Ted Kohlmetz And the Vote
Ted Kohlmetz recalls wartime escape from East Germany and questions the value of voting. He notes the irony of fighting for the vote then not using it, while sharing a vivid memory of a refugee woman with stab wounds fleeing advancing Russian troops. He works in quality control at Dominion Glass in Red Cliff at age 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dieter
Theodore
Theo
Ted Kohlmetz
Ted
Redcliff
Dominion Glass
Germany
Massive Fire Rips through No 1 Hanger at Airport
Flames vaulted over 200 feet as gasoline tanks inside the No 1 hanger ignited. Explosions shook the building, a wing collapsed, and a wall of fire rose 150 feet. Wind shifted from 4 to 14 mph, fanning flames toward No 2 hanger while Aero club windows cracked. Firefighters saved adjacent structures as debris smoldered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero Club Hanger
TCA
No. 2 Hanger
Freightway Warehouse Destroyed in Major Fire at Airport
Fire at No 1 Hangar of Canadian Freightways Ltd at Medicine Hat’s Municipal Airport caused an unofficial loss over 800000. The blaze destroyed furniture stock valued at 300000 and four transit trucks worth 100000, with other equipment and insured items lost. Firefighters saved rolling equipment and two semis. Cause remains unknown. hangar cost not estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harald L. Gunderson
Municipal
Canadian Freightways Ltd
Robertson Transport
Medicine Hat
Len Fleckenstein
Freightways
Quick Moving
Sam Schank
Schanke
Howard Burman
Mr. Burman
Revelstoke Sawmill Co
Recollections Of Next Years In Berlin Move To West
The story recalls six gray years of Ted and his family under Communist pressure in East Berlin. The father, a tinsmith and blacksmith, resists state control and party loyalty while authorities demand 10 000 marks for back taxes. In 1951 the Kohlmetz family flees by night train toward West Berlin, only to be challenged by a West Berlin police presence at the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Kohlmetz
West Berlin
East
Berlin
Kohlmetz Family Remains in Canada as Ted Seeks Citizenship
Ted Kohlmetz recalls fleeing with his family from a station in 1951 and settling in Medicine Hat. He finished Grade 10 there, plans to apply for Canadian citizenship at 21 to gain the vote, arguing civic participation matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kohlmetz
Ted
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat High School
Man from Bowsman Convicted of Wife’s Murder
Roy Chudek, 25, of Bowsman Manitoba, found guilty of murdering his wife Leone Chudek, shot at their family home. An Assize Court jury deliberated 30 minutes before conviction and the judge sentenced him to be hanged at Headingley provincial jail on June 17 between 1 and 6 a.m. CST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headingley
Chudek
Leone
Bowsman
Justice Maybank
Alberta
Headlingley
North Dauntless voters added after boundary error
A new poll North Dauntless No. 150 was created after a township near the airport was omitted from electoral boundaries. Enumeration begins immediately with an estimated 35 to 40 eligible voters. Advance poll totals rise to 42, and a scoreboard will be published as results come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dauntless
Medicine Hat
Peter J. Keller
Keller
Red Cross House
Campaign ends tonight as leaders launch final pleas
The Canadian press reports the campaign ends with party leaders firing final pleas before Monday voting from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Diefenbaker heads to Prince Albert after Ottawa receptions while Pearson stays in Ottawa and Coldwell and Low outline farm price parity plans and policy criticism. Knowles calls for CCF to become official opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Prince Albert
Sask
Lester B. Pearson
Ottawa Valley
CCF
M. J. Coldwell
Rosetown
Rosetown- Biggar
Regina
Solon Low
Social Credit
Grimshaw
Alto
Peace River
Edmonton
Pearson
Kingston
Gananoque
Brockville
Canada
Low
Grande Prairie
Alta
Donald Fleming
Toronto
United States
Washington
Weston
Man
Stanley Knowles
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Howard Heid
Drs. James and Findlay
Optometrists
Graburn Building
Tuckey’s Furniture
Second Street
S.E
Fairfield Right
Coldwell
Broderick, Sask
Harry Cove
Memorial Salem Church
Medicine Hat Lodge No
A.F
A.M
Masonic Temple
H. J. Cove
Memorial Salem United Church
Allowance Avenue
Jaycees Car Service
RED Cross
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