Iggy Crotty Plans Big Christmas Party After Recovery
Newfoundland’s ten year old Iggy Crotty, once injured in a May 1954 highway crash and treated in Toronto, now plans a large Christmas party. He is improving with physio, can stretch his arm, run, and speaks more, though his mother remains cautious about skating.
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Gerald Freeman
ST. John's
Mfld
Newfoundland
Iggy Crotty
Toronto
Ignatius
Crotty
Lishs
Iggy
Mrs. Crotty
Major Stories Inside d.i.te. Christmas week front page note
Inside pages highlight renewed demonstrations in Jordan over a British proposal for Jordan to join the Baghdad defense pact. A huge Moose Jaw refinery fire is quelled. Six airmen injured in Portage la Prairie car train crash. The first savage winter blizzards sweep Europe. Nine injured in a Toronto streetcar truck and car collision. Six Springfield youths burned to death. Businesses leveled in Sorel Quebec by a $300000 fire. Detroit newspaper strike reaches its 18th day.
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Medicine Hat
THI News
Jordan
Baghdad
Middle East
Moose Jaw
Portage la Prairie
Europe
Toronto
Springfield
Sorel
Qut
Detroit
Odd Accidents Involving Dogs Rabbit and Fish
The 1955 report from the U S National Safety Council highlights unusual mishaps. Dogs boxers and dobermans crash cars, a boy is shot by a rifle triggered by a dog, a rabbit hits a crop duster, a fish in a boat fires a rifle, a woman swallows a toothbrush, a car door shoots a man, and a green traffic light falls on a car.
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Chicago
U.S. National Safety Council
Bobby Bright
Gonzales
Tex
Dorothy Gazzeny
Detroit
Gene Scott
Rushville
Neb
Scott
Atlanta
E.T. Drake Jr
Christmas Card Traffic Presses Postal Service Record
Saturday saw 55 000 cards processed at the post office though 2000 short of Friday's peak. Sunday clearance by staff under P M Goldie reached 17 000, pushing December total to 392 335 as Christmas week looms. Compare with last year's 500 000 remains uncertain. Letter carriers faced heavy loads today.
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P.M
Sam Goldie
Worst Blast of Year Roils U S Midwest
Arctic cold swept the Midwest with record lows in Minnesota and North Dakota and a forecast of sub zero temperatures across Ohio Pennsylvania New York and surrounding states. Chicago logged two above freezing as a frigid front moved toward the east with Key West Florida unusually mild at 68.
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Chicago
United States
Seaboard
Mercury
Big Falls
Minn
Bismarck
N. D
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Midwest
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York State
Ohio Valley
Texas
Florida
Key West
Fla
Alberta sells Magrath woollen mill to Oregon-led firm
The Alberta government sold a Magrath woollen mill, 25 miles south of Lethbridge, to a new company led by Chester A. Page of Salem Oregon for 15000 dollars, announced provincial treasurer E W Hinman today.
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Edmonton
Magrath
Ethbridge
Alberta
Chester A. Page
Salem
Ore
E. W. Hinman
Bitter cold blankets Prairie region with ninth straight day
Western Canada endures heavy snow from four to nine inches with Victoria and Vancouver Island seeing up to nine inches. Snow disrupts air travel between Victoria Vancouver Seattle and winter traffic slows as freezing rain risk rises. Prince George records minus 46 as colder pockets persist across British Columbia with ferries and trolley services affected by visibility and ice.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Victoria
VaNcouver Island
Greater
Seattle
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Here
United Air Lines
Prince George
B. C. Electric Co
Fraser Valley
Bitter Prairie cold grips Edmonton and Prairies
Bitter cold and blowing snow grip the Prairies for the ninth straight day with temperatures plunging to 50 below in northern regions. Edmonton reports 17 below with 20 mph winds, while Prince Albert hits 45 below and 15 mph winds. Weather has kept Prairies in Arctic conditions since December 10, with three deaths linked to a two day blizzard as Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba report widespread drifting snow and zero to subzero readings.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Prairie
Prince Albert
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Calgary
Salk Shots Next Spring For 200 000 Alberta Children
Edmonton CP report says about 200 000 Alberta school children will receive Salk polio vaccine in a spring campaign. The program covers ages two to grade four and costs about 200 000 dollars, shared equally by provincial and federal governments. First priority goes to 66 000 children who had vaccine doses in grades one and two last year for a booster.
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Edmonton
Health Department
Alberta
A. Somerville
Santa Claus Busy in Medicine Hat with Eight Parties
The article outlines Santa Claus visiting numerous events in Medicine Hat, Alberta, including eight sessions at city hall drawing about 200 children per event and a largest party with over 600 youngsters at the Legion hall. A final visit to the hospital children’s ward is noted, with multiple charity events listed through the week.
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Santa Claus
Medicine Hat
Santa
Weiner
Order of Eagles
Knights of Columbus
St. Patrick’s School
Arena
Packing House and Milling Union
Ogilvie's
Selah
Central Motors
Moose
Canadian Legion
Eagle’s Hall
Legion
Salvation Army
Westminster United Church
City Hall
Eaton’s
Holy Trinity Church
Knights of Pythias
IOOF
T. Eaton Co
Assiniboia
Fifth Avenue Church
Mrs. Tate’s
Cold spell grips Western Prairies with frigid winds
A blanket of cloud and snow moved across the Western Prairies last night causing temperatures to rise slightly but remain very cold. By morning most regions recorded 10 to 20 below zero with a biting easterly wind. Overnight lows again near 20 below and afternoon highs around 5 to 10 below with no relief in sight.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Rescue Children Fire Threatened Ralston Home
Norman Rasmussen and Claude Diehl rescued two young children from the second floor of a Ralston home Saturday as fire damaged the living areas and smoke spread. The alarm preceded arrival of the Sufield Experimental Station fire truck by about two miles. The blaze was under control shortly after firefighters arrived and an inquiry into the cause was begun.
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Ralston
Norm Rasmussen
Claude Diehl
RCAF
D. Smith
Suffield Experimental Station
Messrs
Rasmussen and
Bruce Buchanan
Sleek Comet Continues Breaking Air Records
Britain's new Comet II jet liner, prototype of the Comet IV, landed at Toronto on a world-test leg. It flew Vancouver to Malton in 3 hours 35 minutes at 560 mph, with tail winds and speeds to 587 mph over Winnipeg.
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Toronto
Britain
de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd
Vancouver
Malton
de Havilland
Downsview
Downsview Airport
Honolulu
North Star
Barney Rawson
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Herb Seagram
Noticeable Drop in Serious Alberta Accidents
Edmonton The Alberta Safety Council reports a drop in serious accidents after the December 1 safe driving day. Unofficial reports show only one motor vehicle death in the province for the first half of December, compared with 30 and 37 deaths in the same period last two years.
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Edmonton
Alberta Safety Council
Alberta
Soviet Archbishop Visa Case Strains U S Russia Pact
Izvestia says Washington denies permanent visa to Boris the Soviet Archbishop visiting Canada to run Russian Orthodox Church affairs in the United States, claiming a breach of a 1953 Russia U S agreement. Morland of Goderich reveals he is a man after 25 years as a girl. Vancouver officials promise support for the new police chief ex-RCMP. A farm barn fire on George Swenson’s Ranier district property kills 100 pigs and three dairy cows.
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Izvestia
U.S
Boris
Canada
United States
Pera
George Swenson
Ranier
Special Meeting Tonight For Medicine Hat Curling Club Skips
All skips are asked to attend the Medicine Hat Curling Club rink at 7 30 tonight for an emergent session called by club officers. Several sheets of ice have been frozen at the rink with rings painted.
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Medicine Hat Curling Club
Bitter cold grips western Canada with record lows
The weather office warned of highs around 10 below in Alberta and 20 below elsewhere. Overnight Calgary recorded 1 inch of snow with other cities seeing deep freezes. Lethbridge had 1 inch, Keg River and Embar ras Portage plunged to 50 below, Calgary 26 below, Saskatoon 28 below, Regina 27 below, and Winnipeg 33 below. A four hour oil refinery blaze burned at Moose Jaw as Swift Current saw strong winds and drifting snow. The forecaster said overnight lows would reach 20 to 50 below with no warming ahead.
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Alberta
Calgary
Lethbridge
Keg River
Embarras Portage
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Regina
Moose Jaw
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Catch the Queen Question Stuns RAAF Trainees
Reuters reports a trick exam question for Royal Australian Air Force trainees asks what to do if the Queen fell from the back seat. Answers vary from attempting to catch her to radio reporting, but the correct response is to adjust trim tabs for the loss of a passenger.
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Melbourne
Reuters
Royal Australian Air Force
Tuxis Parliament Convenes Dec 26
Edmonton hosts the 36th Alberta Taxis Parliament opening December 26 with Dr. W. H. Swift delivering the throne speech. Premier Barry James Hughes of Calgary leads an eight member cabinet while Norman Peterson of Edmonton chairs opposition as debates begin.
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Edmonton
Alberta Taxis
Alberta College
W. H. Swift
Taxis
Swift
Alberta
Barry James Hughes
Calgary
Norman Peterson
Ontario
Canada
Galery
Saar Wants Union With W Germany
Saarbruecken dispatch reports the Sunday election of a government pledged to push early union with West Germany. With 75 percent target not met, coalition talks begin with the CVP. Voter turnout reached about 90 percent amid a three-way pro German contest and a former Nazi figure headlines the race.
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Brack Curry
Saarbruecken
Saar
West Germany
Christian People’s Party
CVP
Johannes Hoffmann
Heinrich Schneider
Democratic Party
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
German
Social Democratic Party
Hoffmann
Schneider
Hitler
Nazi Germany
ATA Seeks Higher Qualifications for Alberta Teachers
The Alberta Teachers' Association urges four years of university training for permanent teaching certificates and calls for banning unqualified teachers from Alberta classrooms. A delegation led by G. S. Lake met Premier Menning to press for ending student teachers and letters of authority for out of province entrants. They also want expanded bursaries to support education studies under the present plan.
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Edmonton
Alberta Teachers’ Association
ATA
G. S. Lake
Lethbridge
Menning
Alberta
Teachers Association
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Terry
Grand Forks
N.C
Leo Mondry
BIG Fish Story
Capitol Furniture
B.C
Salk
Cail Hospital
Seot’s
Black’s Hardware
Woolworth’s
Susie
Willie
St. Nicholas
White House
Eisenhower
Washington
Rescue Children
John Cunningham
Cunningham
Gomet
Bulletins
RCMP
Neid
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Tuxis
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