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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1957
Page
1
Former Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent says he will resign as Liberal leader citing medical advice. At 75 he will remain party head until a national convention elects a successor, after leading Liberals since 1948. He notes insufficient vigor for a general election campaign.
Banff Alberta Prime Minister Diefenbaker expressed sadness over Louis St Laurent's retirement as Liberal leader. He noted St Laurent, a former Liberal president and honorary life president of the Canadian Bar Association, has chosen to retire due to life’s exigencies. Diefenbaker spoke at the Canadian Bar Association dinner, calling St Laurent one of the great lawyers who served Canada in public life.
Edmonton CP reports Donald Casse arrested on two counts of false declaration and one of false pretence after claiming a $20 oil royalty dividend at an Edmonton bank. He allegedly impersonated a nonresident as rules require. The act bars illegal applicants from future dividends from an $11 million fund funding Alberta's 1956 royalties, with about 840000 eligible Albertans.
A light feature column notes several women in a small town reacting with emotion to a recent event. It contrasts chatter and humor with sharp, candid opinions about identity and social expectations. The piece has a playful, period voice.
The notice outlines bag limits for migratory game birds including mallard ducks and geese, with daily and possession caps. It also details Wilson snipe limits and the hunting window from Sept 7 to Dec 14, plus separate upland game rules and a reference to see page 14 for shotguns.
The five power UN subcommittee on disarmament failed to reach agreement and referred issues to the General Assembly. After months of talks delegates reported progress but adjourned without a date for another meeting. Zorin and Stassen contrasted views on stopping H bomb tests and broader disarmament.
Bill Tickell 26, manager of Famous Players theatre in this city, drowned near Nelson BC while vacationing at a lakeside summer camp. He was alone in a motor boat when it capsized at about 4 p.m. Friday. RCMP began dragging but the body had not yet been recovered. Tickell, married with two daughters, was born in Calgary and moved to Ford City at an early age. He was considered a good swimmer.
Canada’s 1956 57 grain exports totalled 385 4 million bushels a drop of 15 8 million from the season before. Wheat led with 228 3 million bushels while oats barley flaxseed and rye also posted changes. No shipments to the USSR or Czechoslovakia occurred and the UK remained the major market with Germany and Japan increasing purchases.
The chronology traces St Laurent born 1882 in Compton Quebec to Mary Broderick and J B Moise St Laurent. It lists law degree Laval 1908, Laval law faculty appointment 1914, Bar Association Quebec 1929, honorary degrees and Privy Council entries, party leadership 1948 1954, world flight 1954 visit Korea, London freedom 1955, and resignation 1957 amid PC defeat.
Australian Ben Carlin and fellow adventurer Boyde DeMente arrived in Anchorage aboard an 18 foot amphibious jeep en route to Montreal. They crossed from Japan to the Aleutians, landed Aug. 12, then traveled by land to Homer on the Kenai Peninsula, 100 air miles south of Anchorage.
Dr. L. V. Berkner said the U S satellite will not launch for at least six months as 18 tracking stations are set up by March to monitor the satellite near the equator. The IGY program also anticipates the Soviet satellite next year. A solar storm and aurora borealis were observed during IGY preparations.
A fragmented Canadian Press text hints at Pearson looming as a successor figure. The era and context remain unclear due to damaged OCR, but the name Pearson appears prominently alongside a possible political or leadership transition. no full details are recoverable.
Heavy fighting erupted again in Cienfuegos as Batista forces, including air units and armored troops, attacked rebel hideouts. Casualties were tallied at about 75 to 125 dead or wounded as government units claimed Rebels were driven to the mountains after renewed midnight clashes.
Two young men from eastern Canada Gerald Shaw 22 of Toronto and Ross Edouard Robinson 24 of no fixed abode east were arrested by Medicine Hat RCMP after the Tilbury Tilley Treasury Branch robbery Friday night. They bound Melvin Greenaway and his wife and escaped in his car taking about 4000 dollars from the vault. Greenaway freed himself about 11 30 p.m. and alerted neighbours and RCMP.
An enthusiastic district cameraman submits a vivid holiday photo for the current news photo contest. The image captures Takakkaw Falls in Yoho National Park near Banff as waters plunge down a sheer mountainside, a famed Rockies destination for local residents.
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