12 Jul 1956
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1956
Page
1
In rodeo arenas the Brahmas, crossbred to be hardier and faster, challenge riders with brutal bucking. Cowboys rely on a simple rope and the rodeo clown for safety as these beasts spin, twist, and gore threats while judges score riders and bulls.
Calgary Stampede crowds break daily and weekly attendance records for a third straight day with 87,156 on Citizens' Day boosting week totals to 269,277 and a hoped 550,000. Rodeo highlights include Billy Hand's Brahma bull ride scoring 365 and Lacombe unsung Don Kozlinski winning steer decorating in 2.3 seconds. Joe Chase leads bareback, Vern Green tops chuck wagon times, Rosebud crews win day money.
Northern Ontario diggers eye potatoes as uranium seekers shift focus. Imported spuds command 10 to 12 dollars per 100 pounds in Medicine Hat with more on the way and fall crops not yet available. Dealers say prices hinge on U S supply and demand, with the peak likely to hold.
Mounties in Medicine Hat and southern Alberta hunt two men, one a 53 year old Pincher Creek escapee from Ponoka mental institution, Alphonse Sur. The other is an unidentified Regina car thief in early 20s last seen at a Dunmore gas station wearing a grey oversized suit.
An Ol’ Swen Parade report notes entries lagging the prior year’s date. Roy Eden may skip the parade but bets Reg Kessler to “Old Rocky Chair” from the George Murray ranch. A 1917 stampede memory and past GP.R. efforts are recalled as stampede directors convene at 7:30 tonight in the city hall annex.
A Yukon weather system is forecast to move into Alberta bringing showers and thunderstorms later today. Yesterday's high reached 81 with a low of 53 and a noon temperature of 84. Probable highs include Edmonton 55 Calgary 65 Lethbridge 70 Swift Current 75 Saskatoon 95 Moh.
Calgary report notes a two day Supreme Court hearing over up to 1.5 million dollars in stocks involving New British Dominion Co. Ltd Midcon Oil and Gas Co and Northwest Nitro Chemicals Ltd The suit seeks half of New Britishs stake in the Medicine Hat plant and questions share purchases and joint venture status Justice Neil Primrose will deliver judgments after briefs are filed
Donald Fleming accuses Prime Minister St Laurent of dictatorial moves over the Commons speakership. A joint committee urges ending lash in prison sentences but allows it for last-resort discipline. St Laurent says Canada will not send Israel jet fighters until Western nations increase aid to Israel. Oppositions push for better veterans’ benefits as royal assent is granted to unemployment relief. Thursday covers veterans and northern affairs estimates. Senate adjourns to July 24.
A motherly remark prompts a child to defend practicing rests during piano lessons. The scene captures a domestic moment of training discipline and parental guidance in music.
The Medicine Hat Safety Council issues a show of support for an upcoming traffic blitz. President E A Amos says the council will volunteer up to 15 citizens and cars to assist police coverage afternoons or evenings, without driving, to bolster stricter traffic controls citywide.
The Miss Universe pageant attracts entrants from 32 countries and 39 U.S. cities as Universal-International signs six-month contracts with winners and runners up. Previous winners include Helena Kuusela, Christiane Martel, Miriam Stevenson, Hilde Hildebrand, and Myrna Hansen, with varied postpage careers and marriages.
CPR says it is moving grain as fast as possible from Medicine Hat district to relieve a heavy backlog in wheat marketing. The spokesman notes every quota increase raises freight car demand and reports sending twenty cars to the Hilda-Schuler line, with more to come, while disputing a reported five bushel quota.
Official updates show Medicine Hat district with wheat 60 per cent headed, oats 40 per cent, barley 80 per cent, pastures excellent. Lethbridge notes sugar beets in prospect. Brooks seeks rain. cereals and flax fair to good. Calgary reports crops greatly improved after a week of excellent weather.
The district municipal hospital board led by Alderman J W Douglas and Bil McQueen will inventory all equipment delivered to the new facility. They will also review shipment arrival handling and payments, with Miss Noreer Flannagan notified to supervise arrivals. The board debated holding back payment percent until equipment is installed and functional.
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