02 Jun 1956
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 1956
Page
1
Temperatures today and Sunday will be 10 to 15 degrees lower than yesterday's peak readings. Sky conditions will be sunny in northwestern regions and variably cloudy elsewhere.
Eighteen graduating nurses from Medicine Hat General Hospital School of Nursing received pins and diplomas at a Fifth Avenue United Church ceremony. Honorary scholarships were awarded to Elkins Hlohovsky Keeler Moch Diedrich and Darleen Woods by Mayor Weiner and Miss Flanagan.
A Revelstoke theft plot ends as ex-convict Donald Watson 25, of Medicine Hat, is jailed for two years at Prince Albert penitentiary after a police sting decoy by Gordon E. Anderson and officers. The plan centered on recovering stolen cheques worth 1700 dollars from Revelstoke Sawmill.
Mrs Bill Werre of Medicine Hat has led a one woman campaign to send neighbor Ervin Riedlinger to the controversial Hoxsey Cancer Clinic in the United States. She blasted city service clubs for refusing to fund the treatment costs.
A north south private airline bid to buy Trans Canada Airlines prairie run Winnipeg Edmonton via Brandon Moose Jaw Swift Current Medicine Hat and Lethbridge failed after three days of negotiations in Montreal. TCA said no serious consideration was given to the proposals and no deal was reached.
A reflective counsel urges men to act openly for their spouses before outsiders notice. It emphasizes that actions speak louder than words in sustaining marriage. The piece frames honesty and visible commitment as essential to trust and harmony at home.
Gordon Bowler about 30 drowned last night in the Red Deer River near Empress after cramps struck while swimming with two nurse companions. They tried to pull him from deep water near the traffic bridge a half mile north of town between 6 and 7 p.m. Artificial respiration failed.
The Mueller family of Champion Alberta formerly from Medicine Hat celebrate their Golden Jubilee year with newborn triplets Robert Rosanne and Ronald. The trio reaches their first birthday on June 5 weighing 68 pounds total at birth 19 pounds. Grandparents include Fred and Mrs Sailor of Medicine Hat as they plan a busier year ahead with farm life.
Gordon E. Anderson, assistant manager of Revelstoke, posed at the office telephone emulating his Friday noon conversation with The Voice. He arranged a deal that led to the capture of a young robber. While talking to Watson he listed serial numbers on the bills to use as bait and marked a corner of each note. Anderson later met the robber in Riverside Park where police captured him.
Saskatchewan voters head to the June 20 election as the CCF battles Liberal and Social Credit rivals. Social Credit makes its first large bid, fielding all 53 seats with outside support from BC and Alberta figures. Campaigns focus on public vs private ownership, highways, and welfare amid a three-way contest shaping provincial politics.
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