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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1956
Page
1
Alberta Weather Shifts as Cool Air From Peace River Arrives
Cool air from the Peace River region moves into Alberta and southern areas will feel gusty winds by evening. Saturday temperatures range from the forties in the north to the high fifties in the south with calmer noon readings around 66. Weather facts show yesterday's high 65 and low 37 with 6 nil precipitation.
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Edmonton
Peace River
Alberta
Calgary
Lethbridge
Swift Current
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
Vancouver Ad Claims Under Scrutiny by Bureau
The Letter Business Bureau of Vancouver will crack down on advertisers using compare price tactics. It warns signs like 60 suit for 39.50 and 50 percent off may be false. Consumers urged to beware and report unsubstantiated claims.
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Vancouver
Business Bureau of
E Bureau
Vavsethere
Rally crowds press civic issues at Elm St School meeting
A large turnout at Elm St School rallies focused on aldermanic contests and school board trusteeships. Candidates urged action on Kensington development and city hall efficiency as Jim Newton chaired the session and candidates presented in alphabetical order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm St. School
Pepper
Karl Brucker
Jack Starritt
City Hall
Kensington
Jim Newton
Turstee
Ald
Ed McCombs
Tom Montgomerie
Joe Levinson
New Chemical Fertilizer Enterprise
Ron McAffer
Medicine Hat
Miller
Elm St
Aldermen Question Kensington Telephone Deal At Elm Street Rally
At Elm Street forum Aldermen Ed McCombs and Ed Heckbert faced few questions as spectators approved or disapproved. McCombs pressed Kensington officials about telephone service delays and lack of replies from AGT while residents demanded action and clarity on plans for local telephones. Page 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed McCombs
Ed Heckbert
Elm St
Ald. McCombs
Mr. Starritt
Kensington
City Hall
Weiner
Phil Carey
Judge's Ruling Not to Halt Hat Car Bingo Event
Medicine Hat Lions Club president Stan Heppell said the Hat car bingo will go on as scheduled at Arena Gardens on Oct 20 despite a Supreme Court judge deeming bingo illegal. Edmonton Lions Club has halted similar games. Calgary Lions Club debates next steps. Four defendants were sentenced for fraud at Edmonton bingo sessions. proceeds from Hat Lions bingo help the blind.
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Stan Heppell
Medicine Hat Lions Club
News Today
Lions
Arena Gardens
Supreme Court
Edmonton Lions Club
Calgary Lions Club
Edmonton
W. G. Egbert
Heppell
Hat Lions
Egbert
Frank Pasek
Mary
Ted Petryga
Lucille Pasek
Pasek
Petryga
Norwood
The
Canadian Legion
Mary Pasek
Fass
Bigergallert
Harvest 70 Percent Alberta Crops
Edmonton crops officials report Alberta's harvest at about 70 percent with warm weather aiding completion in about 10 days. Wheat yields near last year, oats and barley up due to more acreage, rye down from winter kill. flax and other crops show varied gains.
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Edmonton
Alberta
R. L. Pharis
Peace River
Ald Gust Pushes For City Dog Catcher
At a morning meeting in the mayor's office Ald. Lillian Gust announced that at the next council session on Monday she will move to immediately advertise for a full-time dog catcher. Residents complain about loose dogs damaging lawns, with several phoning the mayor and others reporting recent dog noise and roaming pets. Gust argues past appeals to dog owners have been ignored and the city needs a catcher with suitable transportation.
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Ald
Lillian Gust
Medicine Hat
Weiner
Gust
Frelgn
Elkwater Lake Electicity Extension Explored At Conference
Cottagers at Cypress Hills Provincial Park push for electric service to Elkwater Lake. A conference with Minister Norman A. Willmore and Parks Board chairman W. A. Wood reviewed costs and potential grid extension by Calgary Power Ltd. A nine hole golf course idea also discussed with favorable reaction. Willmore urged ongoing improvements and possible annual appropriations.
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Elkwater Lake
Cypress Hills
Norman A. Willmore
W. A.wood
Provincial Parks Board
Department
Willmore
Mr. Wood
Medicine Hat
Lake
Calgary Power Ltd
Calgary Power
Elkwater
Night class enrollment dips prompting cautious plan
School authorities call enrollment "very disappointing" as night class registration lands well below last year. Eight students needed per class to run. potential extra sessions depend on reaching minimums. Registration continues with Hal Whitney and Harold MacBain. board to decide on October 22.
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Hal Whitney
Harold MacBain
Worker suffers serious injury at nitro chemical plant
Egan Jensen aged 26 of 1119 Elm Street was seriously injured yesterday afternoon at the Northwest Nitro chemical plant. He fell 18 feet through a roof opening at the nitrate building and was rushed by Mac's Ambulance to General Hospital. The Roscoe Erectors employee was working on the roof when the fall occurred.
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Egan Jensen
Elm Street
Jensen
Roscoe Erectors
General Hospital
Mac’s
Fire Crew Responds To Flooded Station After Shower Left On
Tampa firefighters from station No 6 rushed to a brush fire as a shower was left running. Police slid through water to shut off the shower, adding more excitement than the blaze.
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Tampa
Fla
Roses and Violets Mention Smilestones
A fragment mentions Roses are Blue and Violets with a note about pink tones after the thirteenth drink. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or identifiable entities.
Westminster United Church Contract Awarded to D H Oland
The Westminster United Church at First Avenue and Sixth Street S E is awarded to D H Oland of Medicine Hat for 76796 dollars. Construction starts immediately with an aim to finish by next spring or summer.
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Westminster United Church
First Avenue and
Sixth St. S.E
D. H. Oland
Medicine Hat
Alberta Senate Bound Reports Tie Prudham to Calgary Vacancy
Reports from Edmonton and Calgary indicate Hon. George Prudham minister of mines and technical surveys may be appointed to the senate. The Calgary vacancy follows the death of Senator George H. Ross of Calgary. Another report suggests Ernie MacFarland of Lethbridge as a candidate to fill the W A Buchanan death vacancy in the upper house.
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Edmonton
George Prudham
Mines and Technical Surveys
Senate
Prudham
George H. Ross
Calgary
Ernie MacFarland
Lethbridge
W. A. Buchanan
Brandon Man dies veteran Ian McGregor former lieutenant governor
Ian McGregor aged 67, long a resident of Brandon and a son of Hon J D McGregor former lieutenant governor of Manitoba, died in Charlestown on Wednesday. He served in World War I with the 175th Battalion, was wounded at Vim i Ge, earned the Military Cross, and later led the Southern Alberta and Irrigation Co. He is survived by his widow and family.
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Brandon
Ian McGregor
T O Hon
J. D. McGregor
Manipa
Chester
Ton
Thursda
M. Gresdh
Southern
Alber and Irrigation Co
Nots
Snehuding
REO
Internationalancett Royal
Sunday
Soviet discus star Nina Ponoamareva found guilty yet discharged
Nina Ponoamareva, Soviet Olympic discus champion, was convicted in Marlborough magistrates court for shoplifting five hats but received an absolute discharge with three guineas costs. The case noted her earlier arrest, absence, and alleged shelter in the Soviet Embassy, with potential return to Russia and a likely return to Melbourne next month.
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London
Nina Ponoomareva
Clyde Wilson
Marlborough
Nina
White City
Wilson
Helfty
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Melbourne
Nina Romaschkova
Fay Raincoa
Police raid nets 460 rioters in Hong Kong crackdown
Special police units aided by two observation planes rounded up 460 suspected rioters in the largest action since protests began two days earlier. Officials revised death toll to 26 with 176 wounded, as unrest shifted to outlying districts. Police targeted a refugee resettlement centre housing 40,000 refugees in Kowloon.
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Hong Kong
Reuters
Kowloon
Tsun
Wan
Clear ‘Water Bay Road
Poles Sentenced for Bread Riots in Poznan
In Poznan, six young Poles received prison terms up to six years for their roles in the bread and freedom riots that began June 28. Two were acquitted, one received a suspended sentence, and the trial noted possible further cases. The indictments cited charges of firing on police headquarters, attacking troops, freeing prisoners, and looting.
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Poznan
Poland
Choice of Ship or Passengers Sparks Post-Collision Debate
New York AP reports Capt Piero Caamai of the Andrea Doria faced a choice between saving himself or his passengers after a collision with the liner Stock Carama amid a pre-dawn sinking. Salvage crews worked as reports indicated some sections had been salvaged hours after the incident.
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New York
Andrea Doria
Piero’ Caamai
Doria
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