First Japanese War Bride Seeks Husband Missing in Calgary
Mrs. Toasako Matsuno MacMillan, the matronly Japanese bride who came to Canada in 1952, speaks in Medicine Hat after learning her husband Earl MacMillan has been detained in Calgary on charges of fabricating evidence. She says she trusts him and plans to stay with friends while court proceedings unfold.
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Medicine Hat
Japan
Earl MacMillan
Vancouver
Calgary
MacMillan
Hiroshima
Seattle
Canada
Suffield Experimental Station
Second Satellite Launched by U S
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla AP The U S Army launched a second Explorer type satellite with a Jupiter C rocket just 33 days after the first. The 70 foot rocket carried a metal tube six inches in diameter and over six feet long, racing toward space at 18000 mph. The four stage rocket lifted at 1 28 p m EST and signals indicated a smooth flight into space.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
U.S. Army
Fine
Routine Patrol Leads to Dramatic High Speed Chase
New York police on routine patrol spotted five youths near a car. The stolen vehicle sped away at over 100 mph as a helicopter pursued, finally crashing into a tree after a late swoop. Sgt. Harold Behrens and a patrolman landed the helicopter and assisted at the crash scene.
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New York
Harold Behrens
Behrens
Not Definitely In Orbit Yet
In Pasadena California AP report says nearly an hour after the Army launched its second satellite it remained unclear if an orbit had been established. Dr William Pickering director of Caltechs jet propulsion laboratory said it is still not possible to say. Scientists at the lab coordinated reports from tracking stations nationwide to determine orbit success.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S. Army
William Pickering
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
U.S
Two Nike-Cajun Rockets Fire From Fort Churchill
Two Nike-Cajun rockets launched from Fort Churchill on Hudson Bay reached about 105 miles altitude. One flight failed to transmit data while the other carried an accelerometer and drag-measuring device. The launches involved the U S Air Force Cambridge unit and the University of Michigan with a next scheduled Aerobee-Hi firing on March 12.
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Fort Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
Winnipeg
United States Air Force
Cambridge Research Unit
University of Michigan
RCAF Airman Faces Court Martial Over Barracks Fire
An RCAF court martial opened at Clinton Ontario to try AC2 George Alexander Morrice of Medicine Hat Alberta for setting a fire on February 3 that destroyed a quonset barracks block. The blaze damaged more than $50,000 in barracks and belongings for 46 airmen.
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Clinton
Ont
RCAF
George Alexander Morrice
Medicine Hat
Alta
Chinese POW escapes Japan villager finds him in Hokkaido hills
A Chinese farmer Lieu Lien-Jen, 47, who escaped a Japanese POW camp in Hokkaido in 1945 was found Tuesday in the hills of west Hokkaido. He said he had lived in caves for 13 years eating wild roots and berries unaware the war had ended.
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Tokyo
Reuters
Hokkaido
Japan
Lieu Lien-Jen
Washington Talks Approved by Reds
President Eisenhower said Russia is willing to attend a Washington summit but only with careful prep and clear achievements. He backed Dulles against any “hoax” or “fraud” session and said the United States will keep doors open to talks while seeking real progress.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Dulles
U S Observers For Red Election Arrive In Moscow
Three Americans Richard Scammon Cyril Black and Hedley Donovan arrived in Moscow to observe the Soviet Union one party election on March 16. The observers joined an exchange for a Soviet delegation that watched the 1956 U S presidential election. The voters will cast ballots for preselected Communist Party candidates for the Supreme Soviet.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Richard
Mike) Scammon
Governmental Affairs Institute
Cyril E. Black
Princeton
Hedley W. Donovan
Fortune Magazine
Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Alberta Beekeepers Harvest 6.36 Million Pounds in 1957
Alberta beekeepers gathered 6 362 000 pounds of honey in 1957, up 1 600 000 pounds from 1956. The report highlights growing production and industry activity in the province.
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Edmonton
Alberta
City reports a $30,000 surplus for 1957 in Medicine Hat
The City of Medicine Hat closed 1957 with a surplus of $30,065.13. Expenditures totalled $3,815,126.78 while revenue reached $3,845,191.91. Utilities recorded a gross profit of $1,090,334 and a net profit of $583,743, including electric light and power at $686,697 and gas at $359,581. Public debt per person set at $121.92 with assets valued at $15,263,651 and gross debt and capital loans at $4,620,683.
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Medicine Hat
Electric Light
Redcliff
Water Department
Municipal District Hospital
City Man to Face Calgary Charges
Earl MacMillan, a 27 year old Medicine Hat man, was arrested in Vancouver and will be flown to Calgary to face fabricating evidence charges. A juvenile girl implicated in his disappearance is detained, and police traced his movements from Medicine Hat to Calgary and Vancouver.
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Medicine
Dinsdale Speech Friday at Bow Island and Tabor
Parliament helper Walter Dinsdale will speak at Bow Island community hall at 2 30 p m and at Tabor high school auditorium at 8 p m Friday presenting Veterans Affairs topics to residents and students.
East Gas Price War Spreads Across Ontario Cities
Motorists flock to five downtown Toronto stations selling 36 to 36.9 cents a gallon with Windsor at 37.9 and Hamilton at 36.9. A dealer in Hamilton sold gas at 34.9 cents, boosting business fourfold while Toronto stations report booming sales. Windsor dealers seek subsidies from British-American Oil Company similar to Sun Oil Shell and Cities Service.
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Toronto
Ontario
Hamilton
Windsor
Sun Oil
Shell Oil
Cities Service
Dominion Glass Strike Vote Likely After Pay Offer Rejected
About 400 Dominion Glass Company workers at Redcliff rejected a 10 cent per hour wage offer by a 353 to 25 vote with three spoiled ballots. The union demands had been trimmed from 30 to 18 cents across the board. A strike vote could occur within a month as the company silent on acceptance.
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Dominion Glass Company
Redcliff
Conciliation Board
United Glass and Ceramic Workers of North America
Redcliff Local No
Larry Messmer
Pope Pius Appears Before Large Vatican Crowd
About 10 000 attendees cheered Pope Pius as he was wheeled into St. Peter's Basilica for a public appearance. The weekly audience moved from the Hall of Benedictions to the basilica after demand surged following cancellation of his anniversary celebration.
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Vatican City
Pius
St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican
St. Peter’s
Fuchs Ends Antarctic Coast to Coast Expedition
Vivian Fuchs and his team left Antarctica aboard the Endeavour after completing a 2100 mile coast to coast crossing. Sir Edmund Hillary joined the voyage guiding the finale from the pole to Scott Base. The 99 day crossing wrapped as winter neared with scientific results due about a year after return to Britain.
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Reuters
Vivian Fuchs
New Zealand
Endeavour
Antarctic
Sir Edmund Hillary
Fuchs
South Pole
Scott Base
Britain
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W. J. Sellhorn
F. G. Cope
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