Turkeys Plentiful in Canada With Lower Prices This Christmas
A Canadian Press survey finds plentiful turkeys across Canada with prices 10 to 16 cents lower than last year. Winnipeg reports as low as 42 cents per pound, Toronto from 50 to 70 cents, and Saint John up to 75 cents. The price war among big chains versus small retailers grows as eviscerated turkeys become more common. Prince Edward Island offers 51 to 53 cents for turkey and 41 to 43 cents for geese and ducks with Maritimes prices reasonably high.
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Canadian mobile home shipped to India for mission use
The first Canadian mobile home to leave by sea is loaded aboard the S S City of Birmingham at Montreal destined for India. It will serve Rev Harold Pond and Mrs Pond on Maritime Baptist Foreign Mission Board travels across the country. The mobile home mirrors models used by over 30,000 Canadian families and features a living room dinette kitchen bathroom and bedroom with its own water pressure system and generator.
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Anniversary of Hanging Canadian Indian Cannibal
Ottawa reports mark the 75th anniversary of Swift Runner the Cree man hanged at Fort Saskatchewan on December 20 1873 for eating his wife five children brother in law and mother in law The Mounties chased him after a starvation tale and a trial that ended in Canada’s earliest Northwest Territories execution.
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Alta
Buffalo meat from north will head east for plating
About 300000 pounds of buffalo meat processed under federal supervision will be shipped from Edmonton to eastern Canada and the northeastern United States for steaks and roasts. Some buffalo hearts will go to cooked meats and livers to dog and fox food as 340 of 800 planned animals were slaughtered in seven days at Wood Buffalo Park.
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Sheppard murder trial enters second day of deliberations
In Cleveland the jury for Dr Samuel Sheppard debates guilt or innocence after a nine week trial. The panel of seven men and five women weighs a case that could carry a first degree murder verdict with possible death penalty or a lesser charge. The defense plans an appeal if guilty. A massive record of materials including 214 exhibits frames the deliberations.
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Holiday Trains Crash in Dortmund Killing 14
A fog bound collision in Dortmund between a Christmas special carrying children and a local train killed 14, injured 75 with 25 severely. Rescue was hampered by wreckage as emergency crews worked two hours to remove victims. The child transport train escaped serious damage and continued to Duesseldorf after checks.
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Smilestones Sunset Painted Abroad Inspires Comment
A daughter's abroad sunset painting prompts acknowledgment of a unique artwork. The speaker reacts with wonder, confirming it is unlike anything previously seen in this country.
NATO Deliberates Atomic Defense Policy In Europe
NATO leaders affirmed civilian control of nuclear weapons while allowing U S latitude in a grave emergency. Belgium’s Spaak questioned veto power, and Canada warned defense ties may shift mutual aid as intercontinental bombers rise. See NATO.
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Local Post Office Sees 32000 More Letters Last Year
Medicine Hat post office staff grew from 48 to 98 with 50 extra workers. Letter stock rose by 32 239 over last year and postage revenue neared $1000 as parcels dipped slightly. Postmaster Sam Goldie likens operations to an assembly line and says no mail backlog occurred.
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Record warm spell brushes Edmonton with mild Sunday
Weather summary notes record breaking mild conditions in Edmonton with temperatures about 25 degrees above seasonal normal continuing Sunday. The tone emphasizes unusually warm temperatures and a sunny outlook across the region.
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Resume Search For Lost Pilot In Manitoba Fields
More than 700 men marching 20 yards apart began the grim fourth day of searching for missing airman Dennis Grahn 20 of Edmonton after his jet trainer crashed near Morden Manitoba on Tuesday night. A helmet found five miles west of the scene sparked the effort as helicopter and Otter plane prepared to join ground parties with citizens and farmers summoned to aid.
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Tito Nehru open talks during Tito 18 day Middle East visit
News bulletin reports Tito of Yugoslavia and Nehru of India beginning discussions on world problems as Tito embarks an 18 day Middle East tour. Gilles Boisjoly 14 found not guilty of murder in St Jerome Quebec. judge excludes his police statement. Pope Pius XII reportedly ill yet rode in Vatican gardens. Canadian Wheat Board prioritizes damp grain shipments to dry stocks in winter. Four Kirksville college medical students killed in Illinois auto crash on way home for Christmas. Chinese Nationalist planes bomb two Red held Tachen islands. British Consul Allen Barker features Boston tea party etching for Christmas card. Peiping radio attacks U.N. intervention in U.S. fliers spying case.
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Psychiatrist Sees Santa as Unconditional Giver
HOLYOKE MASS. AP A psychiatrist Dr Willis Ploof says parents who threaten children with Santa betray limits on giving to others He argues Santa should symbolize unconditional giving and not be used to enforce obedience He urges honest direct answers about Santa to children who ask if he exists and emphasizes fantasy versus reality.
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Can Find No Difference Dirt Farmer and Banker
At the Alberta Federation of Agriculture convention delegates cannot define dirt farmer versus banker. A committee notes a split between the Farmers Union of Alberta and the A F A and suggests dropping the term. Agriculture Minister Halm Rast says farmers now look like bankers with their dress and smart appearance.
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Mystery surrounds TCA air crash near Brampton
A Trans-Canada Air Lines Super-Constellation crashed Friday night into a frozen Brampton field killing no one but injuring 16 passengers and seven crew. The $1,500,000 airliner burned for hours as crews investigated possible instrument error or misjudged lights of the Malton airport eight miles away.
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Milwaukee sports figure Frederick Miller dies in plane crash
Frederick C. Miller a prominent Milwaukee businessman and former Notre Dame football captain died from burns after a private twin engine plane crashed near Gen Mitchell Field. His son Fred Miller Jr 20 and the pilots Joseph and Paul Laird died in the crash as others were injured. The craft owned by Miller Brewing plunged to the ground shortly after takeoff on a hunting trip to Manitoba.
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Retail Sales About Equal in Canada This Christmas
Canadian Press report shows Christmas shopping steady with increases in Ontario and British Columbia. Shoppers buy do it yourself tools, TVs, and useful clothes, with later purchases and cautious spending. Regional trends vary from stronger Maritimes to similar Quebec and Prairie results.
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Nativity Star Guarded in Bethlehem Since 1873
Mahmoud Selim patrols the guarded nativity grotto in Bethlehem where the silver star marks Christ birthplace. The site, under successive rulers, holds separate altars and lamps for Orthodox Latins Armenians, with three Christmas dates reflecting calendar differences.
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