Steam Locomotives Leave Medicine Hat for Quebec Museum
A pair of historic CPR steam engines, the 5900 mountain class and the 5400 prairie speedster, attract Hatters as they prepare to depart for Delson Quebec. Built in the 1920s to 1940s at Montreal Locomotive Works, these engines sit idle in Calgary yards during the diesel era.
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CPR
Medicine Hat
Quebec
British Empire
Iron Horse
Delson
Que
Calgary
Revelstoke
B.C
Death sentences commuted for two Edmonton murderers
The death sentences of William Huculak and Raymond Workman have been commuted to life imprisonment. The commutation was announced by the law firm Maine Dunne Nugent and Forbes, which defended the men after their Sept 26 conviction for killing Edmonton golf professional Frank Willey.
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Edmonton
William Huculak
Raymond Workman
Maine
Dunne, Nugent and
Forbes
Workin
Huculak
Frank Willey
Minister Decries Black Stocking Label for Diphtheria Group
Rev. Martin D. Geleynse of Medicine Hat denounces a Fort Macleod Canadian Press report calling the unvaccinated diphtheria group the Black Stocking Sect as degrading. He clarifies they belong to the Netherlands Reformed Church, not the Dutch Reformed Church, and notes the Local label is Black Stockings.
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Martin D. Geleynse
Christian Reformed Church
Medicine Hat
Fort Macleod
Geleynse
Dutch Reformed Church
Netherlands Reformed Church
Liefs
Reformed Church of America
United States Rally Beats West Germany in World Hockey
In Stockholm the United States defeated West Germany 8-4 in World Championship play. The game showed the Americans taking control with a strong performance. At period end two, Russia led Czechoslovakia 2-1 in a separate matchup.
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Stockholm
United States
West Germany
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Canadian Probe Hears Testimony On Highway Contract Fixing
Victoria CP report says public accounts committee heard two key witnesses in the Montana contractor Dick Holzworth claiming a highway contract was fixed to recoup losses up to 200000 dollars. Webster cited a board finding no graft but Holzworth spoke of threats and leakage in a scheme involving Union Contractors Limited and Continental Construction Limited near Revelstoke and Creston.
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Victoria
Public Accounts Committee
Highways Department
Montana
Dick Holzworth
E. C. Webster
Dominion
Holzworth
Union Contractors Limited
L. and M. Logging Limited
Revelstoke
Union
Continental Construction Limited
Creston
Kootenay
A. E. Blakeny
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Alberta
Gordon Taylor
Canada
U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
Liberals' truth squad sparks campaign scene in Moncton
Prime Minister Diefenbaker greeted the three member truth squad at a Moncton auditorium addressing about 1,400 people. After the speech, Jack Macbeth issued a bulletin challenging four of the PM’s statements as the election fight intensifies.
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Liberals
Ruth
Diefenbaker
Moncton
N.B
Jack Macbeth
Pearson
Rabies Steps Taken Aboard Queen Elizabeth
A Coast Guard plane dropped anti rabies serum to the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth about 250 miles east of New York for four year old Andrew McLeod who may have been bitten by a rabid dog. Serum was recovered within three minutes and authorities coordinated with U S officials to ensure treatment if needed. Andrew was traveling with his mother and two sisters en route to England.
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New York
US Coast Guard
Queen Elizabeth
Andrew McLeod
Cunard
Alberta Health Department
Stuart Smith
Stony Plain
Alta
Mcleod
Smith
England
David E Price
U.S
Washington
Diefenbaker Visit Uncertain In Medicine Hat Area
The article notes uncertainty over Prime Minister Diefenbaker visiting Medicine Hat with plans for outside speakers for parties meetings. Diefenbaker will speak near Calgary March 22 and stop in Calgary next day. other campaign events and forum dates follow in Brooks Bow Island and Lethbridge with multiple party figures.
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Medicine Hat
Wilf
Diefenbaker
Hat
Strathmore
Calgary
Tory
Douglas Harkness
Defence
Calgary North
Harkness
Toronto
W. R. Fulton
James Horsman
FE. W. Brunsden
Alvin Hamilton
Brooks
Bow Island
Manning
Socred
Towne Theatre
Ted Anhorn
Sacred
H. A. Olson
Robert Thompson
Lethbridge
NDP
Saskatchewan
Woodrow Lloyd
Cliff Steedman
Hat Jaycee
Medicine Hat High School
Taber Jaycees
EVA
Flood Damage Heavy Toll Across Five States
Floods in five southern states caused millions in damage and left thousands homeless. Fifteen dead and five missing as rains ended and waters receded. In Kentucky and West Virginia disaster declarations followed rescue efforts including an emergency dirt wall at Prestonsburg and evacuations in Paintsville. A Greyhound bus and its passengers were pulled from flood waters near Chattanooga with amphibious vehicles.
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Harlan, Ky
Kentucky
West Virginia
Kennedy
Tennessee
Virginia
Alabama
Prestonsburg
Big Sandy
Paintsville
Greyhound
Chattanooga
Tenn
Manitoba MLAs Vote Selves Pay Boost
Manitoba legislators approved pay increases with eight sessions noted including Prince Edward Island. Indemnities rise. cabinet pay up to 12 500 with total ministers 17 300 per session and Duff Roblin’s pay reaches 19 300 while Speaker Thelma Forbes attains 9 600.
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Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Bunswick
Louis J. Robischaud
Manitoba House
Duff Roblin
Thelma Forbes
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Charlottetown
Walter Shaw
University Debate on Social Credit at Alberta Legislature
The Legislature heard Jack Landeryou urge teaching Social Credit at the University of Alberta while Gordon Taylor lambasted railroads. Landeryou claimed debt free money would fund public works, urging universities to teach such theories as alternatives to the gold standard, with Robert Thompson and Randy McKinnon weighing in on university roles.
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Edmonton
Jack Landers
Social Credit
University of Alberta
Gordon Taylor
Landeryou
Canada
United States
Robert Thompson
National Social Credit
Lethbridge
Randy McKinnon
Strathcona West Sacred
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Howard Heid
J. Kilner
World Hockey
Little Cloud
Liberal Truth Squad
Price
H. R. McLeod
Killam
Andrew
Bridge City Page Comics
Mad Hatter
Quebe
Legislature Council
Alan Grossman
Ontario Liquor Control Board
Board of Broadcast Governors
Curbon
Regina
Umder A
Doug Sagi
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