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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1955
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment references a trial verdict and a jury in September. Names and specifics are unclear, with phrases suggesting a court proceeding and signatures from witnesses or officials. The fragment lacks coherent facts to identify persons, places, or outcomes.
The Restrictive Trades Practices Commission accuses Canadian Breweries Limited and chairman E. P. Taylor of pursuing a monopoly through 23 buyouts over 23 years, reducing brands from 150 to nine in Ontario and expanding into Quebec and western Canada. Action to stop further consolidation recommended. Garson to decide government response. Also notes debate on extending federal defence production powers and plans around Gen. Simonds retirement with pensions and prior chiefs.
Alberta Social Credit names for Cypress Bow Valley races dominate campaign notes. Medicine Hat fields three candidates while Cypress and Bow Valley see Liberal CCF and independent entries amid a broader Alberta race.
Boston and Cleveland split an AL battle as Sullivan drove in runs for Boston in a 4-2 win. Chicago toppled Pittsburgh 6-2 in the NL with Cooper and Purkey strong on the mound and Cooper homering.
Western briefs report two men killed when a plane crashed into a mountain near Hope on Friday. The victims are Peter Fuhrmann 26 Weyburn Saskatchewan and Jack Marshall 25 Kelowna pilot.
Wallace Hinar sson, 24, of Gimli, was sentenced to two concurrent 15 month terms for two counts of criminal mischief connected to a level crossing crash that killed two airmen last February 26. He is banned from driving in Canada for three years.
CHICAGO AP The radar inventor Sir Robert Watson-Watt said his invention had turned Frankenstein on him in a Canada speeding incident that cost him 12.50. He spoke to WLS about radar in traffic control while in Chicago for a new electronic computing device installation at Illinois Institute of Technology.
The weather forecast says southern Saskatchewan and Alberta will enjoy sunny warm weather for the next two days with afternoon highs from 80 to 85. A cool Pacific air mass will move in from the northwest late tomorrow, followed by late evening thunderstorms Friday in the Peace River and Edmonton regions.
Police Lieut. Conrad Giroux heads a 50 man search near St. Raymond de Neuf as a two day bank robbery chase narrows. One fugitive, Leo Cyr, has already surrendered after a bank robbery at St. Marc netted 3000 dollars. authorities believe the remaining suspects are brothers aged about 17 and 29.
In Dallas Texas Metzger Dairies adopts Bermuda shorts as standard summer gear for milkmen marking a bold shift from traditional male attire. Mrs Maurice Schermann and daughter greet milkman Herman Malone in the new outfit. A milkman called it a successful test run noting increased customer visibility.
Ottawa reports supplementary federal estimates of 147,724,276 for the year ending March 31, 1956. The total would rise to 4,507,990,276, about 60 million below the 1954-55 peak. The largest item is 63,300,000 for reductions in the old age security fund on temporary loans.
In Masson Quebec 20 miles east of Ottawa a rush to stake tantalum claims sweeps the area. Farmers join the scramble with 60 men staking about 3000 acres and a playground and town green claimed. Prospectors licenses are sought in Hull as claims flood in.
London reports say union and government negotiators held two hours of talks aimed at ending Britain's rail strike now entering its 12th day. Sources note no breakdown, with hopes for a rapid settlement though a union leader cautioned that little material change had occurred.
Negotiators for General Motors and the United Auto Workers press toward a contract before the Sunday midnight cutoff. Talks focus on wage boosts, pensions, and unemployment insurance while Ford reached a three year agreement last week. Separate talks with CIO electrical workers also loom as 25 000 GM and 5 000 Ford workers remain idle.
Labor leader Clement Attlee, 72, agrees to stay on as chairman after unanimous MPs vote. He had planned to retire in October following Labor's May election defeat but will continue in office indefinitely amid renewed support from party members and a call to step aside for younger leadership.
French Premier Edgar Faure reported Molotov suggested a Moscow visit with Foreign Minister Pinay. Twenty seamen were lost after a tanker collision off the English coast in a blaze at sea.
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