Medicine Hat’s 1951 Record Year of Rain and Growth
The year 1951 in Medicine Hat set records with 23.45 inches of moisture at the airport and 77.80 inches of snowfall. district totals exceeded city totals due to heavy rural rains. Milestones included a new 30 000 KVA turbogenerator, a Whitla Hutterite colony, Canada’s first Miss Flagpole Sitter Vera Allen crowned here, a stampede high attendance, and a census population of 16 352. Four deaths marked the grim side of the year.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary Power Ltd
Whitla
City
Canada
Vera Allen
Ottawa
Assiniboia
RCAF
Canadian Army
A. Y. Spivack
Gust
Walter E. Pace
Lethbridge
Cemetery
Brooks
Chet de la Verzue
Oliver Ingram
Riverside
Ches. Nelson
Suffield
Missing C-46 airliner found in New York wilderness
In southwestern New York the missing C-46 airliner was located today with 14 of the 40 aboard reportedly alive. The flight from Pittsburgh to Buffalo vanished Saturday amid murky weather as a large search by air land and sea stretched across the region.
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Little Valley
N.Y
New York
Pittsburgh
Continental Charters, Inc
Miami
Buffalo
Grim Weekend for Aviation as 63 Persons Missing
A grim aviation weekend saw multiple disappearances including three planes with 68 aboard on Saturday and Sunday, plus a missing air craft with eight men. An in-flight emergency left a fifth plane limping into San Francisco from Honolulu. A C46 transport with 40 aboard vanished on a Pittsburgh to Buffalo route, prompting a wide search over the Great Lakes. An Air Force C47 with 27 aboard missing near Phoenix after a rain contact, and an F51 Mustang missing in Arizona with a single pilot feared lost.
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Alexander Wozniak
US Air Force
Neriel
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Allegheny National Forest
Brookville
Pittsburgh
Continental Charters
Buffalo
James F. Hanlon
Rlbert Hawthorne
Titusville
Sheffield
New York State
United States
San Francisco
Honolulu
Continental Charters Inc
Great Lakes
Phoenix
Ariz
Hamilton Air Force Base
Calif
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Tex
Arizona
Commons Ends Session with International Note NATO Expansion Debate
Ottawa reports the fifth session of Canada's 21st parliament closed with unanimous approval of Greece and Turkey joining NATO. Foreign Affairs ministers cited NATO strengthening and a broader security area while leaders urged Canada to boost arms production and European defence coordination. The prorogation occurred at 6.50 pm EST, with the new session opening date tentatively set for February 7.
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Ottawa
Canada
Greece
Turkey
North Atlantic Alliance
Thibaudeau Rinfret
Rinfret
Prairies
British Columbia
Canda
NATO
Pearson
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
N.A.T.O
George Drew
Gordon Graydon
P.C
Peel
Record Treasury Highs Amid 1951 52 Transition
City treasury handled a record 11 months ending Nov 30 with receipts of 2 301 353 73 and outlays 2 304 682 16. Full year 1952 expected over 2 425 000. Main rise due to 500 000 debenture cheque for power plant extension. Taxes and utilities sales also higher.
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Treasury Department
Calgary Power Ltd
Treasury
Cost of Living Hits Lord Mayor Chain Additions
London reports new links for the historic Lord Mayor's chain will cost 108 pounds raising concerns over rising living costs and public spending.
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London
May Be Building Last Of Big Long-Range Bombers
Washington reports the United States may start building the last manned bombers as new guided missiles and unmanned craft threaten the role. Airmen caution that big bombers will not disappear soon due to ongoing tests and costlier development of alternatives.
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Washington
United States
Air Force
Russians Claim Inventing the Automobile
The Soviet newspaper Sovietski Sport claims Russians invented the automobile. It cites a 1752 sighting of a 24 mile per hour vehicle in Leningrad, then St. Petersburg, and asserts Russia led many inventions regarded as Western.
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Vienna
Sovietski Sport
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Iron Curtain
Holiday Death Toll Rises to Seven in Canada
A Canadian Press tally shows seven deaths over the holiday weekend through Friday night, with three in fires, two in traffic crashes, one drowning, and one accidental shooting. Quebec led with three fatalities, Ontario two, and one each in British Columbia and Nova Scotia.
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Canada
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Gas Consumption Soars In Alberta Frostbite No Cases Noted
Cold spell grips the prairies with record lows across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Gas usage surged as residents heated homes while Frostbite cases were not reported at hospitals or clinics. Highways remain passable though drifting snow and wind persist. Local tow trucks stayed busy with stubborn cars. Temperatures are expected to moderate New Year’s Day with Medicine Hat predicting a zero to five above high.
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Medicine Hat
Hospital
Medical Arts Clinic
Edmonton Weather Office
Alberta
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Foothills
Fort McMurray
Dominion Weather Office
Canada
Vermilion
Red Deer
Calgary
Lethbridge
Egyptian paper calls for killings of British officers in Cairo headlines
In Cairo the left wing newspaper Al Gomhour Al Misry offers 2700 dollars for killing General Sir George Erskine and 200 dollars for killing a British officer. It claims to lead a campaign against red faced thieves in the canal zone and praises local commandos. British forces seize explosives from canal barges in the Suez Zone as Egypt takes no action to safeguard them.
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Cairo
Egypt
Reuters
Erskine
George Erskine
al Gomhour al Misry
Canal Zone
Suez Canal Zone
Utilities sales in Medicine Hat rise 8.7 percent over 1950
Gross utilities sales in Medicine Hat for 11 months totalled 834 790 dollars, up 8 7 percent from the same period last year, with 1950 at 768 097 dollars. If December maintains the trend, full year sales may reach about 950 000 dollars, against 869 635 dollars in 1950. The department breakdown covers three sectors before costs. The Halifax Gazette was established by John Bushel in 1752.
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Medicine Hat
Officials Seek Army Help to Break Quebec Ice Jams
Civic leaders in Montreal's Riviere des Prairies requested army engineers to relieve ice jams causing floods. A dam sluice opened flooding the area, ice formed anew, and waters fell slightly at night. Evacuations paused as concerns rise over ongoing warm spell and sluice operations.
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Montreal
Riviere Des Prairies
Clergy member wins world Liars' Club title in Burlington
Judges at the Burlington Liars' Club crowned Rev. Arthur R. Kirk of Biggs California as the world champion liar after a mountain of humorous tales. Honorable mentions went to Faith B. Fourre of Minneapolis and Oswald J. Solheim of Hudson while Oswald J. Solheim’s entry and the others drew praise for wit and delivery.
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Burlington
Wis
Liars’ Club
Arthur R. Kirk
Biggs
Calif
O. C. Hulett
Faith B. Fourre
Minneapolis
Oswald J. Solheim
Hudson
Arizona
Deadly European Storm Ravages Coasts Killing Dozens
A massive storm battering Britain and Western Europe for a fourth day left at least 12 Britons dead and 54 feared dead overall with 17 missing. Rescues aided by U S Navy ships shifted crew from distressed vessels while multiple ships were wrecked in the Bay of Biscay and off Ireland.
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London
Europe
Borkum
West Geil
Britain
Bay of Biscay
Crippi
Southwes
Ireland
Kurt Carlsen Grim
U.S. Navy
Gema
O ‘Hay
Wij Bay
Biscay
Oesthav
Sels
Gemma
Sel
Mina’tegro
Mina Entegro
Testka
French Navy Rescues British Ship Crew in Tonkin Clash
French naval vessels rescued the 27 man crew of the grounded British steamship Ky near Tonkin. The Ky found the ship abandoned and towed the disabled vessel toward Phong. French authorities said the crew were taken to Indo China for safety.
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Hong Kong
Qivnerg
Matos
Angelina
Driving Hazards Warned In Icy Rural Roads
No. 1 east reports slipperiness and high spots. No. 1 west is heavy and slippery but not blocked. No. 3 west is rough with hi and slippery spots and blocked. Menalta is very heavy and slippery. Thelma plow path from Elkwater to four this side of Thelma P.O. motorists urged to carry heavy blankets. chains and shovels advised.
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Menalta
Elkwater
Thelma P.O
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Korea
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Trygve Lie
Paris
Halifax
John Bushel
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