London Summer Scene: Diplomatic Drama and Floating Piano
London summer hums with intrigue from the flying piano case to diplomatic immunity debates. Braddock and Dietrich charm Westminster as medical students hang a linen basket atop Charing Cross Hospital amid heat and satire.
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Jack Stepler
News
London
Charing Cross Hospital
Mayfair
Thames
Scotland Yard
Naonal Health Service
Bessie’ Braddock
M. P
Liverpool
Marlene Dietrich
Westminster
Weathered Echoes: Midday Readouts Across Town
The notice lists minor shifts in temperatures across regions with approximate ranges from 50 to 80. It references Med. Hat, L'bridge, Current, Calgary, and overall voltages or codes tied to Vol. 45 No. 16. The material reads as a brief, non-specific weather and data snippet without clear events.
Mountie role highlighted by Marion Levinson in fashion show
The article notes Marion Levinson playing a Mountie in a fashion show with beard and describes ribbon winners in the 4-14 year group. Names Joyce Stein Reg Humphries Wayne Humphries Mary Lynn Layton Shannon Knapp Gloria Toole and Stephen are listed among participants and winners.
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Marion Levinson
Mountie
Joyce Stein
Reg
Wayne Humphries
Mary Lynn Layton
Shannon Knapp
Gloria Toole
Stephen
Talbot to resign as Air Force secretary amid outside income
President Eisenhower accepted Talbott's resignation after Senate scrutiny over a $132,032 outside business profit during 24 years in cabinet. Talbott, 67, said he would give up the connection, and Eisenhower praised his service as effectively and loyally performed. In separate city notes, more than 200 children attended a dress-up show at Central Park, with prizes, crafts, and a puppet project under recreation supervisors.
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Eisenhower
Talbott
Washington
White House
Senate Investigations
Paul M. Butler
Democratic National Committee
Central Park
E. V. Elford
J. Fenrick
R. Sparks
Reg. Humphries
Wayne Humphries
Adrian Crane
Dennis Orge
Gloria Toole
Joyce Stein
Mary Lynn Layton
Steve Brown
Keith Porter
Barbara Wells
Mick Parker
Shannon Knapp
Thorne Knapp
Barry Casterson
Mary Eliott
Jim Winfield
Jerry Maxwell
Gordon Beaton
Polling Places Set for Sept 21 Nurses' Home Vote
Medicine Hat residents will vote on a $500000 debenture for a new nurses home and hospital school building funded by $200000 government grants. Seven city polling stations and 45 rural divisions will host the vote, with corner stone laying Sept 16 at 2 30 p m officiated by Alberta's lieutenant governor.
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Jack Cuthbertson
Board of Trustees
Medicine Hat
Alberta
J. J. En
Bell to Attempt Strait Juan de Fuca swim
Marilyn Bell plans a next year swim of the Juan de Fuca Strait between British Columbia and Washington state after completing her English Channel achievement. The 17 year old Toronto swimmer says this strait will be her final major goal before retiring from professional swimming and pursuing physiotherapy.
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Marilyn Bell
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Tele-gram
British Columbia
Washington State
Lake
Ontario
Juan de Fuca
Catalina Strait
California
Bert Thomas
Tacoma
Wash
Bell
No hunting or fishing sign on private estate
A private estate posts a warning sign stating no hunting or fishing allowed and declares that violators will be prosecuted. The notice emphasizes strict enforcement and legal action for trespassers.
Rioting in Morocco and Algeria Triggers Wide Arrests
Nearly 200 people arrested across French Morocco after Aid El Kebir riots. Reported deaths total around 30 in Moulay Idriss and Marrakech. 128 arrests at Port Lyautey and 60 at Moulay Idriss. French troops move on Marrakech amid tensions with nationalists. In Algeria at least 55 arrests amid clashes. three rebels killed and six captured near Robert-Pases.
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Port Lyautey
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Thami el Glaoui
Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef
Mohammed Moulay Ben Arafa
Ben Arafa
Algeria
Robert- AS Pois Ea Tae Peesee
Woman Called to the British Columbia Bar
Mrs. Win nifred Murphy, former legal stenographer, is called to the BC bar before Mr. Justice Coady after five years of study in Angelo E Branca, QC's office. Also called were David Stewart Owen James Henry Edwards and Allan Cartshore Graham. Graham had been called to the Nova Scotia bar 15 months earlier.
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Vancouver
Winnifred Murphy
British Columbia
Justice Coady
Murphy
Angelo E Branca
David Stewart Owen
James Henry Edwards
Allan Cartshore Graham
Graham
Nova Scotia
Recess Extends 48 Hours in U S China Talks
The United States and Peiping halted diplomacy for 48 hours after 55 minutes of talks on civilian repatriation. No communique issued. next meeting set for Thursday morning. Indian envoy Menon met U S envoy Johnson. both declined to discuss details. About 40 Americans remain detained in China in various restrictions.
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United States
Red China Today
Peiping
U.S
Washington
V. K. Krishna Menon
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
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Johnson
Wang Ping-nan
Warsaw
U .Alexis Johnson
Red China
Edmonton Weather Summary Turns Sunny Above Normal
Skies will be mostly sunny today and Wednesday with brief afternoon clouds. Temperatures range from 70 in Northern Alberta to 80 in Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, running slightly above normal for early August.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Heights Can Handle Up To 600 Homes
City council debated speculators holding unbuilt city lots amid land shortages for big housing schemes. A plan to investigate about 1 093 possible building lots includes 600 on Crescent Heights and 158 in Kensington with a 15 000 minimum per dwelling.
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Crescent Heights
Thompson
Kensington
Connaught
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NHA
Ben Stone
Ito
Cabinet reshuffle expands Alberta Cabinet
Premier Manning announced a wholesale cabinet reshuffle in Edmonton increasing ministers to 13. He appointed Fred Colborne as minister without portfolio, Allen Patrick to economic affairs, Raymond Reierson to industries and labor, and James Hartley to public works while taking over as attorney-general from Lucien Maynard who was defeated in the June election.
Call Bids for Aerial Survey
Medicine Hat issues tenders for an aerial mapping survey to aid the Interim Development and Planning Board in drafting a master plan for ten years of expansion. Planner Ron Thompson will oversee the plot layout from the survey, planned for later this month with funds available.
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City of
Medicine Hat
Interim Development and Planning Board
Ron Thompson
Canada population tops fifteen million six hundred thousand
Canada's 1 June 1955 population estimate stands at 15,601,000, up 2.7 percent since 1954 and 11.4 percent since 1951. Ontario leads gains with 137,000 more residents to 4,183,000. other provinces show varying 12 month increases, while due to postwar birth rates and immigration.
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Bureau
Ontario
Manning Describes Talks on Alberta Gas Pipelines as Satisfactory
Premier Manning called discussions with Trade Minister Howe on Alberta natural gas pipeline developments satisfactory and declined to reveal details. Howe planned a press conference to discuss their talks. Trans-Canada Pipelines faces financing issues amid stalled project and cabinet decision delays.
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Calgary
E. C. Manning
Howe
Alberta
Ottawa
Western Canada
Manning
Canada
Trans-Canada Pipelines Ltd
St. Laurent
Reunion Planned With Four US Jet PIlots Imprisoned
Montreal's Sqdn. Ldr. Andy MacKenzie DFC plans a reunion with four American jet pilots who were imprisoned with him in Communist China. The news brief also notes other items about Bulgaria garlanded airliner tampering, St. Lawrence shipping, Soviet farm delegation, tear gas in Argentina, Canada economic commission tour, Sedov satellite claim, and BBC funding milestone.
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Andy MacKenzie
Dfc
Montreal
United States
China
Cuthbert Refuses to Name Vancouver Gambling Squad Members
Detective Sergeant Len Cuthbert under cross examination in a royal commission hearing refused to identify individual members of his Vancouver gambling squad. He said some officers received from 50 to 100 dollars monthly from underworld payoffs during 1949 while he headed the unit from March to July.
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Vancouver
Len Cuthbert
Royal Commission
T. G. Norris
Walter Mulligan
Cuthbert
Mayor Hurt in Mule Ride At Medicine Hat Derby
Mayor Harry Weiner, 52, fractured pelvic bone after a bucking mule toppled him during a donkey baseball event. He finished the race on a cane, later undergoing X ray exams. A former sprint champion, He has promoted Medicine Hat through ice racing, foot racing and Indian wrestling.
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Harry Weiner
Weiner
Medicine Hat
West
Oklahoma
Calgary council rejects water meters plan
Calgary city council voted 10 to 1 against installing water meters and kept a flat monthly rate. The motion also approved doubling waterworks capacity to 60 million gallons daily to avoid overtaxing the system during hot weather. Mayor Mackay warned rates would rise without meters this year.
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Calgary
D. H. Mackay
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