Duke Sees Secret Armament Plant in Canada Visit
The Duke of Edinburgh spent three hours examining secret armament research in Canada. He viewed armor piercing ammunition and a bazooka type anti tank weapon with enhanced infantry punch. His tour focused on guided missile models and parts made in Hamilton during a visit to Quebec City.
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Bob Hanley
Quebec
Duke of Edinburgh
Canada
Hamilton
R.C.A
Royal
Ancienne Lorette
Castle
Defense Research Board
Britannia
Buckingham Palace
Gaspard Fauteux
Fort Churchill
Barreris
Police Believe Missing Marion McDowell Murdered
Toronto police say 17 year old Marion McDowell is dead, based on evidence she was struck on the head and bled heavily when disappeared on December 6. Britain's Robert Fabian interviewed the family and visited the lovers lane scene in Scarborough as part of the inquiry.
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Toronto
Marion McDowell
Toronto Typist
Britain
Robert Fabian
Toronto Telegram
Fabian
Ontario
Scarboro
Jimmy Wilson
River rescue boom proposed after fatal drowning
City council will examine a public safety committee recommendation for a portable life saving boom across the South Saskatchewan River. The device, fitted with wires and grappling hooks, would be stored at the police station and deployed at the CPR bridge during drownings, a plan urged by Bud Osborne after Charles Gramm’s death.
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Public Safety Committee
South Saskatchewan
C.P.R
Bud) Osborne
Charles Gramm
Osborne
Bank robber Puff dies in electric chair at Sing Sing
Gerhard Puff, once among the FBI ten most wanted, was executed in Sing Sing for the murder of FBI agent Joseph J. Brock during a 1952 gun battle at the Congress Hotel New York. Puff had been sought for a Prairie Village bank robbery.
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Ossining
N. Y
Gerhard A. Puff
FBI
Sing Sing Prison
Puff
Josph J. Brock
Congress Hotel
New York City
Prairie Village
Kan
Fred Gibbs Buys Largest Earth-mover in Alberta
Fred Gibbs Construction Co purchases a Caterpillar DW-15 earth moving machine worth over 35000. The self-loading rubber-tired unit will speed grading at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens and later handle irrigation jobs in Seven Persons Enchant areas while supporting multiple S.M.R.D. and Bow River projects.
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Alberta
F. R. Gibbs Construcion Co
Fred Gibbs’ Company
Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens
No. 3
Seven Persons
Enchant
S.M.R.D
Bow River
Canada US talks eye canal sites on both riverbanks
External Affairs Minister Pearson said Canada may build canals on its side of the St Lawrence rapids while negotiations explore construction on the American side. The talks cover passage for Canadian ships and seamen, cost sharing, credits for prior Canadian work, and toll collection methods.
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St. Lawrence
U.S
Ottawa
Canada
Pearson
US S
United States
Fed Up With Prankster Stirs South Side Anger
Pittsburgh AP reports residents on the south side express fury at a prankster who has caused repeated disturbances over 12 days. Unordered beer deliveries, unrequested flowers, false fire and medical calls, and a nonexistent fight prompt police and fire responses, igniting local outrage.
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Pittsburgh
Studebaker Workers Approve Pay Cut to Avert Shutdown
In South Bend Indiana CIO United Automobile Workers Local members voted more than eight to one to accept an average fourteen percent pay cut rather than risk a plant closure. The pay cut ranges from twelve to twenty dollars weekly, with the plant facing a 60 day contract end and potential shutdown.
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South Bend
Ind
Studebaker
CIO
United Automobile Workers
Bitter Clashes Between Strikers and Police in Germany
In Frankfurt and Munich clashes erupted as Bavarian metal workers strike for a three cent wage rise amid a five day walkout affecting about 220 000 workers. Police protected non strikers while arrests raised tensions as talks collapsed.
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Germany
Frankfurt
Munich
Hamburg
Staircase Blues in a Hospital Smile
An elderly patient breaks a leg and wears a plaster cast. Doctors warn against stairs. After removal she asks to climb again and jokes that she is tired of the drain pipe stairs, relieving tension with humor.
Ticket receipts fall short of British Empire Games target
Vancouver report says ticket revenues likely about 20000 short of the 385000 target. total expenditure circa 2600000 with major costs for building arenas, sports centres and housing.
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Vancouver
British Empire Games Association
Sam Rosen
Glen MacKenzie Helps Recover Bodies in Mexican Climber Tragedy
Medicine Hat resident Glen D MacKenzie returned home after assisting in the recovery of four Mexican climbers who perished on Mount Victoria near Lake Louise on July 30. The rescue party faced avalanches and rough terrain as they hauled bodies over Abbott’s Pass, with MacKenzie describing a grueling 24 hour operation and reflecting on warning signs ignored by climbers.
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Medicine Hat
Glen D. MacKenzie
Lake Louise
Glen MacKenzie
Mount Victoria
Abbott's Pass
Earnest Feuz
Ramond Grobare
Ray Wehner
Frank Campbell
Charles Roland
MacKenzie
Abbott’s Pass
Constable Schriglie
Ernest Feuz
Hugh Jennings
Canadian Rockies
Wm MacKenzie
Government urged let doctors prescribe placebos in NHS
London AP reports two medical magazines urged the British government to allow doctors to prescribe fake medicines under the NHS. Placebos, while inert, are argued as useful to reassure patients and strengthen confidence in recovery.
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London
Free
National Health Service
Lancet
Canada Wheat Crop Seen At 512 Million Bushels In 1954
Canada reports a 1954 wheat crop of 512 984 000 bushels the smallest in four years yet above the 10 year average. St Lawrence Seaway construction is to finish by 1958 following U S Canada talks. Americas Cup golf finishes with tight competition between Canada and the United States in windup matches.
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Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
U.s.-Canada
United States
Books Seized as Directors Happy Over Alberta Probe
British Empire Oil Co Ltd directors say they are happy about the Alberta attorney general investigation after shares during a stormy meeting approved an offer to Arrow Drilling Co Delaware. The probe, led by solicitor F Friedman, follows a bid to absorb Arrow and change company capitalization and name to Canadian British Empire Oil Co Ltd.
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Calgary
British Empire Oil Co., Ltd
Alberta
Arrow Drilling Co
Delaware
Lucien Maynard
F. Friedman
British Empire
Arrow Drilling
Arrow
Alberta Supreme Court
J. Cairns
H. A. Fuller
Fuller
Cal
Warm sunny trend spreading in Peace River region
Edmonton dispatch notes a developing warm sunny pattern in the Peace River area while other prairie regions expect unsettled weather through Saturday.
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Edmonton
Peace River
Prairies
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American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
New
York
ASPCA
Fred Gibbs
Canada-U.s
Gary Company
Canadian British Empire Oil Co., Ltd
Toronto Street School
Earl Kitchener School
Alexandra High School
Elizabeth Street School
Elm Street
Montreal Street School
Scout Hall
Riverside
Connaught School
Airport
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