14 Jul 1956
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 14, 1956
Page
1
A summarized record showing counts of violations: Excessive speed 101 cases to date day, Without due care 32, Failing to stop 47, Ability impaired IL, Fail yield right of way 9, Other violations 120. Total counts indicate ongoing enforcement activity with multiple offenses recorded in the period.
Grain evidence points to a Canadian Wheat Board target of six bushels at all marketing points in southeastern Alberta. Medicine Hat district moves from five to six bushels next week and by July the marketing deadline may close at six. Quota books are being extended in some cases and new quota books issued in others.
Rodeo clowns are described as more than happy personalities. Pagliacci-like performers face real danger in the arena and their role is a serious, brave profession beyond lighthearted antics.
Rodeo ticket sales director Lorne Tansley reports about 8000 dollars of tickets sold, ahead of last year, with shows Thursday through Saturday in Medicine Hat. Over 16 cowboy entries from Taber Foremost and Vauxhall. eight parade bands planned. Havre may attend. handicapped association receives 30 Friday night tickets.
Weather report shows widely scattered showers across southern Alberta tonight with cloudy skies and warmer conditions on Sunday. Maximum yesterday 86, minimum yesterday unspecified, noon temperature around 70 with northwest wind near 16 mph. Low and high readings vary by location with typical ranges 40 to 70.
Rain and clouds cut attendance on Friday at the Calgary Stampede with 81,292 visitors, the second lowest of the week. After four record days at the gate, organizers hoped for a strong finish with events from chuckwagon breakfasts to rodeo finals and wagon race heats still on schedule. The five day total reached 425,037, ahead of last year, as forecasts warned of more showers possibly affecting the final attendance.
Oscar Gislason and Larry Licalzi of Bow Island seeded 150 acres with Marion blue grass in 1954. They expect 200 to 300 pounds per acre this year with prices of 1.50 to 1.75 a pound, yielding 55 000 to 65 000 dollars to recoup a 40 000 dollar investment. Knute Magnusson of Innisfail helps harvest and markets the crop while buyers from Spokane Seattle Minneapolis and Toronto eye the harvest. Marion blue grass is used for lawns golf courses and bowling greens as growers push to expand irrigation and acreage in coming years.
A C air transport plane crashed in a swampy area at Fort Dix New Jersey killing 45 people including 21 injured. The four engine craft from McGuire Air Force Base bound for Burtonwood England struck pine trees in a swamp, with wreckage spread over a half mile. One survivor cited a sudden air pocket before the crash.
Dirk Scholten, Medicine Hat stampede director, paid 1600 dollars for the reserve champion Suffolk Jam at Calgary sheep sale. Canadian bidders beat American rivals to keep the prize ram in Canada. Jam joins Scholten’s Police Point ranch flock from Morrin breeder C R Stoneman.
The southeast corner of Alberta from Taber to Medicine Hat, extending to the U S border, sees 90 percent of bread wheat land shifted to non quota cash crops. Durum wheat, flax, and tame mustard dominate, with ideal moisture aiding bumper harvests in Burdett, Bow Island, Winnifred, Whitla and southward. Smaller blocks grow potatoes, corn, turnips, tomatoes and alfalfa. New irrigation farms attract younger settlers, each with poultry, dairy, vegetables, and 50 to 75 acres in durum or flax for cash.
A Friday night cloudburst unleashed a wall of floodwater down Keyes Creek Canyon into Mitchell Oregon. Roads were cut and entry blocked. about 20 buildings were smashed though state police report no known deaths. Town of 400 sought safety after prior floods as water rose 40 to 50 feet above normal. One patrolman in town relayed initial casualty absence amid canyon communication limits.
Agriculture Minister Gardiner rejected opposition claims that a $100 050 grant to Alberta sheep breeder P J Rock to slaughter his scrapie infected flock was a political payment. Gardiner said Rock’s flock valued at about $160 000 by U S valuers, yet the government paid $60 000 less.
An intensive CPR effort to move all available wheat from Medicine Hat and Lethbridge divisions aims at a July 31 deadline. The plan hinges on more cars and smaller regional surpluses, with revised figures expected to show less wheat than feared and a shift to non quota crops. Farmers in the Medicine Hat area press CPR officials for relief from backlogs as quotas tighten and export prospects wane.
A courtroom exchange reveals a prisoner’s odd belief that there would be no police present. The witless premise leads to a peculiar moment as the judge questions the motive and legality behind the belief.
An ex Hungarian Air Force pilot and six other refugees seized a two engine plane over Hungary using iron bars and a pistol that would not fire. The pilot attempted loops while passengers and crew, including a communist secret police agent, were battered. Five of seven attackers remained hospitalized.
Reid Walker known as Mr Mosquito operates a Calgary made electrically powered trap to monitor mosquitoes in Medicine Hat and district. The drum lures insects to a fan aided chamber, hourly container changes, and technician analysis informs spraying. The trap belongs to the federal agriculture science service division and aids entomologists research.
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