Bow Island Tragedy Claims Five in Weekend Crash
Five people die and two remain hospitalized after a two car crash six miles east of Bow Island on Saturday night. Victims include Roy Beattie 66 and Lloyd Lunseth 40 both Bow Island residents and their families. The wrecked Monarch and a green Ford show severe impact with airbags absent and steering wheels high, as onlookers mourn at the scene and in Medicine Hat.
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Bow Island
Medicine Hat General Hospital
Medicine’ Hat Hospital
Roy S. Beattie
Lloyd Linseth
Audrey Lunseth
Harlene Lunseth
Justine Domso
Lloyd Lunseth
Julia Linseth
Justine
Carl
Whitla
Wilma
Tennessee
Stanford
United States
Domso
Yewidow
Johhny
Lethé
Farming. Com
Dick McMurray
Linseth
Grim Reaper
Beattie
Shriners
Medicine Hat
Arena Gardens
Ernie Kumm
RCMP
Foremost
No. 3
Steven Carr
Kathaleen Buzinski
Ralston
Mr. Lunseth
Barrie
Leslie
Syrians Charged With Machine Gun Attack Over Israel
Israeli military spokesman said Syrians machine-gunned an Israeli plane over Israel near Dafna in the upper Galilee wounding the pilot who landed safely. Syrians also captured two wounded policemen as tensions rise after a deadly Sunday clash in the same region.
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Jerusalem
Britain recalls officers from Jordan Legion after Glubb dismissal
London reports Prime Minister Anthony Eden told the House of Commons Britain is recalling about 15 British army officers attached to the Arab Legion in Jordan after the dismissal of Lt General John Bagot Glubb. He warned over the impact on Anglo Jordan relations and the Middle East.
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London
Reuters
Anthony Eden
Britain
Arab Legion
Jordan
British Legion
John Bagot Glubb
House of Commons
Glubb
Labor
Eden
Edén
Middle East
Alberta and Saskatchewan Hit by Cold Air and Snow
Cold air covers Alberta and Saskatchewan with light snow in Alberta. Winds at twenty five miles per hour cause drifting and will continue until Tuesday in Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Smilestones Heard in Quiet Dining Exchange
A brief exchange notes diners accepting a playful habit at a restaurant where servers clear plates promptly. The dialogue contrasts different dining norms, suggesting the establishment’s tolerance for quicker plate clearing.
New Separate School Approved for St. Louis Area
The St. Louis School Board received word that the Department of Education has approved sketch plans for a 21 classroom and gym auditorium school on the hill near the An Connaught golf club block at 11th St. S. W. and Second Ave. S. W. Initial enrollment is expected at 320 students. The project will cost about 305000, with a government grant of 238161, equal to 78 percent of the cost.
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St. Louis
Department of Education
11Th St. S. W
Second Ave. S. W
St. Theresa Academy
Marian School
C. ‘G. Jewers
Edmonton
J. P. Mitchell
Fooks and Lane
Lethbridge
W. M. Gray
Dawson Creek Pilot Killed in France Sabre Jet Crash
Ottawa reports RCAF pilot Joseph Dale McLarty, 25, formerly of Dawson Creek B C, was one of four Canadian Sabre jet pilots killed in a four plane collision over France on Friday. The other three names had been released earlier.
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Ottawa
Rcaf Today
Joseph Dale McLarty
Dawson Creek
B. C
France
Saskatchewan Budget Proposes 24 920 Surplus With Health Education
Saskatchewan faces a 24 920 surplus in 1956 57 as health and education consume nearly half of 87 172 000 revenue. The plan keeps taxes unchanged while detailing capital outlays and borrowing for power and telecoms, with focus on hospital care and school grants. Harold Henrichon, once on Quebec’s most wanted list, was captured in Calgary ending a four year fugitive case. He had posed as Harold Wilcox in Canada.
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Calgary
Harold Henrichon
RCMP
Quebec
Henrichon
National Canadian Bank
Ville LaSalle
Regina
C. M
Saskatchewan
CCF
Trans-Canada
Saskatchewan Power Corporation
Fines
Washington Mail sinks after lifeboat evacuation in Alaska storm
The Orient bound freighter Washington Mail sank in the north Pacific minutes after all 60 crew and passengers evacuated to lifeboats. The rescue ship Gen. H. B. Freeman arrived and pulled survivors aboard uninjured and in good health. Capt. Robert T. Fulton reported the rescue.
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Seattle
Washington Mail
North Pacific
H. B. Freeman
Gulf of Alaska
Here
Robert T. Fulton
Britain Offers Cyprus Wider Self Government Move
British Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd announced in Parliament a wide measure of self government for Cyprus while Britain retains defense and external affairs. A white paper outlines three obstacles to union with Greece, including amnesty demands for political prisoners and security controls under self government.
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Alan Lennox- Boyd
House of Commons
Britain
Greece
Lennox-Boyd
Cyprus
union-with-Greece
Makarios
Mediterranean
Tragedy Strikes Rainsford and Nearby Roads
A string of fatal accidents is reported across Bow Island and surrounding regions. A Riverside section collision during a rainstorm fatally injures Chester de La Vergne and his wife Mrs. Oliver Ingram, with another person hospitalized. Earlier, Sept 26, 1953, an Ottawa mobile rear-ended a stalled Greyhound bus near Whitla killing four, including drivers Karl Lachosky and George Geering and passengers Joe Zahano visk and Donald Stoneham. A later crash on Feb 11, 1954, in Bowden, Alberta, involves four killed and others hospitalized. The bus driver leapt into a ditch to avoid‑collision.
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Bow Island
A. Howe
Riverside
Chester de la
Vergne
Lawrence
Greys Hound
Whitla
Karl Lachosky
George Geering
Edmonton
Morris’ Grimshaw
Bienfait
Sask
Joe Zahanovisk
Fort Macleoid
Donald Stoneham
Oakland
Man
Norman Christofferson
Bowden
Alta
Western Canada Sees Multiple Fatal Weekend Crashes
Eight people die in western provinces over the weekend. A Bow Island collision kills four at the scene and a fifth later in hospital. A Bow Island family includes Roy Beattie and Lloyd Linseth with two daughters and a mother in law. A Calgary truck crash near Red Deer claims two more lives, while a separate Pacific Great Eastern rail incident in Lillooet leaves one dead. An additional BC accident reports a 66 year old victim with unknown address.
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Alberta
Lillooet
Bow Island
Roy S. Beattie
Lloyd Linseth
Audrey
Harlene
Justine Domso
Chris Ferguson
Ronald
Calgary
Red Deer
Edmonton
Pass
British Columbia
Maji Rye Gai
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Roy Beattie
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Bruce Hogle
John Glubb
Foreign Office
Galilee
Israel
Holy Land
Jordan Legion
P.C
Harold Wilcox
Cpl
W. F. G. Perry
Rcmp Criminal Investigation Branch
Maple Creek
Brooks and
Bassano
Medicine Hat Shrine Club
Ing Rink
Les Melden
Maple Creek Shriners
Don King
The
Medicine
Ward Tennis of
Rabban
Web Lomas
Lethbridge Shriners
Shoto
Kok
Medi
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