Christmas decorations clash in Medicine Hat council row
Medicine Hat council fights over downtown Christmas decor with two trees planned in front of city hall after rejecting a Third Street Sixth Avenue site for a large evergreen. City engineers cite sewer line conflicts on Second Street, while aldermen debate alternatives such as illuminated ice igloos.
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ALD
J. W. Douglas
Third Street
Sixth Ave
Second Street
Sixth Avenue
Carswell
Ald. Douglas
City Hall
Break in ice on river marks early thaw
The river went out this morning with heavy ice floes moving downstream from dawn to noon. The river is now virtually clear of ice except along shorelines, the earliest break-in on record. Mild weather, aside from a few cold snaps, is forecast until January 10.
City crime wave prompts new police arms and mayoral resolve
Banks have been robbed and 66 stores raided since November 1 as violence surges. Police Chief Walter Mulligan announces tear gas and machine guns for senior patrol officers in radio cars, while Mayor Fred Hume vows a strong crackdown to meet the threat.
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Walter Mulligan
Fred Hume
Plan to station soldiers at banks to curb Vancouver crime
Vancouver officials discussed a temporary plan to mobilize machine gun armed soldiers for bank duty after four bank holdups in early December netted about $51 500. Mayor Fred Hume and Alderman J W Cornett debated the measure amid a crime wave and police actions including patrols and 50 extra officers. Police investigated an anonymous call linked to a Royal Bank of Canada holdup in West Vancouver and possible loot burned in a suspect's house.
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Vancouver
West Vancouver
New Westminster
Fred Hume
J. W. Cornett
Police Commission
Ald
Cornett
Hume
Bank of Montreal
Tenth and
Salamat
West End
Royal Bank of Canada
Plush Park Royal
Canadians Debut Before New York Fashion Experts
Canadian designers showcased 40 outfits from resort wear to evening gowns at the Hotel Pierre Cotillion room in New York. Thirteen couturiers, led by Raoul-Jean Faure, presented pieces as part of the Canadian Association of Couturiers with hopes to attract department stores and mass production. Ray Lawson opened the show, which NBC will televise for Canadian viewers.
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Pauline Kennedy
New York
Canada Today
United States
Pierre
Cotillion
Canadian Association of Couturiers
NBC
Raoul-Jean Faure
Association
Canada
Ireland
Couturiers
Montreal
Ottawa
Vancouver
Ray Lawson
Weather Summary Edmonton Snow Ends In Alberta
Snow ended in Alberta today but will continue in central Saskatchewan until mid afternoon. Temperatures will be 10 to 15 degrees lower than Monday but still normal for early December. Lows tonight will average 10 to 15 and highs Wednesday 20 to 30.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
MacKenzie Returns From Communist Camp Restrained From Details
Sydn. Ldr. Andrew R. MacKenzie arrived from Hong Kong under Ottawa orders to tell nothing about U S fliers or his two years in Chinese captivity. The RCAF ace said he saw Americans in camp but reporters were barred from interviews. He planned to fly to Vancouver with Wing Cmdr. Donald Skene after release by Sunday mark.
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Ldr
Andrew R. MacKenzie
Hong Kong
Ottawa
United States
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Haneda
H. M. Robertson
Donald Skene
Toronto
MacKenzie
Red China
Skene
Pan-American Airways
China
Sekene
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Vancouver
Yalu River
Korea
U. S. Air Force
McDowell Missing Case Still Open After One Year
Toronto police and detective Robert Fabian say Marion McDowell is dead with no reason to believe she survived. The 17 year old vanished after being abducted from Jimmy Wilson in Scarboro as thousands searched the area. The case remains under investigation with officials citing secret laboratory findings and ongoing theory of a sex attacker.
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Toronto
Marion McDowell
Robert Fabian
Jimmy Wilson
Marion
Ontario
Scarboro
Fabian
Scotland Yard
Wilson
Jimmy
Harold Adamson
Queen’s Park
Re-elect Two Women Mayors Highlight Ontario Votes
Ontario municipal elections return two women mayors to office including Ottawa’s Charlotte Whitton for a new term and Woodstock’s Bernadette Smith securing a fourth consecutive term. Windsor ousted Mayor Arthur Reaume, Toronto elected Nathan Phillips as its first Jewish mayor, and several cities named new leaders or witnessed incumbents re-elected or acclaimed. Phillips won 40,705 votes to Saunders 36,770 with other candidates attracting smaller tallies. Edna Ryerson was re-elected to a long-serving seat on Toronto’s board of education.
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Ontario
Windsor
Arthur Reaume
Reaume
Michael Patrick
Windsor Housing Company
Charlotte Whitton
Ottawa
Fort William
Hubert Badanai
Gordon Carson
Woodstock
Bernadette Smith
Nathan Phillips
Cornwall
Aaron Horovitz
Phillips
Leslie Saunders
North Bay
Saunders
Allan A. Lamport
Arthur J. Brown
A. A. MacLeod
Edna Ryerson
Board of Education
Dairy Farmers Propose Free Milk For Students
Canada dairy farmers urged government action to subsidize milk and butter for widows and the elderly and provide free milk for school children. They also proposed exporting 22 million pounds of butter to curb surpluses and maintaining a 58 cent per pound butter floor price.
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Ottawa
Canada
Gilbert McMillan
Huntingdon
Quc
Dairy Farmers of Canada
McMillan
Grant M. Carlyle
Japan seen as long term market for Canadian grain says Wheat Board chief
George McIvor Winnipeg chief commissioner of the Canadian Wheat Board tells Farmers Union of Alberta delegates that Japan bought 39 million bushels last year and is a strong long term prospect for both wheat and barley. He foresees reduced surplus stocks in 1955 and full delivery to country elevators by July 31 1955. He notes oats and barley will normalize within 12 months and stresses price supports and the unit quota system pending farmer demand.
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Edmonton
Japan
George McIvor
Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Farmers’ Union of
Alberta
Mcliver
United Kingdom
Mr. Mcliver
McIvor
Reach Agreement on Resolution for Release of U.S. Fliers
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. announced that the United States and 15 Korean War allies reached a resolution urging the release of 11 U.S. fliers held by Red China. The measure would condemn Peiping for violating the armistice and ask Dag Hammarskjold to aid in securing their release. The pact was announced after a private meeting as the 15 nations prepared to push the issue at the UN General Assembly.
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United Nations
N.Y
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United States
U.S
Red China
Lodge
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
Canada
General Assembly
Smile Stones on Desk Quipby Psychiatrist
A newspaper caption highlights a psychiatrist’s desk placard reading If you have troubles tell them to me If you havent tell me how you do it. The lighthearted quote reflects a clinician’s approachable stance in mental health culture.
Yoshida Quits on Pearl Harbor Anniversary in Japan
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida resigns as Diet opposition lines up a no confidence vote. Ichiro Hatoyama, his likely successor, leads a Conservative Socialist coalition and vows pro US relations while seeking closer ties with Russia and China with Socialist support fragile. Political uncertainty looms as Diet votes midweek.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Ichiro Hatoyama
Yoshida
Hatoyama
Russia
Red China
Diet
United States
Fawn Becomes Household Inseparable For Ontario Family
Six month old Timmy the deer has lived with Garry Groome and his mother Mrs. Groome in Kearney Ontario for six months. The fawn was found in a field near the house last June and was adopted after no mother deer appeared. Timmy now roams the house and sleeps in Garry’s room weighing about 100 pounds and thriving.
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Garry Groome
Kearney
Ont
Timmy
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