More Credit Is Solution
Premier E C Manning of Alberta proposes soft currency for wheat or new trade credits, a federal grain bank and a two price system to tackle prairie grain surpluses as Lakehead and Pacific ports run half empty due to box car shortages. He warns the surplus is long range, needing interim steps.
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Walter Gray
Canadian Press
Lakehead
Pacific Coast
R. W. Milner
Edmonton
Prairies
E. C. Manning
Alberta
Canada
Bank of Canada
Social Credit
Say Farm Income Down Last 4 Years
Canadian farmers produced much this year yet cash income at Sept 30 rose only about one per cent from last year. Total cash and inventories hint the year may top 1954, but overall income falls short of 1951 levels, with costs up and farmers calling for action. Wheat bumper crop offers potential but cash flow remains tight. regional gains and price declines affect eastern farmers as well.
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Forbes Rhode
H. H. Hannam
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Canada
Comet III Forced Back After Montreal Takeoff
The Comet III, Britain's high speed jet airliner, was forced back to Montreal after a fire warning post takeoff for London. A faulty tailpipe bracket in one engine was blamed as pilots dumped fuel to meet landing weight before returning to Dorval.
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Montreal
Britain
London
Dorval
L Airport
John Cunningham
Stage Set For Steel Mill in Southern Alberta
Calgary industrial official E H Parsons says southern Alberta could host a primary steel plant as steel shortages and rising tariffs push prices up. He stresses location matters less than establishing the plant and boosting coal industry.
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Alberta
Calgary (Cp
E. H. Parsons
Calgary Industrial Co
Canada
Calgary
Mr. Parsons
Pacific Western bid for transcontinental air coach is turned down
The Air Transport Board rejects Pacific Western Airlines bid to operate a transcontinental air coach service. The board says Trans-Canada Air Lines already provides an adequate version of the service.
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Ottawa
Pacific Western Airlines
Air Transport Board
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Pacific Western
Weather agency plans dry ice seeding to steer hurricane
The U.S. weather bureau proposes dry ice seeding next year to alter at least one hurricane path. In Alberta six individuals are permanently banned from driving by provincial government. Saskatchewan co operatives report a $43 million drop in business from grain marketing in 1954 55.
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U.S
Saskatchewan Co-Operatives
Gas City Shows Biggest Jump Building Permits
Alberta cities reported a record year in construction with total permits reaching 149,425,783 for 1955, led by housing and commercial projects. The gain surpassed 1954 and topped 1953 records, as population growth and provincial prosperity fueled the boom.
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Gas City
Stan McCabe
Edmonton
Alberta
City Seeks Million for 1956 Programs Amid Fund Shortage
Provincial Treasurer Hinman says Medicine Hat will consider a 1,000,000 loan in 1956 though the municipal assistance fund is dwindling. Projects include waterworks expansion 500,000 road paving 250,000 a teen age centre and other works. The fund started 1953 with 100 million and had about 11.08 million left in November. Lethbridge seeks 3 million in loans next year with potential doubling. Most loans so far went to Edmonton and Calgary.
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Hinman
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Calgary
Brisk Pacific Disturbances Bring Light Snow Across Regions
Weather bulletin notes rapid Pacific disturbances crossing British Columbia and the Western Prairies bringing brief light snow. Temperatures expected around zero to 5 below with Chinook belt in Southern Alberta reaching 45 to 40 above.
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Edmonton
British Columbia
Western
Prairies
Alberta
Wheat export crop drops below average shipments this year
Canadian wheat and flour exports in the first three months of the crop year fell 14.8 million bushels below the 1950 54 average. Wheat and carryover stocks on November 1 rose to 768.2 million bushels, the third highest for that date. Total exports from Canada the United States Australia and Argentina dropped to 167.4 million bushels, as Argentina and Canada led the decline while the US and Australia increased slightly.
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Lakehead
Milner
Pacific Coast
Poland
Coast
Wheat Board
Canada
Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Monthly
Wheat Review
United States
Australia
Argentina
U.S
Good News Week From Medicine Hat News
The paper keeps front page free of unpleasant news for Christmas week and prints today’s news today. Inside stories include Algeria death toll rise as nationalist guerrillas press a Christmas terror offensive and France retaliates with a major military drive. Heaviest California rain in 15 years floods rivers and closes highways across regions.
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Medicine Hat
Algeria
California
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