Multiple Fatalities Across North American Accidents
Two Iowa men on a fishing trip died when their station wagon crashed and burned about 30 miles west of Fort Frances Ontario. A third occupant survived with serious injuries. In Boise Idaho a theatre fire killed two stage technicians, while in Idaho Falls five residents died or were injured in a private home fire. In Vancouver Edmonton native Alexander Hauca died after a 60 000 volt power line strike. A Spirit River Alberta man remains hospitalized after a car crash with a broken neck.
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Fort Frances
Ont
Iowa
Nestor Falls
Here
Edward W. Miller
John Moose
Webster City
Idaho Falls
Vancouver
Alexander Hauca
Edmonton
Hauca Avas
Second Narrows
Vancouver Harbor
Spirit River
Mike Peters
Have You Answered Questionnaires
Readers are urged to complete and return questionnaires delivered a week ago. Carriers will collect completed forms for the The News to pass data to manufacturers and suppliers serving the market. Data may help compare local shopping habits with other Canadian communities.
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Canada
Miners Die as Garson Mine Cave-In Claims One Body
In Sudbury Ontario rescue teams recovered Anicet Lamire 39 from the Garson mine of International Nickel Co leaving two others Earl Barker 36 and Franz Lukanc 41 still entombed. Shift boss Emile Cleroux escaped after the collapse occurred with no warning at about 7 p.m. on a sloping approach to a working face. Officials said no blasting or drilling was happening at the time and the fate of the remaining workers remains grim.
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Sudbury, Ont
Garson
International Nickel Company
Inco
Anicet Lamire
Earl R. Barker
Franz Lukanz
Emile Cleroux
Cleroux
Frank
Lamie
Barker
Debate Voice Call System For Nurses' Home
W B McQueen urged installing a central one way voice call system in the nurses' home at the new district municipal hospital. He said it would allow calls from a central room to any room while keeping replies to the central operator. Estimates ranged from 2500 to 5000 dollars with later figures. Ed Herrmann offered approval if the total cost stays under 38000. The committee will study prices and refer the matter for board approval.
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New District Municipal Hospital
W. B. McQueen
McQueen
Ed Herrmann
Brink's Suspects Captured by FBI
FBI agents raided a tenement hideout in Boston to seize the last two il man gang members in the 1950 Brink's robbery. Thomas Richardson and James Faherty were surprised at a stew supper and quickly handcuffed with no firefight. Authorities found $5009 in coins and indicated the money may be part of the stolen loot. Ballou, a 27 year old suspected courier, was later detained as investigators broadened the case. Faherty and Richardson were arraigned on fugitive charges and handed to county authorities.
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Boston
FBI
Thomas F. Richardson
James J. Faherty
United States
Thomas Ballou
Richardson
Faherty
Brink
Stampede Queen Leads 56 Parade For City Contest
Stampede Co invites entrants for the Stampede Queen competition with two city entrants and two from out of town. Emily Anhorn and Irma Reimann join Marianne Massy and Jean Morrison as official entrants. Entries due by June 9, secretary Ed Elford notes. The winner leads the three day Stampede parade and may enter the North American Rodeo Queen contest in Colorado.
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Stampede Co
Emily Anhorn
Linacre, Sask
Marianne Massy
Thelma
Jean Morrison
Box
Medicine Hat
Irma Reimann
Eighth St. S.E
Ed Elford
Stampede Company
Stampede
Elford
Henry Cavan
Lorne Thompson
Ted Slack
Colorado
Canada
Pilot Bill Schmidt dies in CF-100 crash over Ontario convent
Vancouver mother Jessie Schmidt said her son FC William J. Schmidt overcame childhood heart issues to join the RCAF. The 25-year-old pilot died at the controls of his CF-100 jet when it crashed into an Ontario convent, killing eleven nuns, his observer, a cook and a priest. He left behind widow Clare and two children Patricia and Brian, with his family noting he hoped for a desk job after his flying career.
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Controls
FC William J
Bill) Schmidt
Ontario
Bill
Gas City
Creston
Fred
Clare
Edmonton
Patricia
Brian
Ottawa
Alberta and Saskatchewan Face Warm Trend on Friday
Warm air covers Alberta and Saskatchewan with Friday temperatures mostly in the seventies. Cooler air moves southeast toward the Peace River region, expected to drop temperatures by about 10 to 15 degrees as it arrives.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Peace River
Western Roundup headlines flood issues and culture notes
In western briefs, a public meeting near Winnipeg protests flood relief tactics urging cash payouts from ministers. Saskatchewan reports 2.5 million pounds of fish worth 400000 dollars handled in 1955-56. Vancouver commentary discusses Marilyn Monroe appeal as underdog feeling and a dentist criticizes toothpaste ethics.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Fish Marketing Service
Mediator presents basis for quick settlement in Great Lakes strike
Federal mediator Carl Goldenburg announced a proposal as the basis for a rapid settlement between unions and companies in the Great Lakes shipping strike. The statement came as other national items were reported, including a prison riot in Florida and Indonesia's president appealing for understanding of nationalism.
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Carl Goldenburg
Great Lakes
Holiday copy deadlines for weekend editions
Readers are asked to submit copy in the News office by Friday for Saturday’s holiday edition. The Saturday deadline is very early and no copy can be accepted on Saturday. Advertisers needing changes for Tuesday’s edition should place copy in the News office by Saturday to speed the day-after-holiday edition.
Fire on No 3 Highway Bridge Near Medicine Hat
A fire on a traffic bridge off the No 3 Lethbridge highway six miles southwest of Medicine Hat was extinguished by two Medicine Hat firefighters. The blaze, likely started by a cigarette butt, spread to creosote timbers beneath the bridge. Firemen used about 300 gallons and were aided by a 1300 gallon water tank from Scheffelmier Trucking Co. The alarm came from a passing truck driver to Emil Hoffman at Fronteir Cabins.
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Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Jim Middleton
Bev Bray
Mr. Middleton
Scheffelmier Trucking Co
Emil Hoffman
Fronteir
Ralph Davis Leads Investigation Of CF-100 Crash
Special Ottawa report details RCAF crash inquiry into a CF-100 that plunged into the Grey Nuns rest home killing 15. Group Captain Ralph Davis heads crash detectives who study wreckage, instruments, and possible ejection failures as they seek cause and prevention lessons.
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Reginald Hardy
The
News Ottawa Bureau
Medicine Hat News’ Ltd
Ottawa
RCAF
Little Scotland Yard
Grey Nuns Rest
Ralph Davis
Medicine Hat District
Air Force probe head, Group Captain Ralph Davis
Group Captain Ralph Davis leads the official Air Force investigation into the Ottawa jet crash. He is from a pioneering ranching family, born in Medicine Hat, educated in Alberta, and married to Lola Ballady with four children. He has relatives in ranching and academia and has visited Medicine Hat several times.
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THE
Ralph Davis
Air Force
Ottawa
Sidney Davis
Pakowki
Peigon Creek
Mack Higdon
George Murray
Henry Mitchell
Twingyzate
Alberta
Sandy
Etzikom
Win
Arthur
University of
Brentwood Boys College
Victoria
B.C
Lola Ballady
High River
Davis
Medicine Hat
Smilestones Bars Prompt Singers Into Tricky Lines
A playful look at bars that entice singing after too many visits and risk landing in awkward spots. The humor relies on wordplay about being in a bar and singing hits.
Fugitive Eludes Sweep in Dense British Columbia Swamp
Norman Jack Curtiss, a 33 year old escapee from Cranbrook, is at large after four days as RCMP comb dense swamp near Radium BC. He faces rape charges in two provinces and eluded roadblocks despite aircraft and dogs. He had slept in a cabin with two boys before fleeing toward the Dehart farmhouse and into the woods.
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Radium
B.C
British Columbia
RCMP
Norman Jack Curtiss
Cranbrook
Reid Madson
Don Dehart
Dehart
Here
Chapel to Be Part of New Municipal District Hospital
The hospital board approved using a 272 square foot room as a non denominational chapel in the new municipal district hospital. Ministers Spady and Gibson urged quiet reflection and possible regular service access for patients. A 16 by 17 foot space on the fifth floor was noted, with no specific religious symbols to be installed.
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Municipal District Hospital
Theo T. Gibson
Ministerial Association
Gibson
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