Foulston Rink Extends Unbeaten Streak in Bonspiel Play
Johnny Foulston's Medicine Hat rink won 10-9 over Mac Locke of Hays in the 8:00 draw to stretch their winning run to nine and rise in the Garagemen's event standings. Locke drops to two losses and may miss the Grand Aggregate, while other rinks also advanced to the Garagemen's and Cantalini fours as semifinals loom tonight at Arena Gardens.
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Medicine Hat
Mac Locke
Hays
Foulston
Ner Clarke
Lethbridge
Locke
J. Anton
Fox Valley
Les Adams
Gas City
Garth Pilling
Charley Reid
Claresholm
Sam Gill
Don Gill
Harry Parker
Gill
T. Eaton
Cliff Wright
Hern
Empress
Wright
Charlie Pattison
Carter
Arena Gardens
Faulston
Tim Allen
Johnny Anton
Mike Bowie
Bonnette
Taber
Joe Noland
Tompkins
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Locke- Foulston
Pilling-Reid
City of
City Police
Bankers
Roarin' Game Headlines Semi-Final Curling Card
Tonight's semi finals feature the Foulston and Wright rinks with strong bids for Grand Aggregate honors. Out-of-town teams Charley Reid Sam Gill Mike Bowie and Joe Noland also compete as early upsets shuffle the field. Officials report a record number of incorrect scorecards amid a busy bonspiel with local rinks medicine hat city police and haunts among the notable participants.
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Charley Reid
Claresholm
Sam Gill
Leader
Mike Bowie
Joe Noland
Tompkins
Curling results update from various trophies and trophies list
Results up to 2:00 pm show multiple trophy events with players and clubs including L Adams and J Anton from Fox Valley, Pattison and S Gill from S Leader, Carter and Pattison in Eaton Trophy, and scores ranging from 5 to 13 points along with entries for News Trophy and Radio Trophy and medical consolation standings across several towns.
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Carter
Leth
Pattison
S. Gill
Leader
Parker G
Wright
Hearn
Empress
NEWS
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Butler
Clhlm
Tansley
Hawthorne
Tilley
Bowie
Clshlm
McCallum
Bonnette
Taber
Tigers
Turner
Barons
Barron
P. Butte
G. Crowe
Beitz
RADIO
Clary
Lance
Magician Maggie Waffles Trick Demonstration
A playful notice invites readers to watch Maggie at a magician’s show as he performs a flour and egg trick to create twenty waffles, urging close attention to the illusion.
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Maggie
Cold air trend returns as Pacific storm nears
Edmonton weather reports an advancing and retreating cold air pattern with a new Pacific storm system expected Saturday. Alberta afternoon highs reach 20 to 35 with subzero to 15 in Saskatchewan as the system approaches.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada to Cut Defence Spending Seven Percent
Ottawa reports 1955-56 estimates call for total defence appropriations of 1.775 billion, down 133 million from 1954-55, with air force and engines taking the deepest cuts. Mutual aid drops to 175 million from 300 million as defence spending misses prior forecasts.
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Ottawa
Harris
Commons
Defence Department
Canada
RCAF
Europe
Navy
Army
Defence Research Board
Services
U K Ambassador Seeks Cease Fire Over Formosa Strait
In Moscow Sir William Hayter urged Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov to curb China and push for a Formosa cease fire. Molotov said the United States bears responsibility and Britain shares it due to its support. A UK embassy spokesman confirmed the exchange and a cautious reaction.
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Moscow
William Hayter
Moloytov
Kremlin
Formosa Strait
U S Officials Ban Relatives from Visiting Prisoners in China
Secretary Dulles announced relatives of 17 imprisoned Americans will be forbidden from traveling to Communist China. The move affects 15 airmen and two civilian workers as a response to Beijing’s belligerent actions. The decision aims to protect national interests and prevent possible provocation.
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Washington
Dulles
China
State Department
Air Force
Department
Army
Dag Hammarskjold
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Peiping
Red China
Officials Differ Over Red Planes Attacking U S Ships
Washington officials debate the risk of Chinese Communist planes attacking United States ships during a Nationalist withdrawal from the Tachens. Most say Reds lack airpower for a major attack and fear bombing of Chinese targets, while a minority warns of possible air assaults to deter American aid in future evacuations.
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U.S
John Scali
Washington
United States
China
Tachen Group
Formosa
Red Coast
7Th Fleet
Chiang Kai-shek
Government butter offer to hospitals cuts price
Ottawa plans to send within 48 hours a letter to all public hospitals offering government storage butter 20 cents cheaper than normal. The program may extend to public and charitable institutions and homes.
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Canada
Department of Agriculture
National Defence
Alberta Bays Jail Site Offset Chestermere Deal
Alberta government shifts jail site to a new location 11 miles west of Calgary paying $68 an acre for 2,500 acres while selling the Chestermere Lake tract for roughly $140 an acre. Officials deny impropriety amid protests from Chestermere residents who opposed the earlier site. The move follows prior praise by Premier Manning and statements by Attorney General Maynard.
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Chestermere
Edmonton
Alberta
Hooke
Calgary
Chestermere Lake
Manning
Lucien Maynard
Sam Diamond
Vancouver
Tara Farms, Ltd
Diamond
Maynard
Fort Saskatchewan
Lethbridge
RCMP Adds Clerk to Nation’s Most Wanted List
RCMP added John Keith MacDonald, 46, a clerk at Britannia Beach BC post office, to its most wanted fugitives list for $44,500 missing in December. He allegedly left with the registered mail parcel containing the money and was last seen the night before its discovery. He has links to Montreal and west coast activity since 1950.
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Ottawa
RCMP
John Keith MacDonald
Britannia Beach
B.C
MacDonald
Montreal
John Clealand Wallace Black
Michel Sisco
Antoine d’Agostino
William Patrick Ryan
William Adams
Wasely Somborski
Joe Lacheau
Daniel William O'Conner
Mike Clancy
Bob Collins
Clifford Eugene Ernest Dawley
Sisco
Regina Exhibition Building Fire Destroys Curling Rink and Auto Wing
A blaze at the Regina Exhibition Building destroyed two wings housing 70 automobiles and farm equipment valued at about 500000. The Royal Caledonia Curling Club rink was damaged but firemen contained the blaze. no injuries reported. The fire, which started at 6 15 am, postponed the city bonspiel and 1933 world grain show site.
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Regina
International Harvester
Simpson's, Ltd
Carelers
MP Wins Libel Suit Over Paper
Conservative MP George Drayson won £3,000 damages plus costs in a libel suit against The Daily Express. The judge ruled the Dec 18 1953 article defamatory, rejecting fair comment as the facts about Drayson’s alleged invitation to Egypt were untrue.
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Reuters
Daily Express
George Burnaby Drayson
Egypt
Aneurin Bevan
Labor Party
House of Commons
Drayson
Britain
London Express’ Newspapers Ltd
Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd
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