Eden reshuffles government as five leadership lineup forms
Britain's Conservative government unveils a sweeping 42‑person reshuffle shaping a new top five. Chancellor Butler becomes lord privy seal and House leader, Macmillan moves to foreign affairs, Lloyd to defence, Monckton shifts from labor to the new post, and Ian Macleod takes the labor portfolio.
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Eden
Britain
Churchill
Anthony
R. A. Butler
Treasury
House of Commons
Harold Macmillan
Foreign Office
Butler
Selwyn Lloyd
Defence Minitry
Macmillan
Sir Walter Monckton
Loyd
Macleod
Ian Macleod
Walter
Friday Deadline for News Reports in Medicine Hat News
Friday afternoon is the deadline for Christmas edition copy. Reports for Dec 24 must be in by Friday to avoid Saturday morning rejection due to early form closures. Ministers and church groups are asked to submit advertisements and readers on Friday to ease carrier loads for the 72 page Saturday edition, plus 32 pages of news, 24 pages of weekend photogravure, and 16 pages of colored comics.
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Medicine Hat ‘News
Carrier Boys
Good News Week Promises Pleasant Front Page
Medicine Hat News curates a lighter front with only side page coverage of grim events. Inside, investigations blame six DEW radar line supply crashes on airline operators. A French diplomat with a machine gun repels a student mob at the Jordan sector consulate. An Eastern Air Lines Constellation crashes near Jacksonville killing 18. American missionaries Dr and Mrs Homer Bradshaw flee China after years as prisoners.
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Medicine Hat News
Northwest
Tions
Jordan
Jerusalem
Eastern Air Lines
Constellation
Jacksonville
Fla
Homer Bradshaw
China
Hong Kong
City Manager Recommendation for Vancouver Civic Reform
Chicago experts urged appointing a city manager to take over most detailed municipal work in Vancouver after a summer long $22 000 study. The plan, tabled for January discussion, calls scrapping most council committees and placing department heads under a single manager accountable to the council.
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Vancouver
Chicago
Lethbridge seeks bids for 7.5 MW turbine plant
City specifications call for a 7500 kilowatt gas turbine plant at 40 degrees Fahrenheit as the first step in a power plant expansion costing up to 6 million dollars over the next decade.
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Lethbridge
Alberta warm spell delays as chinook loosens cold
A weak chinook brings above freezing temperatures in southern Alberta for the first time since December 12. Elsewhere, cold remains in place while a Pacific disturbance is set to move across tomorrow bringing additional snow to northern regions. Temperatures Thursday rise above freezing in the southwest with minor gains elsewhere.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Princess Margaret Tops World News in 1955 Spotlight
Canadian Press selects Princess Margaret as the year’s top world news personality for 1955. The princess dominated headlines from her West Indies tour to her public stance on romance and duty, with Norway and Canada state visits marking a year of pervasive royal attention. Her association with Group Captain Peter Townsend fueled frenzied speculation.
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Britain
Margaret
Telegraph
British West Indies
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Norway
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Canada
Princess Royal
England
Peter Townsend
George VI
Ford’s First Car Sparks Ford Millionaires Tale
In Greenfield Village a two cylinder 1892 93 motor buggy marks Henry Ford’s first design. The Ford Motor Co. grew into a vast empire creating millions in wealth. Among beneficiaries are top executives who received stock upon joining the company. More to come.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Greenfield Village
Ford
Ford Motor Co
Ford Foundation plans record 10.2 million Ford stock sale
The Ford Foundation will offer 10.2 million shares of Ford Motor Co stock next month in the largest equity issue in history. Ford reported 1955 nine month earnings of 312.2 million and a retained earnings total of 1.84 billion. The move reflects strong market demand for voting stock.
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Washington
Ford Foundation
Ford Motor Co
Securities Land Exchange Commission
SEC
TransCanada Secures 80 Percent of Gas Needs for Alberta Pipeline
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd A top executive announced contracts will supply about 437 million cubic feet of gas daily for its Alberta to Eastern Canada pipeline, securing roughly 80 percent of projected gas requirements. Alberta suppliers include Canadian Gulf Oil, Hudsons Bay Oil and Gas, Canadian Delhi Oil and others across Pincher Creek Cessford Provost and surrounding fields.
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Calgary
N. E. Tanner
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd
Trans-Canada
Alberta
Canada
Tanner
Pincher Creek
Canadian Gulf Oil Company
Cessford
Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas Co. Ltd
Canadian Delhi Oil Ltd
Canadian Export Gas Ltd
Great Sweetgrass Oils Ltd
West Maygill Oil and Gas Ltd
Western Petroleum Leases Ltd
Flock Gas and Oil Corporation Ltd
Provost — Imperial] Oil Ltd
Dome Exploration (Western) Ltd
Hudson’s Bay
Canadian Delhi
Merrill Petroleums Ltd
Canadian Oil Lands Ltd
Pacific Petroleums Ltd
Atlee - Buffalo and Bindless Bailey Selburn Oil and Gas Ltd
Pathfinder Petroleums Ltd
Highwood Development Ltd
Alberta Pacific Consolidated Oils Ltd
Canadian Export
Chamberlain Oil and Gas Ltd
Alminex Ltd
Ranvik Oils Ltd
Cabanga Developments Ltd
Royal Canadian Oils Ltd
Great Sweetcross
Greta Petroleums Ltd
High Crest Oils Ltd
Home Oil Co. Ltd
Consolidated
Rotary Carol Festival Concludes With Five Choirs
Five choral groups from Medicine Hat share in the first annual Rotary Carol Festival closing program. A record crowd of about 800 attended the Tuesday night Christmas music event at the new high school auditorium. The 7:45 opening features an organ prelude by Mrs. J. K. Armstrong and community carols with intermission carolling led by Lorne E. Hovard. Parker Kent hosts as Rotary Club members act as ushers.
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Medicine Hat
J. K. Armstrong
Lorne E. Hovard
Parker Kent
Rotary Club
Postal records in Medicine Hat reach near December peak
Post office records show Medicine Hat handled 41 744 letters yesterday, lifting December 1955 total to 495 088. The monthly total nears the 500 000 record set last December, with 944 parcels moving yesterday and 14 967 parcels this month, 1 033 below December 1954's high.
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Medicine Hatters
Local Greenhouses Ship More Flowers to Coast
Medicine Hat greenhouses are shipping more flowers and bulbs to Vancouver than ever before as unseasonal weather slows Vancouver growth. CPR Express manager Len Roy notes a clear rise in rail shipments to Vancouver, with daily boxes ranging from 200 to 1,000, moving from Vancouver to Winnipeg. Shipments started earlier this year than in 1954.
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Medicine Hat
Vancouver
B. C
Medicine Hat Principal Denies First Day of Winter
Norman A. Wait of Medicine Hat High School argues winter begins at 8 12 a m on Dec 22 citing the Royal Astronomical Society year book. He notes as days lengthen after solstice that times shift with progress and daylight grows longer through January.
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Norman A. Wait
Medicine Hat High School
Mr. Wait
Royal Astronomical Society
Eisenhower Heart Attack Ranks Near Top World News
The Canadian Press poll named President Eisenhower illness as the second most impactful world news story of 1955, following Princess Margaret's marriage decision. Editors picked their top six world and Canadian stories, highlighting the year’s major events.
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Peron
Geneva
Vancouver
Marilyn Bell
Banff
Churchill
Eden
Argentina
Malenkov
Commission
Montreal
Maur
Princess Margaret
Grap
Peter Townsend
Telegraph
Eisenhower
Pearson Named Newsiest Canadian Minister of External Affairs
L. B. Pearson chosen as the newsiest Canadian after resuming the post he held from 1950 to 1953. Marilyn Bell finished second, ahead of former Vancouver police chief Walter Mulligan, with other finalists including Hon. C. D. Howe and Premier Bennett among those in contention.
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Telegraph
L. B
Mike) Pearson
Pearson
Marilyn Bell
Miss Bell
Walter Mulligan
Vancouver
C. D. Howe
Drew
Maurice
Richard
Bennett
B.C
Sinclair
Four lawsuits to be started in Exchequer Court
The Calgary Herald reports four lawsuits will be started in Exchequer Court against the federal government over land expropriations in Banff National Park. The Alberta Wheat crop is estimated at 133 million bushels for 1955, up from 105 million last year. Canada’s railways must report all train accidents to the board, effective January 1. The Alberta Game Branch opens gos hawks and great horned owls seasons. Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev gain support in Asia after tours of India, Burma and Afghanistan.
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The
Calgary Herald
Exchequer
Banff National Park
Board of Transport Commissioners
Canadian Railways
Board
Alberta
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Asia
Soviet Union
India
Burma
Afghanistan
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Doug Folkins
London
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Capitol Furniture
Dong Jung
Vancouver Centre
Mr. Jung
Victoria
University of British Columbia
Social Credit
George Moxham
Western Alberta Produce Co
David J. Wilkie
AP Automotive Editor
ST. Barnabas Church
Bob Thompson
New Medicine Hat High
TransCanada
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