Union bid seeks certification at empty Medalta plant
Local 471 of United Construction Workers seeks to represent three nightwatchmen at Medalta Potteries in Medicine Hat, a move rejected by Alberta's industrial relations board. District 50 UMW aims to oust Mine Mill and Smelter Workers. Mayor hints city takeover as Fred Joyce vows to contest board ruling. meeting scheduled.
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Calgary
Alberta
United Construction Workers
CCL
Medalta Potteries Ltd
Medicine Hat
Alberta Board of Industrial Relations
District 50
United Mine Workers
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter
Mine-Mill
Sow
UMW
UCW
Harry Weiner
Fred Joyce
Board of Industrial Relations
Airmen Forced Parachute Safety Over Miles City
Flames lit the night as 33 Air Force troops jumped to safety in freezing weather after a Flying Boxcar made a forced landing at Miles City airport. Two crew injuries were not serious. The men from Ft. Campbell were en route to Jaska for training maneuvers as part of Operation Snowbird.
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Miles City
Mont
United States Air Force
Montana
Yellowstone River
Ft. Campbell
Jaska
Edmonton
Moose Jaw Officials Clash Over Police Control
Former Moose Jaw police commissioners accuse Mayor Lewry and colleagues of aiming to dominate the police department for their own ends. Ald Hampson cites a shake up that led to the firing and rehiring of Chief Alex Bell and staff, with tensions over discipline and authority.
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Moose Jaw
Board of Police Commissioners
L. H. Lewry
Joe Hampson
Rex Gray
Ald
Hampson
Alex Bell
Lewry
Vic
Bell
Harold Goodman
Goodman
Smilestones Dialogue on Delay and Fog Overhead Stars
An exchange features a captain and Madame amid fog and stars suggesting a navigation pause. The dialogue hints at unseen dangers or misdirection guiding their course.
Weather Outlook Brisk Winds Sour Manitoba Clearing
Disturbance brings brisk northerly winds and snow flurries in Saskatchewan and cool air moves into Alberta. Mostly cloudy tonight with gradual clearing expected across Manitoba by Wednesday.
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Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Canada Awaits U.S. Tariff Cut
Ottawa officials monitor Congress as President Eisenhower urges a staged tariff cut and simplified procedures. Canadian trade officials call a 15 percent overall reduction a step in the right direction, though fears remain about passage amid Democratic control and protectionist sentiment.
Ottawa Moves to License Export and Import of Natural Gas
Ottawa proposes a new act to license export and import of gas oil power and water to the United States. The bill by Trade Minister C D Howe limits cancellation and export taxes restricting them to certain conditions and ensures Canadian supply with licenses issued by order in council. A second bill requires federal license for cross border river works like dams and canals.
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Warren Baldwin
News Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
C. D. Howe
United States
Canada
House of Commons
Predict Approval Eisenhower Plea To Lower Tariffs
Washington anticipates swift approval of President Eisenhower’s plan to extend the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act and lower tariffs by 15 percent for three years. Hearings begin Monday led by Rep. Jere Cooper as the bill moves through a Democratic Congress with mixed Republican opposition.
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St. Laurent
Eisenhower
U.S
Congress
Washington
United States
U. S
Jere Cooper
Dem. Tenn
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
Harry Byrd
de. Va
Senate Finance Committee
House
Daniel Reed
N. Y
Thomas Jenkins
Ohio
Richard Simpson
Eugene Millikin
Rep. Colo
Finance Committee
Civic wage talks loom with possible three to five percent boost
Civic departments bargain with the wage evaluation committee amid broad demands for boosts and pensions. No council report yet. talks hint at a three to five percent increase or a $25 to $50 per month reclassification. Mayor Weiner refused comment as officials weigh a potential $40,000 to $50,000 rise in operating costs.
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Civic
Council
Harry Weiner
Postpone Ford Strike Talks In Ontario Plants
In Toronto, talks to settle the Ford of Canada strike at three Ontario plants were postponed to Wednesday. A Ford official said the union provided documents Monday and the company had not finished studying them. No comment on the documents was given.
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Toronto
Ford of Canada
Ontario
Ford
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Cio-Ccl
Costa Rica in crisis as Villa Quesada seized
President Jose Figueres reports a rebel air force seized Villa Quesada a Costa Rican village 50 miles from the Nicaraguan border communications cut with the 3,500 residents and a potential break with Nicaragua looms through the OAS. Costa Rica expels Nicaragua's charge d affaires after accusing Managua of distributing bulletins amid rising tensions.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Jose Figueres
Villa Queseda
Mario Esquival
Nicaragua
Rodolfo Quiros
Villa Quesada
Marler Denies Near Accident Between TCA Planes
Transport Minister Marler says a TCA North Star and an RCAF Harvard trainer passed on converging courses near Moose Jaw at the prescribed altitude and the incident did not constitute a near catastrophe. He released the first official report in reply to a Commons question from the CCF.
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Ottawa
TCA North Star
Rcaf Harvard
Moose Jaw
Marler
CCF
TCA
Mr. Marler
Defence Department
G. R. McGregor
Montreal
Transport Department
RCAF
Air Force
Vancouver
North Star
Harvard
Recount of Vorkuta Uprising and Beria's alleged influence
An ex prisoner from Detroit John Noble 31 said a 1953 Vorkuta revolt left 110 prisoners killed and 500 wounded. He claimed Beria's followers organized the revolt at the Arctic camp and that 50 to 60 were later executed. Noble described the prison system as volatile and capable of upheaval.
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Berlin
Vorkuta
John Noble
Detroit
Russia
Noble
Arctic
Moscow
L. P. Beria
Beria
Soviet Union
Georgi Malenkov
Dresden
Young Noble
Hammarskjold thanks Chou En Lai in Hong Kong cables
Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Hong Kong from Peiping and cabled warm thanks to Chinese Premier Chou En Lai for hospitality. He gave no statement on his mission about the 11 American airmen held as spies and other UN personnel. He plans Tokyo and then the United States.
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Hong Kong
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Peiping
Red China
Chou Enlai
Hammarskjold
Lowu
Chou
United States State Department
London
New Delhi
U. S
Theatre Workers Foil Toy Gunman at Calgary Strand
A Calgary Strand Theatre robbery attempt was foiled by cashier Mrs Hettie Goss and usher Jack White. The suspect Donald Anderson 18 from Edmonton carried a toy cap gun and was armed with a pistol when confronted. $36 found on him and he was charged with armed robbery.
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Calgary
Strand Theatre
Donald Anderson
Edmonton
Hettie Goss
Jack Stevens
Stevens
Jack White
John Cardell
Cardell
Sea Serpent Sightings Near Victoria Reappear
Victoria reports Cadborosaurus and possible kin again seen in Cordova Bay. The Hobbs family and neighbor Mrs. Wyper watched a brown head about a foot nose emerge from the water and vanish after a duck scare. Earlier sightings include Sooke and Albert Head with a horse-sized head and rising humps.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Cordova Bay
Here
S. Hobbs
John Wyper
Hobbs
Sooke
Albert Head
Adjourned Inquest Into Priest Death Near Brandon
A six man jury adjourned the inquest into the slaying of Rev. Alfred Quinton 44 at St Edouard Alta near Brandon after viewing the body. Three Montreal youths Claude Paquin Gerard Yvon de Tonnancourt and Guy Ferragne were charged with murder and remanded for a week. Police said robbery was motive and the priest’s wallet with about 90 dollars vanished. The body was taken to St Edouard and will lie there before funeral services at St Paul cathedral. Authorities continue to investigate backgrounds of the accused.
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Brandon
Montreal
Alfred Quinton
St. Edouard
Alta
Here
Brandon City
Guy Ferragne
Claude Paquin
Gerard J .von de Tonnacourt
Father Quinton
St. Paul Cathedral
William Fitzpat
Rey
Gerard-Yvon de Tonnancourt
Riviere Des’ Prairies
Edward Brakefield-Moore
The
RCMP
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Harold Morrison
Bill W
Council of the Organization of American States
Central American
Guillermo Sevilla
Sacasa
Figueres
Frances D’agostino
Ernest Geniale
Ernest
Coldwell
Joseph Crispin
General Assembly
Sea Serpent
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