Canada Sets Defence Course In Throne Speech
Ottawa outlines defence spending for the current year at 1.908 billion dollars and forecasts a slight cut for 1955 56 The throne speech aligns Canada with Western deterrence aims citing UN disarmament hopes and participation in London Paris talks and Commonwealth prime minister meeting in late January.
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Mrs Edythe Sheppard dies by own hand in Rocky River
Mrs Edythe Sheppard 62 mother of Dr Samuel Sheppard, jailed for the Marilyn Sheppard murder, was found shot in a Rocky River home. A note said I cant take it any longer. Ill health kept her from visiting Sam in county jail since July.
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Samuel Sheppard
Stephen Sheppard
Rocky River
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Steve
Progress in Saskatchewan Bovine TB Testing
Regina reports that nearly two thirds of Saskatchewan municipalities have tested cattle for Bovine tuberculosis since the 1951 TB-free declaration. Dr. E. Carlson notes completion time is uncertain due to wide coverage. About 15 federal veterinarians perform tests in their spare time. Medical experts link cattle tuberculosis to human TB where milk pasteurization is lacking.
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Saskatchewan
E. Carlson
Federal
Carlson
Smilestones Husband Missing After Fishing Clue
A woman tells investigators her husband is likely fishing near the bridge. She quips to search for a rod with a worm on each end as a cheeky hint about his whereabouts.
Lovers Rescued After 33 Hours In Volcano Crater Near Tokyo
Two young lovers leapt into a volcanic crater in Japan aiming to die from a doomed relationship. Rescued after 33 hours by seven police climbers, the woman Set sumi Endo was badly injured and in critical condition while Satoru Takayanagi, ill with tuberculosis, suffered fewer injuries.
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Setsumi Endo
Satoru Takayanagi
Takayanagi
Ottawa Police Seize Lottery Proceeds In Transit
Ottawa police uncover roughly 30000 dollars yearly from rail car searches as lottery money travels from Vancouver and other cities to Montreal and Quebec. Stubs and fraud schemes surface in shipments hidden with bolts books or car parts, with funds used for park and housing projects.
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Calgary
Believing Witness Story Declared Pipe Dream
Edward Leroux 42, who said he witnessed the Sept. 15 Vancouver club waiter Danny Brent slaying, was released on probation for vagrancy. Police say the tale was a publicity stunt and Brent’s body was found shot on a Vancouver golf course.
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Hamilton
Edward Leroux
Vancouver
Danny Brent
Leroux
Brent
Weather Summary Edmonton Forecast A Pace?fic Disturbance
A Pacific disturbance brings cooler air and cloudy skies to Edmonton with scattered snow flurries on Saturday. Temperatures remain well above normal for the season, keeping the overall outlook mild despite the wintry flurries.
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Privacy Concerns As Siren Jams Ringing Bell
Robert J. Schroeder and 20 neighbors complained in Pacific Beach California that repeated telephone rings trigger an air raid siren across the street. A repair crew was dispatched to uncross wires and restore privacy. The issue stems from the siren responding to incoming calls.
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Robert J. Schroeder
Schroeder
U S Citizen Held in Remon Slaying Probe
Panama police detained a 34 year old United States citizen incommunicado as they question at least 70 suspects in the gang style murder of President Jose Antonio Remon. Authorities also released Roy Bettis a 36 year old U S citizen from Waukegan Illinois.
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United States
Jose Antonio Remon
Martin Irving Lipstein
New York
Remon
Juan Franco
U. S
Roy Bettis
Waukegan, Tl
Canal Zone Administration
Panama City
Bettis
Plane saved by quick thinking over Moose Jaw
Capt. Crispin, a 12,000 hour TCA veteran, piloted a North Star and veered right when a Harvard trainer appeared head on 6,000 feet above Moose Jaw. He alerted Moose Jaw control and credited quick action with saving 34 passengers and four crew as they avoided disaster tied to last April’s mid air collision.
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Joseph Crispin
Vancouver
Saskatchewan
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Calgary
J. F. MacArthur
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MacArthur
Ken Ford
Regina
Leader - Post
Pilot recounts near miss to avoid mid air collision
Trans Canterbury Air Lines pilot Capt. Joseph Crispin described taking evasive action to avoid a converging TCA North Star and an RCAF Harvard trainer near Moose Jaw in a scene tied to Canada's worst aviation disaster. The North Star carried 34 passengers and four crew members.
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Trans- Canada Air Lines
Canada
Plane near collision reported by officials near Moose Jaw
Ottawa officials are reviewing reports of a near collision between two planes near Moose Jaw on Thursday night. A prior crash killed 37 people, but this incident caused no fatalities.
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Transportation Department
Moose Jaw
Ottawa vows bigger public works and jobless aid
The throne speech outlines immediate Parliament action to boost supplementary winter unemployment benefits and fund a substantial rise in public works to fight unemployment. It also flags housing act changes, lower Blind Persons Act eligibility, and new standards for agriculture and veterans' welfare.
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New York Stock Market Rallies Strongly
The New York market opened with a sharp rise after a severe two day break. Buying pushed prices up across sectors with aircraft and steel shares in strong demand. The midmorning saw profit-taking, but by afternoon the rally persisted, lifting Canadian and American stocks such as Canadian Pacific Dome Mines International Nickel Hiram Walker Lake Shore and Royalite Oil.
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Canadian Pacific
Dome Mines
International Nickel
Hiram Walker
American Stock Exchange
Lake Shore
Royalite Oil
Murder Charge In Peg Slaying In Winnipeg
A 34 year old transient was charged with murder in the back-alley slaying of Au gust Flatfoot a 30 year old Indian in Winnipeg. Robert Alfred Bradley appeared in city police court and was remanded to Monday. Grace Craig Fleming and Henry Jansen are being held as material witnesses. The motive is described as unclear with a drunken fight cited.
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August Flatfoot
Robert Alfred Bradley
St. Malo
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Bradley
RCMP
James Mulholland
Flatfoot
Grace Craig Fleming
Henry Jansen
Fort Garry
Four Men Held After Vancouver Groceryowner Slaying
Four men were arrested in Vancouver after 65 year old Chinese grocery proprietor A H Wing was beaten to death in Macdonald Market. An undisclosed sum was found in a suspect’s car following a 75 mile an hour downtown chase. Wing’s assailants reportedly demanded money and fled in a waiting car as a white man and three Chinese suspects were rounded up. Officer Lycett described stopping the car after warning shots and the four surrendered without resistance.
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Jack Horton
A. H. Wing
Macdonald Market
Wing
Horton
Frank Dickinson
Vancouver Herald
Robert Lycett
Lycett
Speech from the throne highlights fiscal and defense plans
The speech outlines higher insurance benefit thresholds and public works outlays, a substantial rise in unemployment support, and stronger free world deterrence. It mentions ratification of London agreements, armament proposals, veterans allowances testing, a Municipal Grants Act amendment, a vote to fund removing Ripple Rock, and changes to emergency mining aid.
Victoria Daily Times Reports Destroyer Crusader Transfer
The Crusader, a noted Pacific fleet destroyer based at Esquimalt, will be moved to Halifax and replaced by the Sussex vale frigate as part of the Second Canadian Esco Squadron. Crusader earned distinction as a leading train buster in the Korean War with 414 Communist trains destroyed by its guns.
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Victoria Daily Times
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Pacific Command
Esquimalt
Halifax
Sussexvale
Esco
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