Craik farmer ordered to pay for car-truck collision
Regina area court ordered C R T Heathcote to pay 49 610 to Mr and Mrs Stewart McLeod and daughter Leona 26 for general and special damages from an Aug 20 collision three miles south of Craik. Jury blamed Heathcote for negligent swerving and not keeping right shoulder after signaling a turn.
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Regina
Craik
Winnipeg
Stewart McLeod
Leona
C. R. T. Heathcote
Heathcote
McLeod
Six square miles search for missing boy northwest of Alonsa
An intensive ground and air search continues today over a six square mile area northwest of Alonsa Manitoba for nine year old Richard North missing since Wednesday afternoon after separating from his siblings while shortcutting through the bush. The boy was last seen 17 miles northwest of Alonsa and 143 miles northwest of Winnipeg near Lake Manitoba.
Kensington subdivision sparks clash over private building lots
Builders react to Kensington and Crescent Heights plans as council reserves eastern lots for private buyers. Utilities progress underway with undergrounding and start of home excavation, while 400 of 700 Crescent Heights lots to be marketed this year with 200 serviced lots. Concerns include group projects delay, NHA loan timing, and fears of slower year for construction.
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Medicine Hat
New Kensington
Crescent Heights
TransCanada Highway
Lloyd Craig
Kensington
Division Ave
Weiner
Brentwood Corp
Ernie Johnson
Lokier
Charles Salsman
Tom Searle
Medicine Hat Golf Club
Ron Thompson
New Hospital
Riverside
Thompson
Spring Art Show Planned in Medicine Hat Next Weekend
Plans completed for a two day spring art exhibit in Medicine Hat May 12 13. The Community Art Club shows winter works by adults and youths under Mrs Donna MacLean with window displays at Marshall's book store and a large city hall council chambers exhibit. Coffee and cookies will be served and attendees select preferred pieces for judging panel. Exhibits previewed by local shops include works by Nora Gunter H R Hutching Beveridge Levinson Forde and others in oil watercolor pastel and pencil.
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Medicine Hat
Community Art Club
Donna MacLean
City Hall
Marshall's Book Store
H. R. Hutching
Nora Gunter
Beveridge’s
Watson’s
Levinson’s
Forde’s
Mayfair
Redcliff Drug Store
Wylie Urges Start of Medicine Hat Post Office Planning
Social Credit member William D. Wylie pressed for advance planning and site acquisition for a new Medicine Hat post office. Public Works Minister Robert L. Winters said no funds were spent in Medicine Hat last year and no current project is before the department.
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Douglas Leiterman
News
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa — Public Works
Robert L. Winters
Social Credit
William D. Wylie
Medicine Hat
Wylie
Public Works Department
Winters
Colorado Man Guilty of Dynomite Airliner Murder
John Gilbert Graham, 24, found guilty of first degree murder for placing a 25 stick dynamite charge in his mother Daisie King’s suitcase, causing a United Air Lines crash that killed 44 people including Mrs King. He faces a gas chamber sentence after a 11 day trial with motive cited as money from life insurance policies. The verdict parallels the 1949 Quebec plane bombing in public memory.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
John Gilbert Graham
Graham
Daisie E. King
Charles S. Vigil
J.M. McDonald
FBI
Vigil
John J. Gibbons
Ralph W. Bonar
Quebec
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Sept
J. Albert Guay
Guay
First Pacific hydrogen bomb test eyed for May eight
Officials of United States Joint Task Force VII describe the May eight Bikini time air drop as a several megaton H bomb. The first small bomb of the 1956 Pacific test series was fired at dawn Saturday to study blast effects and clearance for a B 52 aircraft amid spectators viewing a bright flash from 15 miles away.
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Elton C. Fay
Eniwetok
United States Joint Task Force VII
Bikini
Runit Island
Weather outlook for Medicine Hat remains cloudy
CP reports in Edmonton that Medicine Hat will see little change tomorrow with cloudy skies and light winds.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Norwegian tanker ablaze after collision in English Channel
A Norwegian tanker was abandoned by its crew in foggy seas after colliding with a Liberian steamer. Explosions, fires, and uncertain fate marked the incident as rescue efforts continued.
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English Channel
Red Promises Deemed Meaningless By Exile Princess
Princess Caradja, a Roumanian exile, told THE NEWS at the Medicine Hat Canadian Club that Soviet promises at the United Nations are hollow and that Russia has not altered its methods since Stalin. She warned the West to beware of concessions and described how Reds seized Roumania after WWII, deporting and silencing opponents as tanks stood in the streets.
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Catherine Caradja
Roumania
United Nations
Medicine Hat
Josef Stalin
Princess Caradja
Soviet Union
Caradja
Poland
Germany
Russia
Canada
Ontario
Taber General Hospital
Vishinsky
Michael
Reds
TB Clinic Moves Between Junior High and Central Park
The mobile TB X ray clinic operates today at Alexandra junior high from 2 to 5 pm and runs 9 to 12 and 2 to 4 on Monday before switching to Central Park school for two days. Zone 5 aims for 95 percent turnout while current attendance averages 89.2 percent. make up sessions at Alexandra and Central Park count toward the Canadian record.
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Mobile TB
Alexandra Junior High School
Central Park School
Central Park
Kinsmen
Medicine Hat
Alexandra
Connaught School
Alberta Man Says Religion Just Like Murder
Turner Valley residents clash over Judy Maddison's blood transfusion stance amid her heart condition. Doctors in Rochester may perform surgery. fund for travel to Mayo Clinic nears $500 as parents refuse transfusion. Community fears division while government ward status is discussed.
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Calgary
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Turner Valley
Here
Jehovah's Witness
Judy Maddison
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Judy
Black Diamond
Alice Wishart
Clifford Willmott
Council For Crippled Children
William Crocker
Maddisons
Gordon Milne
Maddison
Manchester City Wins FAC Final 3-1
Manchester City overcome injuries to defeat Birmingham City 3-1 at Wembley and capture the Football Association Cup. Bert Trautmann made key saves despite knocks while Bobby Johnstone battled a knee issue. The victory completes an unusual double as Manchester United had already won the league title.
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Wembley
Eng
Manchester City
Birmingham City
Bert Trautmann
Scotland
Bobby Johnstone
Manchester
Birmingham
Manchester United
Midlands
St Laurent Meets Cabinet Over Trans-Canada Loan
Prime Minister St Laurent held a two hour cabinet session on the 72 million dollar loan to Trans Canada Pipe Lines Ltd but no firm decision was reached. More cabinet talks and legal work were expected to settle issues before a bill could reach Parliament, with legislation unlikely before late next week.
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Ottawa
St. Laurent
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd
Trans-Canada
Mr. St. Laurent
Acadia to Honor Diefenbaker Among Six Degrees
Acadia University announces six honorary degrees for its May 15 spring convocation in Wolfville Nova Scotia. John Diefenbaker MP for Prince Albert Saskatchewan will receive a doctorate of civil laws along with five other honorees named by university officials.
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Wolfville
N. S
Acadia University
John Diefenbaker
Prince ‘Albert
Sask
Church minister notes welcome for the poor in collection
The minister told the congregation that the church would welcome the poor at all times and after inspecting the morning collection plate observed that they had come.
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National Research Council
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