Governor-General accepts two dozen Golden Bantam cobs
His Worship wired Government House Ottawa to offer a gift of two dozen cobs of Golden Bantam corn. The Governor General replied he would be pleased to accept. The shipment is to Batterwood House near Port Credit Ontario and left by air express this afternoon.
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Government House
Ottawa
Batterwood House
Port Credit
Ontario
Air Express
Vincent Massey
Powerhouse
Herb
Ed Knodel
Harry Weiner
Stevenson Nears Democratic Nomination as Jersey Pivots
Adlai Stevenson collects New Jersey and Michigan support to edge toward the Democratic nomination with 60 percent of pledged votes, nearing the 686 delegate threshold. Truman attacks Stevenson while movements in Michigan and New Jersey shape a likely single-roll-call convention night.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
New Jersey
Michigan
Supreme Court
United States
Stevenson
Truman
Averell Harriman
G. Mennen Williams
Jersey
Associated Press
Wiliamson
Williams
Bigage
Ake
Ternendl
ADLAL
Temperature Drop Ahead With Thunderstorms
Cooler air from the Great Slave Lake area will lower temperatures by 10 degrees tomorrow. A few thunderstorms are expected to develop in southern regions tomorrow.
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Edmonton
Great Slave Lake
Lose Parts Fingers In Farm Accidents
Two district farmers suffered finger losses in separate farm machinery incidents yesterday. Jim Zachary of Dauntlass had a hand mangled by a swath belt on a swather. Henry Fleckenstein of Whitla injured by a baling machine belt. Both were admitted Tuesday afternoon for painful cuts and amputation of finger parts at the general hospital.
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Jim Zachary
Dauntlass
Henry Fleckenstein
Whitla
General Hospital
Smilestones Smith Faces Bank Cheque Rejections
Smith explains to his scatterbrained wife that the bank is returning their cheques. She replies with sarcasm about kindness, highlighting their worsening financial situation and disbelief at shared optimism.
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Smith
Stumbo Family Wins Its Claim Highway Strip
In Wolf Creek Oregon the Stumbo family won a legal claim to a 1614 foot toll road strip on Pacific Highway 9 after the Oregon highway commission admitted a past oversight. Robert G. Stumbo and relatives said they will negotiate with the commission, with their lawyer handling talks.
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Wolf Creek
Ore
Oregon
Stumbo
Robert G. Stumbo
Oregon Highway Commission
Golly
Robert
Harry
Allan Stumbo
Clair W. Stumbo
Stumbos
Highway Commission
May the RCMP Nest Hosts First Medicine Hat Goldfinch Births
May the RCMP garden honeysuckle shrub produced four healthy goldfinches after a two week incubation. Dickie provided the caterpillars for feeding while May remains in confinement and a fifth chick is expected shortly. Cpl. Ernest Kumm notes it is Medicine Hat’s first recorded birth of gemmulets and a local record will be hard to beat.
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May
Dickie
RCMP
Mounted Police
Cpl
Ernest Kumm
Medicine Hat
Parliament Prorogues Over Pipeline Fight in Canada
Canada 22nd Parliament ends its third session amid a heated pipeline dispute. Beaudoin faced censure motions, briefly offered resignation, then withdrew it. The session, 152 days, approved a 4.7 billion fiscal year plan as CBC propaganda charges sparked debate.
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Ottawa
Canada
Commons
Rene Beaudoin
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd
Prairie
Alberta
Montreal
Tories
CCF
Beaudoin
House
St. Laurent
Senate
Patrick Kerwin
Massey
Canada Gazette
Senate Chamber
Social Credit
CBC
Mountain Air Clears Over Exshaw After Dusty 50 Years
In Exshaw Alberta the air is clear for the first time in five decades due to a 1.5 million dollar installation at the Canada Cement Company plant. Dust precipitators aboard the 250 foot stack pull dust from emissions creating steam only. Full efficiency expected by October with 14 of 16 precipitators operating.
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Calgary
Exhsan
Here
Canada Cement Company
Exshaw
Winnipeg Woman Dies in Portage Jail After Heart Attack
A 32-year-old Winnipeg woman, Anne Preston, died in Portage la Prairie jail for women. The Attorney General’s department says the death is believed to be a heart attack and an inquest will be held. Preston, mother of a 10-year-old boy, had been sentenced to six months for narcotics possession.
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Portage LA Prairie
Winnipeg
Anne Preston
Attorney-General's Department
Preston
Trolley tour of New Orleans shifts from Desire to gas bus
J R Walker reports in New Orleans that the famed Streetcar named Desire has vanished with oil boom. A gas bus now carries tourists past the French Quarter to Canal Street while noting diverse residents, notorious bars, and the city’s maritime economy.
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J. R. Walker
The
News
Washington Bureau
New Orleans
Desire
Tennessee Wiliams
Royal Street
Vieux Carre
Crescent City
Canal Street
Canada
Bourbon Street
Lightning Strikes Bohnet Home. Insurance Fully Paid
Thelma residents Mr. and Mrs. Art Bohnet plan rebuilding after their farm home was destroyed by lightning. Allen Gibson delivered a 6500 dollar insurance cheque covering 4500 for the home and 2000 for contents. The family lived in a granary after the fire and have since moved to a nearby property while construction is planned.
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Thelma
Art Bohnet
Bohnet
Allen Gibson
Local group pictured before bomber flip event
The camp photograph shows Ray Wall with a local group just before a bomber flip. Back row includes S Humphries, H McMullen, E Morris, M Meadows, W.
Nasser Open to Advisory Body on Suez Operation
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hamidul Huq Choudhry said President Nasser agreed Egypt may welcome maritime nations advising on Suez Canal operations but preserves sovereign control. He noted Nasser favors a peaceful solution and may form a user body to guide canal administration under the 1888 freedom of navigation convention.
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London
Pakistan
Nasser
Egypt
Hamidul Huq Choudhry
Hamidul
Huq Choudhry
Suez
Peggy Ayre Misses Her Name in Local Notice
Peggy Ayre, a 30 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan W. Ayre of 370 Fourth St. S.W., grows up with two older brothers and toys. She challenged a newspaper omission when a story about her father’s appointment as superintendent at Northwest Nitro Chem shows her family but not her. The Medicine Hat News officially adds her to the Ayre clan as a future reader.
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Panda
Teddy
Peggy
Allan W. Ayre
Fourth St. S.W
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd
Michael
David
Peggy Lee
Dad
Ayre Clan
The
Medicine Hat. News
Dismissal of Midcon Oil Share Claim in Northwest Plant Case
A Calgary court dismissed Midcon Oil and Gas Ltd. claim for a 50 percent share in the Northwest Nitro Chemicals plant at Medicine Hat. Justice Neil Primrose ruled the 1951 joint venture agreement with New British Dominion Oil Co. Ltd. did not require Midcon to cover half the purchase price or operating costs, with an appeal anticipated by Harold W. Riley.
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Calgary
Midcon Oil and Gas Ltd
Medicine Hat
Neil Primrose
Harold W. Riley
Midcon
New British Dominion Oil Company Limited
Thomas L. Brook
British
Etzikom
New British
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