Family pleads for missing Bill Craig before Christmas
Ivy Craig of Redcliff appeals for information on her husband William Craig who vanished five months ago en route from Redcliff to Medicine Hat. The 30-year-old draftsman for Dominion Glass Factory disappeared July 15 during a prairie heat wave, leaving behind his wife and two children. Police reportedly doubted his disappearance was voluntary. the family remains hopeful he is alive and may return home for Christmas.
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Bruce W. Hogle
David William Craig
Marilyn
David
Ivy Craig
William Craig
Bill
Bill Craig
Redcliff
Dominion Glass Factory
Medicine Hat
City of
Russian Swing Ends Deadlock at United Nations
United Nations welcomed 16 new members after a breakthrough by Russia following 15 Soviet vetoes on a Canadian sponsored proposal. The move raised the UN membership to 76, ending a decade of deadlock and frustration.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Russia
Canada hailed for role in UN membership breakthrough
The General Assembly praised Canada for leading the plan that broke nine years of deadlock on UN membership. Paul Martin and the Canadian delegation received loud applause as 16 nations, including Albania and Austria, were admitted after extensive negotiations. Japan remained unadmitted amid vetoes, while Outer Mongolia faced related disputes.
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United Nations, N. Y
General Assembly
Canada
Assembly
Jose Maza
Chile
Paul Martin
Martin
Pierson Dixon
Britain
Dixon
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
Security Council
Russia
Arkady A. Sobelev
China
Outer Mongolia
Soviet Union
Japan
Mongolian People’s Republic
Ubsent
Formosa
Albania
Austria
Bulgaria
Cambodia
Ceylon
Finland
Hungary
Italy
Ireland
Jordan
Laos
Romania
Libya
Nepal
Portugal
Spain
Indonesia
East Hog Prices Dip To Federal Support Level
Canadian hog prices in eastern Canada fell to the federal support price for the first time in three years as industry buyers at floor levels persist. Officials say the government has not yet been asked to buy hogs and storage could be required if industry shipments slow. The blizzard across the Prairies adds market confusion while East prices hovered around 23 dollars per hundredweight in Toronto and Montreal, with Winnipeg and western rates near 20.
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Alan Donnelly
Ottawa
Canada
Toronto
Montreal
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairies
U.S
West
Vancouver Votes Yes On Sunday Sports and NPA Sweep
Vancouver voters approve Sunday commercial sport with 38 210 to 36 535 in plebiscite. Non-Partisan Association wins all mayoralty seats and school and park boards, while a separate by law to spend 1 000 000 on development is defeated.
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Vancouver
NPA
Prime Minister urges neutral talks in rail dispute
Prime Minister St Laur ent urged that railways and non operating unions in deadlocked bargaining submit the dispute to an impartial body. He spoke to a Canadian Congress of Labor delegation and said the government will not permit a general railway tie up.
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Ottawa
St. Laurent
Canadian Congress of Labor
CCFL
A. R. Mosher
Mosher
Edmonton Defeat Delays Thursday Night Shopping By-Law
Edmonton aldermen support a plan allowing Thursday night shopping but Alderman Abe Miller blocks passage. Mayor Hawrelak may call another special meeting to seek unanimous approval for the by-law before it expires, as the 1954 measure sets Thursday hours to 9 p.m.
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Edmonton
Ald
Abe Miller
William Hawrelak
Aid
Miller
Hawrelak
Giffard Main
Christmas Card Rush Takes Toll at Local Post Office
Postmaster S N Goldie reports 207 221 cards handled to date as the Christmas mail surge nears peak. Last year the period peaked at 57 000 letters in a day, while this year the depot processed 49 000 letters in one day. About 50 extra workers are on duty with more possible if volumes rise. peak is expected this weekend and next Monday may be busiest.
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Post
S. N. Goldie
Mr. Goldie
Goldie
Syrian anti air batteries fire on Israeli planes
Syrian military spokesman said anti air batteries fired on three Israeli reconnaissance planes over the Syrian Lebanese border. A British soldier and a Cypriot attacker were killed in an ambush near Lefka. In Alberta Edmonton mayor William Hawrelak led a delegation’s resolutions at the provincial cabinet. A lovesick Pennsylvania youth who killed three people Wednesday night shot a policeman, was wounded, and captured by state police.
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Toay
Lefka
Union of Alberta Municipalities
Edmonton
William Hawrelak
Pennsylvania
Santa Claus brawl halts coffee breaks in New York
In midtown Manhattan a relief Santa overwhelmed 45 year old George Whitestone at 42nd Street and Madison Avenue and stayed five hours delaying coffee breaks for other Santas. He allegedly fought Captain John Lingerfelt when ordered to return to his post. Police ended the fracas.
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New York
Santa Clgus
Santa
George Whitestone
42Nd Street
Madison Avenue
Whitestone
John Lingerfelt
Volunteers of America
Lingerfelt
mid-Manhattan
Blizzard cost Saskatchewan two dead two missing
Blizzards battered the Prairie provinces with Saskatchewan hardest hit as two men died and two remained missing. George Shepherd of Regina and RCMP inspector D. J. McCombe died of exposure or fumes. Alberta and Manitoba reported no fatalities as missing were later found. Rescue efforts continued with dogs and a plane as weather allowed.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
George Shepherd
Regina
RCMP
D. J. McCombe
Shepherd
British American Oil Co. Ltd
North Battleford
Kerrobert
Sask
Insp
McCombe
George Buttes
Eastenders Dig For Cash Prizes In Blizzard
In Eastend Saskatchewan during a blizzard postal worker Mrs George Thorson attempted to carry $2000 in post office funds to the bank but fell to the snow. Residents recovered about $1500 from the snow and a single $10 bill was found in a tree four blocks away.
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Eastend
Saskatchewan
George Thorson
Calgary Farmers Barter Surplus Grain For Goods
Alberta farmers facing a harsh winter are swapping surplus grain for farm implements cars and household items. Calgary hardware dealers report many growers seek barters storing grain on lots or selling to local cattle feeders as feeders accept the grain to keep their fleets moving.
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Calgary
Alberta
Chinook Lifts Alberta Temps Before Disturbance
A brief chinook pushed southwestern Alberta temperatures to around 30 this morning as a new weather system moves south from the Mackenzie delta. Expect cloudy skies tonight and Friday across both provinces with daytime highs near 10.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Mackenzie Delta
Dulles Warns Reds Have Reopened Cold War Fronts
At a NATO council in Paris State Secretary Dulles said Soviet actions in 1955 opened dangerous new cold war fronts in the Middle East and South Asia. He urged continued vigilance and unity to overcome such challenges.
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Paris
Dulles
United States
NATO Council of Ministers
Soviet Union
Middle East
South Asia
Geneva
Snake the 25-year-old quarter horse dies during prairie storm
The stout-hearted horse Snake collapsed on a stormy Monday night while returning toward Wisdom from Medicine Hat. Owner Andrew Heidinger recalls Snake’s daily five-mile round trips to the school, carrying his daughter Rose for seven years and both children for twenty, until his death at age 25. Snake, born 1930 and branded EB on Ed Boschee farm, was well known in the district.
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Snake
Wisdom
Medicine Hat
Andrew Heidinger
Heidinger
Gladys
New UN Members Expand World Voice and Population
The United Nations adds sixteen new member countries representing over 156 million people. Albania Austria Bulgaria Cambodia Ceylon and others vary in size, politics, and regional alignment as they join the world body.
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Albania
Greece
Yugoslavia
Britain
Corfu
Austria
Bulgaria
Cambodia
French Indochina
Viet Nam
Ceylon
Commonwealth
India
Calgary General Hospital Adopts Flat Public Rate
Calgary General Hospital Board approved a new flat rate of 14.25 dollars per day for public patients, effective January 1, boosting income. About 187,000 patient days are expected this year, with 58,000 uninsured patients affected. Mayor D. H. Mackay moved the measure, noting the balance against the hospital deficit.
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Calgary
Calgary General Hospital
Calgary Hospital Board
Blue Cross
D. H. Mackay
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