Medicine Hat Faces Deep Freeze Moderates Next Week
Sub-zero weather grips Medicine Hat and Alberta Saskatchewan for a third week. Officials say a gradual warmup from 20 below to above zero is expected by Wednesday afternoon. January 1950 stands as a record warm start with notable snow totals and gusty winds across the region.
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Medicine Hat
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Edmonton
Llow
Radio Range
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Fires Claim Three Sisters in South Fort George News
In British Columbia three young sisters died when a two storey home burned in South Fort George. The blaze occurred early today in the interior community near Prince George.
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Prince George
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South Fort George
British Columbia
Medicine Hat to Seek Junior College Status
Medicine Hat Public School Board unanimously approved pursuing a junior college. Jim Newton led the push, noting a civic committee first asked for a vocational school two years ago. Trustees supported notifying the department and suggested coexistence with the high school and vocational school initially.
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Lethbridge
Passenger lands pilotless plane in Cheyenne
In Cheyenne Wyoming a passenger aboard a single engine Cessna 180 landed the aircraft after the pilot Edgar R. Van Keuren 52 of Rapid City South Dakota collapsed and died at the controls Lester Peterson of Cheyenne said he steered the plane followed tower guidance and coordinated with American Bridge Company engineers to achieve a controlled landing.
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Edgar R. van Keuren
Rapid City
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Minuteman Missile
Reprieve for Hat Feline Mercy Program Delayed
The city postponed Wednesday’s planned disposal of stray cats using a five-compartment mink electrocution device loaned by Hans Hansen. The poundkeeper reported compartments were too small, prompting a review of a larger device and alternative killing methods.
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A. T. Legge
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City Hall
Parliament Passes Nothing But Time
Ottawa CBC file reports the Commons moved no substantive government or private member measures during Monday's session. Opposition MPs pressed for a defence policy statement from Defence Minister Harkness, who did not participate in last week's external affairs debate, while debate focused on a Saturday press release about possible US nuclear warhead access for Canada’s Bomarc squadrons and Voodoo interceptors, a stance somewhat at odds with Diefenbaker’s Friday remarks.
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House
Gordon Churchill
Canada
the Commons
Katanga Bank Missing Funds Under UN Probe
United Nations and Congo finance experts audited the Katanga National Bank in Elisabethville and reported 136,000,000 Katangan francs missing plus 4,000 gold coins valued at 15,000,000 francs. Foreign currency found totaled $116.28. provincial income from Union Miniere copper was $47,600,000. No arrests announced. bank files partly recovered after pressure on officials. President Tshombe met UN officials and resident minister Joseph Tleo amid reintegration talks.
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Central Congo
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Geneva
Moise Tshombe
Congo
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World-Wide Toll Tops 650 In Europe and US Winters Sting
Fresh snow across Italy and western Europe. unofficial European death toll at least 423 with Yugoslavia froze to death in three communities. In Japan blizzards eased after 19 days. UK floods and gas power worries. United States reports continued subzero cold from Ohio Valley to Great Lakes with several fatalities and Arctic air spreading from Montana to the northern plains.
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