Safety Day Observed In Medicine Hat Banquet
Safety Day was celebrated in Medicine Hat with government and civic officials supporting the event and traffic safety representatives assisting. A banquet and dance followed a morning program where students were honored and safety films shown. Alberta Highway Minister Gordon E. Taylor delivered a forceful address urging accountability for child deaths caused by driving and praising the city’s three year fatality free record as a model for Canada.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Gordon E. Taylor
Canadian Highway Safety Conference
Canada
Britain merges volunteer and regular naval reserves into Royal Naval Reserve
The Admiralty orders all volunteer reserves to form one Royal Naval Reserve, combining the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve with the Royal Naval Reserve. The new RNR will man ships in emergencies and during war, reflecting on wartime achievements and honours earned by volunteers.
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London
Britain
Royal Naval Reserve
Admiralty
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
RNVR
Mercantile Service
RNR
Navy
CaNaries
Ins
Farmer
Weather shift ends Alberta chinook with colder trend
A northerly wind swap ended the chinook in southern Alberta last night. Slight cooling elsewhere with light snow flurries. Overnight lows averaged 15 degrees above normal for early December, except Peace River with sub zero temperatures under clear skies. A new Pacific system could bring milder Peace River weather. Tomorrow highs expected around 35 in Alberta and 25 in Saskatchewan.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Peace River
Saskatchewan
Technical Setback Delays Vanguard Satellite Test
CAPE CANAVERAL FLA AP A new launch attempt for a tiny test satellite was ordered for daylight Friday after mechanical bugs and cold winds spoiled the previous Vanguard rocket attempt. Defense department information chief C H Schooley said unloading and refueling would take hours, risking crew fatigue. The postponement follows scrubs and cancellations that prevented the scheduled 2 pm test.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Defence Department
C. H. Schooley
Schooley
U.S
Vanguard
Smilestones of stubborn traits in marriage humor
When a man is obstinate his wife calls it pig headedness but when the wife is stubborn she calls it strength of character. The quip frames stubbornness as gendered and living in a marriage dynamic.
Smashed Viaduct Trains Wreck Kills 84 in London
Rescue teams completed the removal of 84 bodies after a two trains collision near Lewisham London amid heavy fog. 174 injured including 107 severely as a viaduct collapsed onto wreckage and a third train remained undamaged.
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London
Thames River
Lewisham
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. John's Station
Two Airmen Die In Penhard Crash Near Cold Lake
Edmonton report says FO John Wear of Orillia Ontario and FO Frank Eakin of Cloverdale British Columbia died when their CF-100 twin jet crashed after they bailed out from a routine flight. Both were stationed at Cold Lake Alberta. Bodies found some distance from the wreck after parachutes failed to open. Jet crashed in dense bush about 20 miles southeast of Cold Lake. nine hours to reach the scene.
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Cold Lake
Pulp Strike Enters Third Week in British Columbia
A 6,000 worker BC pulp and paper strike enters its third week with no negotiations planned. Unions seek a 12 percent raise, while employers offer a 7.5 percent increase based on a conciliation report. The stoppage costs Vancouver Island and coastal towns millions weekly and prompts layoffs across related firms.
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Martin Taylor
Vancouver
British Columbia
International
John Sherman
Pulp and Sulphire Workers Union
Prince Rupert
North Vancouver
MacMillan and Bloecel Limited
United Paper Mill Workers Union
United Paper Mill Workers Union As Well As the Pulp and Sulphite Workers
The
Pulp and Paper Industrial Relations Bureau
Powell River
MacMillan and Bloedel
Crown Zellerbach
Canadian Forest Products
Alaska Pine
Columbia Cellulose
British Columbia Forest Products
Pearson Available For Party Leadership
The former Liberal external affairs minister and Algoma East MP Thomas Pearson announced at a Liberal riding convention his availability to seek the party leadership. Pearson, 60, has served since 1948 and will receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on December 10. The announcement followed the convention opening and before delegates were named.
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Ontario
Algoma East
Pearson
Ottawa
Oslo Teceive
St. Laurent
Liberal Party
National Liberal Party
W. L
Mackenzie King
Mr. Pearson
Commons
Oslo
Israelis and Jordanians Reach Temporary Mount Scopus Accord
Dag Hammarskjold brokered a halt in the Mount Scopus convoy crisis and Israel agreed to resume supplies to the isolated ridge. The next convoy through Mandelbaum Gate will include nine drums of gasoline, pending Jordanian approval, with authorities searching the vehicles. Ben-Gurion welcomed the settlement as Hammarskjold pressed a second compromise.
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Jerusalem
Dag Hammarskjold
Mount Scopus
Israel
Middle East
Amman
Jordan
Mandelbaum
Ben-Gurion
Hammarskjold
Here
David Ben-Gurion
U.S
Byron Leary
Palestine
Ole Jerusalem
Nablus
Assah Hospital
Hebrew University
Isreal
Hussein
Ben - Gurion
Departure of RCAF Unit Marked By Ceremonies
The 16 year lia ison at Suffield Experimental Station Ralston ended with ceremonies in the hangar. Group Captain D L S McWilliam and A M Pennie spoke on RCAF DRB cooperation and the unit’s service to Suffield and the village. Sixty one personnel will depart. only the chaplain stays. Pennie presented a model aircraft rocket with an inscription acknowledging cooperation from 1941 to 1957.
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RCAF
Suffield Experimental Station
Ralston
Sqdn
Ldr
H.E. Holland
D. L. S. Mc William
Central Experimental and Proving Establishment
Rockcliff
Suffield
Pennie
Defence Research Board
Mr. Pennie
Suffield Base
Air Force
S.E.S
Plant Design Change At Chalk River Costs Put On Government
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited said the federal government will cover cancellation charges of about 380000 dollars after a decision to alter the design of Canada's experimental atomic power plant near Chalk River Ontario. The change, based on new information about the reactor vessel, should not delay completion and involves discarding a steel vessel built by Babcock and Wilcox Glasgow. The original vessel contract was 900000 dollars.
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Ottawa
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Canada
Chalk River
Ont
Glasgow Company
Babcock and Wilcox
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Town and Country Club
Bill McKenzie
City Traffic Squad
Georgina Johnson
Montreal Street School
Bill Watkin
Connaught
Chester Mook
St. Louis
David Swan
St. Mary
Ricky Millican
Toronto St
Lynn Ann Lauder
Riverside
Diane Jung
Elm
Judy Zieman
Alexandra Junior High
James Miller
St. Patrick
Taylor
Calgary
Lethbridge
Moose Jaw
Optometrists
Saab
JAG
Capitol Furniture
Third Street
Penhard
Orville Braaten
Pulp and Sulphite Workers Union
By Ben Ward
Tiff
DFC
D.L.S. McWilliam
A. M. Pennie
F. G. Fellowes
Rcaf Foto — News Engraving
B.P.O.E. Lodge
Eagles
Mel Ross
First Baptist Church
HAT
Teen Centre
the Shades
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