Mayors' Entertainment Costs Face Public Scrutiny
Toronto civic accounts will be opened for public scrutiny to compare expenditures for receptions by former mayors Saunders and McCallum with Allan Lamport’s term. The Star notes McCallum spent 11,900 on "mayor's visitors" in 1951, including 2500 for liquor, while Lamport defended his spending as a small fraction of a near 100 million dollar city budget.
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Toronto
Allan Lamport
Robert Saunders
Hiram McCallum
Saunders
McCallum
Royal York Hotel
Lam- Port
Lamport
Leslie Saunders
Lam
Ports
CPR
Star
United States
Alberta Auto Insurance Rates To Rise Jan 1
Western Canada Insurance Underwriters' Association announced rate increases across Alberta effective January 1. Private Calgary private passenger car policies rise about 11 percent, with fire and theft exceptions. Rural Alberta and commercial policies see smaller or offset changes reflecting regional accident data. In Edmonton increases in bodily injury and property damage offset by lower collision fire and theft rates. In Lethbridge Medicine Hat Red Deer Wetaskiwin and Drumheller passenger car rates up roughly 13 percent, rural areas up about 10 percent except for fire and theft reductions.
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Alberta
Western Canada Insurance Underwriters’ Association
British Columbia
Manitoba
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Red Deer
Wetaskiwin
Drumheller
Heavy Selling Pressures Mark Turbulent Week in Stocks
Markets showed early strength then pulled back with small weekly gains. New York hit a 25 year high, Toronto reached two 20 year highs, as low priced mines advanced after Roche Long Lac found radioactive ore. Pontiac Petroleums faced a trading halt while golds surged on Friday.
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Toronto
Exchange
Associated Press
Blind River
Ontario
Roche
Montreal
Toronto Exchange
Pontiac Petroleums
Pontiac
Calgary
Pontiac Trading Faces Ontario Probe After Sharp Drop
Ontario Securities Commission chair O E Lennox said an investigation into Pontiac Petroleum trading has begun after a sudden price dive from 2 to 1 dollars. The Toronto exchange delisted Pontiac. Montreal and Calgary markets were notified. Pontiac reports include Israel drilling progress, Texas wells, and a Tidewater option payment.
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O. E. Lennox
Ontario Securities Commission
Pontiac Petroleum
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Pontiac
Lennox
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Exchange
Board of Governors
Canadian Stock Exchange
Montreal
Toronto
Calgary Exchange
Canada
Texas
Israel
Treasury
Tidewater Securities Limited
Clay Oil Corporation
Hammarskjold bids for talks on U S fliers held as spies
U N Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold reportedly sent a communication to Peiping seeking direct talks on 11 American fliers jailed as spies. He offered to meet and even travel to Peiping if needed as the General Assembly urged continued efforts for their release. The plan faces stiff Kremlin resistance and uncertain prospects for negotiations.
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U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
China
Peiping
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Ane General Assembly
Hammarskjold
Assembly
General Assembly
United States
Yugoslavia
Nice Weekend Forecast for Southern Alberta
Forecasters predict dry mild conditions for the weekend with Christmas shopping weather ideal across southern Alberta. No significant changes expected with pleasant temperatures and light winds shaping a comfortable outlook for holiday activities.
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Alberta
Shannon Expected To Reach Peak During Weekend
Flood relief efforts escalate as the Shannon river rises over 30 square miles of farmland in Athlone Ireland. authorities expect the peak this weekend with a five foot rise above normal and a state of emergency in effect. Troops and Red Cross workers use armored vehicles and commandeered punts to rescue residents while a wartime camp opens to house evacuees.
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Ireland
Reuters
Shannon
Col. Collins Powell
Irish National Army
Red Cross
Dublin
Irish Sea
England
Fleetwood
Britain
Paradise Nudist Island Faces RAF Shooting Range Plan
West German authorities protest British proposal to use part of Sylt island for air to ground firing with live ammunition. The nudist beaches could be harmed and the tourist trade may suffer on the North Sea isle.
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Royal Air Force
North Sea
Sylt
Disappearance of Young Ontario Teacher Near Dalton Mills
In Chapleau Ontario police probe the disappearance of Steve Klapouschak a teacher at a 25 pupil Dalton Mills school. Bloodstains a shattered window and a bullet hole at the site prompt police to investigate a possible slaying as clues include a suitcase found east of the town and boots near the school. Investigators note no clear signs of a struggle and confirm a sighting after midnight December 3.
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Ont
Ontario
Steve Klapouschak
Dalton Mills
White River
Canadian Pacific Railway
Missinabi
Klapouschak
J. S. McBan
Sudbury
Ontario Provincial Police
Aitte
Insp
McBain
Holiday mercy comes to meter laws in upstate towns
In Cazenovia plastic hoods cover parking meters with the note Discontinued for the holiday season. In Hornell traffic officers leave Christmas greeting cards for overtime parkers instead of citations. Authorities say drivers should be careful while driving during the holidays.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Cazenovia
Hornell
Sinatra Gives Version Fight
Frank Sinatra gave his version of the Sunset Strip incident claiming two men grabbed him and a left hook floored Byron, denying after hours drink theft and calling Judy Garland a bread amid a tense clash with press agent James Byron. He said Judy Garland was six months pregnant and defended his actions.
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Hollywood (Ap
Frank Sinatra
Hollywood
Sunset Strip
James Byron
Free-Lance
Byron
Sinatra
Bob Neal
Bob
Judy
Garland
Dr Samuel Sheppard says Marilyn is in his corner during murder trial
Dr Samuel Sheppard testifies he did not kill Marilyn Sheppard and that she is “absolutely in my corner,” recounting a long police interrogation and his recollection of the night of the murder at his lakeside home. He describes waking to Marilyn crying out, being attacked, and finding himself in the water with his wife dead.
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Samuel Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn
William Corrigan
S.o.b
Dr. Sheppard
Lake Erie
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