Dairy Leader Urges Government to Cut Butter Prices
Grant M. Carlyle of Calgary, head of the National Dairy Council, urged Ottawa to cut butter prices by adjusting the price support program. He warned of a 55,000,000 pound butter surplus next spring if the floor price remains, risking reduced domestic use and greater margarine reliance.
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Toronto
Grant M. Carlyle
Calgary
National Dairy Council
Canada
Dairy Industry
Ontario Creamery Association
Offerig
Carlyle
Britain Urges Red China Moderation Over Formosa Tensions
London reports Britain has urged Peiping to avoid precipitate actions in the Formosan straits that could trigger conflict with the United States. A foreign office spokesman said moderation was pressed in consultations with China's charge d affaires Huan Hsiang, and that Britain asked the U S to curb provocations by Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists.
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London
Britain
Red Chigin
Formosan Straits
United States
Foreign Office
Peiping
China
Huan Hsiang
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Red
Basil Dean Herald Publisher Appointment Calgary
Basil Dean, 39, named acting publisher of the Calgary Herald by the Southam Company Limited. An associate editor since 1949, he succeeds John David Southam who died at 45. Dean, born in England, trained at University College London and won the Harmsworth Gold Medal for journalism.
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Calgary
Basil Dean
Calgary Herald
Dean
The
Herald
John David Southam
Southam Company Limited
J. A. Dean
England
University College, University of London
Harmsworth
London Daily Herald
Hannen Swaffer
Fleet Street
Rainmaking studies on Vancouver Island under scrutiny
Vancouver Island residents were told there is no danger from rainmaking experiments as Dr. Irving Krick indicated operations can affect only a limited area. Powell River Co. noted last summer’s unusually wet season while noting past inconclusive results and ongoing trials from Oct 1953 to Mar 1954 and Oct 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
M. J .Foley
Powell River Co. Ltd
Lower Mainland
Irving Krick
Water Resources Development Corporation of Denver
Krick
Foley
Powell River
Powell River Company
Denver
Tao Lakes
Regina Festival Adjudicators Named for May Final
Adjudicators for the golden jubilee Regina music festival final have been chosen. Gordon Clinton will judge vocal classes, Leonard Salter will adjudicate piano, Frt. Lt. L. D. Corcoran will judge bands, and Lola Mee Quarrie will handle junior vocal and school competitions.
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Regina
Gordon Clinton
Leonard Salter
L. D. Corcoran
Edmonton
Rcaf Tactical Air Force Command
Lola Mee- Quarrie
Innipeg
Pope Suffers Acute Collapse Amid Heart Attack Fears
Vatican sources report the 78 year old Pope suffered a heart collapse with complications and acute low mood. Physicians attend him as alarm grows in the papal apartment and reports indicate his condition is serious and volatile.
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Pope
Vatican
Riccardo Galeazzi
Holy Father
Reuters
Msgr
Angelo Dell’axqua
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Papal
Winnipeg transit workers vote to strike on Monday
More than 1 060 Greater Winnipeg Transit Commission employees voted to strike early Monday December 6 over wage and fringe benefits in a new contract. A four hour service halt preceded a union meeting at the Playhouse theatre signaling continued demands, with service set to resume 1 30 p.m. if no settlement is reached.
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Winnipeg
Greater
Winnipeg Transit Commission
Downtown Playhouse
Reg Slocombe
Transit Trainmen’s Union
Winnipeg Electric Company
Manitoba
Greater Winnipeg
Board of the Commission
Portage Avenue
North Main Street
Five Liquor Act Charges Against Alberta Hotel
Testimony on overcrowded conditions at the Airdrie Hotel beer parlor near Calgary was heard in city police court as five liquor act charges against proprietor Mrs. Thora Kolstad were reviewed. Witness Constable Wilson described a crowded Saturday night scene with 150 to 160 patrons, disorderly conduct, off sale beer, late hours, and over service, while her sons Herman and Robert operated the hotel.
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Calgary
RCMP
R. J. Wilson
Thora Kolstad
Airdrie
Wilson
Kolstad
Herman
Robert
Const. Wilson
Bank Robbery in Suburban Montreal Nets $50000
Earl Vye and two employees watched as four masked men pulled a swift heist at the Bank of Montreal branch in a Vancouver suburb. The bandits entered quietly, looted the teller and vault, then fled in a stolen car before police arrived within minutes. Vye called the alarm. he described the robbers as calm and “the coolest actors I ever saw.”
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Vancouver
Earl Vye
Bank of Montreal
Verne LaBrie
Mr. Vye
McCarthy Censure Passes Senate on One Count
The Senate voted 64 to 23 to condemn Senator McCarthy for attacking the special committee and calling the session a lynch party. A separate debate on the Zwicker count followed, with amendment discussions and recalls of Communist disruption cited as the vote moved to condemn McCarthy for alleged intemperate remarks to Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker.
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Washington
Senate Today
Joseph McCarthy
Senate
Ralph Zwicker
William Jenner
Rep
McCarthy
Zwicker
Jenner
Thomson May Stay As Farm Chief
REGINA CP L B Thomson declined comment on Ottawa reports that he would remain head of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration in Regina. He quit as PFRA director last month to seek Saskatoon Liberal leadership but was defeated by A H McDonald in the Legislature. He will continue as PFRA director until a cabinet decision on his resignation.
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Regina
L. B. Thomson
Ottawa
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
Thomson
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
A. H. McDonald
PFRA
Mild Westerly Circulation Keeps Alberta Saskatchewan Mild
A westerly circulation brings mild weather to Alberta and Saskatchewan with no immediate return to colder conditions.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Local Labor Protest Over High School Construction Contracts
Mayor Harry Weiner presses Medicine Hat School Board to require resident labor for new high school contracts except key positions mirroring city practice in subway work. Contractors on the project include Oland Construction Co. of Lethbridge and relate to prior complaints during the first wing build.
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Medicine Hat
Harry Weiner
Oland Construction Co
Lethbridge
City Bylaw Change At Confusion Corner Upheld
Modern Motors Ltd lost its appeal to the Alberta Supreme Court over changes at Confusion Corner Calgary. The dismissal was announced by City Solicitor J G Kidd after the appeal in Calgary's appellate division upheld the bylaw closing the circular portion from Third Street to Fourth Street and fencing Division Avenue. Karl Kramer protested the change, but district court and higher courts declined to quash the bylaw.
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Modern Motors Ltd
Alberta Supreme Court
Calgary
J. G. Kidd
Third St
Fourth St
Division Ave
Karl Kramer
Vancouver mayor invites Margaret to open 1955 PNE
Mayor Fred Hume invites Princess Margaret to visit Vancouver next August to open the 1955 Pacific National Exhibition. The invitation came at the request of PNE directors and was relayed through Secretary of State John Pickersgill.
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Vancouver
Fred Hume
Princess Margaret
PNE
John Pickersgill
Canada
$50 000 Bank Robbery Named Largest Loot in 12 Years
Vancouver reports the Bank of Montreal branch was robbed of 50000 in broad daylight. It stands as the city’s largest bank looting in 12 years, surpassed only by historical 1911 New Westminster and 1942 Prior and Main heists. No arrests yet.
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Vancouver
Bank of Montreal
Greater
New Westminster Bank
Main Street
Columbia and
Church Streets
New Westminster
Vancouver Police Unveil Five-Point Plan After Bank Heists
Vancouver’s police chief and mayor announced a five point plan to curb bank robbery after two Montreal Bank Branches were held for a total of 51500. The measures include 50 additional investigators, civil defence volunteers at school crosswalks, 20 officers recalled from training, enhanced crime prevention, and crosswalk patrols by veterans and women. Police will hold bank lectures beginning December 9 with photographs of known gunmen to aid recognition. The plan follows two Bank of Montreal robberies in one day with a 1500 cash payoff at the downtown branch. Authorities will meet with bank officials to strengthen security.
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Bruce Levett
Vancouver
Police Commission of
Canada
Civil Defence Auxiliary Police
Walter Mulligan
Fred Hume
Hume
Bank of Montreal
West Point Grey
Mulligan
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Regina Festival
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PEG Transit
Greenlay
Modern Motors
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