Question Of The Week On Water Meters In City Homes
Readers discuss whether water meters should be installed in homes. Dick Herrmann notes some should be monitored while others not, citing wasteful users and many careful ones. Pearl Feil favors meters but for households that waste water due to large lawns and gardening.
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Dick Herrmann
St. S.E
Herrmann
Pearl Feil
12Th St. S.E
Fred Foulston
4Th St. S.E
Lenaman
Parkview Drive
Shoplifting Ring Breaks From Hamilton Teens
A 14 to 18 year old girl who altered a dress led detectives to what police call the citys largest teenage shoplifting ring. Fifteen girls from the same high school stole over $1000 in six months from Hamilton shops. Three guilty teens received one year probation in magistrate court. Two more pleaded guilty and face Monday appearance. One more teen and two juveniles were arrested recently as the investigation continues.
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Hamilton
Partment
Garter ban in 1963 Northampton court case
1963 Northampton district court fined 21 year old Paul F Lefebvre ten dollars for hanging a garter from a car rear view mirror. Judge rules no place for garter in modern times.
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Northampton
Mass
Milady
Paul F. Lefebvre
International Dragnet Mobilizes Over Britain Train Robbery Mastermind
Scotland Yard flying squads raided East End homes while an international search order targeted the alleged mastermind of the Glasgow London mail train heist. Banks report rising losses as Interpol extends the hunt to southern France and Spain amid suspicions of sabotaged security cars and planned alibis.
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London
Scotland Yard
East End
Britain
Interpol
International
France
Spain
Reginald Bevins
Bevins
Post Office
Scotland
Cheddington
Victor Braun Dominates Banff Tosca in Powerful Debut
Canadian opera review lauds Victor Braun as Scorpia for Banff School of Fine Arts. His resonant voice and magnetic stage presence overpower other singers, while Constance Fisher delivers strong Tosca despite occasional acting limitations.
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Victor Braun
Scorpia
Banff School of Fine Arts Opera Company
Tosca
Braun
Constance Fisher
Miss Fisher
Baby Buried In Kennedy Family Plot
Patrick Bou vier Kennedy, the president’s third child who lived less than 40 hours, was buried in a simple six minute committal at the Kennedy family grave in Brookline. A Kennedy headstone marks the grave as the Carter family plot was placed on land bought 15 years ago by Joseph Kennedy. Cardinal Cushing led a private Mass of the Angels in the late president’s Brookline chapel.
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Boston
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
Kennedy
Brookline
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Intrepid Easterners Tackle the West
Charles Lynch recounts a cross country tenting journey with a caravan of seven, chasing nature and lower lodging costs aboard a modern retractable trailer tent. The narrative blends humor and misadventure from Quebec to the Trans Canada Highway as the group recalls past tenting trials and eerie Quebec nights.
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Charles Lynch
Southam News Services
Chlorine Gas Leak In Philadelphia Hospitalizes 400
A broken pipe in a railroad tank car sent dense chlorine fumes through a northeast Philadelphia area. Over 400 people were admitted to hospitals. no deaths were reported. Firemen and police were overcome while rescuing victims. The leak began at 1:35 p.m. at Wonder Chemical Company.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Reading
William J. Eckles
Wonder Chemical Company
Arnold Lanza
Robbers Stole 45000 From Red Rock Bank
Police hunted two armed robbers who fled with about 45000 from a Red Rock branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Officers, including about 25, blocked roads near the pulp mill town north of Lake Superior. A sawed off shotgun and a revolver were used. no injuries reported.
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Red Rock
Ont
Ontario
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Hector Hartly
Lake Sperior
Port Arthur
Hartly
Signing of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Gains Wide Support
Canada joined Britain the United States and the Soviet Union in signing the treaty banning atmospheric space and underwater tests. By week’s end more than 75 nations had signed.
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Canada
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Washington
London
Hail Storm Devastates Crop Area South of Medicine Hat
A brief but severe hail storm ripped through a district south of Medicine Hat causing widespread crop damage. The event prompted concerns over agricultural output and future protections for local growers.
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Medicine Hat
Northwest Nitro Chemicals Ltd
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Wheat Board
Alberta
TransAir Ltd
West Prairie
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Rod Edwards
Pat Flinn
The
Alice Romeike
Fred Deutscher
3Rd St. S.E
Deutscher
Jean M. Holt
Satan
Maritimes
Quebec
Lake du Ha Ha
Lynch
West
Little Cloud
Ont. Bank
Jim Peacock
Patrick Bouvier
Ottawa
Pearson
U.S
Ward
Stephen Ward
Saskatchewan
Woodrow Lloyd
New Democratic Party
Halifax
Kastela
Yugoslavia
Churchill
Man
Winnipeg
N. B. McLean
Hudson Strait
Hudson Bay
B.C. Electric
BCE
B.C. Power Corporation
Paul Red Adair
Fort St. John
B.C
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