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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1956
Page
1
Revelstoke, a 3000 resident town 200 miles west of Calgary, endures a winter of record 252 inches of snow since September. Public works spent about 15000 on snow removal as drifts reach over rail cars, while residential areas stay cleared. Milk deliveries and coal sleighs continue amid the frozen scene.
Alberta livestock commissioner W. H. Mead says penalties for cattle rustling are too light, noting the historic seven day sentence and current maximum of 200 dollars. He cites registered brands numbers and warns against unregistered marks to curb rustling.
The report describes 900000 Arab refugees fleeing Israel into neighboring Arab states since the war, mainly in Jordan and Cyprus, facing starvation, expulsion, and political manipulation. It notes dire living conditions, lack of resettlement aid, and refugees as pawns in international intrigue amid ongoing regional tensions.
Prime Minister Eden told his cabinet he will personally defend his Cyprus policy in a major parliamentary debate on Wednesday. Aneurin Bevan, Labour’s chief left winger and controversial figure, will oppose him in his new role as spokesman on colonial affairs.
Rev. J. L. O'Donnell, principal of St. Thomas More College, told the Catholic section of the school trustees' association that dropping Latin ties to English gaps and urged parents to assume a more vital role. He said education begins at home and teachers cannot do all the work, warning that school progress depends on parent involvement.
Northern Natural Gas Co. requested the Alberta board to permit exporting 300 million cubic feet of gas daily from Alberta to U.S. Midwest markets. The plan draws gas from its North ern Natural Gas Producing Co. subsidiary and Alberta producers, with 100 million cu ft from Savanna Creek area by 1957 and 200 million cu ft daily from southern and central Alberta.
A witty remark frames a discussion on time and opportunity, noting that while some have idle hours, those in power or with influence are the ones who seem to hold them. The line reflects a skeptical view of social fairness and allocation of leisure.
Mrs. Ron McAffer a board trustee known as a weather oracle predicts a long hot dry summer while Toronto St. School keeps the oldest frig. Her past forecasts warned of cement base delays and subzero spells proving her insight to trustees. The current note arises as the board weighs moving shops and home economics gear during remodel.
Fragmentary lines show teams in contention with phrases about Alberta Saskas and a tied situation after wins and a toss. The readable text references two losses for Alberta and Saskas with one win and three unspecified items.
Boleslaw Bierut, longtime Polish Communist chief and former president and premier, died in Moscow at age 64 after a battle with influenza pneumonia and heart failure. A rebel from youth, he rose from printer and union organizer to national leader backed by the Kremlin after World War II. He led Poland's government and party during the Soviet-backed postwar period.
The New York Times reports a survey of Negro white school integration across the South urging leadership from Washington to Main Street. Ten staff correspondents traveled thousands of miles and spoke with hundreds as results outline integrating districts and states resisting or delaying integration.
Donald Tiny Bird a 240 pound Montreal bookkeeper and pianist with two companions aims to beat the 57 hour 17 minute piano marathon mark by playing non stop for two more days in Timmins Ontario About 1000 spectators attend at the Porcupine Dante Club where Bird and partners Gail Horton and Ronald Boyce perform under dancathon rules Bird previously logged 52 hours at a piano and 60 hours on organ in Brandon Manitoba last year The toughest period is 2 am to 6 am when the hall quiets and crowds thin
Chamber of Commerce secretary R H A Lacey released details of an irrigation forum sponsored by the chamber irrigation committee. The event starts at 7 30 p m in city hall council chambers with speakers from the provincial department of agriculture addressing dry farming surveying land leveling irrigation methods drainage and water use. Willard Lutes chairs the meeting with committee members Lloyd Shelton Jack Anderson Dave Broadfoot Id Haysom Jack Cocks and Roy Keating listed as participants.
Lethbridge’s 1956 civic census totals 29 348, up 1 048 from 1955’s 28 300. The first civic census in 1954 recorded 26 986 residents, while a 1951 Dominion census counted 22 947 people in Lethbridge.
The House of Commons approved in principle a bill to suspend capital punishment and abolish it unless reintroduced within 10 years. Wartime executions for spying or treason are excluded, and the measure includes an escape clause if abolition boosts murders during the decade. The vote margin fell to 24 as Parliament weighs pressures.
Canadian weather report notes cold Arctic air moving southwest into Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta. Temperatures fall below zero across Saskatoon and Prince Albert regions as the edge of the cold air holds near. Skies are clear in the cold air zone while light snow flurries dot the boundary with milder moist air.
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