10 Jan 1957
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1957
Page
1
A survey of 1957 traffic violations shows counts for excessive speed failing to yield and other violations, with entries indicating days and dates. The data lists categories such as excessive speed without due care failing to stop and ability impaired with varying counts.
Prince Albert CPR assistant superintendent says no definite plan yet for an emergency coal shipment to Meadow Lake. shipments await approval from CPR Moose Jaw district headquarters and likely will be delayed one or two days.
Harold Macmillan becomes Britain's prime minister at Buckingham Palace after Eden steps down for health reasons. He rules out an immediate general election and signals continuity in policy, with speculation about ministers and future cabinet direction.
Scotland led Canada 3 2 last night as BC built an 18 2 run and a 281 147 total after 20 games of the 100 game series. Tonight the next round is at Pen ticton.
Ottawa reports Prime Minister St Laurent urges an immediate temporary CPR firemen settlement followed by a government inquiry. The plan mirrors a prior CNR deal, with an independent board and non binding findings likely to guide parties. Critics warn of potential recommencement if not contractual. CPR president Crump notes realism of board findings and no diesel strike risk afterward.
Hamilton coach Jim Trimble has signed a three year contract with the Tiger-Cats of the Big Four. The Spectator learned of the signing via a phone call to Jake Gaudaur in St. Louis where Gaudaur and Trimble attend the National Coaches Association convention.
John Howard Griffin, 34, author of The Devil Rides Outside, regained sight after ten years of blindness from a wartime injury. On his parents' Mansfield farm he suddenly saw again, described the moment with joy and disbelief, and later learned a blockage had broken allowing blood to reach the optic nerve. He and his wife, married in 1953 after seven years of blindness, welcomed a first look at their children Johnny and Susan.
Two specialists told a Phoenix conference that doctors often amputate arms or legs believing bone cancer is present when non surgical treatment could save them. They warned bone tumors are hard to distinguish malignant from benign and urged thorough history review, x rays, and biopsy before surgery.
In Budapest the Soviet backed government led by Premier Janos Kadar imposes severe economy across government offices and the Communist party to share in the privations. Government workers and factory workers face dismissal due to coal and raw material shortages. Vacated offices will be turned into flats for public rental and autos limited to high officials only.
The CP dispatch notes Pacific disturbances around the cold Alberta mass bring snow to Southern Alberta. Edmonton records a noon temperature of -10 with a -20 high likely. Calgary and Lethbridge show similar frigid conditions with subzero readings. Yesterday's highs and lows ranged around -9 to -22 across the region as winds from the NNW persist.
The Gordon royal commission report was issued in Ottawa at 3 PM, prompting The News to publish a special replated front page after its regular 2:30 edition went to press. A thousand copies were printed for out of town delivery, and the report arrived via Canadian Press wires.
A young man in a jeweller's shop asks if the engagement ring could be bought back. The jeweller replies that it suits yet the buyer doubts it, prompting a brief exchange about the ring's appeal.
Bombs damaged the homes of Rev. Robert Graetz and Rev. Ralph Abernathy as two Negro churches were also bombed. Graetz reported his door blown in and walls damaged. Abernathy’s porch corner was blown away. Police found eleven unexploded sticks of dynamite nearby.
Ottawa reports detail Gordon recommendations to create a national energy authority to regulate exports of oil gas and hydro power and to implement export permits for minerals. The plan aims to curb foreign ownership of banks and insurers while boosting immigration training and university pay.
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