St Laurent outlines broad pay raises for armed forces and civil service
Prime Minister St Laurent announced a wide set of pay and allowance increases for Canada's armed forces, civil service and RCMP. Increases range from four to 14 percent retroactive to December 1, with private and officer ranks seeing varied monthly and annual gains, including an outfit allowance rise for newly commissioned officers.
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Ottawa
Canada
Civil Service
RCMP
Commons
St. Laurent
Korea
Air Force
Navy
Garson
Union Leader Seeks End to Unauthorized Windsor Ford Strike
Walter Reuther says proposals for ending the Windsor Ford wildcat walkout will be reviewed by Local 200 of the United Auto Workers. The plan, developed with Canadian UAW officials, aims to terminate the six month dispute that began after 26 workers were fired and could see a settlement today.
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Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers
C.I.0
Walter Reuther
U.A.W
George Burt
UAW
Ford
Reuther
International Union
Emil Mazey
International
Producer Walter Wanger admits shooting Joan Bennett agent in Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills Walter Wanger admitted shooting Jennings Lang 39 the agent of his wife actress Joan Bennett Lang was struck by a .38 caliber bullet in the parking lot near the Beverly Hills police station and wounded Lang was listed in fair condition Wanger was booked on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder and held overnight until a 10 am arraignment In a police description Bennett said the incident stemmed from marital strife and Lang was standing beside her when the shooting occurred
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Juson Bennett
Walter Wanger
Clinton Anderson
Wanger
Jennings Lang
Anderson
Lang
Indian Fakir Braving London Frost
London onlookers stared as Lakshmanasandra Srikanta Rao a 60 year old Indian Hata Yogi walked barefoot across Hyde Park in the frost dressed only in a loincloth. He claims to endure glass chewing tacks and hot coals as part of a mission to save the world from the atom bomb and establish perpetual peace.
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London
Reuters
Yogi Rao
Smilestones Dining Frustration With Flies Ruffles Dinner
An irritated customer complains about buzzing flies at Smilestones. A waiter responds with a humorous offer to chase away the ones the patron dislikes, highlighting a light exchange over a disrupted meal.
US Delegate Outlines Western Disarmament Move
In Paris the American Ambassador Philip C. Jessup told the UN political committee that Western powers will begin disarmament talks with Russia aiming for an agreement. He outlined revised proposals and admitted remaining differences with the Soviet Union while stressing the urgency of the disarmament task.
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Paris
Philip C. Jessup
United Nations
Russia
Jessup
Soviet Union
West
Employment Desperation Hits Stellarton Mining Town
Stellarton Nova Scotia faces a severe unemployment crisis after the Allan shaft closed last spring and Albion pit reduced operations. About 400 Allan shaft workers lost steady jobs while many fear relocation as no public works program or new employment plan is in place.
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Stellarton
N.S
Robert J. Munroe
Citizens’ Committee
Allan
Albion
Halifax
Angus’ L. Macdonald
Below Zero Temperatures Persist Across Prairies
Edmonton reports record cold with Medicine Hat at 10 below and a forecast of 20 below tonight. Across Alberta and Saskatchewan temperatures remain well below zero with little snow and trains running late. Arctic conditions expected to ease by Sunday.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Saskatchewan
J. L. Carswell
Public Works Department
Edmonton
Home Sweet Home
Prairies
McMurray
Lethbridge
Calgary
Foothills
Saskatoon
Britain Won't Recall Ambassador as Egypt Recalls Envoy
London said Britain would not recall its ambassador despite Egypt recalling its envoy Abdul Fattah Amr Pasha. Aimed at cooling the Egypt Suez dispute, talks may be envisaged in London or Cairo, with possible new treaty tied to broader Middle East defence plans.
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London
Reuters
Britain
Egypt
Abdul Fattah
Amr Pasha
Suez
Paris
Anthony Eden
Ibrahim Farag Pasha
Suez Canala
Sudan
Cairo
Middle East
Journal D’egypte
Ottawa Round-up continues on trade and sea routes
Trade Minister Howe said negotiations are completed to expand exports to the British West Indies. Parliament rejected a PC bid for annually voting CBC grants. Senate debated freight rates and the St. Lawrence seaway. The note adds that Holland's mid 17th century trade surpassed all other European countries.
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Howe
British West Indies
CBC
Senate
St. Lawrence Seaway
Holland
Take Out Pilot Trapped In Crashed Plane 32 Hours
Communists refuse to lift secrecy over prison camps while proposing a 5000 troops a month rotation in a six point plan. U N negotiators dismiss it as a minor departure from December proposals. Red delegates reject International Red Cross access and list sharing, demanding prisoner exchanges first. Rear Admiral Libby questions the efficiency of secrecy and potential prisoner returns.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
United States
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Red
Red Cross
R. E. Libby
International Jewel Thieves Gang Nears Capture
New York police expect the international gang of 16 jewel thieves, mostly Canadians, to be arrested soon. Ten members are in Toronto, one in Vancouver, with several others already jailed. arrests could close a string of hotel and apartment robberies totaling over 1 million in gems. The Globe and Mail cites a $3 million loot from Canada and U.S. robberies, much sent to Toronto fences. A Toronto arrest of Loretta Nesbitt links to gang members, while Willie Moretti’s unsolved 1940s murder in New Jersey is noted.
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New York
Canada
Toronto
Vancouver
Globe and Mail
United States
New York City
James McShane
Loretta Nesbitt
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
McShane
Insurance Company
Moe Shane
Miss Nesbitt
New Jersey
Willie Moretti
Moretti
Cliffside Park
N.J
Allied Jet Aces Clash Over Korea In Air War
In Korea, Communist anti aircraft guns downed three Allied planes while Mi6 claimed a Sabre and other jets destroyed. US 5th Air Force reports Sabres and Shooting Stars returned safely from two missions near Pyongyang as red jets faced losses in a 25 minute air battle. Fighter actions and carrier strikes continued along North Korea’s edges with ground forces holding positions.
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Seoul
Korea
MI6
5Th Air Force
North Korea
Alberta oil keeps Canada reliant on imports
Ottawa notes a rising Alberta oil flow but says imports remain essential. Domestic crude output reached 30 million barrels in the first eight months, up from 17.5 million a year earlier, while domestic use rose to 32 percent in the first half of the year and likely climbed past 40 percent in June.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Canada
Milk Stealing Cat Escapes From Police Shot Warning
Elkhart Indiana milkman customers complain of missing milk milkman and police followed the trail to a house where a large yellow cat opened a bottle and drank milk before dawn police fired several shots at the cat but it escaped leaving residents amused and puzzled
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Elkhart, Ind
Elkhart
Law Ends Bootlegging Fortress At 113 Market Street Halifax
In Halifax Nova Scotia the illegal liquor stronghold at 113 Market Street has been declared unfit for human habitation and ordered demolished. The fortress famed for high fences guards and a galvanized iron chute to a rock pile left police with no evidence after raids. The defeat marks the end of a roaring prohibition era in the city.
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Halifax
Market St
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
113
Canadian RC AF Pilot Rescued After Mountain Crash Near Longview
RCAF pilot F C Wilken 27 of Stone Saskatchewan flown to Calgary in serious but stable condition after his plane crashed seven thousand feet up a western Alberta mountainside. Companion Corporal Johnson 32 of Canterbury New Brunswick walked to safety. rescue teams aided by Foothills Aviation and RCMP coordinated an improvised air strip and ground effort.
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Calgary
R.C.A.F
Here
F.C
Cyril Douglas Wilken
Stone, Sask
Clifford Miles Johnson
Canterbury
N.B
Hovard
Medicine Hat
Longview
Wilken
Stampede Guest Ranch
Foothills Aviation Ltd
RCAF
Cpl. Johnson
Edmonton
Nations agree provisional North Pacific fishing line
Japan Canada and the United States signed a ten year fishing pact that provisionaly splits the North Pacific for salmon halibut and herring. A three power commission will review the line which follows roughly the 175th meridian mid way between Hawaii and Wake Island. Salmon fishing remains a key issue for study.
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Tokyo
Japan
Canada
United States
North Pacific
175Th Meridian
Hawaiian
Wake Islands
Weathered Road Conditions Across Regions Report
Road Report No 1 east is slippery in spots with a poor hard surface. No 1 west is passable but rough. Bassano to Gleichen bad. Gleichen to Calgary fair. No 3 west icy to Lethbridge, Macleod to Calgary very icy. Calgary to Edmonton treacherous. Monalta good. 16 miles south Irvine. Monalta not recommended for travel. South Elkwater very heavy and not recommended unless necessary. Hilda Schuler rough and slippery in spots. Lethbridge to Coutts icy in spots but passable.
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West
Bassano
Gleichen
Calgary
Lethbridge
Macleod
Edmonton
Monalta
Irvine
South Elkwater
Hilda Schuler
Coutts
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