Local Bus CD Deal Planned For Next Municipal Vote
A city council discussion hints private management of bus service with a long term franchise up to 40 years. Alderman Scholten reports route and subsidy ideas while CEO Blair weighs costs and required public support for service from 7 to 7 or 10 daily hours.
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How Dar
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Senate Likely to Back Amendments To Arms Aid Plan
The Senate faces amendments to the 1.45 billion arms aid bill as Vandenberg and Dulles push cuts and controls. House panel backed the full amount, with future floor action likely amid talks of a Labor Day recess and potential pace delays.
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Washington
Arthur Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
John’ ‘Foster
Dulles Aker
N.Y
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Armed’ Services Committee
House of Representatives Foreign Affairs
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Vandenberg
Dulles
United States
France
Britain
North Atlantic Council
Vandenberg-Dulles
Congress
Vandenberg and
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
Too Much Candy Ruins Appetites
Auburn Indiana editor Ted E Haberorn warns readers not to give his children candy or ice cream cones noting the kids refuse to eat at home due to excess generosity. The informal notice was published in the weekly newspaper yesterday.
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Auburn Ind
Ted E. Haberorn, Jr
We Weekly
Rockets Hire Hockey Player Trio To Strengthen Championship Plans
Tacoma Rockets coach Mazz Patric announced the purchase of Doug Toole from Medicine Hat along with Pee Wee Read and George Robinson from the New York Rangers. Toole, known as a ball hawk and left fielder for the Tigers in the Big Six, also plays winter ice hockey. The acquisitions form a trio expected to key the team’s bid for the championship next season.
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Tacoma Rockets
Doug Toole
Medicine Hat
Pee Wee Read
George Robinson
New York Rangers
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Tigers
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US Canada Plan Oil Trade Deal
Edmonton Acting Premier N E Tanner said Alberta and the United States may sign a petroleum exchange agreement allowing Alberta oil exports to the US. The plan envisions US buyers at lake head and eastern US producers selling to eastern Canada via a Regina to Great Lakes pipeline, with Alberta oil trading partners easing costs. Tanner spoke to the Edmonton Kiwanis.
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Edmonton
N. E. Tanner
United States
Alberta
U.S
Lakehead
Edmonton Kiwanis Club
Tanner
Regina
Great Lakes
Okanagan Packinghouse Strike Looms Over Fruit Industry
BC packinghouse workers threaten a strike in the Okanagan, risking a 25 million dollar crop. W Sands of the Federation warns a walkout could eclipse insect damage, amid unofficial vote support and disagreement over union shop rules. J R Stephens of the Okanagan Federation Shippers opposes compulsory union membership.
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B.C
CPA
Okanagan Valley
British Columbia
Canada
W. Sands
Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Workers
Noticy
Victoria
Rand
J. R. Stephens
Okanagan Federation Shippers
Cape Breton Peary Bear Killed by Farmer John Mackenzie
They grow big in Sydney Nova Scotia as Cape Breton's grand daddy bear is slain by farmer John Mackenzie of Fiper's Glen. The massive suspect nearly seven feet long and weighing about 600 pounds was cornered among sheep and killed with a single rifle shot.
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Cape Breton
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Fiper’s. Glen
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Movie Credit at the Box Office Could Expand Film Attendance
Hollywood reports box office credit plans by the King Brothers to issue charge cards at theaters. Patrons would pay monthly after viewing, with credits tied to a credit rating. Theatre owners show interest, hoping larger crowds rise without price increases.
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Frank King
Brothers
Frank
Kings
Maurice
Hyman Kozinsky
New York
East Side
Theatre Owners of America Association
City Appeals for Completion of No 3 Highway Surfacing
City officials push to file immediately with the provincial Public Works department for hard surfacing on No 3 highway from Wilchifred to Taber. Alderman Hawthorne cites aging roads and government readiness to fund and supply crews to finish the project this fall, with chambers of commerce and Legion asked to cooperate.
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Wilchifred
Taber
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Ald
S. F. Scotts
Hawthorne
B. C. Armstrong
Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Legion
Ald. Leinwebeli
Elkwater
Education Hospital Aid Declared Insufficient in Alberta Drive
Medicine Hat civic leaders on Monday night endorsed an intensified urban push to reclaim provincial largesse for city school, hospital and social welfare aid. A special committee will press Calgary and Edmonton on the Judge commission recommendations and oppose the province’s rural tilt.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Don S. Hawthorne
Calgary
Ald
Hawthorne
Leinweber
Legge
Alberta Municipalities’ Association
Add. Leinweber
Aid
B.C. Armstrong
Armstrong
Sietor
Ald. S. Fi
Scott
H. C. Leinweber
Edmonton
Wartime basementless housing in Medicine Hat subjected to council review
City records reveal tenant survey by the Canadian Legion on 150 wartime basementless houses noting extreme cold floors and frozen pipes. Many reported frozen water all night and damaged plumbing, with 92 keeping water running to prevent freezing and calls for city inspection and improved wartime housing quarters.
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W. A. Keith
Medicine Hat
Canadian Legion
H. C. Leinweber
Ald. Leinweber
Famous Author Dies Today
Margaret Mitchell author of Gone With the Wind died today in Atlanta after severe injuries from a car struck Thursday night. She suffered a fractured skull two fractures pelvis and possible internal injuries while in critical condition with high fever.
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Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Kitchen Accidents Highlighted in Smilestones WIFE Dialogue
The exchange in Smilestones humor centers on kitchen mishaps. A wife notes a large share of accidents happen there while the husband jokes about eating the results and pretending enjoyment.
Russians Swindle Iran On Caviar Concessions
Tehran reports Russia profits heavily from Caspian caviar under the 1927 Iran Russia fisheries deal. Iran claims the concession favors Moscow, with Iran due about $1,000,000 annually but credited only with fixed royalties of 800,609 rials, around $25,000 today.
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Tehran
Iran
Russia
Caspian Sea
Caspian
Harvest Outlook Dims Across Bow Island District
Harvest began in Bow Island district with poor yields all around. Wheat 2 to 15 bushels per acre averaging seven. rye mostly plowed. oats and barley mostly seed, little market. Seeded area about 55 000 acres. pastures poor but livestock in good shape. Rainfall 3.22 inches. moisture near depletion. expectations show P F A A regulation likely. 1948 49 wheat shipments by CPR were 687 000 bushels, now 20 35 percent lower. rye flax also under average.
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Bow Island
P.F.A.A
C.P.R
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