23 Jul 1956
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1956
Page
1
Summary table shows counts by violation type from Yester to Date including excessive speed 108 without due care 33 failing to stop 52 capacity impaired 1 yield right of way 11 and other violations 126 total.
A Canadian Press survey finds 31 of 48 accidental deaths occurred in traffic crashes from Friday evening to Sunday night. Provincial tallies show Quebec 15, Ontario 13, Alberta seven, British Columbia five, with Carstairs two‑car crash near Calgary the deadliest single incident at four deaths. Other causes include drownings and various accidents across provinces.
In St Damase Quebec three teenage girls and two male companions died when their car collided with another vehicle and plunged into the Yamaska River. Frogmen recovered the vehicle several hours later. one passenger escaped through a broken window.
Cheyenne Wyoming AP reports about 10 Canadian chuck wagon teams and six American rivals entered for the 6th Cheyenne Frontier Days event. Mark Cox, committee member, secured the Canadians after Calgary Stampede races. Winners share $8500 plus a $500 best total time prize and United States championship honors. Two heats daily in afternoons and four heats per night show across three nights next week.
A former Medicine Hat cowboy now based in Penticton B C captured top money and two championships at the 1956 Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede. Ellie Lewis won bareback and saddle bronc titles with 563 dollars total and 228 for three days plus 335. Byron Woolford of Tyler Texas won calf roping and second in Stampede with 560 dollars total. Benny Reynolds of Melrose Texas was third with 517 dollars, including 315 in Brahma bull riding and 182 in saddle bronc. Cliff Vandergrift Turner Valley earned 424, Bob Robinson Cochrane 393, Alvin Owens Patricia 384, Coy Beauchamp Fort Worth 378, Bud Van Cleave Taher 319, Bud Butterfield Ponoka 270, Stan Walker Medicine Hat 162. See page 10.
Nine teen year old Marlene Morton of Warner won Miss Lethbridge Rodeo 1956 defeating Mary Lynn Cook of Cardston by 675 to 667 in a contest based on appearance personality and horsemanship. The event took place Saturday in Lethbridge.
The 1956 Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede official results list top earners led by Ellie Lewis of Penticton with $563 and Byron Woolford of Tyler with $560. Other notable names include Ben Reynolds of Melrose $517, Cliff Vandergrift of T. Val $424, and Bob Robinson of Cochrane $393. The list shows multiple prize tiers and includes several smaller awards with names from Cardston to Ponoka and beyond.
The anti mosquito spraying program led by Reid Walker starts tonight in Medicine Hat. A weekly schedule covers lanes and avenues based on wind, with residents able to opt out by contacting city hall. A $2,200 fogging machine has been delivered and tested, aiming to curb the summer nuisance.
Thousands of automobile workers defied union orders and reported to work at BMC factories across Britain. About 22,079 of 42,987 on the day shift in Birmingham crossed picket lines, while unions demand reinstatement of 5,000 dismissed workers and compensation. Strike efforts extend to 13 plants manufacturing Austin Morris Riley and MG parts, with no violence reported.
A marble cairn honoring Medicine Hat and district pioneers will be unveiled Wednesday at 7 30 p m along the Trans Canada highway near the Jaycee information centre. The ceremony features Mrs Helenora Mitchell and James B Cross of Calgary as speaker with H R Hutchings as chairman. A copper plaque reads To Our Pioneers and a souvenir booklet details the dedication by the Golden Jubilee Committee. The event is open to the public.
Pittsburgh AP United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald accepts a proposal to resume contract talks in New York Monday aimed at ending the 23 day country wide steel strike. The move follows McDonald's critical remarks on industry pricing and a government awaited next steps report outlines steel profits and investment.
J K Olson a Watino railway foreman in northern Alberta won a $25,000 house raffled at the Edmonton Exhibition. He did not know a ticket under his name had been bought. His daughter urged Alex Kozelsky a University of Alberta student to buy one for him. The student purchased tickets in both names.
Afternoon temperatures on the prairies will reach the mid seventies in the Peace River and Edmonton regions, with mild eighties expected in southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. Yesterday’s highs reached the upper seventies to low nineties in several cities, with cooler readings in the north.
Western elevator operators urged higher grain handling charges at a public Grain Commission meeting in Winnipeg. Seven briefs were heard from Manitoba Pool Elevators Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Alberta Wheat Pool North-West Line Elevators United Grain Growers and the Interprovincial Farm Union Council which opposed any rate rise and pushed for lower storage fees. Manitoba Pool Elevators requested a one quarter cent per bushel increase in terminal elevator handling to address rising costs and heavy dependence on storage revenue.
Marked progress is shown in installing the new water and natural gas lines for the Northwest Nitro-Chemicals plant. The gas line runs from both river sides, with excavation finished from opposite the power plant to the chemical fertilizer plant, welding underway. Water main ditching near the Glass House is complete beneath the highway and CPR main line and reaches the hill crest toward Crescent Heights, connecting with the water pumping station built last winter. The southern gas line from the power plant area is also being built to join the main line progressing north from the Etzikom gas field.
Ross Thatcher, Moose Jaw-Lake Centre representative, plans to declare as a Liberal ending his independent stance. The 38 year old hardware merchant and rancher, elected in 1945 49 and 53, will sit with government supporters after his announced switch.
A brief quote underscores the tension between money and values. The speaker acknowledges that important things exist beyond money yet stresses that money is needed to obtain them, highlighting the pragmatic view on finances in daily life.
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