Liberal steady in Alberta as Grouard returns Desfosses
In Grouard the Liberal J R Desfosses wins on the second count over Social Credit J L Arnaud, confirming Liberal status as official opposition with 4 seats. Alberta totals show Social Credit 49, Liberals 4, CCF 2, Progressive Conservatives 2, Independent Social Credit 1, with 3 doubtful seats and 61 total. Leader J Harper Prowee re-elected in Edmonton.
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. R. Desfosses
Grouard
Social Credit
Liberal Party
J. Harper Prowee
Jordan Parliament Adopts Hussein as Heir to Hashemite Throne
Parliament of Jordan declares 17 year old Hussein as king after removing Talal due to mental illness. Hussein, a student in England, is praised as likable and well educated by British schooling influences and backed by Queen Zeine. The move follows Egypt's earlier ouster of Farouk and coronation of his infant son Fuad.
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Amman
Jordan
Talal
Hussein
Norden
Egypt
Farouk
Fuad
Switerland
Switzerland
King Abdullah
England
Abdullah
Arab Legion
Zeine
Boxer Ship Boxer Reaches Yokosuka After Devastating Fire
Damaged carrier Boxer arrived at Yokosuka Japan with 12 burned planes and many wounded. Nine dead and numerous injured had been evacuated despite a fierce blaze that erupted during preparations to launch jets against North Korea. Sailors risked life to save teammates as fire spread through the hangar deck while destroyers stood by.
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Yokosuka
Japan
United States
North Korea
E. O. Hawley
Prairie Weather Improves With Sunshine Through Week
After a cool weekend the prairies warm up with sunny conditions today across all regions. Tomorrow brings sunny skies and a few afternoon showers in northern Alberta. Medicine Hat reports sunny today and Tuesday with southwest winds around 15 miles per hour and temperatures from 50 to 80.
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Prairies
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Tommy Manville Announces Tenth
New York CP reports Tommy Manville announces divorce from his ninth wife Anita Frances Oddy-Oden and engagement to his 10th Corrine Daly 24 of Brooklyn. Daly says she met Manville five days ago and recalls visiting his Bon Repos estate where a boat incident led to her stay. Manville says he settled $100,000 on his ninth wife who dissolved the marriage Saturday at Renosa on the Mexican border.
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New York
Tommy Mannville
Anita Frances Oddy-Oden
Corrine Daly
Brooklyn
Daly
Bon Repos
Manville
Renosa
Calgary Polio Cases Climb to 81 Weekend update
The 1952 polio total in Calgary and district rose to 81 with 15 new weekend cases. Calgary and district totals include 53 locals and 28 from surrounding areas. six deaths reported in the region this year. In Lethbridge and district the count reached 16, the highest for the area, with one death. The new cases include a 37 year old man and an 11 year old Diamond City boy, third cases in their groups.
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Calgary
Manitoba Oil Field Near Virden Promises Large Reserves
John R. Ower of California Standard Oil Co. says an oilfield eight miles west of Virden Manitoba holds at least 10 million barrels of high grade crude with potential to grow as the area expands. He notes fields are classified by recoverable reserves and Daly area may yet become a major field.
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Winnipeg
Virden
Man
John R. Ower
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
California Standard Oil Co
Ower
Daly
California
Standard
Tilston
Scots pioneers land on Prince Edward Island in 1803
The first party of settlers brought to Canada by Lord Selkirk landed on Prince Edward Island in 1803, marking a key moment in colonial migration and settlement history.
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Canada
Lord Selkirk
Prince Edward Island
Pomped Funeral For Eva Peron Ends National Grief
Eva Peron buried with full presidential pomp as crowds line a 27 block route in Buenos Aires. Juan Peron leads ceremonies and vows to continue her social welfare and labor duties four afternoons weekly.
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Eva Peron
Buenos Aires
Junan Peron
Eva
General Confederation of ‘Labor
Peron
Air Force
Iran Crisis Deepens as Mossadegh Granted Broad Power
Washington weighs drastic policy shifts to curb communist influence in Iran while Tehran grants Premier Mossadegh sweeping decree powers for six months. United States and Britain seek quick, practical steps to reinforce Mossadegh and block Tudeh agitation amid political instability.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Iran
London
Tudeh Party
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Tehran
Majlis
Ridgway Warns of Weakness in Western Military Buildup
General Matthew Ridgway, supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe, warned of serious weakness in the west’s buildup to meet the threat of war. He questioned whether the 1952 goal of 50 divisions and 4,000 planes could be reached and urged attention to SHAPE logistics including warehouses troop installations and air fields. He noted a two year military service proposal and cited ongoing strikes in Belgium over conscription.
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H.Q
Europe
Matthew Ridgway
Ridgway
Paris
Coufitries
Belgium
S.H.A. P.E
UN Air Attack Burns North Korean Chemical Plant
Allied fighter bombers from the Fifth Air Force struck a large chemical plant near Namsok about 30 miles from Wonsan. The attack involved 150 planes dropping high explosives and fire bombs, producing a massive blaze and thick black smoke over the site.
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Secius
Fifth Air Force
Namsok
Wonsan
Draftee Question Escalates Into Verbal Clash
A new draftee is brought before the company commander for using abusive language to his sergeant. He protests that he was answering a question the sergeant asked, but the officer demands to know what question.
Reds complain as U.N. air raids stall Korean truce talks
At Panmunjom the Communists accuse the United Nations of pressuring for armistice talks by increasing air attacks and delaying tactics. The 35 minute session ends without progress on war prisoner exchange. Nam Il demands return of 116,000 prisoners while the U.N. rejects forced repatriation. roughly 100,000 prisoners and internees resist repatriation.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
North Korea
Panmunjom
Nam II
Red
U.N
William K. Harrison
Nam Il
Crescent View Wax Explosion Injures Man In Chestern Crescent
Sinsclair Muir and his wife Audrey were injured when a can of floor wax exploded near a stove in their Crescent View home. Muir suffered severe burns to hands and face, while Mrs. Muir was shocked. Firefighters contained a small blaze. house owned by George Rageth at 1919 16th Ave.
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Crescent View
Sinsclair Muir
19Th St
Audrey
Muir
Duke Recovering After Gastro-enteritis Attack
The Duke of Windsor, recovering from gastro-enteritis, began with a Scotch and soda at Montecatini. He left his hotel at noon to drink, then joined the duchess and Dr Dante Pinsani in the garden. He then ate heartily at the restaurant while royal physician Sir Daniel Davis flew in from London.
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Montecatini
Italy
Duke of Windsor
Dante Pisani
Daniel Davis
London
Fires Break Out In Alberta Forests
Three forest fires were reported in northern Alberta near Fitzgerald and North Wabasca Lake, marking the first serious outbreaks in a month. Provincial chief timber inspector J. L. Janssen cited warm, dry conditions after a week of heat as the cause. The blazes occurred northeast of Edmonton in the McMurray area, close to the Northwest Territories boundary.
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. L. Janssen
Fitzgerald
Northwest Territories
Wabasca Lake
Lesser Slave Lake
Bitumont
McMurray
River Shannin Claims Longest River Title in Isles
The river Shannin in Ireland runs about 240 miles and is described as the longest river in the British Isles. The claim highlights its length and regional standing among major waterways.
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Shannin
Ireland
British Isles
New Era May Start For Europe Trade
The Schuman plan’s nine member authority began work in Luxembourg to promote a unified coal steel market among six Western European nations. Led by Jan Monnet the group will oversee free trade in steel and coal and pave the way for possible political federation. The first assembly meets Sept 10 in Strasbourg with a 78 member international court to follow.
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Luxembourg
Schuman Plan
Western Europe
Monnet
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Schuman Organization
Robert Schuman
Europe
Monneth
Coal Steel Pool
Council of Ministers
Assembly
International Court
Strasbourg
Court
Flight Contest Tragedy Near Morinville Claims Two
A light aircraft crashed in a farmer field near Morinville 17 miles north of Edmonton killing two men Arnold Grieder Calgary pilot student and A Je Moore Edmonton aviation inspector. Grieder was in training for the Webster trophy and Moore was checking proficiency when the Cornell trainer crashed three and a half miles south of Morinville. The Calgary Flying Club plane did not burn.
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Edmonton
Morinville
Arnold Grieder
Calgary
A. Je
Bob
Moore
Department of Transport
Grieder
Canada
Cornell
Morrinville
Calgary Flying Club
Mauled by Bear Expected to Live
Rocky Mountain House reports favorable recovery for Ronnie Lyall a 25 year old forest ranger after a Friday night grizzly attack. He suffered crushed vertebrae severe bruises and cuts placed in a body cast for about three months doctors say shock is fading and hopeful outcome remains.
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Rocky Mountain House
Ronnie ‘Lyall
Lyall
British Sailors' Case Tests Japan's Foreign Ties
Tokyo reports mounting pressure as two British sailors jailed for stealing $4 against a taxi driver face possible release appeals. The case strains Japan UK relations, with diplomats calling for British military jurisdiction while Japan insists on its own courts.
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Tokyo
Reuters
Britain
Japanese’ Foreign Affairs Department
Justice Department
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Yoshida
Egypt schedules nationwide elections for February next year
Cairo announces that elections will be held in February to form a new government. General Naguib, at the army command, pledges to purge political ranks and abolish censorship from noon today. The army, asserting control since King Farouk's ouster, warns of reforms and vows a healthy parliamentary life.
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Cairo
Reuters
Egypt
Mohammed
Naguib
Farouk
Wafd
Aher
Choser
UN tribunal orders Lie to pay damages in firing case
The UN administrative tribunal orders Secretary-General Lie to pay 6990 damages and expenses to H Lukin Robinson a 36 year old former UN statistician from Ottawa who was dismissed after two years in the population division. The tribunal rejects the UN's failure to provide a reason for non renewal and notes Robinson's vice presidency of the UN staff association as a key factor.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Administrative Tribunal of the
United Nations Today
Trygve
H.lukin Robinson
U.N
Ottawa
Robinson
Paul Kern
U.N. Staff Association
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