15 Jan 1957
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1957
Page
1
A group of six immigrants including Erno Tihanyi and Karoly Adamko arrived in Medicine Hat today eager to start anew. They discussed housing, jobs, food, and local life while expressing concern over Russian atrocities in their homeland and seeking acceptance from the Hatters.
Gladstone Stewart of DeGolyer and McNaughton, petroleum consultants, testifies on reserves in the Medicine Hat Many Islands Hatton fields spanning Alberta and Saskatchewan. He cites 1,313 billion cubic feet total with 236 at Saskatchewan end and 343 in Medicine Hat Redcliff, with 20 to 30 year supply based on deliverability and additional gas.
Medicine Hat and Redcliff area gas demand is projected to almost triple over 30 years as population doubles. R. J. Cooper of the petroleum and natural gas conservation board presented figures at the hearing on Saskatchewan Power Corporation’s gas export application. He showed 1955 demand at 7.9 billion CF, 1985 demand at 20.6 billion CF, and total 30-year needs around 16 billion CF for domestic and commercial use with a rising population from 21,590 in 1955 to about 46,000 by 1985.
Nine Hungarian refugees arriving in Medicine Hat recount alleged danger from Russian secret police posing as Red Cross workers in Vienna and Austria. They describe being hunted, and detail names ages faiths and a rough border escape. The report notes they were guided by interpreter Alex Pocsik and photographer Howard Heid.
In 1922 Redcliff opposed Calgary’s plan to import gas from their field. Documents from The Redcliff Review detail inquiries by A A Carpenter, a Medicine Hat commission meeting, and Redcliff Mayor Huckvale and Redcliff Mayor Bott warning that loss would end debt payments. The government declined action on gas line crossing allowances.
In Hastings England AP testimony alleges Dr John Bodkin Adams used a giant sized hypodermic on 81 year old Mrs Edith Morrell before she died. Nurse Caroline Randall described injections on Nov 12 1950 with a larger than normal syringe. Exhumations of two other Adams patients are noted as part of the coroners probe.
A crowd gathered as Hungarian refugees arrive in Medicine Hat this afternoon. The list includes Karoly Adamko 25 house painter Barnabas Sipos 47 tailor and waiter Margit Matievics 40 armature winder Gea Boda 22 lathe operator Lajos Toth 20 student druggist Andras Godor 27 radio technician Istvan Vouszka 20 electrochemist Erno Tihani 24 book keeper Josef Nagy 17 photographer. Most are single or separated from family with Hungarian language skills noted.
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board opened hearings at Medicine Hat Court House this morning to consider Saskatchewan Power Corporation's application to export natural gas from the adjacent Brittany field near Medicine Hat. The crowd dispersed at noon recess with hearings expected to last several days.
The weather shows extensive cloudiness with temperatures rising by 10 to 20 degrees. Forecasts indicate hat weather patterns probable with a low near Edmonton and highs around Calgary and surrounding cities.
A fragmented text snippet presents a playful exchange about face expressions and a hat, featuring phrases like Yoan and do you think. The readable lines hint at informal banter rather than a formal report. The context remains unclear and no concrete event is evident.
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