City council sets 1957 tax levy at 43 mills unchanged
In a special morning session the city kept the 1957 levy at 43 mills with no general rate, directing all municipal revenue to utilities grants and other sources. The budget shows $3,849,861 expenditures versus $3,634,927 revenue, yielding an apparent $214,934 deficit, later reduced by capitalizing $50,000 in departmental estimates and crediting $128,000 hospital reserve back to taxpayers.
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A. T. Legge
Ald
J. W. Douglas
Lorne Thompson
S. F. Scott
J. O. Starritt
Ed Heckbert
L. E. Gust
Lloyd Craig
Ed McCombs
Legge
Medicine Hat Adopts $12 Minimum Hospital Levy
City councils decide a $12 minimum hospital levy for all property owners in Medicine Hat this year. The plan shifts from mills to a flat base, with low-assessment lots potentially paying only $2 or $3 while wards may be fully covered, and the municipality could pay up to $8 daily per person.
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Medicine Hat
A. T. Legge
Industrial Gas Rate Increases Said Warranted
City reports Cal gary Power Ltd not delivering power. 30,000 KVA unit shut down. Gas at 10 cents from New British Dominion. Legge notes 4% increase warranted and city to buy one billion cubic feet this year. City taxes from NWNC amount to about $10,000 monthly.
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City Power
Calgary Power Ltd
New British Dominion
Northwest Nitro - Chemicals Ltd
A. T. Legge
Civic Governors
N.W.N.C
Alderman proposes year round ban on firecrackers in Medicine Hat
Ed McCombs urged council to enact a full year ban on firecrackers. The current bylaw allows sales only 50 weeks a year and restricts purchases to those aged 14 and over. He cited hazards from youths in laneways and apartment corridors and urged enforcement while weighing limited seasonal sales.
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Ed McCombs
Medicine Hat
Connaught
Ald
Lloyd Craig
Will Increase Water Rates Across Sectors
The city announces a 20 to 50 percent water rate rise for industries meter users and garden use with no change to domestic flat rates. Outside taps and large industrial users see notable hikes, meters rise to 30 cents, minimum to $1.80, aiming to cut a $37,000 deficit by about $10,000 more revenue. Medicine Hat remains stated as having the lowest rates in Alberta.
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C.P.R
Water Department
A. T. Legge
Council
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Action Requested On Fire Protection In Medicine Hat
Fire Underwriters Association criticized Medicine Hat safety features and a past survey. They urged more equipment a new branch fire hall and replacement of alarm boxes. A meeting with civic leaders is planned next month. The city budget allocates 30000 for new alarm boxes over two years with 14000 to be spent this year.
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Fire Underwriters Association
Medicine Hat
Council
Mill Rate Increase Poised for Medicine Hat Next Year
City Controller Legge forecasts a higher mill rate depending on revenues expenditures and rising tax assessments driven by education demand. The current taxable assessment stands at 22 931 155 versus 17 750 180 last year with three quarters of the rise from Northwest Nitro Chemicals Ltd and one quarter from new 1956 properties.
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Medicine Hat
Legge
Northwest Nitro- Chemicals Ltd
Violence Surges as Haitian Farmers Blockade Roads
In Port au Prince about 10 000 armed farmers blockaded the capital approach to starve food supplies, arson and sabotage rising. Government troops and police fought armed demonstrators across communities in a state of terror, with army headquarters calling the situation critical though the capital stayed comparatively quiet. The seven member executive council plans elections for June 16 and has banned freedom of speech.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Britain tests hydrogen device over Pacific in first nuclear blast
Britain exploded its first hydrogen bomb in the Pacific near Christmas Island, elevating the country to the world’s third nuclear power. The test, part of a multi blast series, drew Japanese protests and international concern as a danger area was declared around the site.
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Britain
Pacific
London
Pacific Ocean
Ministry of Supply
Christmas Island
Honolulu
Air Ministry
Macmillan
British Labor Party
Sydney
San Francisco
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
Campaign Pipeline Debate Echoes in Canadian Parliament
Ottawa reports from the federal campaign cite Prime Minister S. Laur ent on the Alberta Montreal gas line and tax-sharing as a top issue. Harris backs the pipeline talk on CBC while Diefenbaker calls for a permanent Speaker and Coldwell attacks tax concessions, proposing capital gains tax and ending dividend deductions.
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Carman, Man
Mons
CCF
M. J. Coldwell
CBC
Toronto
St. Laurent
Liberal
Coldwell
Farfetched word sought in student dialogue
In a college setting a freshman asks for a word meaning farfetched and a roommate suggests souvenir in a playful exchange. The snippet captures campus slang and light wordplay between roommates.
Items Found At Crash Offer Grim Testimony
Vancouver dispatch details traces from the Trans-Canada Air Lines North Star crash that killed 62 people. Items recovered include a young girl's dress a high-heeled shoe coins and newspaper fragments while wreckage remains a tangled mass on Mount Slesse. A body in crew uniform was found in a suspended wreck section and rescue risks are high. The climber testifies that some bodies may not be found this season but may be retrieved later with melting snow.
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Vancouver
Trans-Canada Air Lines North Star
Province
Paddy Sherman
Alpine Club
Sherman
Slesse
TCA Air Crew
Clarke
TCA
Halmrast Announces Opening of Writing-on-Stone Park
Agriculture Minister L C Halmrast announced the opening Monday of Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park at Milk River in southern Alberta. The park features ancient Indian sandstone carvings and will be inaugurated with ceremonies, a parade, and a buffalo meat barbecue.
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Edmonton
Milk River
Alberta
Agriculture
L. C. Halmrast
Halmrast
Warner
Mollet condemns Britain France over Suez stance
Paris AP Premier Guy Mollet says France feels deserted by Britain and the United States on the Suez issue. He considered resignation after 16 months, urged UN Security Council action to push Egypt to observe canal safeguards, and noted France remains alone in boycotting the canal as Israel readies a test ship.
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Paris
Guy Mollet
France
Britain
United States
Suez
Rene
Coty
United Nations Security Council
Egypt
Suez Canal
Mollet
Nasser
British Newsman Returns Home Mocking U S Culture
London Daily Express veteran Rene MacColl leaves Washington for home in a final dispatch critical of American life. He rages at wealth excess, loud gadgets, rude politeness, and the endless spectacle of fashion and speed. He longs for a quiet Sussex picnic away from five way stretched super cars and portable TVs.
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London
United States
Rene MacColl
Washington
London Daily Express
America
MacColl
Sussex
Tornado Rips Silverton Texas Killing Nineteen
A tornado struck Silverton Texas killing 19 people and injuring many as it destroyed 25 homes a cotton gin four granaries and a warehouse. Emergency crews from the Panhandle dispatched to the town 65 miles southeast of Amarillo.
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Silverton
Tex
West Texas
J. W. Blackwell
Elvert Stephens
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Darrell Smith
National Guard
Red Cross
Panhandle
Edmonton Weather: Mild May Day with Scattered Showers
The Edmonton forecast calls for typical mid May weather with a high between 60 and 70 and scattered showers possible late evening. Temperatures yesterday ranged from 48 to 70 with light wind. noon temperature around 66. Local city readings include Calgary 65 40 and Saskatoon 65 45.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Mayflower II Drifts Slow in Mid-Atlantic Voyage Attempt
Mayflower II maker Cmdr Alan Villiers reports the ship drifting west at under one mile per hour in the mid Atlantic. By noon Wednesday the vessel had covered only 22 miles since the previous day while attempting to duplicate the 1620 voyage to Plymouth Massachusetts.
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London
mid-Atlantic
Alan Villiers
Plymouth
Mass
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