28 Jun 1957
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 28, 1957
Page
1
A brief record of traffic violation counts for 1957 detailing excess speed without due care failing to stop impaired control fall yield right of way and other violations with daily totals reaching 35, 16, 15, 13, and 36 on several dates. The list reflects cumulative violations by category and date.
Safety director Paul Lawrence warns Alberta motorists that the Dominion Day weekend will bring heavy traffic and urges patience. Drivers should travel when lightest, keep ample passing room, and allow wide berth for slow or inexperienced vehicles. Maintain a quarter mile headway, one car length per ten mph, and avoid reckless passing to reduce crashes and deaths.
The paper announces a Monday public holiday pushback with no regular edition on July 1. Tuesday will feature a roundup of all news and sport activities from the holiday period.
President Eisenhower ordered federal civil defense workers into the hurricane battered Louisiana coast to assess damage and coordinate relief with Louisiana authorities. In Cameron parish the toll ranges from dozens to thousands with official counts at 100 dead and estimates up to 3,000 or more, as Coast Guard boats bring in survivors and Red Cross warns of widespread loss.
Message notes that during the 1956-57 school year Medicine Hat High School records show a list of students with perfect attendance. Names include Loretta Bauer Rubin Berger Vida Bohner Hilmar Borrman Donald Cabatoff and others across classes.
Two Canadian trade experts will fly to London to advise Prime Minister Diefenbaker at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference. Claude Isbister specializes in world tariff pacts and Louis E Couillard heads the external affairs economics division. They will stay in London for post conference meetings on Europe’s common market and related issues.
Supersonic American jet fighters flew over South Korea in routine training flights and were not to be based there as the U N command had announced. They would operate from Japanese bases and use Korean airways only for refueling or emergencies.
London AP report describes Dr Richard P Michael in the British Medical Journal recounting a man who swore from age nine, worsened after service, then stopped during carbon dioxide treatments in hospital. After 30 treatments he was discharged and 15 months later works as a salesman.
Blandford England AP reports Prime Minister Macmillan's government won a key by election with Lt Col Richard Glynn retaining the north Dorset seat for the Tories by 3,102 votes, a margin smaller than the 1955 general election landslide.
The forecast notes cloudy conditions across the western prairies with scattered afternoon showers and local clearing by evening. A Pacific weather system will bring cooler, cloudier conditions to most regions Saturday with more frequent showers or intermittent rain in the Peace River area and western Saskatchewan. Elsewhere, only scattered showers are expected.
American delegate Harold E. Stassen remained calm as Soviet pressure mounted to reveal the full U S disarmament plan. He said the plan would be presented in stages over several days, amid Western allies’ consultations and cautious pace to avoid giving advantage twice.
Prime ministers from Commonwealth states study Middle East issues focusing on oil, Soviet influence, and the Baghdad Pact. Suhrawardy urges pact stability, Nehru remains aloof but signals support for free passage for Israeli ships. Lloyd signals limited hopes for early Arab-Israeli settlement.
Cinda the seeing eye dog for blind mechanic Paul Leduc gains an assistant mechanic union card from Lodge 423 International Association of Machinists at a Montreal plant. The dog aids in stripping aircraft engine fuel pumps, prompting talk of formal recognition.
Ronald Sutcliffe, an official with the royal customs service, reports a brush with Prince Philip near Windsor. The Duke apologized and took blame, while Queen Elizabeth II, present with the Queen, did not smile. Only a small dent remained on Sutcliffe's pint sized sedan, reportedly a royal souvenir.
The court found three men guilty of cattle theft linked to a Lake fishing trip and split carcass, with RCMP investigator Cpl Belzer noting their cooperative behavior. Each defendant received a $75 fine. no jail time was requested.
RCMP report a grave marker at the Graburn grave in a pioneer cemetery north of Fort Walsh appears to have been stolen weeks or months ago. Police seek public help to locate the missing plaque as background on Cpl Graburn, NWMP veteran slain in 1879 and buried nearby.
A Sunday school teacher displayed a picture of Christian martyrs in a lion’s den to her class. One child remarked with sympathy that the lion in the back would not get a chance to eat.
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