Busy Season Seen for MPs
Parliament faces a crowded agenda in the new session opening January 7 with measures on unemployment insurance, housing, banking reforms, and tax settlements. Key items include an overhaul of the Criminal Code, West Germany’s NATO entry, and rules on interprovincial oil and gas lines.
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Commons
Senate
Quebec
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Canada
Alberta
Board of Transport Commissioners
NATO
Canada’s 1954 arms program slows. 1955 seen near 1954 pace
Production Minister Howe reported lower defence spending in 1954 with about 31.0 billion dollars on arms and equipment, down from 1953’s peak by roughly 174 million. Highlights included CF-100 Mark IV and Sabre VI jets, Orenda engines, T-34 trainers, Canadair Britannia orders, coastal mine sweepers, destroyer escort work, and the Arctic Labrador vessel.
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Pltawa
Canada
Howe
Arctic
Labrador
Navy
Halifax
Esquimalt
B.C
North
Mr. Howe
Mactavishes May Elect Official Chief After Long Delay
John William Alexander Mactavish, a 54 year old army pensioner, died in Sherbrooke clearing the path for an officially recognized chief. Sir Thomas Innes notes Dougald Mactavish or another relative may pursue the installation, but no formal application has been made. The clan has long lacked a formally recognized leader since the 18th century.
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Edinburgii
Reuters
John William Alexander Joseph Mactavish
Sherbrooke
Que
John William
Frent
Mactavishes
Thomas Innes
Lord Lyon
Effort to Reach Burning Oil Well Via Older Hole
A drilling rig cuts through cement of an abandoned well to extend 3600 feet deeper and reach an underground pool to flood and seal the burning site. Water is hauled from Telford Lake as responders plan flood operations and consider dynamite to quell flames.
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SEDUC
Telford Lake
Ma-Me-O Beach
Family Matrimony Brings Demands for Debts Repaid
A cheeky wedding toast sparks a comic clash as the father warns the groom of looming debts while the prospective son in law pledges to settle them himself. The exchange hints at a playful but pointed family moment.
France approves West Germany entry into NATO amid cautious victory
In Paris Premier Mendes France won preliminary approval of West Germany joining NATO by a 289 to 251 vote. He must still secure two confidence votes on the interlocking treaties, including the five hundred thousand German troops in Western defense, as the assembly edges toward final ratification. The session featured lengthy parliamentary maneuvering and abstentions that permitted success without a full majority.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
French Assembly
West Germany
Mendes-France
Mendes- Trance
NATO
Saar
Miraculous Heart Restart After Hours of Cardiac Collapse
In Montreal at the Institute of Cardiology Mrs Mary Richard of Saint Anthony New Brunswick survived a dramatic mitral stenosis operation in which her heart stopped for 24 minutes and 6 200 cubic centimetres of blood were lost. Blood from Red Cross was pumped into the limbs and four electric shocks plus massage revived the heart. She now feels better and plans a convalescent hospital stay.
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A. M. Vineberg
Edouard Gag
Richard
Gagnon
Red Cross
Institute
Theatre Year Neat But Not Gaudy
The 1954 theatre season shows healthy Broadway and road grosses with Broadway around 15 million and out of town totals near 11 million. Farce dominates the hit landscape while classics wane. notable successes include Bad Seed Witness for the Prosecution Fanny Lunatics and Lovers and The Pajama Game. Audiences reward star performances such as Audrey Hepburn Rene Jeanmaire Mary Martin and Victor Borge. By year end 63 Broadway ventures released with 49 tallied by the coming Friday.
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New York
Show Angels
Broadway
Shakespeare
Shaw
Lunts
Charles
Tallulah Bankhead
Audrey Hapburn
Ondine
Rene Jeanmaire
Mary Martin
Victor Borge
Novie God Excludes Politics In Soviet Holiday Cheer
The Russians celebrate Novie God on Jan 1 with a festive blend of Christmas and New Year customs. Stores see heavy holiday buying led by wine vodka cognac and champagne with a single shop selling 6000 bottles in one hour. Despite party slogans around May Day and Bolshevik anniversaries, common folk keep Christmas spirit by decorating trees and giving children gifts as Grandfather Frost dispenses Soviet Santa Claus magic.
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London
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Moscow Radio
Russia
Dedijer Faces Life Term In Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia lifts immunity for Vladimir Dedijer allowing charges of hostile propaganda. Dedijer and Milovan Djilas push for social democracy while Kardelj accuses them of seeking external help. Parliament’s move bars Dedijer from parliament as press warnings underscore a crackdown on dissent.
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Dedijer
Yugoslavia
Blelgrade
Reuters
Vladimir Dedijer
Communist Party Central Committee
Milovan Djilas
Edvard Kardelj
Djilas
Kardelj
Communist Party Control Commission
Social Democratic
World of Good Aims at Oswestry Hospital Gossip Therapy
Authorities at Oswestry Hospital report a new medicine for women patients that costs nothing and works wonders. Volunteer gossipers move through the women’s wards giving patients the latest birth death and marriage news as part of a neighborhood information program.
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Oswestry, Eng
Owestry Hospital
Temperature Drops Below Zero Across Alberta
Arctic air moves into northern Alberta lowering readings to well below freezing as Edmonton braces for a 10 below zero low tonight. Wagner and Fort St. John see 11 and 20 below respectively while Snaz Yukon reports 52 below zero. southern Alberta likely to miss the full Arctic punch.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Wagner
Fort St. John
B.C
Snaz
Yukon
Prairies
Arctic Cold Front Aims Across Western Prairies
The first major Arctic air outbreak moves in tonight across the western prairies. Edmonton will see north winds near 20 mph with snow. By Wednesday the cold air spreads southeast to central Saskatchewan and southern Alberta.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Shattering Cold Hits Far North as Temps Sink
Fairbanks Alaska reports plunge well below zero with Siberian air mass. Thermometers show 88 to 90 below on readings from Siberian stations across the Bering Sea. Fort Yukon records 66 below Sunday marking extreme North American cold in recent history.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Siberia
Fairbanks Weather Bureau
Siberian
Bering Sea
World Almanac
Erian
Verkhoyansk
North American
Snag
Yukon
Fort Yukon
Here
Ford of Canada union talks aim to end Ontario strike
Direct negotiations opened between Ford officials and United Automobile Workers leaders to resolve a strike by more than 600 workers at three Ontario plants including Windsor Oakville and Etobicoke. Initial issues include wage offers fringe benefits and seniority rights with a conciliation board previously advising against wage increases.
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Toronto
Ford of Canada
Ontario
Ford
United Automobile Workers
Cio-Ccl
Emil Mazey
UAW International Union
Charles Daley
Windsor
Oakville
Ford Parts
Etobicoke
Cold War twists Snow White tale as Soviet writers rewrite fable
In East Germany the fairy tale is recast to promote social themes. Snow White is cast as an outcast educated with castle workers’ children, with dwarfs mining uranium and a queen using tainted food from the United States. A Soviet styled ending sends Snow White and the dwarfs back to the workers’ homeland.
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Berlin
Snow Waite
Seven Dwarfs
Germany
Griefswald
Today
Tomorrow
Snow White
Rias
American High Commission Radio
West Berlin
East Zone
Stalin
Wicked Queen
United States
People's Police
Urals
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