Nudists Exhibit Sparks City Hall Art Show
The Medicine Hat Community Art Club plans a cosmopolitan exhibit at city hall featuring nude studies by local artists including a bronze portrait Pensive Penelope by Alisa Thompson. A guard may be hired to deter vandalism while Mayor Starry Weiner opens the show with Harry Wohlfarth as judge and speaker.
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Medicine Hat
Community Art Club
City Hall Council
Canadian Federation of Artists
Alisa Thompson
Starry Weiner
Harry Wohlfarth
University Extension Department
Wohlfarth
Anne Shepherd
Marion Jensen
Helen
Winnipeg worker dies in 35 foot shaft foundation
Barney Thomas a 36 year old Winnipeg laborer died after being overcome by gas at the bottom of a 35 foot hole dug for a building foundation. Police say gas exposure caused the death. Dora Yanczyk 68 of Hazelridge died in hospital after burns from clothing catching fire while burning grass near her home.
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Winnipeg
Barney Thomas
Boniface
Man
Dora Yanczyk
Hazelridge
Turner resigns cabinet to lead Transair Winnipeg
Manitoba treasurer Ron D Turner quits cabinet to become president of Transair Winnipeg limited the province’s fourth largest commercial airline. He plans to leave before July 1 to assume his new duties.
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Winnipeg
Ron D. Turner
Manitoba
Canada
Transair of
Ed G Phillipson Receives Ceramics Engineering Degree
Seven teen Albertan graduates earned degrees at the 45th convocation of the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Edward Gulbas Phillipson of Medicine Hat earned a bachelor of science in engineering with ceramics, part of 456 total degrees conferred.
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Saskatoon
Medicine Hat
University of Saskatchewan
Edward Gulbas Phillipson
Alan Camille Schuster
Alberta
Milk River
Thomas Parker Gilchrist
Coaldale
Cornelius Isaac Voth
Lethbridge
Laurence Higa
Phillipson
Medalta Potteries Ltd
Hycroft China Ltd
Fifth Avenue United Church
Kiwanis Club
Alberta considers province wide rental plan for school texts
Education minister Aalborg said Alberta may set up a province wide school book rental plan by fall 1957 to ease costs for parents. The department studies feasibility while book prices drop at least five percent. About 25 boards already run rental schemes. He noted teacher shortages have eased but remain a concern with 8,500 teachers in 1955 against an estimated need of 8,360.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Home and School Associations
Gorg
Aalborg
Faculty of Education
22 Killed In Algeria Outburst
French foreign legionnaires and colonial infantry swept on a rebel unit burning farms near Oran, killing 22 in a running battle. Reinforcements poured into the Oran district as rebels intensified raids, with leaflets urging revolt and fears of Ramadan violence rise.
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Algiers
French Foreign Legionnaires
Algeria
Dispatches
Legionnaires
Oran
Constantine
Kabylie
Frogman death not accidental says witness in Vancouver
A tobacco salesman who swam the harbors of Palestine with Lt Cmdr Lonel Crabb told reporters that the mystery man died not by accidental drowning. John Home-Douglas described the death as not accidental. In London, Moscow noted Soviet sailors aboard Ordzhonikidze saw a frogman approach Portsmouth harbor.
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Vancouver
Palestine
Cmdr
Lonel
Buster) Crabb
John Home-Douglas
Moscow
Reuters
Britain
Ordzhonikidze
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Portsmouth Harbor
Underwater encounter at Gibraltar blamed on foul play
The report recalls Crabb's deadly underwater fight with enemy frogmen at Gibraltar. Family friend Mr Home-Douglas insisted the death was not accidental drowning and suggested an underwater mousetrap might have caused it.
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Crabb
Gibraltar
Home - Douglas
Distillers Come in For Blast
Toronto scene reports a dispute over a Dominion Drama Festival letter praising Calvert Distillers Ltd for annual donations of 16500 to the festival. United Church of Canada officials deem the fundraising appeal shocking and inappropriate while the festival president defends the letter as support.
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Toronto
United Church of Canada
Dominion Drama Festival
Calvert Distillers Ltd
David J. Ongley
Calvert
DDF
Government to loan 80 million to Trans-Canada Pipe Lines
Ottawa reports an $80 million loan proposal to Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited to prove financial ability for the western stretch of a 2200 mile natural gas line. A hearing is set May 24 by the Board of Transport Commissioners to consider building the Alberta to Winnipeg segment and complete it by December 31.
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Ottawa
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited
Board of Transport Commissioners
Winnipeg
Progress in Great Lakes shipping wage talks amid walkout
Canadian report states union Seafarers International Union and Great Lakes carriers made progress in wage talks during adjourned discussions. Mediator H Carl Goldenberg noted the gap narrowed though not yet enough for a settlement. A two-line strike began last Thursday against two carriers as talks continue in cooperative spirit.
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Montreal
H. Carl Goldenberg
Seafarers’ International Union
CSU
Jake Carriers
Goldenberg
Premier Manning to Attend Cypress Banquet in Medicine Hat
Delegations and individuals sought interviews with Premier E. C. Manning during his Medicine Hat visit but officials said his time would be limited. He arrives by 4 30 pm for a 6 30 pm Cypress constituency banquet and will depart for Lethbridge after the dinner. The Cypress event features Mr and Mrs Ted Herrmann Schuler Mr and Mrs Harry Strom Burdett Mrs E G Robinson and Mrs R H Kent at the head table.
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E. C. Manning
Medicine Hat
Social Credit
Manning
Cypress
Lethbridge
Conservation Board
Cypress Association
Ted Herrmann
Schuler
Harry Strom
Burdett
E. G. Robinson
R. H. Kent
Nucleus of Dairy Calf Club Plans June Test Show
Medicine Hat district seeds a 4-H calf club with junior handlers to debut at a June 16 achievement day at Echo Dale Farm. Leaders and sponsors from milk producers and the chamber of commerce outline 4-H requirements, possible private backing, and ties to grain clubs.
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Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
Jack Anderson
Anderson
Echo Dale Farm
Art Dixon
Royal Bank of Canada
Elford
Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Co. Ltd
Langman
Questionnaires Go Out to Residents
The Medicine Hat News distributes questionnaires to city homes this weekend inviting residents to participate in a confidential survey on buying habits and costs. Carrier boys will distribute and collect forms, with results to be published later comparing local trends to national data.
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Medicine Hat News Carrier Boys
Canada
Smile milestones brief resolves gender expectation
Family doctor informs expecting parents that the baby is a girl. The new father responds with light humor, saying a girl was his second choice.
British statement on two missing soldiers in Cyprus
Reuters reports an official British statement from Nicosia says the two British soldiers are missing and cannot be accounted for until they reappear. The message notes uncertainty about what happened to them or where they are.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Reuters
Cyprus Hangs Two Greek Patriots as Tensions Rise
Leaflets condemned executions and vowed continued fight for freedom. Bodies of two Cypriots hanged Thursday were buried in a Nicosia prison cemetery while British authorities dismissed claims that Hill was held hostage. Mourning surges amid limited details on where the executions occurred.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
Reuters
Cyprus
EOKA
Nicosia
Cpl
Gordon Hill
Ronnie Shilton
Michael Karaolis
Andreas Demetrious
Digenis
Hill
Bank Accountant Transferred From Hat To Moselle
R A Barr a local accountant will transfer from Medicine Hat to Moselle France to become branch bank manager at 2 Wing Grostenquin RCAF base. The move ends a year in Medicine Hat and follows Bank of Montreal policy to place services at military stations abroad. Barr a former WWII veteran will depart in about two weeks for a two to three year overseas assignment. he is succeeded by Mr Dobson Grande Prairie.
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Medicine Hat
Moselle
France
R. A. Barr
Bank of Montreal
Mike Feist
Mr. Barr
RCAF
Grostenquin
Lethbridge
Dobson
Grande Prairie
Barr
Three-Storey Dog House For Canine Family In Sudbury
John Clemens builds a three storey dog house for his three Afghan hounds to meet city dog by law limits. The $1,500 structure features heated rooms eight feet high, ventilation, bathroom facilities, and old furniture for the pets as Clemens plans a three month European tour.
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Bill News
Canadian Press
Sudbury
John Clemens
Clemens
Mr. Clemens
Europe
Supreme Court of Ontario
International Nickel Company
Afghanistan
Prairie weather shows little change with lingering clouds
The forecast notes cool unsettled conditions across the prairies with dominated cloud cover. Occasional heavy showers are anticipated for much of Saturday, bringing continued unsettled weather to the region.
Alberta to Open First Junior College in Lethbridge
Alberta will open its first junior or community college in Lethbridge in fall 1957 as an extension of the secondary system. Education Minister Aalborg said the college will operate within the Lethbridge school system until a dedicated building is funded. Gilbert Paterson, longtime school board chair, is credited with promoting the project.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Lethbridge
Aalborg
Alberta Home and School Associations
Department of Education
Gilbert Paterson
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Cecile Morneau
Whitecourt
Western Construction and Lumber Co
Western
G. Phillipson
Medicine Hat Music Club
Club
R. H. A. Lacey
Don S. Hawthorne
Lorne A. Walker
C. W. Ni
Frogman
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E. E. Long
United Church General Council
Pipe Lines Loan
Nucleus of Dairy Calf Club
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