Medicine Hat council keeps 43 mill rate amid deficit
Medicine Hat city council approved a 43 mill general levy for 1958, unchanged from 1957, despite a projected $36,168 deficit after hospital reserves and charges. Mayor Weiner opposed any raise and urged a 42 mill rate, while aldermen debated hospital reserves and capital needs including a new city garage.
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Medicine Hat
Harry Weiner
Als
Jack Starritt
A. T. Legge
Weiner
Legge
John Cockrill
Lorne Thompson
Helen Beny Gibson
Ald. Cockrill
Ald
Starritt
Ald. Starritt
Gibson
Medalia Potteries
Purmal
Ald. Gibson
Firefighters Strike Fallout Halts Rail Traffic
Medicine Hat endures lingering impact after a three day cross Canada clash between firemen and Canadian Pacific Railway. Normal railroad operations resume but disruptions and tensions persist as the city adjusts to the period of industrial action and its aftermath.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Medicine Hat
De Gaulle Offers Services To Nation In Crisis
Gen Charles de Gaulle declares he is at the disposal of France if needed amid an Algeria revolt and calls for a strong non political government. He writes from Colombey les Deux Eglises and sends the statement to Paris.
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Paris
Reuters
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
de Gaulle
France
Algiers
Pierre Pfilimlin
National Safety
Colombey Les Deux Eglises
Pflimlin
Rene’ Coty
Republc
Youths accuse officers of violence in forced confession
Testimony at a police commission inquiry described officers kicking backhanding and kneeing three youths during interrogation. Jameson testified Midgley struck in the stomach as handcuffs hurt his hand. Molnar and Quenell allegedly led repeated questioning sessions.
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Henry Midgley
Pritchard
Midgley
Police Commission
John Jamieson
William Feddery
Horace A. Molnar
William K. Quenell
Ian Macdonell
Molar
Quenell
Special Commission
Charles Dubin
Jamieson
Canadian U S spat over 1936 Harvard introductions
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister criticized the U S Senate for naming 1936 Harvard introductions involving Herbert Norman and a Japanese professor. The incident renews Canadian distrust over sharing security information and prompts Ottawa to seek confidential transmission of Canadians’ names in investigations. President Trudeau?
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Ington
Norman
Cairo
Washington
U.S
Police Hunt Jail Breakers Near Shaunavon
Shaunavon Saskatchewan police report three prisoners escaped from the town jail around 6 p.m. Wednesday. The men John Martin Gordon Townsend and John Cameron were wanted by RCMP for theft breaking and entering house breaking and forgery. Cameron surrendered this morning to Shaunavon police.
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Saskatchewan
John Martin
Gordon Townsend
John Cameron
RCMP
Calgary
Cameron
Plane crash near New Delhi kills many passengers
A Pakistan International Airways plane carrying 32 people crashed near New Delhi airport and caught fire. Officials say 23 aboard died while a Pakistani boy who escaped reported nine survivors. The aircraft, with five crew, had originated from Karachi and was returning 3% hours after departure.
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Pakistan International Airways
Kara
Name Should Have Been Deleted Says Senator
Senator Arthur Watkins criticized the 1957 Senate internal security report for including Canadian Robert Bryce and late diplomat E Herbert Norman. He said Bryce’s name was marked for deletion in proofs and questioned why it appeared in the final copy. The committee said Norman was a Communist active in the United States over a long period.
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Arthur Watkins
Senate
Internal Security
Robert Bryce
Watkles
Mepuphan
Utah
Bryce
E. Herbert Norman
U.S
Cairo
Norman
Canada
United States
Welcomes Nixon Home After South American Trip
President Eisenhower greeted Vice President Richard Nixon on his return from South America with a triumphal reception. Riots targeting the Nixons abroad were defended as likely to strengthen inter American unity, as Eisenhower asserted the outbursts did not harm long standing US relations with sister republics.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
South America
Nixon
Pipeline bid to cross country Edmonton to Chicago planned
The board of transport commissioners will hear Mid-Continent Pipelines Limited's application on June 17 for a 1500 mile crude oil pipeline from Edmonton to the Chicago area. The company filed the proposal, noting no construction start date and an estimated cost around 215 million dollars.
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Ottawa
Edmonton
Chicago
Board of Transport Commissioners
Mid-Continent Pipelines Limited
Russia Launches Heaviest Sputnik in Third Satellite Mission
Moscow reports the third Russian Sputnik weighing 1327 kilograms launched under the IGY program. The craft carries scientific instruments to study Earth's upper atmosphere and space environment, with no living passenger listed. A beep signal broadcasts from 20 005 megacycles and visibility is expected over Canada.
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Moscow
Reuters
Sputnik
Russia
Space
Canada
Indian Vote in Ottawa: CCF Bills Aim for Federal Election Privileges
CCF Commons member Frank Howard Sheena introduced two companion bills in Ottawa to grant all Indians voting rights in federal elections. The move seeks to extend enfranchisement across Canada, with Howard pushing broader participation in national ballots.
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Ottawa
CCF Commons
Frank Howard
Sheena
Budget Amends Change Medicine Hat 1958 Budget
City officials withdrew three amendments totaling 900 dollars from the 1958 Medicine Hat budget after it was approved with a 43 mill tax rate. Grants to Catholic Family Services Medicine Hat Scholarship and Handicapped Association were initially included. a later inquiry cast doubt on their fate.
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Medicine Hat
Catholic Family Services
A. T. Legge
Mixv‘Hegge
Legge
Khrushchev Urges Summit Talks on Peaceful Coexistence
Premier Khrushchev called anew for a summit with the United States to ease tensions over Sputnik and disarmament. He spoke in the Kremlin with President Nasser present, urging sober talks to improve relations and a gradual path to peaceful coexistence.
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Russia
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Soviet Union
Khrushchev
United States
Kremlin
Nasser
United Arab Republic
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