Britain Braces for Floods as Fresh Rain Belt Hits Isles
London reports new storms and flood threats across the British Isles with gales along western shores. The Shannon and Thames floodwaters advance trapping families as troops evacuate by boat. Queen Mary delays drydock overhaul due to wind.
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London
Reuters
Atlantic
British Isles
River Shannon
Ireland
River Thames
England
Shannon
Athlone
Bangher
Dominion Glass Workers Vote to Switch Unions in Redcliff
A large vote in Redcliff Local 881 favors breaking from Mine-Mill to join United Mine Workers of America or the C.C.L. 262 of 276 ballots supported the switch with 11 opposed and 3 spoiled. Hearing led by K A Pugh continues in Medicine Hat.
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Dominion Glass Workers of
Redcliff
United Mine Workers of America
C.C.L
K. A. Pugh
Redcliff Dominion Glass Union
L. M. Messmer
Alberta Labor Relations Board
Medicine Hat
United Mine, Mill
Dominion Glass of
Nels Thibault
Thibault
Dominion Glass Co
Pacifique Plante Reappointed To Montreal Police Post
Pacifique Plante, who exposed vice conditions in Montreal and led the morality inquiry, is reappointed to the police department from which he was fired in 1948. The city executive committee seeks a report from acting police director Thomas Leggett, described as a mere formality, before naming Plante as assistant director of police. Langlois, on leave, faced a prior inquiry finding tolerance of vice. Mayor Drapeau supported the clean-up effort.
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Pacifique Plante
J. Albert Langlois
Leggett
Langlois
Vice
Montreal
Plante
Jean Drapeau
Drapeau
Francois Caron
Six Inches Taller Than Expected on Height Table
A woman weighs herself with her husband and jokes that the height chart on the scale implies she should be about six inches taller, turning a routine weigh-in into a humorous moment.
Motorist Rescued After Car Teeters Over Guard Rail
A crash left a vehicle teetering on a guard rail until a spike on the road halted the fall. Other motorists rushed to the scene and a tow truck then pulled the car to safety.
Crossed Lines Incident May Reach House of Commons
London reports a telephone mix up between Buckingham Palace and Canada House could prompt a Commons inquiry. Labor MP Tom Driberg published disclosures about a speech by the Duke of Edinburgh to the Royal Aeronautical Society, drawing comment on security and Canada tour details.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Canada House
House of Commons
Tom Driberg
Labor
Duke of Edinburgh
Royal Aeronautical Society
Driberg
Henry
Price
David Gammans
Sunday Express
Reynolds News
Duke
Canada
Post Office
Two Men Win U K Farm Trips
Ottawa CP report winners of the 1955 Nuffield Foundation agriculture scholarships are H Fred Smith of Edrans Manitoba and Arch Johnstone of Charlottetown area Prince Edward Island. Each will spend six months in the United Kingdom in 1956 to work on farms and study British agriculture. Smith, 34, farmed 400 acres near Portage la Prairie. Johnstone, 30, a former WWII bomber pilot, operates a 200 acre farm in PEI.
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Ottawa
Nuffield Foundation
H. Fred Smith
Edrans
Man
Arch Johnstone
Charlottetown
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
United Kingdom
Smith
University of Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
Johnstone
Prince Edward Island
Ulmer Named To Union Post In Alberta Conference
Alberta hotel workers at the provincial council annual meeting decided to seek international union help for a contract with Calgary beer parlors and local hotels. A. R. Johnstone pledged support, Ann McLaren was elected president, Grant McHardy secretary, and five regional vice presidents were named including Francis Ulmer of Medicine Hat and others from Edmonton, Drumheller, Lethbridge, and Calgary.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Provincial Council of
Culinary Workers
A. R. Johnstone
Toronto
Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union
Afl-Tlc
Ann McLaren
Lethbridge
Grant McHardy
Francis Ulmer
Medicine Hat
Mike Thachuck
Edmonton
Richard van Loo
Drumheller
William Rammage
J. P. McDonald
Health Board Blames Edmonton for River Contamination
Alberta health board chairman Dr. A Somerville accuses Edmonton of being a major contributor to contamination of the north Saskatchewan river. A letter to city council urges more adequate sewage disposal and progress on additional treatment plants, noting the city is behind schedule and plans to treat only about a quarter of its sewage.
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Alberta Health Board
North Saskatchewan
A. Somerville
Provincial Health Board
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Sask
The
Health Board
Somerville
City of
Gunman balks at theft after $2 score at Omaha hotel
A gunman ordered hotel clerk Jack C. Walker to open the register and retrieved $2 after taking two $1 bills. The robber then returned the money with the remark It ain't worth it and fled the scene.
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OMAHA
Jack C. Walker
Walker
Santa Claus by Phone Stays Busy in New Hampshire Town
In WEST LEBANON New Hampshire Joseph Schanbier will answer Santa calls from 6 to 9 pm through Christmas Eve for a toll fee This is his sixth year as St Nick after a VFW effort. Last year 3500 calls came in and this season may double With a special switchboard and instructions to local operators Schanbier greets good and well behaved children and notes repeat offenders. Frances Schanbier his wife joins in the annual charity and holiday outreach.
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West Lebanon
N. H
Joseph Schanbier
Santa Claus
Schanbier
Santa
Sters
UAW U S Presses Ford Canada to End Ontario Strike
The United Automobile Workers Union plans international pressure on Ford Canada to settle three Ontario plant strikes affecting 7 500 workers. Emil Mazey arrives to reconcile with Ontario Labor Minister Daley, as talks resume over union representation and a speedier agreement with Ford.
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Windsor
Ont
United Automobile Workers Union
Cio-Ccl
Ford Company of Canada
Ontario
Emil Mazey
UAW International
Charles Daley
Marcy
Walter Reuther
CIO
Ford Company
Iary
Mazey
American Ford
Daley
Lewis Fine
Oakville
Etobicoke
Stores Open Till 9 Thursday Before Christmas Rush
Downtown stores announce a special Thursday night open until nine on December 23 to ease the Christmas shopping rush. The Chamber of Commerce retail merchants section backs the plan, with most merchants planning to try it. If successful it may become a pattern for future years.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sheppard admits sins amid murder trial testimony
Dr Samuel Sheppard, on trial for the murder of his wife Marilyn, acknowledges sins but gives few details. Defense questions focus on a broken wristband and a T shirt found on a beach, while witnesses recall Sheppard wearing a T shirt earlier and him later saying he cannot remember its fate. He contends a tall marauder attacked him and knocked him out.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
William Corrigan
Sheppard
Marilyn
Corrigan
Prairie Weather Turns Frostier In Alberta Foothills
EDMONTON CP reports prairie weather cools after mild spell. Snow flurries are forecast today in the Alberta foothills with variable skies and lingering chill.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Pope's health fluctuates as Vatican reports mixed
Vatican insiders say the Pope grew weaker while officials release a slight improvement note. The burdened pontiff, 78, battles a gastric ailment and the impact of Sunday’s archbishop consecration while medical staff monitor his progress.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Msgr
Giovanni Battista Montini
Milan
Holy Father
Domenico Tardini
Angelo Dell’scqua
Antonio Gasbarrini
Bologna
UN Seeks Chinese Reply On Held US Flyers
Dag Hammarskjold and aides await a reply from Peiping to a proposed meeting after Dec 26 to discuss the case of 11 U S airmen jailed as spies and other detained UN personnel. Peiping radio repeats China’s stance on punishing spies and UN rights.
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A.I. Goldberg
United Nations
N. Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Red China
Hammarskjold
Peiping
U. S
China
Chou En-lai
Soviet Union
UN Assembly
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