Council Vetoes Idea of Special Traffic Wing
City council rejected creating a dedicated traffic patrol wing to crack down on speeding and careless driving. The vote followed debate over expanding the police force by two constables for economy. Contention also delayed a traffic island at Confusion Corner while Hill fire hall and Hillcrest Christian College land offered for use. sidewalk work noted.
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Public Safety Committee
Medicine Hat
Alberta Safety Council
The
Safety Council
A. R. Bull
Ald
S. F. Scott
Lloyd Craig
Confusion Corner
Hill
Hillcrest Christian College
Medicine Hat to Reassess Property Values
General reassessment of all land values in Medicine Hat begins tomorrow. A four two person university student team trial ran on civic properties this afternoon under Building Inspector Gerry Nuttall. The five month project ends with equalized assessments made public in 1958 or later. Citizens are urged to cooperate to provide required information.
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Medicine Hat
Gerry Nuttall
Nuttall
Two Car Crash Near Irricana Injures Six Calgarians
Six youths and young adults were injured in a two car collision on highway nine four miles south of Irricana. In the Calgary car were Leroy Dunsmore 20 Marlene Beckman 18 and Stewart Brandon 18. In the Irsicana car were Michael McCarthy 21 Denis McCarthy 18 and Lawrence Knight 18.
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Calgary
Here
Irsicana
Highway Nine
Irricana
Leroy Dunsmore
Marlene Beckman
Stewart Brandon
Michael McCarthy
Denis McCarthy
Lawrence Knight
Winnipeg man dies in highway crash near MacDonald
A 75 year old Winnipeg man died after suffering a seizure or heart attack while driving on No 4 highway two miles northwest of MacDonald Manitoba. His car left the road and overturned in a ditch. no witnesses were present according to RCMP.
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Portage LA Prairie
Man
Winnipeg
Macdonald
RCMP
Henry Martin Nevile
Mix-up East Routes For Truck Purposes
Civic leaders endorsed new truck routes along the Black and White Trail and the Prairie Schooner route to Dunmore hill and returned the issue for re study by public safety and public works. A Flats delegation of Hartley Shannon Sam Lentz and Carl Brucker pressed for the shorter route past the Connaught golf course to avoid residential areas.
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Dunmore Hill
Public Safety and Public Works
Flats
Connaught Golf Course
13Th Ave
Dunmore
Seven Persons Creek
Hartley Shannon
Sam Lentz
Carl Brucker
Trans- Canada
Dr. Howard C. Dixon Dies in Calgary at 70
Calgary reported the death of Dr. Howard C. Dixon, 70, a longtime Medicine Hat physician. He was the son of Maple Creek settlers who arrived in 1883, the CPR era. Funeral services are set for Thursday, May 10, at Jacques' Funeral Home in Calgary.
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Calgary
Howard C. Dixon
Medicine Hat
Dixon
Maple Creek
CPR
Jacques
Smyth
Real McCoy bid heralded for Sask Social Credit
Regina reports four top Social Credit leaders touting Saskatchewan elections as the real bid, with Premier Bennett saying past efforts were trials and national president Hansell urging clean campaigning. They outline a full slate of 33 nominees. The event drew about 1,700 attendees and followed a review of 1956-57 expenditures in British Columbia.
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Regina
Social Credit Movement
Saskatchewan
W. A. C. Bennett
British Columbia
Social Credit
Solon Law
E. C. Manning
Alberta
E. G. Hansell
ISCF
T. C. Douglas
We Party
Social
Southam Editor Helps Save Prison Guard in Vancouver
Three convicts held Oakalla prison guard Ernie Loveless at knife point for six hours demanding coverage of their wrongful conviction. The Vancouver Province published an extra edition to aid Loveless and verify the case, while fellow guards faced threats at the corridor end. Convicts Bob Tremblay Marcel Frenette and Charlie Talbot were later convicted of attempted murder in the Kinna assault.
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Vancouver
Oakalla
Ernie Loveless
Province City
Bruce Larsen
Loveless
Bob Tremblay
Marcel Frenette
Montreal
Charlie Talbot
Tremblay
Frenette
Talbot
Thomas Kinna
Kinna
False Creek Flats
Unsettled Western Prairie Weather Ahead
Weather forecast for the western prairies calls for two days of unsettled conditions as cold air moves southeast from the Mackenzie Valley. By Wednesday evening it will reach northern and eastern Saskatchewan.
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Edmonton
Prairies
MacKenzie Valley
Saskatchewan
Building for the Future Editorial Urges YES on Money By Law
The editorial cites past high approval rates for hospital funding votes and urges residents to vote YES again to ensure sufficient hospital beds for the coming years. It argues building an additional floor now is cheaper than later and emphasizes community welfare over price concerns.
Quite a Character Bruce Larsen in Hostage Release Tale
A reminiscence recalls Bruce Larsen involved in a five hour hostage incident at Oakalla prison where two inmates used a straight razor on a guard. The narrator recounts meeting Larsen in 1942 at Winnipeg and details his youth, education, and early roles at Manitoba institutions.
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Bruce Larsen
Oakalla
Winnipeg
YMCA
University of Manitoba
Citywide reassessment plan outlined by streets and regions
The city's general reassessment starts on First and Second streets SE from Division Ave to the CPR main line. The work then covers the Hill and Flats southeast areas, portions of the city, then the southwest, Northwest and northeast sectors including Riverside and Crescent Heights last.
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First
Second Streets
S. E
Division Ave
CPR
Hill and Flats
City
Riverside
Crescent Heights
Witnesses link death to head on rail collision near Seven
The brother and sister in law of Miss Selma Reiman, 73, testified at a preliminary inquest into her death after a head on collision between two Canadian Pacific trains near Seven. Eight others injured as the 8:44 p.m. wreck halted travel between the westbound 67 and the eastbound Dayliner. The inquest resumes next week.
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Herman Reimamn
Trail
B. C
Reimamn
Selma Reimamn
Reimamns
Old Country
Canadian Pacific Railway
Doris Reimann
Lethbridge
Saskatchewan Election Set For June 20 1948
Regina CP reports CCF Premier T. C. Douglas announced a Saskatchewan general election for June 20. The last legislature stood 41 CCF, 10 Liberals, 1 Progressive Conservative, 1 vacant of 53 seats. Nominations close June 4.
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Regina
CCF
T. C. Douglas
Saskatchewan
Liberals
Progressive Conservative
Total
Douglas
Bureau of Publications
Hunter Horse Sparks Bet in Stable Confrontation
A buyer complains that a horse sold as a hunter has failed to catch a jump in a year. The seller insists the horse is a hunter, prompting a tense exchange quoted in this brief dialogue.
Hospital bylaw urged as building adds sixth floor
The drawing shows four floors plus basement and offices. Voters are urged to approve the hospital bylaw now to avoid dismantling the entire superstructure later for a sixth floor at an estimated 150000 dollars. Polls open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the city and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in district points.
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Municipal District Hospital
Westminster Gets Building Site for New Church Edifice
Westminster United Church plans a new church on Sixth St S E and First Ave S E opposite the school dormitory. Estimated cost ranges from 75050 to 100000 with construction to begin later this year. The old building and hall were offered for sale after a special fundraising drive last year. City council approved the sale of the land for 2500, the plot measuring 130 by 129.5 feet. The site is half a block set aside previously for a fire hall and lies across from Safeway's recently acquired land for a new shopping centre.
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Westminster United Church
Sixth St. S. E
First Ave. S. E
Safeway’s
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Ferdinand Martin
12Th St. S.W
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Everett
William Gates
Wildwood
Alta
Robert Dean
Hinton
David Harrisko
Rosser
Valhalla
Melvin Hagen
Howard Dixon
DR. Howard
3.C. Bid ‘Real McCoy’ Sask
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S.C
Southam
Scot
Robert Bruce Larsen
Prince Albert
Larsen
the Manitoban
the Winnipeg Tribune
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Kristine
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George Zieber
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