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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1956
Page
1
A 17 page brief titled Time for a New Municipal Finance circulated to legislators. Mr Hinman urged sweeping changes to shift from conditional grants to municipal self reliance. The report warns provincial revenue instability and calls for a provincial municipal bill of rights and tax field revamp steps.
Calgary Mayor D H Mackay indicated potential sweeping changes in provincial and municipal finance. He would back a sales tax to spread the burden beyond property owners, while a minister outlined discussions on broader statutory controls and government powers over taxation and municipal borrowing under provincial financing rules.
The Medicine Hat Irrigation Forum heard that the SMRD irrigation project should be running this summer with a low canal completed and a possible future high line. Seventy-one irrigators attended as Cy McAndrew urged alfalfa livestock fertilizer and manure plus an efficient system for success.
NICOSIA AP British troops enforce a severe curfew as Enosis clashes surge in Famagusta. The piece traces Cyprus Greek Turkish populations and the Makarios-led push toward union with Greece amid a rising Eoka terror campaign. See Famagusta page 15.
Ottawa CP report notes Finance Minister Harris tabled final supplementary estimates totaling 26,213,000 to bring current year spending to 4,500,5130,000 and adds to 4,474,300,000 already requested. For 1956-57 main estimates of 4,528,100,008 were tabled January 26 with further supplementaries expected.
Ottawa reports cabinet approved three export licenses for Israel including 25 pounder artillery shells and tank spare parts. Prime Minister St Laurent noted easing tensions in the region and said no further arms exports would be issued until the Middle East situation improves. Also listed were about $1,200 of electronic equipment for wireless set conversion and Sherman tank spare parts valued at $136,361.
A traveler reports from Wales that when through trains stop at Llanfechpwllogo gerych the guards shout if anybody is getting out here this is it signaling a grim warning to passengers about disembarking.
The piece surveys St Patrick’s Day history and Irish heritage noting 1.5 million Canadians of Irish descent and global celebrations. It mentions burial at Down Cathedral, Saul, Patrick’s youth, travels to France and Britain, and the 461AD death date with date debates. Modern observances are quieter and tie to religious observances and pubs.
Nine ladies on the Red Cross work committee are pictured in a quilting bee at Red Cross House on Third Street. They assist in making bedding bandages first aid supplies and other relief goods for emergent and regular duties.
Alberta Red Cross leaders debated sponsor control during a provincial meeting. M G Graves faced questions about Easter seal campaign sponsorships amid criticism of competing Calgary Children's Hospital Aid and Coordinating Council efforts.
Weather forecast from CP notes considerable cloudiness over the western prairies as warm Pacific air moves in. Somewhat more sun expected this weekend with slightly warmer temperatures. Overnight lows around 10 to 15 degrees in Saskatchewan and just below freezing in Alberta.
The News reports The New York Times editorial board criticizing the Soviet Communist Party congress for its stance on Joseph Stalin. The piece notes critics calling the congress insincere and unhelpful amid renewed discussions of de-Stalinization.
Health Minister says no pressure on provinces to accept the national hospital insurance scheme. Only British Columbia has indicated possible acceptance of a plan where Ottawa would pay half of hospital costs. other provinces have study committees and no timing for decisions. The $182.5 million offer would share 25 percent of provincial average per capita hospital costs and require scheme availability to all residents with limits on out of pocket fees.
A headline page notes a haunted house story and a hospital demand for lower costs, with an entry on a water shortage bid and sports coverage of the Pats win.
A historical brief argues revenue from natural resources should stay with the provincial government to fund capital assets for all Albertans or benefit citizens directly. It asks if all other revenues should be apportioned without strings between provincial and municipal governments, noting income taxes as suitable for joint taxation, with a push for uniform regulations in central collection.
Chief Shot-Both-Sides aged 82, head of Canada's Bloods and a link to the Old West, died in Cardston Alberta. He never learned English, led a modernizing Bloods on a 353 000 acre reserve, and saw buffalo vanish as they leased land and mined rights. He was born before the 1877 treaty and was grandson of Mekeisto Red Crow.
The article notes Mayor Weiner endorsing a per capita debt figure of 92 dollars for Hat city and argues Bob Kitson overclaims Calgary Power debt as city liability. It cites Order-in-Council 915-51 authorizing how to compute city borrowing and mentions turning the issue to the public utilities chair and city solicitor Jimmy Kidd as steps amid confusion.
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