Remon Assassination Shocks Panama as Arias Detained
Panamas ex president Arnulfo Arias was arrested in Boquete after the machine gun slaying of President Jose Antonio Remon at Juan Franco race track. Foreign Minister Jose Ramon Guizado sworn in as president as chaos follows with state of siege contemplated but not enacted.
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Panama City
Panama
Arnulfo Arias
Jose Antonio Remon
Remon
Juan Franco
Arias
National Assembly
Jose Ramon Guizado
Guizado
New York
Panam
United Nations
Ernesto de la Ossa
Jose Peralta
Danilo Sousa
Sousa
Alberto de Obarrion
Joaquin Borrell
Antonio Anguizola
Victor Juliao
Bernadino Ruz
National Guard
Cecilia
United States
Florida
Leroy Collins
Imperial Oil Eyes Peace River Exploitation Venture
Imperial Oil Ltd negotiates a 9 million dollar three year oil and gas exploration program in the Peace River block of northeastern British Columbia. Partners include Pacific Petroleums, Canadian Atlantic Oil, Peace River Natural Gas, and Sunray Oil Co. of Tulsa with five deep wells planned across about 2.5 million acres, while Pacific Petroleums retains discovered reserves and future gas rights.
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Calgary
Imperial Oil, Ltd
Peace River
British Columbia
Pacific Petroleums, Ltd
Canadian Atlantic Oil Companies, Ltd
Peace River Natural Gas Co., Ltd
Sunray Oil Co
Tulsa
Imperial
Western
Pacific Petroleums
Westcoast ‘ Transmission Co., Ltd
Northwestern States
Pacific Northwest Pipelne Co., Ltd
Westcoast
Professor Neale Knighted by Queen in New Year Honors
Queen Elizabeth knighted Prof. John Ernest Neale, 64, biographer of her namesake, among 2,000 New Year honors. The list includes Aga Khan with multiple titles and Prof. Wilfred E le Gros Clark for exposing Piltdown Man. Sports figures like John Landy also honored. theatre awards scarce.
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John Ernest Neale
Aga Khan
Wilfred E. le Gros Clark
John Landy
Vancouver
England
Roger Bannister
Order of the
Landy
Order of St. Michael and St. George
Warmer Temps for Prairies Bring Mild Day Across Regions
Edmonton dispatch says Chinook winds ease the cold across Alberta and Saskatchewan while Alaska storm tracks boost mild air. Highs reach 35 in Peace River and Lethbridge, Manitoba and Regina stay near freezing with Winnipeg at five above. Snow accumulations range from two inches in Winnipeg to four to five inches in Peace River area. Road slickness causes minor accidents and one fatality reported in Manitoba and Alberta. Interior British Columbia remains snow covered with coastal regions clearing as rain turns snow to slush.
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Edmonton
Alaska
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Peace River
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Rockies
British Columbia
Continued Threat of Rail Strike
London stocks showed restricted activity as the ongoing rail strike threat weighed on trading though sentiment remained generally favorable. Government securities faced rate uncertainty with prices easing slightly while rail shares such as Canadian Pacific moved higher. Hudsons Bay rose on news of an Alberta crude oil production increase for January.
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London
London Stock Exchange
Hudson’s Bay
Alberta
New Year's Dignity Noted In Quiet Winnipeg Welcome
The Canadian Press reports a restrained New Year in Winnipeg where guests at a hotel greeted 1955 with quiet handshakes and well wishes. Across Canada celebrations were louder with traffic, fires, and drownings noted. A baby boy born to Mrs. James P Noseworthy of St John’s at 12 01 a m NST was the first Canada baby of 1955.
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Winnipeg
Canada
James P. Noseworthy
St. John’s
Nild
Quiet New Year in Medicine Hat Across Agencies
Medicine Hatters enjoyed a quiet New Year as police and fire departments noted no arrests and no fire calls. The RCMP reported a calm weekend with 11 minor accidents due to icy streets and intermittent snow flurries, with no charges laid.
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Len Morris
R.C.M.P
Holiday traffic deaths mar New Year across Canada
In Montreal six arrests were for drunkenness as police offered a driving service for the inebriated. Quebec clubs limited liquor service to 9 pm on Friday, reopening Sunday night. Toronto Ottawa Vancouver saw subdued activity with few drunken driving charges amid rain and snow. At least 35 violent deaths marked the holiday period nationwide.
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Montreal
Canada
Quebec
Toronto
Ottawa
Vancouver
Toll Gate Bargain Sparks Snappy Exchange
A jalopy driver chats with a toll gate keeper at a bridge toll. The keeper quotes fifty cents and the driver replies with a quick sold. The exchange captures a casual moment of roadside commerce.
Twin Boys Born in Different Years
In Winnipeg two newborns born at New Year’s cross years. Ronald Charles Gimby weighed 5 pounds 10 ounces and arrived three minutes before midnight on Dec 31 1954. Gordon McCulloch Gimby weighed seven pounds and arrived three minutes after 1955 began. Neither won the city’s first baby prize.
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Winnipeg
Gordon Gimby
Ronald Charles
Gordon McCulloch
Canada reports first New Year baby of 1955 in Newfoundland
Newfoundland's Mrs. James P. Noseworthy gave birth at 12 01 am NST making the first baby of 1955 in Canada while other provinces waited. Across the country hospitals race to claim the title with winners in Edmonton Montreal and Calmar among the contenders and disputes over exact timestamps.
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Canada
Newfoundland
James P. Noseworthy
St. John’s
Atlantic
Edmonton
University of Alberta Hospital
Charles Bazin
Misericordia Hospital
University
Dorothy Borys
Calmar
Alta
Misericordia
Two New Year Babies Born at Medicine Hat Hospital
Two newborn girls arrived at Medicine Hat General Hospital to start 1955. The first, to Lorne and wife at 2:51 PM, weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces. The second, to Alan and wife of Burdett, weighed 5 pounds 13 ounces.
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General Hospital
Medicine Hat
Lorne Kisinger
Eleventh Street
Kisinger
Alan Campbell
Burdett
Campbell
Ed Bruchet names new mentor as McDonald is fired
Lethbridge native Sons coach Butch McDonald is dismissed by manager Ed Bruchet after two disappointing weeks. Bruchet to lead the team in Edmonton against the Oil Kings tonight. A replacement is expected after the team finishes a Colorado exhibition trip and returns to Lethbridge next week.
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Lethbridge (Cp
Butch MacDonald
Lethbridge Native Sons
Ed Bruchet
Bruchet
McDonald
Moose Jaw
Calgary
Native Sons
Edmonton
Oil Kings
McDonald’s
Lethbridge
Colorado
Sons
Regina Pats
Man Seeks Help and Drowns Near Lake of the Woods
Kenora Ontario reports Tim Piddock a 69 year old caretaker raced 400 yards over thin lake ice to borrow CPR president W A Mathers canoe to aid Malcolm McLeod who slipped beneath Lake of the Woods ice during Canada’s worst holiday tragedy. He reached within 10 feet but McLeod drowned as wind swept a tossed oar out of reach. Piddock later collapsed from shock after the futile rescue attempt.
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Kenora
Ont
Tim Piddock
Devil’s Gap Lodge
Malcolm McLeod
Lake of the Woods
Pidcock
CPR
John
Margaret
Kammerer
Tim
Momma
Daddy
Mr. McLeod
W.A. Mather
Treaty Island
Mather
Zac
Mac
Piddockson
Piddock
Jake
Ict
Canada Tally Reaches 35 Deaths In New Year Weekend
Canada's fatal New Year weekend rises to at least 35 with 15 violent Ontario deaths and seven in Quebec and British Columbia each. Accidents include a Kenora lake ice plunge killing six, three children burned at Springhouse B C, and a Manitoba worker killed in a car collision near St Boniface. Police charged a Bushworker with murder in Ontario. No violent deaths reported in Newfoundland Prince Edward Island New Brunswick or Saskatchewan.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Alberta
Manitoba
Kenora
Blind River
Ont
John Lecuyer
Helen Rivers
Lecuyer
Springhouse
B.C
Linda
Rocky
David
Eric Rondeau
Rosebud
Alta
Ray Mier
Geraldine Champagne
St. Boniface
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
German Called England an Enemy at Diplomat’s Christmas Party
West Germany apologized for an unacceptable expression used by Daisy Schlitter, wife of the German chargé d affaires in London, who described Britain as an enemy foreign country at a Christmas party in London. The government recognized the remark as improper and expressed regret.
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BOM
Britain
London
Daisy Schlitter
England
Avalanche Claims Woman Alpinist Near Mount Temple
A 34 year old Calgary woman alpinist died after an avalanche buried her under four feet of snow near Mount Temple in the Lake Louise region. She was part of a four person skiing party. the others Joan Shaxton Barbara Richardson and Bruce Fraser escaped unharmed.
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Calgary (Cp
Calgary
Mount Temple
Lake Louise
Robin C. Hind
Joan Shaxton
Barbara Richardson
Bruce Fraser
Silvertip
New Trial Ordered for Margarine Heir Jelke in Prostitution Case
New York Court of Appeals rules Jelke did not receive a fair trial after portions were closed to press and public. The 24 year old heir to a 3 million pleomargarine fortune gets a new trial by a 4 to 2 vote. The court also decides the press has no inherent right to open trials.
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Albany N.Y
A.P
New York State Court of Appeals
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Jelke
New York City
General Sessions Court
Francis L. Valente
Valente
Ontario cruiser to begin training voyage overseas
Ottawa CP reports the Canadian cruiser Ontario will sail from Esquimalt British Columbia on Wednesday for a training cruise to Australia and New Zealand. It will be the first voyage for cadets of HMCS Venture, opened last year at Esquimalt. Mail for Ontario personnel should be addressed HMCS Ontario CNPO 5074 Vancouver BC.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Esquimalt
B.C
Australia
New Zealand
Navy
Hmcs Venture
Junior
HMCS
CNPO
Vancouver
B. C
Weather improves as cold air evacuates western Canada
Weather summary notes cold air moving out of western Canada. By afternoon northern Saskatchewan reaches 10 above, southern Alberta rises above freezing. Tuesday forecasts call for mostly sunny skies with slightly milder afternoon temperatures than today.
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Edmonton
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
U S Deaths Call National Disaster On New Year Weekend
The two day New Year weekend traffic toll rose above NSC estimates with 282 highway deaths between Friday 6 pm and Sunday midnight. Fires and other accidents added 63 and 60 deaths respectively, producing a total violent death count of 345 for the period amid calls to curb holiday carelessness.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Ned. H. Dearborn
Council
Dearborn
U. S
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James Carnegie
Faye
C. Walton Lillehei
University of Minnesota
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Andre Monette
St. Justine’s Hospital
Philippe Leblanc
Avalanche
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