Traffic violations 1957 to date summary
1957 traffic violations list shows counts by offense: excessive speed 32, without due care 15, failing to stop 13, ability impaired 9, fail yield right of way 9, other violations 34.
06 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1957
Page
1
1957 traffic violations list shows counts by offense: excessive speed 32, without due care 15, failing to stop 13, ability impaired 9, fail yield right of way 9, other violations 34.
A flatbed truck carrying 41 laborers collides with a tractor trailer nine miles north of Fayetteville. Sixteen killed, 21 hospitalized with 14 in critical condition. Fire from the truck causes most deaths. the tractor trailer driver is lightly hurt. Workers were en route to Dunn to harvest beans.
More than 100 volunteers resumed a search for 92 year old trapper Silas Bolenball who vanished in dense bush near Fort Assiniboine 110 miles northwest of Edmonton. He was last seen three weeks ago and may be with another trapper or on a short trip. most clothing remained in his cabin.
An RCAF instructor and a student pilot escaped injury when their Harvard training aircraft crash landed and burned about 20 miles north of Lethbridge during a scheduled low level training flight from Claresholm base. Cause of the crash was not known.
Returning officer J. W. Campeau announced advance polling in the upcoming June 10 election. The polls will be open today Friday and Saturday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at 521 End St. S.E.
Questions at last night’s open forum covered personal war service, gas export policy, and party integrity. Respondents faced multiple probes on intermediaries, provincial roles, and the fate of Splinter parties, with answers ranging from guarded to policy-focused.
A packed crowd of over 750 attended Medicine Hat’s Town Hall forum in the high school auditorium. Five candidates spoke on the basic party platforms with brief rebuttals, followed by audience questions and a capsule summary of each candidate’s remarks.
About 134 teachers in the Medicine Hat School District will receive a total annual increase of about 56 000 dollars. The new salary schedule, endorsed by the school boards, takes effect September 1 1957. Total 1957 salaries estimated at 560 000 dollars.
A Negro woman in Vila de Joao Belo in Portuguese East Africa has given birth to quintuplets four boys and a girl, with all seven previous children already alive in her family. The hospital remains crowded as locals seek access to see the mother and babies. officials have ordered free treatment for the woman.
Canadian Prime Minister St Laurent and Conservative Leader Diefenbaker urged Canadians to vote next Monday for their own benefit. Diefenbaker framed the choice as Canada against a ruling caste while St Laurent said the election is for the Canadian people and the Liberals would serve honestly if returned. CCF Leader Coldwell called Liberal policy shortsighted proposing military cuts and increased aid for developing countries, while backing a UN fund for development.
Regina forum for six candidates drew only 35 attendees at the 425 seat Provincial Museum Auditorium. All but Independent J R Ball attended before the meeting was called off as the crowd dispersed. Liberal Dr E A McCusker blamed the low turnout on a summer evening and racing.
Cape Breton native Dr. MacKinnon, fluent in Gaelic, was chosen as head of the Presbyterian Church in Canada at the 83rd general assembly in Vancouver. He succeeds Finlay Stewart and heads a body with about 188,000 communicants. election attended by 700 to 800 people.
Rites mark the civic opening of St. Marys School with J A McKay and Monsignor E J McCoy among speakers. Deputy Mayor James W Douglas lauds the architecture as innovative while urging parental and teacher cooperation for high educational standards in Medicine Hat.
Mrs Mildred Green secretary of the Bow Island branch of the FUA says the open forum on federal dictates voiced suggestions at a Monday meeting sponsored by the FUA. She notes Mrs E G Robi denied that Mr Harry Leviwe requested not to turn questions over to the press. The meeting was reportedly covered accurately by The Medicine Hat News.
A cloudy weather pattern moved into southern Alberta with showers expected this Friday afternoon. Temperatures ranged yesterday from the mid 60s to low 70s across Calgary Lethbridge Edmonton Saskatoon and Swift Current.
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