Duke of Edinburgh Arrives in Whitehorse for Northern Welcome
The Duke of Edinburgh landed in Whitehorse Y T after a church service in Vancouver and began a frontier tour with a sternwheeler ride on the Yukon. He chatted with 600 cheering students at Whitehorse High School and mingled with Indians in ceremonial dress and Mounties.
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Bob Hanley
Whitehorse
Duke of Edinburgh
Fort Nelson
Yukon
Whitehorse High School
Duke
Dave Stock
Y. T
Lena Tizya
Canada
North
Princess Margaret
Yukon Capital
Vancouver
London
Philip
Klondike
Banister and Peters Highlight Brutal BE Games Mile
The Vancouver BE Games closed with Dr. Robert Bannister clocking 3.58.8 amid a brutal mile race that left fans hushed. English great Jim Peters staggered toward the finish in a dramatic display while 32,000 spectators watched, likening the scene to a Bataan death march.
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Bob Hanley
Vancouver
Duke of Edinburgh
Robert Bannister
Les Truelove
England
Jim Peters
Gust
Jim
Bannister
Heartbreak Lane
Sandy
Macous
Hell
Burial of Emilie Dionne Draws Crowds in Corbeil
Hundreds gathered in Corbeil Ontario to witness the burial of Emilie Marie Jeanne Dionne the world famed quintuplet. The sisters sobbed during the committal as Rev W H LaFrance sprinkled holy water on the grey metal casket and prayed. Marie sobbed loudly from a pew behind her parents.
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C. M. Fellman
Corbeil
Ont
Emilie Marie Jeanne Dionne
W. H. LaFrance
Marie
Rose Marie Girouard
Corbeil Church
Emilie
Dionne
Father LaFrance
Ernest
Daniel
Victor
Olivia, Jr
Maurice Girouard
Thomas Callahan
Espanola, Ont
Olivia
Claude
Cecile
Yvonne
Annette
LaFrance
Victor Pilon
Mattawa
W. Bradley
River Valley
M. Sauve
Ottawa
M. Belanger
Father Pilon
Autopsy Confirms Emilie Choked to Death
Montreal report says Dr. Rosario Fontaine ruled Emilie Dionne died from asphyxia during epileptic fits. He suggested she may have suffocated on pillow or bedclothes or exhausted lungs after long seizures. Funeral scenes drew hundreds, with 21 priests and Dionne family in attendance.
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Montreal
Rosario Fontaine
Quebec
Emilie Dionne
Fontaine
Emilie
Dr. Fontaine
Ste. Agathe
United States
Banff search teams hunt Mount Rundle for bell boy body
Two search parties from Banff comb Mount Rundle today seeking the body of an 18 year old bell boy who fell 300 feet to his death Sunday. The incident casts a pall over the opening of Lethbridge’s three day exhibition with about 30 000 attendees. Federal judge John P Barnes ordered the release from custody of Roger The Terrible Touhy 55 who had been serving 199 years at Stateville. UBCs eight oar crew will skip the European championships in Amsterdam August 26 due to financial problems.
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Banff
Mount Rundle
John P. Barnes
Roger (the Terrible) Touhy
Stateville
U.B.C
Amsterdam
Landy Denies Cut Foot After Mile Run in Vancouver
John Landy said a sore left heel resulted from Saturday's 3:59.6 mile at the British Empire Games and rejected reports of a four-stitch cut in his right foot from stepping on a flash bulb. He plans to travel to London August 13 for Edinburgh events and hopes to compete at Melbourne in 1956 if still active.
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Vancouver
John Landy
Roger Bannister
Landy
London
Edinburgh
Melbourne
Eighteen Die In Floods In Turkey Province
Eighteen people died in floods that hit Balikesir province in western Turkey this weekend, with many more feared missing. Livestock losses are heavy and hailstones the size of eggs ruined crops in four villages.
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Istanbul
Balikesir
Turkey
Thirty Die In Constellation Plane Crash In Azores
Lisbon Reuters reports a Constellation airliner crashed soon after takeoff from Lagos field Azores killing about 30 people including 21 passengers. The Avianca aircraft bound for Bogota had traveled via Bermuda and Barranquille after stops in Hamburg Frankfurt Paris Madrid and Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Reuters
Constellation
Lagos Field
Azores
Avianca
Central American
Republic of Colombia
Hamburg
West Germany
Bogota
Bermuda
Barranquille
Frankfurt
Paris
Madrid
Lages
Terceira Island
Smilestones Grandma's heart to heart on married life
Grandma offers the bride a tough, nostalgic talk about marriage. She recalls two lifelong burdens pa and the fire, noting that when she looked at one burden the other burned out, reflecting the hardships she faced in wedded days.
CPR Dayliners On Display In Medicine Hat Thursday
Medicine Hat hosts a public showing of two Canadian Pacific RDC Dayliners from 5 30 p m to 11 30 p m on August 12 part of a western tour starting August 5 at Port Arthur and Fort William The Dayliners soon serve Calgary Edmonton with a two car train aiming for a 3 4 hour Edmonton Calgary run each car seats 89 passengers and speeds to 85 mph with a 44 mph acceleration.
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Medicine Hat
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
RDC
Port Arthur
Fort William
Calgary
Edmonton
Budd Company
Philadelphia
Canada
C.P.R
Canadian Pacific
General Motors
Alberta
Weather Summary Edmonton Prairie Outlook
Slightly cooler air moves in from the west and east across the western prairies. Showers develop mainly in western Alberta while southern Alberta stays mostly sunny with isolated evening thunder. Central Saskatchewan should clear overnight as drier air advances from the east.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Conductor Hartley Ends 44-Year CPR Run in Medicine Hat
Conductor William G. Hartley brings CPR No. 2 into Medicine Hat today marking nearly 44 years with the railway. He retires this afternoon one day before his 65th birthday and plans leisure activities including golf and travel. His brother Albert, a CPR veteran, attended the retirement greeting. Hartley joined CPR in 1919 after moving to Medicine Hat with his family.
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William G. Hartley
C.P.R
Medicine Hat
Railway
Hartley
Calgary
Albert
Saskatoon
William .G
View Court
Wyoming
Ontario
Albert Hartley
United States
Bert
Lethbridge
Empress
Drumheller
Gas City
Brotherhood of Railway Trainment
Charity Lodge No. 304
Lethbridge Lodge No. 785
B.R.T
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Murray Halberg
New Zealand
Richie Ferguson
Ferguson
Vancouver Province
Lions
Seaforths
Burrard Inlet
Naden
Kitty
Waterloo
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Balaclava
Sky Boat
Australia
Bill Baillie
Northern Ireland
Vic
Bulletins
W. G. Hartley
CPR
Brother
The
W. G
Bill) Hartley
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