Two Gunmen Go To Gallows
In Toronto two Boyd gang members Steve Suchan and Leonard Jackson face execution at midnight for the murder of Detective Edmund Tong during questioning on a city street. Clemency appeals loom as families bid farewell before the hangman from Montreal assumes duties.
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Boyd
Steve Suchan
Leonard Jackson
Edmund Tong
Tong
Anne Jackson
Leonard
Con
Vincent Massey
Justice
Garson
Montreal
Jackson
Joseph
Lesse
Suchan
Lesso
Sweeping Currie report cites Army irregularities at Camp Petawawa
The Currie report, issued after seven months of inquiry, cites a breakdown in control and a security collapse in the Army works services at Camp Petawawa. It details irregularities including horses on payroll, looting coverups, and unauthorized lake construction, and calls for 44 recommendations to tighten supervision and security.
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Currie
Camp Petawawa
St. Laurent
Petawawa
Halifax
Army Works Services
Unusual Warm Spell Grips Prairie Cities on Dec 14
Weather observers call the mid December warm spell unusual as Edmonton Lethbridge Calgary set all time highs for Dec 14. Edmonton reports mild air with no expected record breaks though temperatures stay well above normal across western Prairies. Grass fires occur in Edmonton as Santa nears. Ontario sees heavy snow but warm air forecast to melt it by Tuesday with several inches in Owen Sound Huntsville and around Georgian Bay.
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Niagara Peninsula
NATO Ministers Urge Unified Propaganda Drive
Paris AP Premier de Gasperi urged the 14 NATO members to mount a united propaganda campaign against communists citing Russia's anti democratic efforts. The council also considers a 428 million dollar 1953 European military construction program and the Mediterranean naval command elevation for Admiral Mountbatten.
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Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Atlantic Alliance
Europe
de Gasperi
Robert Schuman
l‘Humanite
Mediterranean
North Atlantic Council of Foreign, Finance and Defence Ministers
Britain
Earl Mountbatten
CCF Charges Changes in Currie Report Stir Ottawa
Stanley Knowles of the CCF said the Currie report underwent edits before Parliament was shown, noting seven of the first 38 pages altered, including editorial tweaks and substantial changes. He questioned who authorized the modifications and whether Lt. Gen. Simonds or others ordered them.
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C.C.F
Currie
Stanley Knowles
Winnipeg North Centre
Army Works Services
St. Laurent
George Drew
Defence Department
M. J. Coldwell
Knowles
G. G. Simonds
Leaders clash over Currie report on army stores irregularities
In Ottawa the prime minister and Progressive Conservative leader George Drew sparred in the commons over when the Currie report on army stores irregularities would be released. St Laurent denied delaying the report and urged the house and public to decide the fairness of the dispute.
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Petawawa
George Drew
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Drew
London
Campney
Smilestones of a Married Couple on the Street
A humorous adage notes that when a couple walks together the partner several steps ahead is the one who is angry. The quip reflects light social observation about conduct and relations between spouses.
Mutinous uprising on Pongnam kills 82 internees
Allied command reports 82 dead and 120 wounded among North Korean civilian internees at Pongnam Camp No 10 on Pongnam island off Koje. U.N. and ROK troops quelled the mutiny. the event linked to intercepted Communist plans for a mass breakout.
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Pongnam
Allied
Prisoner of War Command
United States
U.S
No. 10
Koje
UNC
Pongam
United Nations
Republic of Korea
U.N
Attorney General Seeks Report on Vote Charge in Alberta
Alberta's attorney-general asked for a report on alleged municipal election irregularities raised by Alderman E. W. Smith after the October 15 election. Smith claimed simulated ballots were used for advertising contrary to the uniform city act and sent his information to police authorities. Police Chief Bull was asked to provide findings to Hon. Lucien Maynard, as disclosed at a police commission meeting.
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Ald
E. W. Smith
Ald. Smith
Lucien Maynard
A. R. Bull
Electoral College Cast Votes For Eisenhower Victory
Washington dispatch notes 531 electors formally cast ballots for president with Eisenhower expected to win 442 to 89 despite the freedom many states grant electors. Only a handful have ever voted against their slate, last done in 1948 when Tennessee swung to Truman. Congress will record results on January 6.
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United States
Electoral College
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Tennessee
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
Workers Return as Atomic Plant Remains Shut
CHALK RIVER Ont CP workers return to jobs at Canada's atomic energy plant after a weekend clean-up followed a radiation leak from a pin hole in the reactor. About 350 workers were evacuated Friday as alarms warned of high radioactivity. the reactor may be out of operation for some time.
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Ont
Canada
Atomic Energy
David A. Keys
Ottawa
C. J. Mackenzie
Atomic Energy of Canada
Keys
Nehru Hopes for Red Acceptance Amid Armistice Talks
Prime Minister Nehru told parliament that India still hopes Communist China and Russia will reconsider the U N proposal for a Korean armistice. He said their acceptance would show they recognize the plan as just and fair. China had just formally rejected the U N plan.
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Russia
United Nations
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Baba Haramsingh Celebrates 176th Birthday in India
A local paper reports Baba Haramsingh marked his 176th birthday and hopes to reach 201. It notes he grew a full new set of teeth after losing them around age 100 in the 1870s and that his grey hair is turning black again.
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India
Reuters
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