28 Jan 1957
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 28, 1957
Page
1
The record lists violations including excessive speed without due care failure to stop yielding right of way and other infractions. It summarizes a 1957 traffic violations docket with various categories and notes.
G Arnold Hart Calgary general manager of the Bank of Montreal says Alberta’s 1956 gains may be held and perhaps extended in 1957. He notes oil and gas development as a major factor and adds wheat and livestock remain important to the region’s economy. The petroleum industry has consolidated into strong, well managed companies after the initial boom around Leduc.
The Air Force announced a working model of a test facility at Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory in Buffalo New York that can push air to 10 000 mph at temperatures up to 9000 F using a Wave super heater to study aerospace performance at speeds five times the sound barrier.
Medicine Hat Curling Club launches its 10th annual bonspiel with 28 rinks in the morning and 98 total entries. By 2:45 p.m. all 51 visiting rinks and 47 local teams had played at least one game in the Cantalini Grand Challenge or Garage men's events as draw master Rod Ashburner sets today’s draws and marks early upsets such as B Watson defeating Bob Cocks 10–7.
The Medicine Uat Curling Club opens its 10th annual bonspiel with 98 rinks entered 47 local 51 visiting. Drawmaster Rod Ashburner Art Bowes chairman Jim Miller treasurer. Defending Foulston squad eyes 1955 winning streak while new entrants include Bill Keith Willard Baxter Leo Theofan Joe Boschee Aubrey Gore and Bob Cocks rink headline. See See-ROARIN' GAME Page 8.
A ski-equipped Dakota aircraft missing about 12 hours was located this morning 50 miles south of Otway in eastern Quebec. The two crew members, not yet identified, landed safely on a lake and were uninjured.
Rain and snow pelted the eastern two thirds of the United States while the Rockies and southern plateau face the season’s worst snowfall. A blast of Canadian air sent temperatures down along the northern plains as a band of freezing rain stretched from Nebraska and Oklahoma to Pennsylvania. Snow and flurries stretched from the Dakotas to the Atlantic with rain and thunder across the south. Bulldozers and a relief train reported two freight trains stranded with 32 men at Cumbres Pass on the Denver and Rio Grande Western line.
A landslide blocked the only road into Kashmir near a newly opened 1.2 mile tunnel. Four people were killed and a road section was swept away, isolating Kashmir from the rest of India.
A playful exchange unfolds as one blonde teases another about her appearance, noting the effort she put into her look. The banter showcases lighthearted social dynamics and style cues from the gathering.
Fires claimed three lives in Western Canada during the week end with two other deaths in traffic mishaps and a third from carbon monoxide poisoning. British Columbia reported four fatalities including three fire deaths and one traffic death. Manitoba had two deaths from traffic and carbon monoxide poisoning. Alberta and Saskatchewan reported no violent deaths. Laughlin MacLean, 33, and his 14 month old son Laughlin Jr died when their Garibaldi home burned. An elderly man died in a Lulu Island shack fire. Frank Rogan, 45, was killed directing a tractor on a land clearing project near Vancouver. Thomas C Wetton, 81, Winnipeg, died from injuries after a car crash. Simon Chartier, 50, La Broquerie, was found dead in his truck from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Five-year-old Peter John Murray died from a bullet wound suffered while watching a film at a crowded Niagara Falls theatre. Police traced the gun to a stolen .22 pistol fired by a 14-year-old boy several rows behind. Four guns and ammo were stolen from a local sporting goods store. three teenagers were arrested hours after the shooting and charged with theft.
A news photo caption names Moose Lodge leaders and officers including Jack Garlough Governor, Edith McCully Senior Regent, Val Mar Shall Past Deputy Supreme Governor, Alderman J W Douglas Hospital Board Chairman, Cecil L Swan Spokane, Kinrold Mantz Fundraising Chairman, Graham Broatch Calgary District Representative, Tommy Dutton Chairman and past governor, Bill Duxbury Immediate Past Governor, with Tony Everett credited in the engraving.
Douglas praises Moose donations at a New Assiniboia Hotel dinner as the city awaits a spring opening of the new hospital. He notes private rooms wards and memorial gifts funded by Moose and similar groups, with thanks from the hospital board and citizens.
Special dispatch from Nagla Parmal India reports a village school admitting an outcaste child. volunteers laying bricks for a first all weather road. and farming reforms including castration and artificial insemination. The piece portrays harsh landscapes and rural life while highlighting Asia's democratic revolution taking root in villages.
A second attempt to bomb Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. home failed Sunday while another Black resident’s home near a filling station exploded, injuring three. The incidents amid a wave of racially charged violence after Montgomery bus desegregation. Police noted multiple attacks since December 21 and a $2,000 reward was offered for information.
Jackie Parker, 25, signed a 1957 contract with the Edmonton Eskimos in Knoxville Tennessee. The versatile backquarterback helped Eskimos win Grey Cups in 1954 55 and 56 and has been a western conference all star in each of those seasons. Parker is a former Mississippi State star drafted by Detroit Lions in 1953 and New York Giants in 1954. He stands six feet tall and weighs 185 pounds and is married with two children.
The snow that began Sunday is forecast to persist for at least one more day in Edmonton. Temperatures will be cooler, with highs between 15 and 20 degrees above zero.
The speech to the Ontario legislature in 1957 forecasts increased provincial spending and revenue measures including possible corporate income tax, road and education funding, and a hospital insurance plan. It criticizes federal tax policy and promises an administration to run the plan efficiently with details to come.
A barefooter man, his wife, and their five children trudged nearly a mile through heavy snow to reach a neighbor after their Laggan home burned on Sunday. The couple, Mr and Mrs Douglas Claney, kept two-week-old baby safe as Olaney’s feet froze. cotton socks helped the wife. The blaze left the isolated home destroyed.
Eartha Kitt nearly abandoned a performance on a British telecast when her shoulder strap snapped from her skin tight gown. She clutched the dangling strap and held on for two tense minutes to finish her song Monotonous as millions watched. The singer later recalled feeling the slip before the audience did and called it a terrible moment.
About 2,200 teenagers attended a Providence theatre showing a double feature with the lights left on. Manager Albert J. Siner said the lights stayed to monitor audience behavior and ensure safety during the Sunday night screening.
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