Saskatchewan to collect 1956 taxes from CPR branches
Regina reports the Canadian Pacific Railway will pay about 1 million dollars in taxes and arrears to roughly 240 Saskatchewan municipalities including rural areas and towns. Winnipeg says the payment to avoid year end penalties does not affect similar fines in Manitoba and Alberta. Cardston votes 777 to 154 for a new hospital. Calgary searches fail to find two missing girls from the Prairie Bible Institute high school.
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Regina
Winnipeg
George Fanning
Canadian Pacific Railways
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Calgary
Darlene Dupont
Barons
Alta
Ellen Scott
Port Moody
B. C
Prairie Bible Institute High School
Three Hills
Alto
Province Rules No Hospital Tickets For Ralston Residents
Ralston and Suffield station residents are ineligible for hospitalization contracts in Medicine Hat district. They may be hospitalized at regular rates. Maxwell rules the hospital act excludes Ralstonites with a 12 month service requirement and Alberta residency for a non ratepayer contract.
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Ralston
Suffield Experimental Station
Medicine Hat Municipal District
Medicine Hat
Maxwell
Alberta
Progressive Conservative delegates start leader selection in Ottawa
At the Ottawa convention delegates greeted the farewell to George Drew as policy talks dominated. John Diefenbaker led in delegate support with many predicting a first ballot win, while Donald Fleming and Davie Fulton urged cautious optimism amid campaign chatter and vote forecasts.
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Ottawa
George Drew
Voles
John Diefenbaker
Commons
Prince Albert
Sdsk
Donald Fleming
Toronto Eglinton
Davie Fulton
Kamloops
B. C
Fleming
Diefenbaker
New Conservative Platform Promises Tax Cuts in Canada
A new party platform drafted by the Conservative policy committee pledges lower taxes and broader social benefits. It proposes higher old age pensions, immediate hospital insurance, extended medical expense deductions, veterans' pensions, and unemployment insurance improvements. It also suggests flexible price supports for farmers and export surplus disposal with reduced prices, while omitting some controversial local proposals.
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Ottawa
Treasury
Diphtheria Report Signals Possible Winnipeg Decline
Dr. Roper Cadham deputy medical health officer said only one diphtheria case was reported in the last four days in Winnipeg. He crossed his fingers when asked if this indicates a citywide decrease in the disease.
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Winnipeg
Roper Cadham
Emergent Master Plan for Reception of Hungarian Refugees
Medicine Hat outlines an emergency plan to receive Hungarian refugees with the Council of Social Services directing six divisions welfare medical religion education employment and legislation. Volunteer registration opens at Red Cross House with Kinettes staffing 2 to 4 pm daily and a contact phone 6 3048.
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Medicine Hat
Council of Social Services
Red Cross House
Austin Currie
E. G. F. Skinner
J. M. Brown
MOH
Grant Congdon
J. G. Reid
Lethbridge
Federal
Department of ‘Immigration
P. J. O'Byrne
W. C. Campbell
W. Morris
C. Chesley
John Miller
Wm. Hogle
Skinner
City Welfare Dept
Lloyd Craig
Walter Sprague elected Edmonton Chamber president
Edmonton CP reports Walter H. Sprague a drug store owner was elected president of the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. He succeeds Gerry Gaetz as head of the local business group.
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Edmonton (Cp
Walter H. Sprague
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Sprague
Gerry Gaetz
Traffic Deaths in Alberta Hit Record Pace in 1956
The Alberta Safety Council reports 243 traffic deaths through November 30, surpassing the previous worst full year record of 239 set in 1953. If December deaths rise sharply, the mid year forecast of 250 may be exceeded. November recorded 36 deaths, double 1955, amid a costly Safe Driving Week in B C with nine fatalities nationwide.
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Edmonton
Alberta Safety Council
B.C
George Lindsay
Canada reveals huge uranium reserves and 1956 production plan
Ottawa reports known uranium ore reserves at 225 million tons with 237000 tons of uranium content. Eldorado Mining and Refining says production will reach 3300 tons per year by end 1956, rising to 14000 15000 tons by mid 1958, generating about 300 million dollars annual gross income and enabling exports to Britain Japan and other nations.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Britain
Japan
Eldorado Mining and Refining Limited
Wheat quota raised for Medicine Hat farmers
Confirmation today that Medicine Hat wheat quota rises to two bushels per specified acre from one. The higher quota takes effect tomorrow and will boost farmers holding wheat on the farm. The Wheat Board notified elevator companies of the increase early this morning.
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Medicine Hat
The
Wheat Board
FUA Pushes National Soil Bank Plan in Alberta Convention
The Farmers Union of Alberta seeks a federal soil bank model after the U S program. Fewer than 20 of 650 delegates at the convention opposed the soil bank proposal, representing over 46 000 members.
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Edmonton
Farmer’s Union of Alberta
United States
Nehru cites Hungarian revolt death tolls and Russian intervention
New Delhi reports Prime Minister Nehru stating diplomats estimate about 23 000 Hungarians and 7 000 Russians killed in the anti-Soviet revolt. He calls the Russian intervention unjustified and urges peaceful steps to restore order.
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New Delhi
Nehru
India
Hungary
Stabaetk
All-Out Search For Airliner Stalled By Weather
Vancouver reports an all-out search for the missing Trans-Canada Air Lines plane with 62 aboard stalled by bad weather. Thirteen RCAF aircraft took off at dawn but one or two were forced back by low clouds. Up to 54 planes prepared, 17 flew simultaneously at most.
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Vancouver
RCAF
British Columbia
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Here
FC Hal Cameron
B.C
North America
Sqdn
George Sheahan
U K Judge Rules Baby Pawn To Be Raised in States
In London a British judge ordered Tanya Chwastow to be raised in the United States by her mother Elena Diaczok of Detroit after she was snatched from a Russian father and brought to England. The 22 year old child was born in Philadelphia in 1954 and declared a ward of the court in October.
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States
London
Tanya Chwastow
Elena Diaczok
Detroit
Tanya
Alexis Chwastov
Wynn Parry
Chancery Court
United States
U.S.A
U.S.A.R
Diaczok
Smilestones Quote Reflects on Children and Grandparents
A terse remark from a pessimist notes children rarely display grandparents in their photo stacks. The line frames a reflection on memory and family, suggesting simplicity over sentimental keepsakes.
Beat Father to Death Son To Get Insurance
A federal court jury ruled that James Harvey Biswell, 19, is entitled to his father Eldon Lawrence Biswell’s $10,000 life insurance. The government sought to determine whether the son or the slain man’s mother, Mrs Lissie Biswell of Nampa Idaho, should receive the proceeds. The son had been acquitted of manslaughter on grounds of temporary insanity, and was named primary beneficiary with his grandmother as contingent beneficiary.
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Portland
James Harvey Biswell
Biswell
Lissie Biswell
Nampa
Idaho
Eldon Lawrence Biswell
Burns, Ore
Young Biswell
Plan No Boost Telephone Rates in Medicine Hat
Edmonton telephone rates rise January 1 with residential lines up to 3.25 and business lines to 7.00. Installation fees increase in Edmonton to 4.50, residential installs stay at 3.50. Medicine Hat keeps rates steady: residential 3.25, business desk 5.50, business wall 7.25, installation 3.50. Gas City also holds installation at 3.50.
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Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Ernie Flynn
Alberta Government Telephone
Alberta
Gas City
Weather update for Edmonton and Alberta regions
The Chi nook area in southwestern Alberta remains cool with temperatures in the forties Fahrenheit. Cloudy skies and patchy snow persist as temperatures ease across the province, with yesterday's highs and lows noted for Calgary Lethbridge Saskatoon and Swift Current.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Swift Current
Moose Jaw
Ann Sheridan Sought by Mexico City for Arrest Warrant
The Mexico City federal district attorney’s office states a warrant is issued for actress Ann Sheridan to testify in “Joveniest” charges against her and actor Rodolfo Acosta Perez. Adultery charges were filed October 31 by Acosta’s estranged wife Jeanine Cohen de Acosta claiming the couple lived together in a Mexico City apartment since 1953.
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Mexico
City
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