DRB Hails McGill Fence as Top 1953 Innovation
The Defence Research Board notes the McGill fence, a Canadian designed early warning radar, as its outstanding 1953 achievement. Summer trials confirm economical installation and manufacturability in Canada, with further trials planned.
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Ottawa
Defence Research Board
McGill
Far
Canada
DRB
Eaton Electronics Research Laboratory
McGill University
Montreal
National Research
RCAF
M. Solandt
CCF Seeks Full Insurance Plans for Alberta
Edmonton MLA Elmer Roper headlined a CCF by election rally at Elm Street School urging government sponsored auto, health, hospital and medical insurance modeled after Saskatchewan. He criticized current policies and warned about rising municipal debt while praising opposition drives for social reforms.
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CCF
Alberta
Elmer Roper
M.L.A
Edmonton
C.C.F
Saskatchewan
Roper
Elm St
Edwin W. Horne
C.C.I
Horne
C.P.R
Elizabeth G. Robinson
J. L. Robinson
Industries
Labour
L.P
Medicine Hat
Pakowki
Anaconda
Montana
Britalin
Russell Price
C.C.F. Association
Great Britain
New Zealand
Union of Alberta Municipalities seeks bigger general grants
At the annual convention in Edmonton the Union urged the Alberta government to expand general municipal funding to meet growing needs. Leaders warned that future gasoline tax grants may rise slowly compared with service and school demands, as housing policy spurs continued construction. Mayor Don Mackay of Calgary led the delegation with Edmonton solicitor Thomas Garside presenting the brief.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Union of Alberta Municipalities
Don Mackay
Calgary
Thomas Garside
The
Municipal Union
Sketch Plans Hospital Special Parley Revised
Provisional trustees staff and physicians revised sketch plans for a proposed 2 million municipal district hospital. Calgary firm Rule Wynn Rule outlined a 324 by 60 foot four story building with basement and wing for offices. Changes include basement and main floor layouts, potential outpatients wing, and more clinical space. the hospital would hold about 200 beds and 45 infant bassinets. A ratepayer vote is planned for next year. Attendees included Peter Rule Dave Broadfoot Don Hawthorne Miss Noreen Flanagan and Miss Beech.
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Calgary
Rule, Wynn & Rule
Peter Rule
Dave Broadfoot
Don S. Hawthorne
Noreen Flanagan
Miss Beech
Manning Cancels Flu Strain Affects Medicine Hat Rally
Premier E. C. Manning is confined to bed with flu. Hon. A. J. Hooke will replace him as speaker for the by election campaign address in Medicine Hat at the Assiniboia Hotel ballroom starting 8:30 tonight with a 9 to 9:45 broadcast.
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E. C. Manning
Social Credit
Medicine Hat
J. L. Robinson
A. J. Hooke
Alberta
Hooke
Assiniboia
AFA Holds Thirteenth Alberta Convention Debates Machinery Costs
Calgary CP reports Alberta Federation of Agriculture delegates express grave concern over farm machinery prices. They urge farmers to buy equipment through Canadian Co operative Implements Ltd. They also press to retain existing margarine coloring ban and discuss animal showing reforms. A Farmers Union of Alberta proposal seeks direct fertilizer sourcing from Japan to loosen domestic supplier control.
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Calgary
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
Canadian Co-operative Implements Ltd
Experimental Farm Committees
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
AFA
Japan
Canada
SmilestonesUmbrella Exchange Quip Sparks Conversation
A light exchange about an umbrella prompts a playful conversation about priorities. The lines reveal casual humor and a focus on everyday small talk rather than a major event.
Calgary Maitre D Describes Churchill Whitebait Demands
Henry Goldsmith, former Mid Ocean Club maitre d hotel now with Calgary Petroleum Club, recalls Sir Winston Churchill requesting whitebait at dinner and strawberries for dessert. He notes Churchill’s long hours and Eisenhower’s relatively easy schedule during the Big Three conference in Bermuda.
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Montreal
Henry Goldsmith
Mid- Ocean Club
Bermuda
Calgary
Winston Churchill
Henry
Sir Winston
Mr. Goldsmith
Eisenhower
Archie Compston
Europe
United States
Hospitality Service
Civil Service
Mid-Ocean Club
Calgary Petroleum Club
Hall and Heady Gassed Quipping No Emotion
Jefferson City report on Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady dying in Missouri gas chamber after kidnapping and murder of six year old Bobby Greenlease. Witnesses note final kiss and embrace, ransom funds totaling over $300,000 missing, and the couple’s last minutes with minister, marshal, and guards before execution.
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Larry Hall
Hall-Heady
Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown
Heady
Bobby Greenlease
Missouri
Hall
G. Donald Shull
William B. Tatman
Tatman
Kansas City
St. Louis
Clerks say Hall died a witness saving five others
Jefferson City Mo Carl Hall declared he died a tremendous witness for Christ before his execution at 12 12 this morning for the kidnap murder of Bobby Greenlease He said I only killed Bobby If I had twelve hours more I would have killed five more God saved me from that He added the remark to clergy who counseled him and Bonnie Brown Heady as the two were executed
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Jefferson City
Carl Hall
Christ
Bonnie Brown Heady
Bobby Greenlease
Bobby
Hall
Religion books surge. trade hits new high
Religion has become a hot item in publishing with demand at perhaps the highest in book trade history. Editors say interest in religious and inspirational works now rivals sex as a staple of the market, aided by postwar popularity and mass circulation availability.
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George W. Cornell
NEW York
John B. Chambers
Harper and Brothers
John C. Willey
William Morrow and Co
John Farrar
Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc
Farrar
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