Ford Plant Strike Ends in Windsor Canada
A 12 day wildcat strike at Ford Motor Company of Canada plants ends and production will restart after the powerhouse is warmed and turbines brought online. Arbitration over 26 dismissals and restart of wage talks follow, with a 13 cent conciliation recommendation and a 30 cent package sought by the union. Walter Reuther intervened to push settlement terms.
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Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Ford
Walter Reuther
UAW International
International Union
Blizzards Bring Bitter Cold Across Canadian Regions
A Canadian Press report details a major blizzard from New England sweeping Quebec and the Maritimes with heavy snow and travel disruptions. Severe cold grips Ontario and the Prairies with sub zero temperatures in Saskatoon Edmonton Winnipeg and northern areas, while British Columbia faces coastal rain and inland snow. Police report two highway deaths linked to the storm as conditions worsen toward the week ahead.
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Quebec
Maritimes
Canada
New England States
Montreal
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Ontario
Rockies
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Prairies
British Columbia
United States
U.S
Chicago
Midwest
Trans Mountain wins oil pipeline franchise to Pacific coast
Ottawa reports the board of transport commissioners awarded Trans-Mountain Oil Pipe Line Company the Alberta to Vancouver line. The 695 mile 24 inch pipeline would run via Yellowhead Pass, cost 80 million dollars, start construction next spring, and reach 37 500 barrels daily rising to 75 000.
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Ottawa
Board of Transport Commissioners
Trans-Mountain Oil Pipe Line Company
Alberta
Pacific Coast
Edmonton
Vancouver
Yellowhead Pass
Rockies
Trans.Mountain
Champion Pipe Line Corporation
Alberta Farmers Press Higher Wheat Prices At Calgary Meet
Alberta farmers at the Farmers Union of Alberta convention in Calgary urged increases for wheat sold internationally and under the Britain five year agreement. Resolutions backed raising milling wheat to 2.25 dollars a bushel and implementing year to year price adjustments tied to production costs. A proposed arbitration board was endorsed to review the British wheat pact.
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Calgary
Alberta
Britain
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
Carl J.impfle
Egremont
L. E. Pharis
Magrath
Markle
Hamlin
Association
Board of Arbitration
Wanger Faces Assault Charge After Shooting
Beverly Hills producer Walter Wanger was jailed then freed on bail after shooting Hollywood target Jennings Lang in a parking lot. Lang, 39, is in hospital expected to recover, while Wanger, 57, faces felonious assault charges as divorce rumors swirl around his wife Joan Bennett and business troubles.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Walter
Wanger
Joan Bennett
Jennings Lang
Lang
Clinton Anderson
Miss Bennett
Grant Cooper
Jerry Giesler
S. Ernest Roll
Government Help For Aluminum Production Expands Kalispell Plant
Anaconda Copper Mining Company wins government aid to build a large scale aluminum operation in Kalispell Montana in a joint venture with Harvey Machine Company. Defense Production Administrator Manly Fleischmann signals tax relief on investments totaling 95 million dollars to clear the way for a Kalispell aluminum reduction plant projected to cost at least 40.4 million dollars.
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Washington
Anaconda
Man from Medicine Hat Faces Court on Indecency Counts
Rest. resident J. Carter appears in court on indecency charges following a police search sparked by information in The News urging citizens to watch for an old model sedan. Police say the case stems from the alert issued Thursday.
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Carter
Medicine Hat
Waso
End of Canadian Foreign Exchange Controls
Canada ends foreign exchange controls after cabinet votes to remove H forms and permit unlimited purchases of US dollars and foreign securities. Finance Minister Abbott announced the move to the Commons as banking circles welcomed the surprise policy shift.
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Ottawa
United States
U.S
New York
Canada
Abbott
Commons
Tragedy Called Accidental In Sea Cadet Bus Crash
In Gillingham England a bus driven by John Samson crashed into a marching Sea Cadet unit killing 24. A coroner's jury ruled the deaths accidental. The packed court heard sobbing relatives as witnesses testified to Britain's worst road disaster.
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Gillingham
England
Reuters
John Samson
Samson
Britain
Sea Cadets
Commons Suggests Faster Procedure
Parliament moves to speed business with daily 2 30 sittings and 6 pm Friday adjournments in response to late wind ups. Speeches cut to 30 minutes, but critics warn club bores will simply raise volume. Acoustics and public address systems remain unresolved as report notes other reforms.
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Ier
House of Commons
Fournier
Westminster
Ottawa House
R. L. Sanburn
Calgary Herald
Commons
Canadian soldier faces court martial for Korean killing
Spr. John Murray Steeves of Moncton and Regina, with the Royal Canadian Engineers, is charged with murdering a Korean civilian near Hwang Bang on September 17. Witnesses testified to a 20 to 30 minute gun burst and Steeves being found with a sten gun and surrendering to fellow soldiers.
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Bill Boss
Seoul
Spr
John Murray Steeves
Moncton
Regina
Royal Canadian Engineers
Hwang Bang
Yonchon
Shin Yong Dok
Shin
John Keating
Vancouver
Steves
Fred Mitchell
North Bay
Ont
Mitchell
Naroy
Keating
Tightrope Walker Ballancio Named in Night of Shooting
Witnesses describe Steeves as disoriented after a shooting in a court scene. Testimony cites a Korean stealing a watch, a recovered watch, and psychiatric treatment for a British warrant officer and Steeves’ mental state. Army records note Steeves is unmarried.
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Mitchell
Steeves
Keating
McCormick
A. B. MacDonald
Kingston
Ont
Japan
Spr
C. G. Wright
Edmonton
Stirt
Bael
Wright
Ottawa Round-Up: St Laurent Announces Pay Increases
Prime Minister St Laurent announced pay raises for the armed forces civil service and the RCMP. Finance Minister Abbott also spoke as trade Minister Howe pushed plans to back special loans for prairie grain farmers and the Commons defeated amendments to the Elections Act.
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Civil Service
R.C.M.P
Dominion
Quebec
Leon
Balcer
Trois Rivieres
Henri Courtemanche
Labell
Senate
North Fraser Harbor
British Columbia
North Fraser River
Armed Forces
Abbott
Howe
The
Commons
UK envoy shot in Czechoslovakia espionage case
Britain recalls diplomat Robert Neil Gardner after Prague says he and embassy typist Daphne G Maines were caught exchanging money for secret military information in a restricted area. Maines wounded, Gardner bruised, both claimed to have fled in a British embassy car as guards fired.
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London
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Robert Neil Gardner
Daphne G. Maines
Maines
Gardner
Foreign Office
Miss Maines
City Endures Record Freeze Amid Snowbound Streets
The city braced as temperatures remained well below zero with the forecast predicting a plunge to 30 below. Frostbite reports were absent at medical centers though auto frostbite was noted. Tow trucks and garaging crews stayed busy while transit faced a Christmas rush and commuters bundled up in heavy winter gear.
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Clin
General Hospital
Althou
the &c
C.P.R
Road Report Notes Mixed Highway Conditions
Road Report No 1 east shows slippery surface with hard pack and very poor travel. No 1 west passable only Bassano to Gleichenbad then Calgary in fair shape. No 3 west icy to a bridge and Macleod to Calgary icy. Calgary to Edmonton treac ons. Marsha plowed to The Not recommended for travel Thelma. Hilda Schuler rough in spots. Lethbridge to Coutts ice spots but passable.
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Bassano
Gleichenbad
Calgary
Macleod
Edmonton
Marsha
Hilda Schuler
Lethbridge
Coutts
Alberta grain payments talk at federation meeting
Edmonton CP reports the Alberta Federation of Culture will hold its annual meeting in Calgary next week with seed supplies and grain payments as the main topics. Agriculture Minister David Ure is listed among the speakers.
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Grain Payments Edmonton
Alberta Federation of Culture
Calgary
David Ure
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