27 May 1959
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 27, 1959
Page
1
Informants say the federal government intends Ian N McKinnon of Calgary to head the new national energy board. The 52 year old Alberta board chair would join Trade Minister Churchill for talks on Alberta views and the $20 000 annual post.
In New York City a Bronx alarm leads police to a porch where a bucket traps a furry shape. Reinforcements and an ASPCA agent arrive as a noose is readied. The bucket is removed to reveal the wild beast: a Davy Crockett hat.
Prairie crop bureau reports rapid seeding progress in Saskatchewan and much of Alberta as of last week. Moisture remains low in several Saskatchewan areas, though most regions can still start crops. Manitoba and Alberta districts report rain delaying operations, with about 90 percent of Saskatchewan wheat in the ground and 70 percent of coarse grains sown.
Federal investigators named the participants in the Pearl River County jail lynching of Mack Charles Parker, a 23 year old Black man found shot near the Mississippi side of the river after an April 25 jail raid. The list included identities of masked assailants, with Parker slated for trial on rape charges.
Nina Dmitriev, 35, and her five year old daughter Lena appeared at the British foreign office for an interview with Soviet Embassy officials. The foreign office declined to discuss reasons for the disappearance last Saturday. Mrs. Dmitriev is married to Capt. Aleksander Dmitriev who was reported ill in his London flat. Soviet embassy officials would not comment.
World statesmen and citizens gathered in Washington for John Foster Dulles funeral rites in a ceremony praised as among the most impressive in the city’s history. Dulles, long serving U S secretary of state, was eulogized by leaders and mourners alike as his casket lay in state and his legacy discussed amid national reflections on foreign policy.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker, in the Commons, criticized Social Credit Premier Manning of Alberta over energy board delays and questioned Saskatchewan CCF guarantees. He cited Alberta delays on gas export filings and alleged promoter profits, while noting Saskatchewan loan guarantees for a Regina steel firm.
Prime Minister Diefenbaker calls Data magazine’s claim that Gen Earle Partridge was barred from speaking to the press in Canada false in its entirety. He notes Partridge has met reporters in Colorado Springs and was never prevented from meeting the press.
Weather forecast says skies will clear in southern regions this afternoon with frost danger ending. Temperatures rise to around 55 today and near 60 Thursday. Medicine Hat stays cloudy but warmer with tonight’s low near 40 and Thursday high around 60.
French forces crossed into Tunisia and killed 32 Algerian nationalist rebels in the Ouenza area after they fired on a French unit and fled behind the frontier. Six French soldiers died and 11 were wounded in the engagement on Tuesday.
The International Union Mine Mill and Smelter Workers announces a secret ballot by Canadian members on July 21 to decide if the national executive board may seek affiliation with the Canadian Labor Congress. The union was expelled from the old CCCL in 1949 amid jurisdictional disputes and communist dominance charges.
Ottawa reports the Senate committee on inflation will hire John J. Deutsch former assistant deputy finance minister as economic consultant for its inquiry. Deutsch recently named vice principal at Queen's University Kingston Gat Ontario will be paid 100 dollars per day plus expenses.
The Canadian destroyer Nootka departed Saint John and headed toward the Atlantic to verify a report of an unidentified submarine sighting. Navy officials declined comment on the reason for the departure though sources say the vessel will investigate the sighting. The navy has not confirmed a Russian submarine off Canada and notes subs may cruise near coasts. no action is possible beyond territorial limits if one is found.
A British trawler the Samuel Hewitt reported being fired on by Icelandic gunboat Odinn while fishing off Iceland on May 16. The gunboat fired blank cartridges and wounded a crewman. a boarding attempt was halted when a British destroyer arrived to protect the trawler amid Iceland’s 12 mile claim vs Britain’s three mile limit.
An Israeli fighter aircraft intercepted a Lebanese Air Force light bomber over northeastern Galilee. After warning bursts, the Lebanese pilot complied and landed at Haifa airport where the five crew members and the aircraft were detained. Aerial photography equipment was found aboard the bomber.
President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Christian Herter will host a White House meeting Thursday with the Soviet Union's Andrei Gromyko Britain’s Selwyn Lloyd and France’s Maurice Couve de Murville to discuss Geneva conference negotiations. The talks follow the funeral of John Foster Dulles as Gromyko and the other ministers arrived in Washington.
Ottawa CP The CBC technicians union NABET 1373 1273 members across Canada ratify a three stage wage deal retroactive to August and effective through April 1960 plus a contract expiring January 1961 The agreement followed two days of talks with help from Bernard Wilson head of the federal labor department and ended a potential strike that could close CBC TV in 22 stations across the country
The Canadian Press reports Nova Scotia ordered closures of forests to travel due to high fire danger as an Eastern Canada heat wave continues. Travel requires special permits from forest rangers. temperatures in the 80s are expected to persist with record highs in the Maritimes.
Captain Wellington B. Sphears died in Windsor at 110 after a life at sea spanning 1878 to 1952. Born in Gloucester in 1849, he served 30 years in the Royal Navy and later ran a marine salvage business in Bay City before retiring in 1935. He celebrated his 110th birthday on April 7.
Alfie Grey a 12 year old from Port Coquitlam, 80 percent burned after touching a high tension wire, returns home for summer holidays with his family and pets after three months of skin grafts and hospital care. He walks, plans more grafts, and faces recovery with resilience as he adjusts to home life.
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