Medicine Hat celebrates 500 days without a traffic fatality
The Medicine Hat News marks 500 consecutive days without a traffic death since the 1954 incident of Wendy Starling. Officials from government, mayors, and police nationwide send congratulatory messages praising the city’s safety campaign begun in 1955 with broad community support and urging progress toward 1,000 days.
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Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat News
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
St. Laurent
Manning
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Montreal
Fort William
St. John’s
Vancouver
Wendy Starling
A. R. Bull
RCMP
Williams
Alberta highway safety conference urged local action
Gordon E. Taylor the Alberta Minister of Highways praised Medicine Hat for its safety record and urged continued public leadership. He commended The Medicine Hat News for its special edition and expressed hope the area will reach another 500 fatality free days.
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Province of Alberta
Medicine Hat
Gordon E. Taylor
Medicine Hat Hits 500 Days Without Traffic Fatalities
Alberta Safety Director Paul Lawrence congratulates Medicine Hat on 500 days with no traffic deaths in a city of over 20 000. He hopes August 8 1957 marks 1000 death free days with a celebratory observance.
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Paul Lawrence
Alberta Safety Council
Medicine Hat Marks 500th Fatality Free Day
Alberta Motor Association congratulates Medicine Hat on reaching 500 consecutive days without a traffic fatality. The Calgary Branch extends pride in the city’s accident record and urges continued leadership in traffic safety.
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Alberta Motor Association
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Medicine Hat Reaches 500 Days Without a Traffic Fatality
A letter from the Proxy Safety Council congratulates Medicine Hat on 500 continuous days without a traffic fatality. The message notes the achievement as a model for others and mentions an upcoming Alberta Safety Council meeting in Edmonton on April 5 with guest speaker W. M. W. Ash of Shell Oil Company of Canada Ltd. It invites safety enthusiasts to attend.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta Safety Council
Edmonton
W. M. W. Ash
Shell Oil Company of Canada Ltd
Medicine Hat marks 500 days without a traffic death
Howard Stutchbury of the Alberta Safety Council celebrates Medicine Hat reaching a remarkable 500 day record with no traffic fatalities. The remark praised by safety education leaders highlights provincial concerns for road safety.
Ontario Attorney General praises Medicine Hat extra safety milestone
Ontario Attorney General A Kelso Roberts congratulates Medicine Hat for reaching 500 days without a fatal traffic accident and notes the city's goal of 1,006 days. He stresses reducing fatalities and injuries as the priority of highway safety, urging continued public safety efforts.
Smile stones seeks family allowance form after birth
A reader's letter to the Health and Welfare Department requests a family allowance form citing a new baby. The writer notes they previously had a form but tore it up.
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Health and Welfare Dept
Medicine Hat hits 500 days without traffic fatalities
Prime Minister Louis St Laurent congratulates Medicine Hat residents on reaching 500 successive days free of traffic deaths. He commends drivers and pedestrians for responsible behavior and expresses hope the record will continue to a thousand days.
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Medicine Hat
Louis ST. Laurent
Medicine Hat reaches 500 days without traffic fatalities
The Premier of Alberta notes Medicine Hat's achievement of 500 consecutive days free of traffic deaths, praising the city’s safety campaign and its community leadership. He argues this positive result highlights the seriousness of the traffic problem and the power of proactive safety efforts.
1955 Academy Awards winners announced in Hollywood
Premier Ernest C Manning reports the 28th Academy Awards in Hollywood naming Jack Lemmon as best supporting actor Jo Van Fleet as best supporting actress Ernest Borgnine and Grace Kelly presented Borgnine with best actor. Marty named best picture missing Anna Magnani.
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Hollywood
Calif
Jack Lemon
Jo van Fleet
Ernest Borgnine
Grace Kelly
Borgnine
Anna Magnani
Rome
Marty
World pairs champions say competitions are fixed
Winnipeg magistrate D G Potter discharged Michael Sednyk 37 for trial on a charge of murdering his wife Frances Dafoe and Norris Bowden of Toronto, noting insufficient evidence. The two world pairs figure skating champions had claimed world competitions are fixed.
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D. G. Potter
Winnipeg
Michael Sednyk
Frances Dafoe
Norris Bowden
Toronto
Massey Tours Arctic North Pole Flight First Governor General
Governor General Massey, on an Arctic tour, became the first to fly over the North Pole. He witnessed Eskimo ingenuity including a violin made from a ham tin and packing case by a 22 year old, plus a microphone fashioned from an ink tin. He travels 1000 miles north to Cambridge Bay after stopping near Resolute Bay.
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Joe Macsween
Resolute Bay
Cornwallis Island
Massey
North Pole
Martha
Jackoosee
Ernor
Churchill
Man
Cambridge Bay
Mr. Massey
Edmonton Chief Constable hails five days fatality-free driving record
The city police chief congratulates Medicine Hat News readers and police for five consecutive days without traffic fatalities. He credits public responsibility, engineering and enforcement measures, pedestrian prioritization, and cautious driver conduct as key factors in the safety campaign.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Edmonton
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Deeds are leaves safety as a civic warning
Calgary Mayor Don Mackay cites a proverb on safety and warns Medicine Hat citizens that real protection comes from daily vigilance, not empty words. The Medicine Hat Record reflects on how headlines remind communities to stay alert to prevent tragedy.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary
Medicine Hat marks 500 days without fatal traffic accident
Regina writer applauds Medicine Hat for reaching 500 days without a fatal traffic collision. He notes the city’s careful driving and courteous laws and urges continued adherence to safe driving habits. The letter commends Medicine Hat residents for the record and reflects on law observance.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
1938 Ford car’s long journey ends back in Red Lake
Ernie Orner buys his own 1938 Ford sedan after a 17 year chase across Canada and the United States. The car moved through 21 owners from Winnipeg to Seattle, Vancouver to Medicine Hat, and finally returned to Red Lake with original rear wheel, body, and engine intact after a 12 210 total spend.
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Red Lake
Ont
Ernie Orner
Sask
Radville
Chinook Motors
Medicine Hat
Brooks
Merrideth Tait
Lower Bay
N.W.T
Peace River
Grimshaw
Bassano
Lethbridge
Orner
Winnipeg
Mr. Orner
Manitoba Motor League
Washington, D.C
A. Masik
Minnedosa
Man
Augustus Klepsch
Regina
Harold Fairchild
Helena
Mont
McTaggartt Lumber Company
Seattle
E. E. Fahr
Tacoma
Wash
Doris Reimer
Vancouver
Keith Lindstrom
Battle
Stephen Medinsky
Gladmar
South Saskatchewan Auto Mart
Weyburn
Edmonton Mayor Praises Medicine Hat Traffic Record
Edmonton Mayor William Hawrelak congratulates Medicine Hat on 500 days without a fatal traffic accident. He notes the National Safety Council finding that 92 percent of crashes are caused by human error and commends Medicine Hat citizens for their contribution to the safe record and wishes for its continuation.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
National Safety Council
Edmonton
Wm. Hawrelak
Montreal Marks 500 Days Without Traffic Deaths
Montreal celebrates reaching 500 days with no traffic deaths in a weekend, hailed by Mayor Jean Drapeau as an attainable target for cities seeking to curb fatalities. The piece urges continued traffic safety, courtesy, and enforcement to maintain the record.
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Jean Drapeau
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Montreal
Weather Outlook for Alberta and Saskatchewan
Cooler air moves southward holding extremes in the north near 30 while central and south Alberta and Saskatchewan reach 40 to 50 degrees.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Weather and temps brief with mixed readings
A terse forecast style note lists temperatures and readings: low 30s to high 50s, median around 64, plus a Calgary current of 49 to 31 and a .44 mark. No clear event or location beyond Calgary mentioned.
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Lbridge
S Current
Calgary
Safety Session Proposes City Traffic Reforms Under Civic Council
Medicine Hat Safety Council outlines a broad plan for traffic safety updating pedestrian and motorist rules. Proposals include a dedicated traffic safety squad, school reward program for safety education, enhanced school zone signage, orange high visibility posts, improved crosswalks and traffic lights near Third Street, and new St Marys School opening in fall 1957. Two highway safety films will be shown.
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Medicine Hat Safety Council
Counc
St. ‘Mary’s
Bob Martin
Chamber of Commerce
Safety Council
Fired For Failure Fill Students With Communism
Moscow report from Dawn on the East says S Djorbenadz, chief Communist organizer at Tiflis University, was fired for failing to indoctrinate students in communism and to erase national and racial pride. It notes mass class skips in Marxism Leninism and dialectical materialism since last September and 94,083 man hours missed. Students formed groups and went to movies while teachers lectured to empty auditoriums. 176 registered cases of student breaches since 1955 began.
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Moscow
Tifles University
Tiflis
Dawn On the East
S. Djorbenadz
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Proxy Safety Council
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Ontario
Ernest C. Manning
Bulletins
Unique
City of Edmonton
Don MacKay
L. H. Hammond
P. T. McPhail
Alta
Daniel Pellett
Lower Hay
D. J. Kurd
North West Motors
Sydney Blackman
Fleming Motors
Weiner
Schools For Safety Education
Yuletide
Medicine Hat Lodge
A.M
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