04 Jul 1957
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1957
Page
1
Hat industrial plants Alberta Clay Products and Hycroft China close for annual vacations starting last Friday. Hycroft workers may face temporary lay-offs after holidays while the plants are formatted for new patterns. employees return July 16 after tooling is completed.
Residents of hutments at Medicine Hat airport received formal notices to vacate their suites. The notices dated October 1, 1957 require full payment of rent due before vacating, with potential legal action for collection.
The Industrial Development Board of Alberta supervised a government election to pick between the Employee Relations Organization and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers of North America. The vote will occur on plant premises after two certification applications were rejected earlier this spring.
Cool northwesterly winds will maintain daytime highs in the low 70s across the western prairies today and Friday. Scattered showers are likely with variable cloudiness tonight keeping minimums in the 50s to 55. Edmonton and Calgary readings show around 70/50 with Swift Current near 75/50.
The Soviet Communist Party central committee endorses Khrushchev's policy shift toward peaceful coexistence abroad and decentralization at home after ousting hardline Stalinists. Molotov Malenkov and Kaganovich reportedly removed, with three Russian leaders expelled and under house arrest per Polish sources.
A dark horse won the second international pig derby in Kemptville Ontario part of centennial celebrations. Marvan Snub Nose I led 29 entrants to victory amid 3,000 spectators. The event featured scent checks, track safety, and etiquette notes as fans watched pigs risk their course and crowd behavior.
New York AP reports Americans marked the 181st anniversary of independence with parades fairs sports and displays nationwide. The long holiday weekend drew millions by auto bus train and plane to sun and beach resorts amid high traffic and safety concerns from the National Safety Council hoping fatalities would be lower than expected.
Vancouver report states Johnny Pinkus twelve begins a two week round of anti rabies injections after a bat bit him at Gladstone school grounds. Veterinary pathologists confirmed the bat as the carrier and Johnny was brought home from a camp near the area. Des Marr commented on the incident and the boy’s treatment.
A tense exchange unfolds as a horse owner questions a jockey about the pace of the race. The jockey replies that leaving the horse was not an option, highlighting the commitment and risk in competitive riding.
Strikes threaten BCs lumber and civil service sectors in what observers call a potential labour history moment. IWA declares a timber strike after failed wage talks with Forest Industrial Relations. FIR offered a 5 percent raise, IWA seeks 20 percent, vote backing strike.
Summary of multiple early games with final tallies for American League Chicago Kansas City Detroit Cleveland and Pittsburgh Brooklyn plus pitchers Burnette Lapalme Howell Moss Kellner Cox Smith W. Foylack Byard Wynn Nixon Erskine Roebuck Koufax Cam panella and other noted players.
AP report** Khrushchev gains leverage after four central committee members and praesidium heads are expelled. Analysts say he may become a dominant, possibly dictatorial figure, as Moscow reassesses internal and external policy amid shakeup.
Dr Stewart Murray reported a Hong Kong trip patient fully recovered with no family cases. Ottawa notified Mr Murray of a second test batch for safety while North Battleford authorities await provincial reply on extending the deadline to close.
Ronald Keith Reid, 25, of Moose Jaw, was sentenced in Calgary to 15 years in Prince Albert Penitentiary and ordered whipped for his role in a supermarket hostage robbery on June 17. Co-defendants James Redmond and Cameron Beck faced related charges, while John M. Reid, 26, tied to possessing $800, was tried separately.
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