Ontario refuses full inquiry into Suite 1735 matter
Ontario Attorney General Dana Porter declines to order a judicial inquiry into the Suite 1735 affairs at the Royal York Hotel citing insufficient power and lack of evidence. Mayor Saunders plans to pursue the inquiry question with City Council. City entertainment bills in 1951 totalled about 18 000 across King Edward and Royal York hotels plus liquor costs.
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Toronto
Dana Porter
Ontario
Royal York Hotel
Leslie Saunders
Hiram McCallum
McCallum
Allan Lamport
King Edward
Royal York
City Property Committee
Subway Opens in Medicine Hat with City Leaders
Mayor Harry Weiner led a ceremonial drive through the new subway as MLA Mrs. E. G. Robinson cut the ribbon and dedicated the project to progress. Senators and MPs joined aldermen Lloyd Craig Ed McCombs J W Douglas in the convoy. Second Street level crossing closes to vehicles though pedestrians may use it until weekend underpass opens. Representatives from Haddin Davis and Brown Calgary and Baynes Manning Co attended the ceremony.
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Harry Weiner
Medicine Hat
E. G. Robinson
F. W. Gershaw
William P. Wylie
Lloyd Craig
Ed’McCombs
J. W. Douglas
Second Street
South Railway Street
Calgary
Haddin, Davis and Brown
Baynes-Manning Co
Chamber of Commerce
Cross-exam of Dr Sam Sheppard Ends with Prosecution Claim
Cleveland AP Dr Samuel Sheppard’s cross-examination ended amid prosecutors asserting he killed his wife Marilyn. Sheppard denied the charge, insisting a prowler attacked his wife and later injured him. He acknowledged lying about an affair with Miss Susan Hayes, stating her reputation justified his prior answer.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Sheppard
Marilyn
Mahon
Dr. Sheppard
Miss Hayes
Susan Hayes
Peace River Gas Pipeline Deal Linked to 400 Million Construction Plan
Three major gas firms signed agreements to ship Peace River gas to British Columbia and U S markets. A 400 million dollar multi nation pipeline will connect Alberta gas fields to the border near Vancouver with initial 300 million cubic feet daily flow into the northwest U S and California within two years. Westcoast Transmission vice‑president George McMahon announced start of Canadian work in 1955, with exploration boosted in the Peace River region where reserves exceed 4 trillion cubic feet.
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Calgary
Peace River
British Columbia
United States
Alberta
B.C
Vancouver
U.S
California
George McMahon
Westcoast Transmission Co
Itd
Tulsa
Okla
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corp
Canada
McMahon
Westcoast
Edmonton
Washington
Oregon
U. S. Federal Power Commission
Pacific Northwest Pipeline
Pacific Northwest
Montreal
Sudbury
Bennett
Fort St. John
Peace River District
International
U. S
Oregon- California
Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co., Ltd
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd
A. P. Craig
Trans-Canada
St. Lawrence
Frank McMahon
Westcoast Transmission
Ray Fish
Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation
New York
Paul Kaiser
el Paso Natural Gas Company
Boundary
Bassano
Alta
Craig
United States rejects swap with Red China over airmen and students
Washington reports no deal to exchange 11 U. S. airmen imprisoned in China for 35 Chinese students in the United States. State Department spokesman Lincoln White says airmen are prisoners of war with full rights, while students remain civilians whose cases are under study.
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Washington
United States Today
Red China
America
U. S
China
State Department
Lincoln White
White
Peiping
United States
Red
Geneva Far East
Huang Hua
Library Collapse Injures Six in Ottawa Demolition
A section of the aged parliamentary library in Ottawa collapsed during demolition, injuring six workers. Two on the floor section fell into basement debris, three others were struck by bricks, and Gerard Philion, 19, suffered possible concussion and multiple fractures as debris buried him.
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Ottawa
Gerard Philion
Prairie mild spell due to Pacific storms
Weather in Edmonton reports continued Pacific storms bringing unusual warmth to the prairies. Skies stay mostly cloudy with temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above normal offsetting the limited sunshine.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Trans-Canada seeks extension for Alberta to Quebec gas line
ASK EXTENSION OTTAWA Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited filed an application with the board of transport commissioners for an extension to April 30 to complete financing of the Alberta to Quebec natural gas pipeline. Alberta conservation board granted a similar extension on December 8 and a one month delay on when Trans-Canada must begin the project.
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Ottawa
Trans-Canada Pipelines Limited
Board of Transport Commissioners
Alberta
Quebec
The
Conservation Board of Alberta
Trans-Canada
Westcoast Pipeline Plan Gives Canada U S Gas Link
Ottawa approves 960 mile Peace River to Vancouver pipeline with a spur to Osoyoos British Columbia. Pacific Northwest markets will get 250 million cubic feet daily from Pacific Northwest Pipeline with 50 million reserved for expansion. Gas to come from British Columbia Saint John field and several Canadian producers.
Pope Pius steady as doctors monitor health in Vatican
Vatican officials said Pope Pius XII remained stationary after morning examinations by his personal physician Dr Riccardo Galeazzi Lisi and Prof Antonio Gasbarrini. Earlier reports warned of weakening and possible anaemia. A second consultation was planned to test gastric juices.
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Frank Brutto
Vatican City
Vatican
Pius
Vatican Secretariat of State
Pope
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
Antonio Gasbarrini
Bologna
Galeazzi-Lisi
Gasbarrini
Raffaele Paolucci di Valmaggiore
St. Peter’s Basilica
Msgr
Giovanni Battista Montini
Milan
Calgary police charge second man in abortion death
Calgary police charged a second man William Homes 49 with manslaughter in the Nov. 16 death of Margaret Thompson linked to an abortion. Agnes McCann 58 alias Mrs Alison Bailie was charged with manslaughter while George Clark Moose Jaw was charged as an accessory after the fact. Thompson was found in bed on Nov. 15. Her body had been shipped to Kingston Ontario for burial before police investigated.
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Calgary
Margaret Thompson
William Homes
Agnes McCann
Alison Bailie
George Clark
Moose Jaw
Robert
Kingston
Ont
L. S. Partridge
Smilestones Patient Rebounds Amid Comic Medical Scene
In a lighthearted note from a medical ward, a nurse asks about a patient and the doctor confirms steady recovery as the patient is caught trying to blow foam from his medicine bottle. The exchange highlights humor in a hospital setting and a patient’s improving condition.
Canadian natural gas pipeline boom linked across continents
Vancouver reports Premier Bennett announces a $400 million Canadian natural gas pipeline from Fort St. John to the U S border, with extensions toward Oregon California. Calgary notes a $30 million Alberta Gas Trunk Line, Sudbury cites energy equal to four St. Lawrence projects, Tulsa hosts signing.
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