Year end upturn seen in U S retail trade and industry
The year end boomlet gains momentum with rising auto output and record steel production at 80.5 percent capacity. Farm prices firming, durable goods inventories rebuilt, and defense spending showing activity. Detroit drives the upturn as retailers anticipate record December sales. economists foresee a slow steady rise into 1985 with higher pay and jobs.
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New York
Commerce Department
Detroit
Stabilizers Against a Stock Crash Highlighted
A Calgary stock market analyst named several stabilizers for the post crash era. He cites unemployment insurance and social security, larger populations and a growing middle class, broader income distribution, and a defence economy as bulwarks. The remarks were made before the 1954 55 Richardson Forum at the public library auditorium amid the Dow Jones rally of North American markets.
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Ea Defence
Calgary
Public Library
Dow Jones Indust
Prince Charles May Have Canadian School
Liberty Magazine reports the Royal Family weighs sending Prince Charles to a Canadian school. Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, supports a Gordonstoun style branch in Canada in British Columbia or Quebec with Canadian staff and the same rigorous curriculum.
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Prince Charles
Canada
Liberty Magazine
Phillip
Duke of Edinburgh
British Columbia
Quebec
Gordonstoun
Kurt Hahn
Charles
George V
HMS
George VI
Cumberland
Rockies
Twilight safety drive warns pedestrians at dusk
Safety Council pamphlets urge caution for pedestrians from 5.30 to 6.30 pm, the twilight danger period. The annual appeal notes seven of ten pedestrian highway deaths occur after dusk and shifts focus to motorists and drink driving in late December.
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Safety Council
Coast Police Fair Curb Terror Reign
Six weeks of major crime in Vancouver escalated with Friday night bank robberies totaling about 70 000 since Nov 4 Three gunmen looted a Bank of Montreal branch and a lone bandit took 1500 from another Bank of Montreal Police deployed tear gas and machine guns to senior patrols while the city fights the crime wave amid a civic election
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Vancouver
West Vancouver
New Westminster
Stanley Park
Lions Gate Toll Bridge
West Point Grey
Bank of Montreal
Walter Mulligan
Fred Hume
Archie Proctor
Cardinals Report Pope Pius XII Improves at Vatican
Two editorial room bulletins say Pope Pius XII, gravely ill, is much better and cheerful after a restful night in Vatican City. Also in brief, Egyptian court sentences Hassan el Hodeiby and six others to death for Muslim Brotherhood activities.
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Pius XII
Vatican City
Cairo
Hassan el Hodeiby
Brotherhood
Camrose Declared City of Alberta on Jan 1 1955
The Alberta Gazette carries a proclamation making Camrose an official city as of January 1 1955. Cabinet approved the change after talks with Camrose officials. The town council remains until October when elections for a mayor and six aldermen are held under the City Act.
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Edmonton
Camrose
Alberta
Department of Municipal Affairs
Weather Trend Mild Across Alberta and Saskatchewan
Slightly cooler air moves westward through Saskatchewan while Alberta remains mild. Temperatures will drop a few degrees across all regions Sunday.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Civil servants press for two added holidays after Christmas
Ottawa reports civil service workers seek two extra days off after Christmas and New Year since both holidays fall on Saturdays. The Civil Service Association asks that Mondays after Christmas and New Year be observed as holidays, in addition to already promised half Fridays.
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Reginald Hardy
News
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Canada
Civil Service Association of Ottawa
Civil Service Commission
British Columbia
Alberta
Pinard Considers Holidays for Civil Service Staff
Ottawa special says Red Pinard, secretary of state, is studying representations by civil service groups seeking holidays on the two Mondays after Christmas and New Year. He may reconsider Christmas holidays and will announce after a cabinet conference next Thursday.
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Ottawa
Red Pinard
Ottawa considers December 27 as unofficial Boxing Day holiday
Ottawa officials anticipate a Monday after Christmas could be a holiday if bylaws are amended. Banks and stores would close while railways extend overtime rules. Board of Trade says departments and specialty stores will close Monday, with manufacturing and grocers operating. Civil servants seek the same post Christmas break. The decision rests with municipal bylaw changes, not the federal government.
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Reg Hardy
News Ottawa
Ottawa
BeBe
Board of Trade
Assumption
Withdraw Charge of Disturbance Against Bowness Newsman
In Bowness court, Donald W. Davies proprietor of the Bowness Beacon had a charge of creating a disturbance withdrawn. He was jailed November 19 after a school board meeting he refused to leave and later returned. he appeared again Friday and was released on his own recognizance.
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Calgary
Donald W. Davies
Bowness
Davies
W. B. Barnstead
K. W. Dutnall
Floral display at Medicine Hat Greenhouses aids VON fund
Citizens invited to visit the Medicine Hat Greenhouses tomorrow for the annual VON tea and floral exhibit. Proceeds support the Victorian Order of Nurses with hours noon to 4 pm and a silver collection. Greenhouses at 10th Ave SE, near Lions Club park, near Redcliff markets, peak Christmas trade looms.
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Wilfred Roloff Beny
Medicine Hat
Medicine Wat Kiwanis Club
Charles W
V.O.N
Redcliff
10Th Ave. S.E
Lions Club Park
Smilestones Account Of A High Altitude Camera Racket
A fragmentary dialogue describes a daring camera venture at great height. The exchange notes the device photographed the entire earth but hints at a setback due to movement or misalignment.
The Latest Thing in Men's Pyjamas Women Buy Most
HAL BOYLE reports from New York that women now buy 86 percent of men's pyjamas as a booming 125 million dollar annual industry targets 30 million pairs by year end 1954. He notes wives roll cuffs, single women buy small sizes, and Hollywood influence faded after star bravado. The industry pivots to loungers and TV wear with hundreds of styles and colors.
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New York
M. J. Lovell
Pyjamra Institute
Ovell
Wau-tie
China
India
England
America
Goodman Case Remanded After Court Appearance
Former Moose Jaw police sergeant Harold Goodman was remanded to December 10 on a charge of creating a public disturbance. He faces one similar charge and another of impaired driving. His firing by Police Chief Alex Bell led to the chief’s dismissal and rehiring of both men with Goodman later suspended pending hearings.
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Moose Jaw
Harold Goodman
Goodman
Alex Bell
Police Commission
J. H E. Chisholm
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