Canada urban population rises in first five year census
Ottawa CP report shows 1951 to 1956 census data. 31 cities with 5000+ gain, 87 of 459 smaller towns declined mostly in small villages. Large increases listed for Ontario and Western centers, with Kitchener and Lethbridge notable jumps. Final counts to be revised and provincial totals released later.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
Western Canada
Quebec
Maritimes
Bureau
Kitchener
Ont
Lethbridge
Alta
Manitoba—Brandon
Portage la Prairie
St. Boniface
Rotary board challenge opens Riverside checker game
Medicine Hat Rotarians issue a challenge to Kiwanis for the inaugural Rotary checker board event in Riverside Park at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Kiwanis vice president Jack Pierson prepares after Tom Dutton left town. the maneuver tests age and vigor on a local amusement board. A separate note reports a large-scale Sheep Ranching Co. being formed by D A Scholten near Ralston with about 9 000 acres, new buildings, dugouts, wells, and 3 000 head of sheep to begin operations alongside Suffield assets.
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Medicine Hat
Kiwanis
Wheel
Rotary Checker Board
Riverside Park
Historical Museum
Rotary
Dick Dickson
Tom Dutton
Jack Pierson
Beaver Lumber
Pierson
D. A. Scholten
Ralston
Incorporation of Columbia Sheep Ranching Co
Scholten
Stampede Company
Suffield Experimental Station
Suffield Station
Lorne McCaig
Union Seeks Wage Boost For Calgary Dairies Workers
The Teamsters Local 987 seeks a $25 a month raise for about 450 employees at two Calgary dairies and plants in Red Deer Lethbridge Medicine Hat. Notices have been sent to open bargaining before contracts expire Nov 1. The union also pushes for six day delivery with a five day week, ending the six day requires during holidays. Current pay is $228 monthly plus commission for drivers and $225 monthly for plant staff.
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Teamsters
Red Deer
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Calgary Dairies
Ken Hamilton
Dairies
Pleasant harvest weather to persist on western prairies
The Edmonton weather forecast notes mainly sunny skies across the western prairies on Tuesday with afternoon highs around 80 to 85. Temperatures yesterday peaked near 80 in Edmonton area and 70s elsewhere, with light winds and no significant precipitation reported.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Soldier questions salute as camp commander claims control
A cartoonish exchange shows a recruiter bluntly telling a superior that he has seized command of a vast camp. The recruit responds with cautious optimism about keeping his new post intact, hinting at tense military authority dynamics.
Toll Leaves 40 Dead Across Canada In Weekend Accidents
A Canadian Press survey details 40 deaths from Friday to Sunday across Canada. Ontario reports 18 fatalities including 11 drownings and five traffic deaths. Quebec records nine deaths with six traffic, one electrocution, two falls. Other provinces show scattered traffic and drowning deaths.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Ota
Cranbrook couple rescues stray dog with 13 puppies
In Cranbrook British Columbia Mr and Mrs Floyd Johnson fed a stray dog last week. The dog gave birth this weekend to a litter of 13 puppies increasing their household to 14 mouths to feed. The event adds a humorous note to the couple's charity.
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Cranbrook, B.C
Cranbrook
Floyd Johnson
Western plan for Suez canal operation presented at conference
The United States submitted the Western proposal for international operation of the Suez Canal at the 22 power conference as India urged a compromise giving Egypt major control. Egypt rejected the plan. Menon proposed a two tier system with Egypt at the top and foreign users advisory. Egypt would join a Suez Canal board to operate and develop the canal.
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London
United States
India
Egypt
Dulles
Cairo
Ali Sabry
V.K. Krishna Menon
Menon
Suez Canal Board
Canada reports record July employment and tight job market
Canada’s July employment hit a record with 5,789,000 employed, up 142,000 from June and 201,000 from July last year. Unemployed job seekers fell to 102,000 as national employment services show a downward trend in applications, notably in farming forestry tourism and construction sectors. Regional NES unfilled applications show mixed changes across Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairie and Pacific provinces.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Labor Department
National Employment Service
The
Quebec
Atlantic
Pacific
Ontario
Prairie
Death of Mrs Helen Hay in Toronto Hospital
Mrs Helen Hay of Toronto died today while under treatment for infection after a Massasauga rattlesnake bite. A storm hindered searchers at Mount Blanc and the report of possible avalanche deaths remained unsettled.
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Helen Hay
Toronto
Mount Blanc
Morrow Flight Cadet Recovering From Car Crash Injuries
Flight Cadet Peter Morrow, 20, is recovering in Moose Jaw’s Province Hospital after a car crash on the outskirts two weeks ago. Doctors report a fractured neck is held by traction and expect a full recovery. his father Dr. Jack Morrow says a cast will follow once a union forms.
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Peter Morrow
Moose Jaw
Jack Morrow
Morrow
Double Flying Pay for Armed Services Slashed
Defence Minister Campney announced a doubled aircrew flying pay across active and reserve forces. The new graduated scale starts at 75 dollars monthly and rises to 150 dollars, retroactive to July 1, covering aircrew in the RCAF auxiliary and regular forces as well as aircrew in the Navy and Army. The rise recognizes the professional duties and high qualifications required for air crew work.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence
Campney
RCAF
Army
Record of Surge in Medicine Hat Tourist Traffic
Tourism numbers at the Junior Chamber of Commerce information centre show a sharp rise from 1955 to 1956 with over 2,500 visitors by mid August and a likelihood of exceeding 3,000 by summer’s end. Visitors come from Siam, Israel, Sweden, Denmark, Mexico, New Zealand and many Canadian provinces, plus 30 U.S. states.
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Chamber of Commerce
Medicine Hat
Siam
Switzerland
Denmark
Mexico
Sweden
Israel
New Zealand
Canada
U.S.A
Lyle Shaver
Shaver
R. E. Grant
Bangkok
M. Calder
Haifa
Carl H. Lindroth
Lund
J. Selwyn Taborn
Hook Vicarage
Surrey
England
Mrs. Henderson
Dennedin
Kirk Anderson
Copenhagen
Gustavo Maass
Mexico City
Rene Straehl
Lusanne
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Britishs Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
California
Michigan
Illinois
Minnesota
Indiana
New York
Montana
Missouri
Massachusetts
Athletics Eliminated From AL Flag Race
The Kansas City Athletics were mathematically eliminated from the American League title race after a doubleheader loss to Cleveland. They could finish no better than 76-78, while the Yankees, leading the league, could end the season 77-77 if they lost all remaining games.
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New York
Kansas City
Athletics
Cleveland
Yankees
Eisenhower Nixon Ticket Backers Hold Confident GOP Rally
In San Francisco the Republicans opened their Cow Palace convention with John Nixon remaining the favored running mate option for Eisenhower. Stassen failed to gain traction in boosting his dump Nixon bid as Knowland dismissed the anti Nixon push and the civil rights plank reached a cautious compromise.
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San Francisco
Eiisenhower- Nixon
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
Big Cow Palace
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
Law of the Land
Supreme Court
William F. Knowland
California
Stassen
Hatters win Elephant Shoot. Medicine Hat takes both crowns
In Kimberley British Columbia the Medicine Hat Gun Club captured both individual and squad titles at the 20th annual Elephant Shoot. L C Bracken earned High Gun while Lloyd Bracken dominated the singles event despite double handicaps. The local squad team of L C Bracken Bob Bietz Reg Black Jack Schmidt and Pete Lester won the international squad event, defeating top shooters from Victoria Duncan Vancouver Creston Calgary Bonners Ferry Libby and Spokane. The three man skeets team also finished strong but lost to Calgary by two thirds.
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Medicine Hat
Kimberley
B.C
L. C. Bracken
Bob Bietz
Reg, Black
Jack Schmidt
Pete Lester
Bonner's Ferry
Idaho
Lloyd Bracken
Victoria
Duncan
Vancouver
Creston
Calgary
Bonner’s Ferry
Libby
Spokane
JL. C. Bracken
Reg. Black
Four Die in Weekend British Columbia Accidents
Western Roundup reports four fatalities in British Columbia weekend incidents. Including drownings of William James Barclay 31 Vancouver missing after vanishing near Kitsilano beach and W R Goudie 67 Glenmore drowned at Arlington Lake. Francis James Warne 55 burned in a Rivervale shack fire. Alex Wornichuk Armstrong killed when car overturned near Vernon. Local notes list other regional incidents and sports/civic items.
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British Columbia
William James Barclay
Vancouver
Kitsilano Beach
W. R. Goudie
Glenmore
Okanagan Valley
Arlington Lake
Francis James
Warne
Rivervale
Trail
Alex Wornichuk
Armstrong
Vernon
London Traffic Committee to Study Edmonton Meters
Six members of a London England traffic committee who arrived Saturday were to begin a comprehensive study of Edmonton parking meter system today.
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Edmonton
London
England
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