Lethbridge to Host Queen Scout Awards Ceremony
The first ever Queen Scout awards will be presented in Lethbridge next Saturday to 34 Boy Scouts from 15 Southern Alberta districts. Lieutenant Governor J J Bowlen will award to Scouts from Bow Island Cardston Glenwood Hill Spring Waterton Magrath Raymond Spring Coulee Stirling Masinasin Barons New Dayton Taber Blairmore Medicine Hat and Lethbridge.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
J. J. Bowlen
Bow Island
Cardston
Glenwood
Hillspring
Waterton
Magrath
Raymond
Spring Coulee
Stirling
Masinasin
Barons
New Dayton
Taber
Blairmore
Medicine Hat
Famed Saddle Bag Doctor Dies at 81
Dr. Murrough O'Brien, 88, a pioneer rural physician who delivered about 9 000 babies, died in North Battleford Saskatchewan. He spent 60 years in rural service and was known as the saddle bag surgeon. He began in London and Canada, ending a storied career noted for humanitarian service and eccentric methods.
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North Battleford
Sask
Murrough O’brien
O’brien
Western Canada
India
Frontier
Margaret Dobson
Athabasca
Alta
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Qu’Appelle
St. Mary’s Hospital
Medical School
London
Jack the Ripper
St. Mary’s
Delhi
Ayrshire
Epsom
Winnipeg
British Columbia
Manitoba Medical School
Medicine Hat weighs Skeeter program with health unit funding
City council favors a district mosquito abatement plan if the health unit funds it with 60 percent from the province. Dr. Somerville says municipalities must handle their own mosquito control. Alderman Heckbert notes rural mosquitos travel to the city. officials will seek cost estimates and information from Alberta centres and Suffield station for possible cooperation.
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Medicine Hat
A. Somerville
Dr. Somerville
Weiner
Manitoba
Montana
Department
Alberta
Ald
Lloyd Craig
Suffield Experimental Station
Eisenhower Nears Final 1956-57 Defence Budget Pact
President Eisenhower and military and budget advisers reached near final agreement on the 1956-57 defence spending, close to the current 34.5 billion dollars a year level in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Medicine Hat curling rink plant readied for ice
Engineers plan a test of the ice making system at the Medicine Hat curling rink tomorrow with a pipe test to follow within days. Opening of the curling season is tentatively set for Wednesday December 15 as crews finish roofing, plate glass, lockers and lobby.
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Medicine Hat
Second St
Birch Ave
Medicine Hat Curling Club
Mfg. Co
Bill Duxbury
Floyd Ronan
Keetley
Shannon Bros
Harold Dunn
Rink
Ronan
Dunn
Keook
Austrian Avalanche Claims Ten Lives
The first avalanche of the season in Austria killed ten people, including the father of five, with nine others recovered from the Kaprun hydro electric station area on Grieskogel mountain. Rescue teams used dogs and torches to search through the night for survivors.
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Salzburg
Austria
Reuters
Kaprun
Grieskogel
Old Steam Locomotives Rally Here in Western Rail Tale
A nostalgia piece recounts diesels bragging about speed while steam engines regain glory. In a Medicine Hat to Calgary run a breakdown delays the westbound CPR flyer, prompting the arrival of engine 2845 to master the rails and lead the train out of the Hat for Calgary aboard the Canadian.
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Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway
Khrushchev Says West Arms Build Up Blocks Disarmament
Russia's party chief Khrushchev told a Rangoon mass rally that disarmament cannot occur unilaterally while Western powers increase armaments. He warned that powerless defense would invite imperialist wars and cited colonial collapse and Korea Indochina conflicts as global pressures. He praised Allied victory over Hitlerism and noted a new hydrogen bomb test by the Soviet Union.
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Rangoon
Burma
Reuters
Russia
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Krushchevy
People’s Freedom League
U Nu
Khrushchev
Bangalore
India
Hitler
Asia
Pacific Ocean
Korea
Indochina
Soviet Union
Japan
State Secretary Dulles criticizes Soviet leaders in Asia visit
Dulles accuses Soviet leaders of fanning hate against the West during their Asia visit. The Newsprint Association of Canada cites an industry strain from rising consumption. Trade Minister Howe hints at possible legislation to aid farmers with storage and surplus grain costs. Michigan authorities question a 23-year-old man in the October killing of three Chicago boys.
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Dulles
Asia
Howe
Michigan
Chicago
Typhoid Outbreak Hits Kelowna BC
An unusual typhoid fever outbreak was reported with two positive cases and seven carriers. Dr. Clarke closed a rural butcher shop run by a family with two positive cases and a carrier, noting this typhoid is a different type with no immunity from vaccine or prior illness.
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Kelowna
B.C
D. A. Clarke
Clarke
Arctic air mass plunges south across prairie provinces
An extreme Arctic air mass moves south along the Mackenzie Valley into northern Saskatchewan and Alberta. Strong northerly winds keep temperatures below zero in northern Alberta and central Saskatchewan, with readings from zero to 15 degrees above in central and southern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan.
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Edmonton
MacKenzie Valley
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Mayor Says Store Suspect Identifiable After Robbery Attempt
Mrs. Estella Waller, wife of Aberdeen Pharmacy owner, believes she can identify a man from a Saturday attempt to rob the store. The bandit fled after his disguise failed. sunglasses and a blue grey overcoat were recovered and later turned over to police. Police urge residents to report any further evidence connected to the attempted hold up.
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Estella Waller
Aberdeen
Belfast
A. R. Bull
Santa Claus to visit Medicine Hat December 14 to 24
The Kinsmen Club announces Santa Claus will arrive in Medicine Hat on December 14 at 4 30 p m and stay until December 24 to meet children at a downtown location and attend Christmas parties. He will first be greeted by Mayor Weiner at city hall and visit Gardner Motors on December 15.
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Santa Claus
North Pole
Medicine Hat
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Santa
Weiner
Gardner Motors
Second St
Fry
Eaton’s
Ray Botterill
New Water Purification Equipment Explored for City
Officials study installing an accelerator plant to handle three million gallons daily at the power plant water division with an estimated cost of 485000 dollars. A second unit could double capacity to six million gallons for 100000 dollars later.
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Accelator
Power Plant
Dean Colvin
International Filtration Co
Phil Davison
Calgary
Petroleum and Water Laboratory Co. Ltd
Colvin
Weiner
Medicine Hat
Ed. McCombs
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Ponoka
Oliver
Lacombe
Lincoln District
Here
Rose Wilkinson
Oral Credit Caucus
Vancouver
Patrick
Tony
Capitol Furniture
Phelps
Robert Tyre
Regina
University of British Columbia
Ottawa
Joe Phelps
J. H. Wesson
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Interprovincial Farm Union Council
Gardiner
H. H. Hannam
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Farm Union Council
Mr. Wesson
U. S
Canadian Wheat Board
US Defence
Bulletins
Newsprint Association of Canada
Waller
Deana Millar
Hockey
Arena Gardens
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