher Mrs Pat Alsenz reported the solution on Friday.
A blast of Arctic air brought severe cold across interior Canada. Vancouver and southern Alberta saw rain and 30s temperatures, Medicine Hat hit 34 with a 14 overnight low, while White River reported a record 35 below zero. Winnipeg was eight below, Toronto plunged to four below, and Maritime readings showed 40s with rain before a sharp drop.
Two Edmonton youths Raymond Kelly aged 18 and William Manzer aged 21 pleaded guilty to robbery with violence. Magistrate Walter Dupre sentenced them to five years in prison and five lashes each, saying the public must be protected.
Amateur radio operators in the Canary Islands and West Indies track the Small World balloon with four Britons aboard. No signals heard for three days. meteorologists estimate its position east-northeast of Antigua. Missing occupants include Arnold Eiloart and colleagues. Olga Duncan linked to related legal cases. Police halt a pipeline work and reveal details of a kidnapping and fraud case surrounding Olga Duncan's annulment scheme.
Morrison 44 was committed for jury trial on attempted murder charges from the Aug. 5 shooting of RCMP Cpl. Ralph Browne near Summerland British Columbia. He had been shot Aug. 16 by a posse near Tonasket Washington and disrupted the preliminary hearing on a stretcher.
Louis Lourmais, the 38 year old Bre ton Frenchman, fought through ice and near freezing water as he swam another 300 miles toward New Westminster. A damaged suit filled with water forced him to pause at Mintos Landing, but he planned to resume with a boat lighted for night swimming. He aims to film cold water life and promote frogmen in mining and exploration.
Pravda attacked NATO over Berlin while NATO ministers in Paris reaffirmed allied unity behind the United States Britain and France. Khrushchev warned of Soviet responses as West Berlin tensions rise and East German authorities threaten to block allied supply lines.
The Atlas satellite broadcasts Eisenhower's goodwill message as space relay research moves toward global high-frequency communications for the military. ARPA officials report tracking data and plans to erase and rerecord the message for future playback while evaluating orbit estimates.
About 1,500 ALPA pilots walked out grounding American Airlines flights through next Friday. Negotiations in Chicago failed as Eastern Airlines faced its own 26 day strike. The carrier warned of wide travel disruption and a freight embargo while offices arrange alternatives.
A Canadian Highway Safety Conference message warns that festive driving leads to danger. It contrasts old time holiday joy with modern high horsepower vehicles and irresponsible driving. It urges keeping Christmas cheer indoors or using a taxi to avoid preventable deaths.
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