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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1957
Page
1
Eighty percent of non-white workers stayed home in a one day protest against apartheid in Johannesburg. Police were stationed to protect workers who attempted to report for duty, and no incidents were reported.
Western members of the UN disarmament subcommittee report a basic agreement on suspending nuclear tests for a limited period with a simultaneous halt to military nuclear production. France, Britain, the United States, and Canada push for a one to two year suspension while Russia withholds full acceptance and seeks linked conditions including production bans and troop reductions.
North Korea demanded an international conference to arrange withdrawal of all foreign troops from Korea and a peaceful solution to the Korean problem. UN commander Major General Homer J. LugenBeer rejected the idea as improper for a military conference.
President Eisenhower announced a plan to streamline the U S armed forces overseas with no current plans to withdraw units from NATO or to pull American combat troops from Japan. He cited potential savings in manpower through modernization and efficiency efforts.
A cautious saver plans for hard times ensuring future security while sacrificing current pleasures. The note contrasts prudence with enjoying present sunshine.
A Maple Leaf Stadium lunch counter offered low alcohol beer during an International League game between Toronto and Columbus. 12 ounce bottles sold for 40 cents each, containing likely no more than 2.5 percent alcohol under Ontario law, with the stadium not licensed to serve liquor or beer.
A Pacific disturbance moves across Alberta bringing considerable cloudiness and light rain in western regions. Cloudiness spreads to Saskatchewan tonight with only light rain expected. Thursday brings more sun overall though southern Alberta may stay partly cloudy.
Harold Morrison, the 52 year old Toronto lawyer and Clinton MP, told reporters he will press Ottawa to pare taxes and expand pensions and to balance the budget. He said a federal provincial tax conference is likely this year to revise tax sharing and raise provincial revenues. He criticized Liberal fiscal policy and warned of open war on waste, while noting Parliament’s session date remains unsettled as funds run to October 31.
London AP reports Premier Chou En-lai told China’s parliament that the Communist bloc unity is stronger now than before the Hungarian revolt. He warned that U.S. arms policy threatens world peace and credited the Soviet Union with easing tensions and proposing arms cuts and N doctrine bans.
London hosts the opening session at 10 Downing Street as ten Commonwealth leaders meet for the first full conference since the Suez crisis. Prime Minister Macmillan chairs the talks with a focus on foreign affairs and relations with the Soviet Union and Communist China.
Typhoon Virginia struck southern Formosa Tuesday night causing nine deaths and left 10 000 homeless. Railway tracks were torn up highways cut and dams burst in the southeast as the storm hit with explosive force.
The Supreme Court of Canada restored immediate custody of Richard and Roland Maats to Herman and Trudy Maats, Dutch immigrants living in Toronto, after a saga in Ontario courts. The Heptons, Foster caregivers since birth, must return the boys who were born at Toronto General Hospital three years ago. The case, with no religious conflict, involved family pressure from maternal grandparents and an earlier adoption plan.
In CHICHESTER England a coroner ruled the headless frogman remains washed ashore are Lt Cmdr Lionel Crabb the British diver who vanished near Portsmouth in April 1956 during a Soviet goodwill visit. The open verdict was returned as no death cause evidence exists. Crabb’s wife Margaret Crabb viewed the remains but could not identify them.
London report says a British-built oil well drilling barge with helicopter deck is being constructed for Shell-BP Nigeria. The barge, plus auxiliary craft, costs about £1.3 million and can drill to 12 000 feet. It targets the Niger delta tidal mangrove swamps where conventional rigs would require large sand fills.
Thomas Sidney Symes 32 was to die at Oakalla prison for the New Year’s Day slaying of Paul Powling. The Sun published a three column appeal urging repeal of capital punishment. Symes, who was in death cell weeks, urges public opposition and suggests public executions with proceeds to SPCA at Empire Stadium. He testified temporary insanity over seeing his wife with Powling. Sentence commuted to life June 14.
A 60 year old Teamsters official, Brewster, was not present when the judge handed down a decision. The judge referred the case to the probation office for report and investigation while Brewster remains free on bond.
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