Unexpected Obstacle Halts Private Housing Plan in Medicine Hat
A 50 acre south west Medicine Hat housing proposal faces a parks bylaw hurdle dating to 1955. A plebiscite may be required to proceed with the option on land between Municipal Hospital and Powerhouse Road. The plan includes utilities and park space with potential for a school and limited multi units.
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Medicine Hat
James G. Kidd
Municipal Hospital
IDB
Kidd
Ald
John Cockrill
Cockrill
Adenauer backs NATO atomic policy and bases on German soil
West Germany's chancellor Adenauer declared in Bonn that Germany must equip itself with atomic weapons and allow NATO rocket bases if needed for Western defense. He warned that refusal would pull West Germany from NATO, while urging unity with the free world against Soviet aggression.
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Bonn
Adenauer
West Germany
NATO
Free World
Labor
Voters List Inquiry Launched In Cartier Riding
Ottawa reports a judicial inquiry into alleged irregularities in the Cartier electoral district during the March revision. Chief Electoral Officer Nelson Castonguay named Mr Justice Wilfrid Lazure as commissioner with approval from Associate Chief Justice W B Scott. Complaints from revising officer Donald Seal and candidates Leon Crestahl and Hyman Brock spurred the inquiry as four candidates contest the seat.
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Ottawa
Montreal
Cartier
Nelson Castonguay
Wilfrid Lazure
W. B. Scott
Superior Court of
Castonguay
Donald W. Seal
Revisal
Leon Crestahl
Hyman Brock
Crestahl
Commons
Brock
Seal
Michael Wozniak
CCF
Samuel Kolomek
Liberal
Missing boy feared as four blasts fail to clear ice
A Suffield Experimental Station crew detonated four dynamite charges under the South Saskatchewan River near the CPR bridge in a bid to recover four year old Barry Murray. Dragging continued with little hope of finding the boy, last seen Wednesday afternoon in rubber boots.
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Suffield Experimental Station
South Saskatchewan River
CPR
Barry Murray
Hector Murray
Ste. 7
Hat Apartments
Len Morris
Suffield
A. C. Phillips
Morris
Murray
Fire Department
Dutch Pilots End Strike at KLM Resume Flights
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said the four day pilots walkout is over and normal service will resume Friday. The strike began after the firing of Lionel Metz and J F de Laat for statements about pay and conditions, with 300 pilots participating. Only two KLM planes flew today, by nonassociation pilots, while four landed at Schiphol.
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Amsterdam
Reuters
KLM
Royal Dutch S Airlines
Lionel Metz
J. F. de Laat
Schippl
Pilots’ Association
Bacteria blamed for 16 deaths at City-County Hospital
In Houston the hospital reports an outbreak of a resistant bacterial infection linked to 16 deaths in two months. The new-born and premature nurseries are hardest hit with 81 infections among babies and 21 among mothers in February. Staphylococcus is the suspected cause, extending to pneumonia in elderly patients nationwide.
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Houston
Tex
Board of Managers
Man Leaps From Horse Shoe Falls In Niagara
Police identify the jumper as Herbertus Hecker, 44, of Port Weller after a photo shows him on a ledge moments before his 165 foot plunge into the rapids near Niagara Falls Ontario. The image was captured by Jerry Orrico, 20, a musician from Edgewater New Jersey, as onlookers urged him to retreat.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Horseshoe Falls
Herbertus Hecker
Port Weller
Jerry Orrico
Edgewater
N.J
Orrico
Medicine Hat Division 4 Boosts 1958 Mill Rate
Medicine Hat School Division No 4 raises operating costs and taxes by nine mills to fund higher expenses and a new government grant system. The 1958 budget totals 632000 dollars, up 50000 from 1957, with the mill rate rising from 30 to 39 mills to cover deficits transportation costs debt charges and general expenses. The grant change adds about 27000 dollars to the division.
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Medicine Hat
Bulganin Demands Unchanged in Diplomatic Row
London reports Soviet Premier Bulganin accuses the West of rushing war preparations while delaying a summit. He reiterates unchanged Kremlin terms and cites NATO missiles in Britain and planned basings as worsening the international situation.
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London
Bulganin
Macmillan
Kremlin
Britain
Diefenbaker Holds Campaign Stop Amid Toronto Crowds
John Diefenbaker staged a 10 hour visit at the CNE in Toronto during the March 31 campaign. Despite 400,000 invitations, only about 5,000 attended the evening reception and 2,800 the afternoon event as poor weather and competing shows limited turnout.
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NEWS
Ottawa
Toronto
John Diefenbaker
Queen Elizabeth
CNE
M.P
Diefenbaker
York
Scarborough
Windsor
Unemployment and Fishing Topics Highlight Election Campaign
The Canadian Press reports a mixed campaign before the March 31 federal election. Labor Minister Michael Starr forecasts unemployment relief by mid June, citing policy-driven drops from January to February. James Sinclair criticizes fishing policy and calls for a fisheries official at the Geneva law of the sea conference. Social Credit's Solon Low proposes an international commodity clearing house.
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Labor
Michael Starr
Montreal
Kingdom
Sinclair
Fisheries Department
Geneva
Chilliwack
B.C
Social Credit
Solon Low
New Fighting in Indonesia Near Medan
Reuters reports renewed fighting between Indonesian government forces and rebels over Medan in North Sumatra. Medan airport was closed to traffic and a Dutch liner in port took aboard 470 foreign residents fleeing the fighting.
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Singapore
Reuters
Medan
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