City council reviews ten month report and power plant extension
Medicine Hat Mayor Wilson Riley reports optimistic 1951 10 month results and credits the power plant by law approval for a 30 000 kw capacity increase. City finances and gas field health are strong though bus and hospital costs remain issues. Alderman Smith urges tax relief for elderly and warns of tax sprees by the federal government.
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E. W. Smith
L. A. Walker
Riley
Ada
Finance Committee
Ald. Smith
Warren Kimmitt
Kimmitt Concrete Company
Poole Construction Company
Satellites’ Armies Grow as Russia Refines Its Allies
Western intelligence reports indicate Bulgaria staffs 160 180 thousand troops with about 500 tanks while Albania fields 60 80 thousand, lacking larger heavy arms but highly trained. Satellites strengthen while Russia maintains 165 175 divisions, with around a third motorized or armored, though no imminent strike is seen.
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Rome
Russia
Bulgaria
Korea
Albania
Nab Tiger Woman Meek as Kitten at Last Escape
Winnie Ruth Judd known as the tiger woman was recaptured Friday night in Phoenix and returned to the state hospital for the insane after her fourth escape. The 48 year old killer of two roommates in 1931 was found three blocks from an apartment court and offered no resistance. She told officers she felt she should be turned loose after 20 years and recalled a tragedy she said she wasn’t wholly responsible for.
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Phoenix
Ariz. AP
Winnie Ruth Judd
State Hospital
Newfoundland Tories Win Four Seats In Vote
Progressive Conservatives narrowed Liberal control in Newfoundland with four new seats in the 28 seat House. Peter Cashin won St John’s West, J J Spratt lost St John’s East, and O L Vardy was re elected. Liberals led by Patrick Canning gained others as Burgeo St Barbe and Fortune Bay remained Liberal. Premier Smallwood secured a strong personal win in Bonavista North.
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St, John's
Nild
Joseph Smallwood
Peter Cashin
Newfoundland
St. John’s West
J. J. Spratt
Smallwood
St. John’s East
Iateten
O. L. Vardy
Patrick Canning
Placentia West
Progressive Conservaiive
M. K. Pritchett
Bonavista North
Burgeo
St. Barbe
Fortune Bay
Ottawa Round-up: pensions rise and medical exams called
Brig. E A McCusker protested a government statement on an American posing as a doctor in the R C N. Members endorsed a 33 1/3 percent increase in war disability pensions. Capt Clarie Gillis urged improved medical exams for enlistment in the armed forces.
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E. A. McCusker
Martin
R.C.N
Clairie Gillis
DCI
Cape Breton South
UN Seeks Ban on Air Base Builds in Korea Armistice Talks
In a stormy Panmunjom session Vice Adm. C Turner Joy pressed for no military base construction or repair in North Korea during the armistice. Brig Gen William Nuckols warned of growing Communist air power as Lt Gen Nam Il argued for strengthening air bases. Joy outlined four conditions including no increase in forces, no war material buildup, an armistice commission with free joint observation, and no troop withdrawals discussion during the talks.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations Command
North Korea
Reds
United Nations
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Wiliam P. Nuckols
Nam Il
Joy
Red
Turned Away at Jay-Cee Amateur Show Draws Fire
Fire limits kept 300 to 400 spectators from Empress theatre during the Jay-Cee Amateur Show last night. Jim Wyers, 17, from Ralston, won top honors with a vocal solo. Elaine and Lynne Jensen, Bow Island sisters, won second prize in period costume. Bow Island High School chorus placed third as audience supporters watched in frustration.
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Jay-Cees
Empress Theatre
Junior Chamber
Jim Wyers
Ralston
Elaine
Lynne Jensen
Bow Island
Bow Isle
A. Martin
Noreen Flanagan
J. R. Wallis
Les Willis
Second St. S.E
Mary Ellen Gray
Commons Approves War Disability Pension Increase
The Commons approved a plan to raise war disability pensions by 3344 percent effective Jan 1. The 100 percent single veteran pension rises to 125, with dependents and child allowances also increased. the bill now goes to the Senate amid debates on retroactivity and dependent support.
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Otlawa
The
Commons
Senate
Capt
Howard Green
Vancouver Quadra
A. J. Brooks
Pc—Royal
Percy Wright
Ccf—Melfort
George Cruickshank
Fraser Valley
Lapointe
Pensions Commission
Policeman’s Wife Held After Calgary Shooting
In Calgary, the wife of constable W L Dreher is under guard in hospital after the shooting death of oil company employee Clancy Manning Franklin, 28, formerly of Colville Washington. Inspector Larry Partridge said Mrs Dreher is a material witness. no charges yet. Franklin died at hospital from a head wound after a kitchen shooting in the Dreher basement suite.
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Calgary
Oil Company
Clancy Manning Franklin
Colville
Wash
W. L. Dreher
Dreher
Franklin
Larry Partridge
Drehers
Survivor recalls yachting tragedy and grim four day ordeal
The lone survivor of an eight fatalities yacht disaster described a four day night at sea in a 14 foot lifeboat with no food or water. Gustave Frazer endured hunger and thirst after the Amphitrite leaked and capsized near Morehead City, while Luttrell and two others died before rescue.
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Charleston
S.C
Gustave Emanuel Frazer
Frazer
Samuel A. Luttrell
Morehead City
N.C
Amphitrite
Virgin Islands
Luttrell
One Man Arrested After Street Fight in Santiago
Santiago police say Juan Guzman, age 103, used a powerful haymaker to KO his 28-year-old opponent in a Friday street brawl. The younger man is hospitalized in critical condition.
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Santiago
Chile
Juan Guzman
Korea Field Commanders Keep Casualties Down Amid Guarded Front
United Nations field commanders face a dilemma between limiting casualties and maintaining aggressive effectiveness as cease fire talks continue. Ground activity is pared to reconnaissance patrols and counter battery fire, with Canadian forces in Korea mentioned. The clarification followed confusion over orders on November 28, tying frontline patrols to cautious engagements.
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Korea
United Nations
North Korea
38Th Parallel
Matthew B. Ridgway
Smilestones: Patrolling Royals and Readied Troops
The piece notes the 25th Canadian Brigade under Brig. R. M. Rockingham maintaining aggressive patrols to keep soldiers sharp. It claims this approach kept troops of the Royal 22nd Regiment fit for battle, ready and determined after weeks of vigilance.
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25Th Canadian
R. M. Rockingham
Royal 22Nd Regiment
Mild spell continues across Alberta and Saskatchewan
A broad mild pattern persists in Alberta and Saskatchewan, with a surge of warm air pushing temperatures above freezing. Medicine Hat reported a low of 43 last night and the region should see highs near 50 as the warm spell extends into the weekend with mainly variable cloudiness and southwest winds.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Polio Victims Airlifted From Isolated Utah Village
Three young polio victims were flown to Salt Lake City hospitals Friday for emergency treatment from Hanksville Utah in a snowbound isolation. The trio reached medical care after the swift airlift highlighting rural health challenges and harsh winter travel conditions.
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Salt Lalk
Salt Lake City
Utah
Hanksville
Disquieting Signs Over Red Intentions Shown in Korea
Ottawa CP Brig. C. M. Drury Canada’s deputy defence minister says the Korean halt last Wednesday was not an allied order but hints an officer suggested a go slow He warns communists may not seek an armistice and notes growing enemy strength in air and artillery while Western forces boost defenses
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Ottawa
C. M. Drury
Canada
National Defence
Korea
St. Andrew’ S
Cameron Highlanders of
Brig. Drury
Europe
Brig
Drury
Far East
Egypt
Witness reports theft of wristwatch during left turn
Bonnie G. Hargrove signaled a left turn in Santa Monica when another driver swiped her wristwatch. She alleges the act occurred despite complying with traffic law and police were notified.
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Santa Monica
Bonnie G. Hargrove
Big Four disarmament talks open in Paris
United States, Britain, France and Russia agreed on meeting procedures for the 10 day start of UN disarmament talks in Paris. U N Assembly President Padillo Nervo said the atmosphere was cordial and two daily sessions are planned until December 10.
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Paris
Europe
Britain
France
United States
United Nations Disarmament Committee
Luis Padillo Nervo
U.N. Assembly
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Philip C. Jessup
Jules Moch
Selwyn Lloyd
Assembly
Padillo Nervo
Msi
Nervo
Ashig
Radilla Nervo
Trocadero Gardens
Palais Chaillot
U.N
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