Martin Urges USSR Help to Check Guided Missile Development
Health Minister Martin of Canada appeals to Russia at the UN for joint action to control intercontinental guided missiles. He warns of an unprecedented arms race and calls for early disarmament steps, warning against surprise attacks and supporting a Canada led draft resolution with the Western Big Three.
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United Nations
N.Y
Martin
Canada
Russia
General Assembly
Attlee Resigns as Leader of Britain's Labor Party
Clement Attlee stepped down as Labour leader just weeks before his 78th birthday after two decades in command. Morrison, as deputy, is expected to lead until a new leader is chosen amid a three-way contest.
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London
Clement Attlee
Britain
Labor Party
House of Commons
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Commons
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Lord Lawson
Arthur Moyle
Morrison
Herbert Morrison
Bridge to Buy Gas Turbine For Power Plant
Lethbridge council in a stormy session approved a six point plan to order a gas turbine generator as the first step in a proposed 6 million dollar power plant expansion. Aldermen debated reports and talks with Calgary Power Co. Ltd before the decision, with Mayor Haig the lone vote against the motion.
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Ald
Reg Turner
Council
Ald. Turner
Haig
Somerville
R. D. Hall
Calgary Power Co. Ltd
Ee Ee
Soviet Leaders Continue Indian Visit By Plane In West Bengal
Russia's Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev arrived in Asansol West Bengal after Burma and planned two day Kashmir stay before talks in New Delhi. They will visit Afghanistan on December 12 before returning to Moscow. A joint communique with U Nu was signed in Burma's presidential palace.
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India
Reuters
Russia
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Nikita Khrushchev
Burma
West Bengal
Calcuta
Kashmir
New Delhi
Pakistan
United Nations
Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Afghanistan
Moscow
U Nu
Pick Up Transient Wanted for Theft
City police arrested Gordon Fitzgibbon a transient wanted in Saskatoon Calgary and Coaldale on theft charges. Police say he was picked up around 3 a.m. after a cruiser spotted a man in a car on South Railway Street. The stolen car from Abraham Janzen of Coaldale was found, with Fitzgibbon later located at the Cos Hotel. A tape recorder stolen from the farmer’s property was found in the car.
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Gordon Fitzgibbon
Saskatoon
Calgary
Coaldale
A. R. Bull
Fitzgibbon
South Railway Street
Market Square
Cos Hotel
Abraham Janzen
Coaldade
Carseland
Janzen
Santa and reindeer crown Medicine Hat City Hall
A plywood cutout of Santa Claus with his sleigh and eight reindeer sits atop Medicine Hat City Hall. The symbol signals the holiday season, visible from Second Street and Sixth Avenue, enhanced by electric lights on the dome and evergreen trees. Santa arrives in town next Wednesday, December 14.
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Santa Claus
Medicine Hat
City Hall
Santa
Sixth Ave
Social Credit caucus calls farm grain loan plan inadequate
Alberta Social Credit lawmakers in Edmonton labeled Ottawa grain loan programs as entirely inadequate. They discussed government legislation, dividend policies, and urged cash advances via the Canadian Wheat Board, farm storage rates, and farm storage facilities. They also suggested barter and credit deals with importing nations as part of a long term surplus solution.
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Edmonton
Farmers Union of Alberta
Wheat Board
A. Cook
Monstana Farm Union
Social Credit
Alberta
F. C. Colborne
Alberta Social Credit League
Calgary
Canadian Wheat Board
Agrologists Meet To Discuss Southern Alberta Issues
A gathering of the Agrologists Institute of Alberta was underway in Brooks to discuss soil conservation and irrigation questions affecting Southern Alberta. The first meeting in the E.LD. era drew several engineers from the Vauxhall branch.
Salmonellosis Confirmed in Kelowna Outbreak
In Kelowna B C an outbreak at a local fruit packing centre was found not to be typhoid but salmonellosis. Nine people fell ill with two to three days needed to recover. The health officials' initial typhoid diagnosis was revised after Victoria authorities confirmed the salmonella results.
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Kelowna
B. C
Okanagan Valley
Victoria
G. F. Amyot
D. A. Clarke
Vancouver woman dies after arriving in Ayr hospital
Mrs Adrianna Van Delft a 37 year old from Vancouver died in Ayr Scotland shortly after arriving from Canada aboard a TCA flight. The report notes her death occurred a few hours after arrival in hospital.
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Adrianna van Delft
Vancouver
Ayr
Scotland
Canada
TCA
Proficiency Awards Presented At S I A Tonight
Scholarship night at St. Theresa Academy honors top students by grade with eight awards eight of which are worth 35 dollars and one Catholic Women's League prize of 5 dollars for the Grade 8 religion topper Audrey Senger leads the lineup Donors include Canadian Legion St Louis School Board St Patrick s Home and School Knights of Columbus with recipients Ron Anton Henrietta Moser Peter McGillis Diane Daselenak Priscilla Metcalf Dixie Boy Robert Gibson and Bobby the four year recipient of a general proficiency scholarship The program at 8 30 features choral and piano performances and tea to follow under Mother Superior Priscilla
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Catholic Women’s League
Audrey Senger
Canadian Legion
Ron Anton
Henrietta Moser
Peter McGillis
Diane Daselenak
St. Louis
Priscilla Metcalf
St. Patrick’s Home and School Association
Dixie Boy
Knights of Columbus
Robert Gibson
Bobby
Academy Assembly Hall
Beverly Botter
Kelly Gvolk
Victoria Hagel
Priscilla
Chinook Warmth Remains Over Southern Alberta Areas
Temperatures in the 30s or upper 20s persist from Calgary southward as Chinook winds prevail. An Arctic airmass covers Saskatchewan and much of Alberta and is expected to edge south slowly. Most regions under cold air will see clouds and light snow flurries at times.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat Transit Sets November Ridership Record
City buses carried 80 640 passengers in November the highest monthly patronage in history. The gain is tied to cold weather and the start of the new fiscal year under Manager A C Newton and the employee owned system. Two extra buses run during rush hours for Christmas shopping while two serve the nitro chemical plant project, two for workmen, and two to the airport including a regular school bus.
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Medicine Hat Transit
A. C
Curt) Newton
Toronto Voters Reject City Hall Cost 20 Million
Ontario municipal results show Toronto and Welland voting down proposed city halls. Toronto re elected its first Jewish mayor for a second term and chose a two year term for municipal officers. Roy Belyea conceded after polls closed.
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Toronto
Ontario
York
Brantford
Sudbury
Welland
Canada
Bernadette Smith
Woodstock
Jane Forrester
Chicago
Belleville
Nathan Phillips
Roy Belyea
Phillips
Belyea
Blast Kills 26 in Frankfurt Apartment Collapse
At a downtown Frankfurt apartment building a massive explosion and collapse trapped 32 residents. Twenty five died at once and one died in hospital later. The owner architect was among the victims making this the worst post war building disaster in West Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Attlee Receives Earldom After Labor Resignation
The Queen conferred an earldom on Clement Attlee, who resigned as Labor Party leader after two decades at the helm. London Thursday afternoon news from AP notes the formal honor following his leadership term.
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London
Clement Attlee
Britain
Labor
Lansbury seen as transitional Labour leader after Attlee
In autumn 1935 George Lansbury, viewed as a compromise figure, leads a restless Labour Party awaiting a post Attlee succession. Potential rivals include Hugh Gaitskell Morrison and Aneurin Bevan, with ballots among MPs likely before Christmas and Attlee expected to move to the Lords.
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Violet
Attlee
Hugh Gaitskell
Morrison
Aneurin Bevan
Labor
Gaitskell
House
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