City Council rejects Pioneer Museum steam tractor bid
Medicine Hat aldermen refused Western Canadian Pioneer Museum Westaskiwin’s $300 offer for the Waterloo steam tractor kept at the city plant. The 19 year old bank clerk Miss Ethel Otto from 401 Allowance Ave lends a youthful air as the old iron horse remains on site.
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Westaskiwin
Waterloo
Ethel Otto
Allowance Ave
Iron Horse
Pla
Howard Heidoto
City council keeps press from committee meetings
Medicine Hat council again refused to admit NEWS reporters to committee meetings. A motion to allow coverage failed to gain a mover while aldermen debated confidentiality and the press role. Mayor Weiner supported limited coverage but council upheld the ban.
Public be damned as aldermen balk at press access to meetings
An editorial condemns Medicine Hat aldermen who refuse a second request by the News to cover city council committee meetings. They defend open records yet balk at letting reporters attend and report fully, while asserting the press is part of the public and demanding justification for any exclusion.
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City Council
Medicine Hat News
Ald. P. K. Carry
Carry
Simon Scott
3*O"starritt
C. W. E. MacPherson
The
NEWS
Helen Beny Gibson
J. W. Douglas
Ald
Heckbert
Lorne Thompson
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Ters
Phil Carry
Edmonton
Mr. MacPherson
Ross Gibson
W. J. Cockrill
Ald Lorne Thompson
Aid
E. E. Heckbert
Woman shoots self after high speed Idaho Springs kidnapping
Georgia Brain McKnight and David F. McKnight, both sought in Amarillo for a fatal pawnshop beating, abducted Airman Oscar Barkhurst and Idaho Springs Marshal Charles Hull. The woman shot herself during a police roadblock near a service station. Hull escaped unharmed. Police captured McKnight as her husband fled.
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Colo
Georgia Brain McKnight
Port Chester
N.Y
David F. McKnight
Greenwich
Charles Hull
Oscar Barkhurst
Dillonvale
Ohio
Las Vegas
Hull
Barkhurst
McKnight
Here
Foot Off To London
Governor Sir Hugh Foot flies to London for talks on Cyprus future after anti British violence and EOKA leaflets. Two British soldiers were slain in Famagusta as Greek Cypriots push for union with Greece while Turkish Cypriots back partition backed by Turkey.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Reuters
Hugh Foot
London
EOKA
Foot
Famagusta
Greece
Turkey
Stampeders Sign U.S. Quarterback Tom Flores
Calgary Stampeders announce the signing of 21 year old quarterback Tom Flores from the College of the Pacific Stockton California. General manager Jim Finks says Flores will compete for the quarterback spot with two other candidates and Knobby Wirkowski returning as field director.
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Calgary
Calgary Stampeders
Tom Flores
College of the Pacific
Stockton
Cal
Jim Finks
Western Interprovincial Football Union Club
Flores
Knobby Wirkowski
Girl Tells Court Of Fatal Beating
Madeline Nashiem testified at a Calgary preliminary hearing that she and others agreed with Jack M. Darroch to claim they found the body after a wedding reception fight with David Carlson. She described seeing Carlson fall to the ground as Darroch punched, then went to Darroch's home with Leo Peter Holst.
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Calgary
Jack M. Darroch
David Carlson
Forest Lawn
Darroch
Madeline Nashiem
Carlson
Leo Peter Holst
Canadian unions pledge support in CPR firemen dispute
In Montreal Canada's major rail unions promise all possible aid to the Brotherhood of Locomotive and Enginemen amid its dispute with CPR over firemen on freight and yard diesels. A 49-member meeting of 16 unions led by the CLC outlined steps to help, with May 11 strike date set by CPR and the union.
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Montreal
Canada
Brotherhood of Locomotive and Enginemen
CLC
CPR
Jodoin
Executive Council
Canadian Labor Congress
Canadian Pacific Railway
Royal Commission
Brother
Brotherhood
H. E. Gilbert
Cleveland
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Crump
W. E. Gamble
Frank Hall
Stanley Knowles
Diefenbaker
Zoo operator linked to fatal lion attack in Maureen case
A 48 year old private zoo operator faced criminal negligence charges after an escaped 350 pound African female lion killed eight year old Maureen Vanstone. Coroner's inquest heard the girl died from a punctured jugular vein as witnesses described the attack and the operator was released on bail. The inquest suggested provincial zoo regulations may need tightening.
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Nanaimo
Fuulmertel
Little Maureen Vanstone
Henry Lewis
R. T. H. Nixon
Hertel
Here
Ronald F. MacIsaac
Ross Does Not Sign Ottawa Hospital Plan Pact
Health Minister Ross returned from Ottawa without signing federal participation in Alberta’s hospital insurance program. Disputes linger over act interpretation and cost sharing. Alberta aims to begin April 1 with a $24 million yearly program and hopes for about $6 million from Ottawa, while co-insurance fees for residents remain a contentious point.
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Edmonton
Ross
Ottawa
Alberta
Brockville Haul Over $3 Million
Montreal police press for 14 suspects after a Brockville Trust burglary. Rene Martin 23 of Montreal was captured after a car chase. bonds and securities were recovered in a Central Station locker. Loot estimated at 3.765 million with bearer and registered bonds totaling the sum.
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Montreal
Brockville Trust Company
Brockville
Rene Martin
Montreal Trust Company
Brockville Trust and Savings Company
Trust Company
Roger Faber
Faber
Des Ecores
Martin
Romeo Longpre
Summit Push Gains Ground Amid NATO Talks
At Copenhagen six NATO foreign ministers urged a summit with the Russians but warned against weakening Western positions for a propaganda show. They pressed for German reunification to be raised, a nuclear test suspension with strict controls, and against withdrawing Western troops from Europe. Britain’s Selwyn Lloyd said Moscow is on the defensive as the West pins down topics.
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Denmark
NATO
Canada
Britain
United States
France
West
Sidney Smith
Italy
Noreay
Portugal
Belgium
Russia
U.S
Moscow
UN Security Council
Selwyn Lloyd
14 year old girl scales Halifax harbor bridge in ordeal
A light clad 14 year old girl perched on an access ladder 350 feet above the navy rail yard for 90 minutes on the Halifax harbor bridge. Police, firemen, two clergymen and a psychiatrist talked her down after more than an hour of tense negotiations.
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Halifax
Harbor Bridge
G. S. Tanton
St. Mark’s Anglican Church
C. J. Martin
St. Patrick’s
Frank Dunsworth
Peace Prevails After Chinatown Tong War Threats
In San Francisco Chinatown during Chinese New Year a clash between Hop Sing and Bing Kong tongs sparked fear of a wider war. Hop Sings offered to pay hospital bills and reimburse losses, Bing Kongs demanded apology. leaders from Seattle Portland and Los Angeles joined a meeting and chose discretion, apologizing and mending relations.
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San Francisco
Chinatown
Hop Sing Tong
Hop Sings
Bing Kongs
Seattle
Portland
Los Angeles
Pleven Earns Third Chance at Forming French Government
Paris Reuters reports President Rene Coty persuaded Rene Pleven after 90 minutes to accept again the post of premier designate. Pleven will lead a new effort to resolve the cabinet crisis that has paralyzed France for three weeks.
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Paris
Reuters
Rene Coty
Rene Pleven
Coty
Cabis
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