Senate Report Questions Unemployed Label in Canada
A Senate committee report based on Dr. R W James survey suggests over one third of the 339 000 registered unemployed in Canada were in marginal categories not truly unemployed. It notes low educational and technical qualifications and that some groups on the rolls may not be full labor force members.
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Senate Committee On Manpower and Employment
Canada
R. W. James
Defence Department
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Unemployment Insurance Commission
National Unemployment Service
Charges Planned In $33,000 Theft In Medicine Hat
A three month probe into Medicine Hat Hallowe en eye theft of 33000 dollars advances as charges are anticipated. Insurance investigator E E Peckover returns with new evidence and a J G Kidd attorney general agent is expected back by weekend. Police say the stolen funds remain unrecovered.
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Medicine Hat
Hallowe'en Eye
E. E. Peckover
Edmonton
J. G. Kidd
Attorney-General
Calgary
A. R. Bull
Mayor Accepts Land Offer for City Sewage Lagoon
Mayor Harry Veiner accepted a 79 093 75 offer for 224 1 2 acres of Golden Valley Farm to build a 350 000 sewage lagoon. The price includes 42 093 75 for land and 27 000 for damages and road through the property. A Feb 6 vote date may be set to approve bylaws and financing.
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Harry Veiner
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A. T. Legge
the News Today
Four Canadians accused in empire of forged pay checks
Ottawa police arrested four gang members in an Ottawa hotel raid for conspiracy to defraud. The group linked to a large fraud involving stolen government money orders, forged cheques and master keys. Investigations span Kingston penitentiary to cities across Canada and the United States with several arrests already made.
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Joseph Painter
Windsor
Ont
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Yoronto
Morris Fournier
Wilfried Dubreuil
Montreal
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FBI
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Newman
Nanaimo
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Vancouver
London
Winnipeg
Niagara Falls
Los Angeles
Seattle
Cleveland
Buffalo
Calgary Woman Charged in Fatal Stabbing
A 29-year-old Calgary woman was charged with murder after a 3 am stabbing left 24-year-old Emily Worman dead from multiple wounds. Dorothy Brooks appeared in court, remanded to Feb. 1, and kept silent as she faced the charge. The incident occurred in a downtown Calgary apartment block.
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Calgary
Emily Worman
Dorothy Brooks
R. V. Read
U S Navy P 2V Neptune Crashes Into San Diego Bay
A U S Navy P 2V Neptune patrol plane with five aboard crashed into San Diego Bay. One body is recovered and four are missing. The aircraft departed North Island Naval Air Station at 7 23 p m Tuesday night. Search began at 10 30 p m after loss of radio contact. Helicopters patrol boats and coast guard cutters continued to search the bay as wreckage lies about 50 feet underwater.
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North Islind Naval Air Station
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Blanc Injured In Car Crash
Mel Blanc, the 51 year old voice actor of Bugs Bunny and Woody Woodpecker, was in critical condition after a Monday night collision that destroyed his car. He suffered compound fractures of both legs and head lacerations while Arthur Rolston, 18, the student driver, sustained only minor knee injuries.
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Los Angeles
Mel Blanc
Blanc
Bugs Bunny
Woody Woodpecker
Arthur Rolston
Ries
Victoria Legislature Opens First Session of 26th Assembly
The Victoria opening signals the start of British Columbia's 26th legislature with 52 members arriving for caucuses to map policy. Social Credit Premier W A Bennett, seeking eight years of governance, leads 32 government members amid a season of official dinners and social events.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Social Credit
W. A. C. Bennett
Insurance Head Dies in Toronto at 75
Edwin George Baker, 75, chairman of the board of the Canada Life Assurance Company, died Tuesday after a short illness. He was born in Toronto and a graduate of the University of Toronto.
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Toronto
Edwin George Baker
The
Canada Life Assurance Company
Mr. Baker
University of Toronto
City Rinks Earn Wins in Alberta Curling Draw
Two Medicine Hat rinks won in the 9 am draw of the double knockout Alberta curling playdowns to represent eastern Zone 3. John Foulston defeated Dean Thacker of Burdett 13 7 and Larry Frandsen beat Bill Klink of Ralston 14 9. More draws scheduled this afternoon and evening.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
John Foulston
Dean Thacker Rink
Burdett
Larry Frandsen
Bill Klink
Ralston
Cuban Defectors Executed in Pinar del Rio
In Havana the Castro regime executed two Cuban army defectors, former captain Clodomiro Miranda and aide Jorge Luis Laza, shot after speedy conviction for leading a rebel band in the western mountains. This marks the 589th execution under the regime.
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Havana
Sidel Castro
Pinar del Rio
Clodomiro Miranda
Jorge Luis Laza
Charge Dropped In Bank Embezzlement Case
U S Commissioner W M Forker dropped a federal charge of aiding and abetting a $2 000 000 bank embezzlement against Harold Kistner Jr of Sheldon Iowa feed maker The defense cited lengthy bank shortages dating back decades admitted by Mrs Burnice Iverson Geiger Geiger 58 faces embezzlement charges totaling 2 126 850 from the same bank The defense argued no wrongdoing occurred between Kistner and Geiger
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Sioux City
Iowa
U.S
W. M. Forker
Harold . Kistner, Jr
Sheldon
Frank Margolin
Kistner
FBI
Sheldon National Bank
Burnice Iverson Geiger
Margolin
Santa Maria hijacking narrows search east of Barbados
Danish merchant ship sighted the liner about 930 miles east of Trinidad as U S Navy planes and Royal forces intensified the hunt. The Santa Maria moves south of east toward Africa with up to 14 planes and a British frigate in pursuit. Passengers send reassurance messages while authorities weigh possible actions if the ship refuses to stop.
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Washington
Santa Marie
Trinidad
Navy
Robert L. Wilson
Reuters
London
Admiralty
U.S
Santa Maria
San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S. Navy
Barbados
Guadeloupe
Leeward Islands
United States
Angola
West Africa
Eight Crew Members Put Ashore After Pirate Hijack
The Portuguese liner Santa Maria docked at Castries Saint Lucia after pirates seized the ship. Eight crew members were ashore, five at a guest house and two in hospital, one shot and another with jaundice. The second purser was injured aboard a Royal Navy frigate Rothesay bound for Trinidad. Navigator Joao Lopes de Souza, 20, survived a chest and spine injury with a bullet lodged near his spine after the hijack, describing a carefully planned, sudden attack that began in the chartroom.
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Castries
St. Lucia
Reuters
Santa Maria
Rothesay
Trinidad
Joao Antonio Lopes de Souza
BEA Seeks 50 Pilots For Canadian Recruitment
BEA plans to hire 50 pilots in Canada before spring to support a 20 percent rise in passenger traffic. The expansion includes 200 Vanguard turboprops and seven Jet Comets, each requiring a captain and two first officers. A Trans-Canada spokesman notes 104 pilots may be laid off due to jet services, with BEA and Aer Lingus pursuing hires.
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London
British European Airways
Canada
An Airways
BEA
Montreal
Trans-Canada Air Lines
European Airlines
Ife
Vanguard
Aer Lingus
Queen and Philip Plan Another Tiger Hunt
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip returned to New Delhi after a tiger hunting expedition in Rajasthan and announced plans for another hunt in Nepal. Officials noted the duke shot a tiger from a 25 foot tree platform near Jaipur while a garden party for Commonwealth citizens drew thousands. The Daily Mirror criticized the Royal Family’s hunting in a front page blast.
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Reuters
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Rajasthan
Nepal
Lodge
Jaipur
Amrit Lal Jindal
Paul Gore-Booth
Malaya
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Canada
Pakistan
Austalia
Ghana
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Ceylon
Chester Ronning
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