Howe Denies Saucer Cost 100 Million
London reports quote Canada's Production Minister Howe clarifies the flying saucer project cost. He says it would have cost about 100 million if continued, but the actual development and experiments totaled roughly 4 to 5 million pounds. He notes the project never left the drawing board and was oval shaped with exhaust pipes. Howe also discusses meetings with British ministers and plans to attend GATT talks in Geneva.
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London
Howe
Canada
Southampton
Peter Thorneycroft
Board of Trade
Thorneycroft
Geneva
United Kingdom
Ivernia
Glasgow
NATO Council
Paris
Canada drops flying saucer project after high cost
Ottawa confirms Canada attempted to build a flying saucer but dropped it after estimating a total cost near 100 million dollars. Trade Minister Howe, en route to Geneva talks, noted engineering work proved the craft could fly but the project was not worth continuing. A. V. Roe Canada Ltd. did the development work in Toronto.
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Ottawa
Defence Production Department
Canada
Howe
Southampton
England
Geneva
Department
Ughier
A. V. Roe Canada Ltd
Toronto
Special Service Marks St Ambrose Church Birthday
St Ambrose Church at Redcliff observes the 40th anniversary of its consecration with a commemorative service led by Rev J H H Watts of St Dad's College Regina as guest preacher. The event follows a launch with 100 members in the parish hall and notes the Bourne mouth members who funded the church. Tonight’s service is expected to fill the historic edifice.
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St. Ambrose
Redcliff
J. H. H. Watts
St. Dad’s College
Regina
Watts
Cyril I. P. Bennett
Holy Trinity
Ralston
Bournemouth
Masonic Grand Lodge of Alberta
Rupert Cann
Ford Accepts Invitation for Windsor Strike Talks
Ford Motor Company of Canada accepts Ontario Labor Minister Daley invitation to resume strike settlement negotiations with the United Automobile Workers Union in Windsor on Tuesday. Ford’s negotiating team will be led by vice president Wallace Clark.
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Toronto
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Daley
Ontario
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Cio-Cdl
Windsor
Mr. Daley
Ford Announcement
Wallace Clark
Smilestones of a Miserable Husband
A wry remark from a dialogue sketches a beleaguered husband with ulcers hailed as a first-class failure. The quote highlights a sharp, humorous clash between spouse and spouse’s expectations.
BBC SCHEDULE MIXES UP NOVEMBER DATE
London Reuters reports an announcer on the BBC misread the calendar, declaring the date November 31 during Wednesday’s broadcast, delighting schoolboys and early risers while correcting the error for viewers.
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London
Reuters
BBC
Two Men Held In Vacation Pay Book Swindle
Winnipeg police report arrests in a vacation pay book racket tied to a scheme that cost the province potentially half a million dollars. The swindle, running two years, used forged notebooks bought from an Ontario labor department vendor and cashed at banks, with the government subsidizing the used books.
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Toronto
Winnipeg
Archie’ McCathie
Emerson, Man
Thomas Sopha
Eugenulz Mechalic
Arthur Ryan
Frank Deshevy
Eugenulsi Michalic
Ontario Department of Labor
Machine-Gun Squads Bolster Vancouver Patrol Duty
Vancouver police chief Walter Mulligan deploys three special machine gun squads led by sergeants to patrol downtown areas as armed robberies surge. The drive targets an escaped convict linked to a Thursday night hold up while police report multiple bank robberies in six weeks.
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Vancouver
Walter Mulligan
Mulligan
Danny Brent
Robert Bates
Richmond
B. C
Charlotte Whitton Fights To Keep Ottawa Mayoral Seat
Ottawa's Charlotte Whitton faces two opponents in the civic election as she seeks a third term. Civil servant David Burgess and former mayoral rival E. A. Bourque vow steadier administration and improved traffic, while Whitton marches at a brisk pace promising performance and honesty.
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Ottawa
Charlotte Whitton
Charlotte
E. A. Bourque
Ottawa Transportation Commission
Fire Destroys Bus and Implements at Massey Harris Agency
A Thursday night blaze at the Massey Harris Co. agency and an adjacent garage in Whitemouth Manitoba destroyed new farm implements valued at 40 000 dollars and a 7 000 dollar school bus. Total damage approached 60 000 dollars.
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Whitemouth, Man
Massey- Harris Co
Mild northerly winds to persist through Saturday
Edmonton weather report notes westerly winds keep mild conditions. Cloudy skies expected in northern areas today while southern regions see a delayed shift to cloudier weather until Saturday.
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Edmonton
Pope Pius XII Shows Slight Improvement Amid Illness
Vatican officials reported the pope’s condition was slightly better and more relaxed after a period of serious illness. A bulletin noted no alarming findings, with earlier reports of heart concerns and a gastric disorder tied to hiccups and nausea. Msgr. Montini, now Archbishop of Milan, was at the pope’s bedside.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Holy Father
Pope Pius
Msgr
Giovanni Batista Montini
Vatican Palace
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Msgr. Montini
Galleri
Milan
Consumer Price Index Stays Flat for October
Ottawa reports the consumer price index at 116.8 for October, unchanged from September and the second straight month at this level. Meat, coffee, eggs, clothing, fuel, rent and home costs weighed on prices while tea, vegetables, floors and personal care rose, industry materials held steady and farm produce advanced.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Witness Dies In Stabbing After Patterson Case
Phenix City Alabama AP reports a witness who may have seen killer of attorney general A L Patterson was knifed to death after urgent calls to the sheriff and the new attorney general. Patterson's son Johnny Griffin testified before an emergency grand jury as five months of patrols by National Guardsmen continue. A 16-year-old was arrested. authorities say a white man, Griffin, provoked the fight. The grand jury has indicted 734 in the vice cleanup tied to Patterson's death.
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Phenix City
Ala
A. L. Patterson
Patterson
Johnny Griffin
National Guardsmen
Griffin
James Brown
John Patterson
Alabama
Young Patterson
Lamar Murphy
Murphy
Grand Jury
Paterson
Dr Sam Sheppard breaks down when accused of murder
Dr Sam Sheppard cried and trembled after a detective accused him of Marilyn Sheppard's murder, according to testimony from his brother Dr Stephen Sheppard. The brothers, osteopaths, described the family’s early police questioning and Sheppard's later tearful reaction during a hospital visit.
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Relman Morin Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Stephen Sheppard
Marilyn
Sam
Tremely
Sheppard Brothers
Steve
Richard
Marilyn Sheppard
Sheppard
Cleveland
Bay Village
Bob Gibson Wins City Grade 9 Scholarly Honors
Carl Robert Gibson aged 15 earns general honor standing in Grade 9 exams and tops City of Medicine Hat social studies. He receives the Walter Huckvale Chapter IODE Scholarship worth 25 dollars for highest Grade 9 standing across divisions. Runner up is David Martin Lesk with a tie for third between Albert Geisinger and James Albert Papsdorf.
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Carl Robert Gibson
G. Ross Gibson
Third St
City of
Medicine Hat
Walter Huckvale
St. Louis
David Martin Lesk
L. Lesk
S. E
Albert Geisinger
STA
James Albert Papsdorf
ACHS
St. Patrick’s Home and School Association
Canadian Legion
Bob
Department of Education
Edmonton
Chestermere residents vow protests over jail plan
Chestermere Lake residents backed a motion to censure the Alberta government over the 900 acre jail site. They urged compensation for nearby land if built and demanded details on site selection and land valuation as construction slated for next spring near the Trans-Canada and Edmonton Calgary highways.
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Calgary
Chestermere Lake
Alberta
EB. C
Manning
Trans-Canada
Edmonton- Calgary
Morton McElroy
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