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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1952
Page
1
A public meeting in the council chambers warned that low public interest hampers local civil defence preparations. Provincial staff urged immediate CD actions, outlined municipal plans, and noted past grievances while stressing cooperation and training for emergency readiness.
Cooler, cloudy conditions prevail across the prairies with rain yesterday. Medicine Hat and North Battleford saw the heaviest falls near three quarters of an inch as thunderstorms moved in. Snow mixed with rain reported in Calgary and Red Deer. frost risk looms tonight. By Sunday, conditions improve with mostly sunny skies and highs in the sixties.
On Koje Island Korea British infantrymen used tear gas to drive North Korean prisoners from a barbed wire enclosure. It followed a week of tense actions by Brig Gen Boatner targeting compound 76 a symbol of defiance. No injuries were reported as engineers continued tunnel searches.
President Truman told the Army 35th Division convention that the United States air force in Korea can bomb the enemy almost anywhere in its territory. He warned against defense cuts amid Russia’s global moves and argued the air force is not at the mercy of Soviet planes. He defended current planes in service and criticized critics like Taft for opposing administration policy.
In Lauenburg Germany Theo Lill state chairman of the Peoples League for Peace and Freedom charged that West Germans sold $83,300,000 worth of goods illegally to the Soviet occupied East Germany last year.
East German leader Walter Ulbricht urged top speed rearmament to deter a West German alliance with the West. He spoke to railway workers in East Berlin, warning against being swallowed by landowners and bankers and signaling a build up to 375,000 troops across 25 divisions.
Communists occupy the Frohman estate partly in the French sector and order five families to leave. They seize livestock despite past Soviet-French border accords and bar Allied patrols from the Berlin to West Germany highway while allowing east-west traffic. Refugees continue fleeing the Soviet zone amid new security belts.
The Ministry of Agriculture announced new foot and mouth disease outbreaks at Framfield in East Sussex and Lockerbie in Dumfriesshire. Framfield involved 12 cattle, 2 sheep, and 1 pig. Lockerbie involved 59 cattle and 29 sheep. Total British outbreaks rise to 412 with 24,470 cattle, 15,227 sheep, 9,626 pigs, and 31 goats slaughtered since November 14.
Wyeth announces a long lasting penicillin compound said to stay in the bloodstream longer. Doctors in Chicago report giving it to 138 rheumatic fever convalescents with no relapses over seven months, injected twice a week or less. The drug may reach general use this summer.
Health Minister Martin told the Commons Canada will not pursue a national health insurance plan now citing a $600 million yearly cost, tax burden, and insufficient hospital capacity. He said groundwork is being laid to address hospital shortages, mental health, and personnel while awaiting readiness.
Eisenhower backers accuse Taft supporters of rigging Indiana delegate selection by imposing a 500 dollar filing deadline. Thirty of thirty two qualified delegates were Taft backers picks. Similar protests hit Texas Georgia Louisiana and Mississippi conventions as contest threats loom at the July Chicago nominating event.
Two brothers, Michael Allan Davie four and Dennis Lorne Lavie three, were playing with a handcar on the Hudson Bay Railway near Wabowden Manitoba. The carriage sped down a hillside into a cement wall, throwing them against the wall and killing them. The tragedy occurred about 500 miles north of Winnipeg.
London crowds witness a medieval pageant as the royal proclamation of Queen’s coronation date is read at St James Palace and in towns across Britain and the Commonwealth. Sir George Bellew, garter king at arms, announces the royal proclamation amid heralds, trumpets, and a ceremonial procession through lined streets.
United Nations negotiators walked out on the Communist delegation and recessed for three days in the stalled Korean armistice talks. Maj Gen William Harrison warned the Reds they may attend a June 11 resumption, but the Allies will not return daily as demanded. Negotiations have produced little progress on prisoner exchanges.
The Italian government warned Communists it would take a tough stance if demonstrations begin during Gen. Matthew Ridgway's pending visit. Ridgway, supreme commander in Europe, is expected to arrive within weeks. The Communist national committee of Italian partisans of peace has planned rallies through June 30.
An officer asks the victim to describe the assailant in the Sth vty case involving MOE Coursey who asserts that was the person who hit him. The fragment indicates a police interview moment amid the reported assault.
The Commons committee nears its final stage with no expected revelation of major government spending. Officials defend efficiency while critics say the inquiry mostly catalogues statistics and visits a large ordnance depot. The overall finding may echo prior assessments of the defence department. A final note describes the male scarlet tanager’s bright red body and black wings.
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