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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1961
Page
1
The Medicine Hat School District No. 76 board, with 18 onlookers, rejected expanding religious instruction in schools after hearing 13 briefs. Trustees cited concerns about church influence, teacher conviction, and parental options, insisting current prayer and scripture practice remain only as is.
CAPE CANAVERAL FL A chimpanzee rode a Redstone rocket to 155 miles altitude and 5000 mph peak velocity before a water recovery. No. 65 was recovered alive 420 miles downrange after a misfired booster altered the flight path. NASA called the test satisfactory for observed behavior tests.
About 25 witnesses likely will testify at the inquest into the November 29 Lamont crash that killed 17 teens. The two day Edmonton hearing will feature survivors and four other witnesses, including train crew members and Mrs Lois Stefara who witnessed the collision. Bus driver Frank Budney has recovered enough to testify.
The Weger murder trial opened in Ottawa Illinois with a flurry of excitement but little accomplishment. Of 27 jurors examined none were seated by day end. The day will focus on medical evidence identification of the dead and testimony from the train crew.
Skarting, a new ice sport using go karts with lawn mower engines, heads to Ontario from the northeast. Two meets are set for next Sunday and February 19, with the Barrie Skart Club hosting on Lake Couchiching at Atherley and the North American Kart Association on Georgian Bay at Penetanguishene. Speeds reach about 50 miles per hour on snow-free ice.
A twin engined Aero Commander crash landed at Edmonton municipal airport after one engine failed during a snowstorm. Pilot J. B. Fisher aged 42 from Minneapolis and two others aboard escaped injury. The plane overshot the runway on approach and failed engine during the climb for a second try.
A chemical cloud from a derailed Kansas City Southern freight train near Labarre, five miles from New Roads, Louisiana, sickened nearly 50 people and killed livestock including horses cows and chickens. Emergency crews evacuated 400 students from a nearby school as gas vapors spread toward Morganza.
Medicine Hat coroner Dr. I. G. Skinner investigates the death of three year-old Allan Thomas Grover during a tonsil operation at Bow Island hospital. The tragedy follows both children being admitted for tonsillectomies. funeral plans set for Bow Island with interment in Medicine Hat Hillside cemetery.
Montreal rail talks set for February 14 between railway companies and non operating employees after Prime Minister Diefenbaker urged resumed wage negotiations to avert a national rail strike slated for May 16. A railway spokesman said the meeting was organized following the appeal, but no official comment on prospects of an agreement was given.
President Kennedy’s State of the Union speech divides Congress into pro and anti administration camps as he places domestic policy first. The crucial test comes with reform of the rules committee to secure a Kennedy majority. The address links domestic and foreign policy, rejects passive growth, and urges bold action to boost employment and growth.
Rear Admiral Allen Smith gave a cautious update after returning to the destroyer Gearing about the captive liner Santa Maria off Brazil. Captain Henrique Galvao offered no substitute offloading plan and talks appeared to stall, with the consul aboard assisting passenger arrangements.
The Queen and Prince Philip arrived in Ahmedabad amid a crowd of about five hundred thousand on their final day in India. A 15 minute city drive from the airport drew thrilled spectators as trees along the route waved with citizens hoping for a glimpse.
Prime Minister Macmillan told Parliament Britain lacks effective power to intervene in the Odhams Press control battle. Amalgamations expected could create monopoly control and the government will monitor the situation with a potential reference to the anti monopolies commission if warranted.
Edmonton Journal reports evidence that two federal penitentiary printing shops in New Westminster and Kingston produced false identification cards used to pass bogus cheques. Police found coat of arms dies and glossy card stock. other prisons reportedly printed similar IDs.
Six Americans were sentenced to 30 years in prison by a Cuban military tribunal at La Cabana Fortress for crimes against the state. Prosecutors sought the death sentence after a two and a half hour trial accusing them of attempting to supply arms to anti-C Castro guerrillas. The detainees claimed they sailed to Havana in a stolen boat to defend Fidel Castro’s revolution.
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