Vancouver Bread Strike Halts Major Bakeries
Bread baking stopped in Vancouver as 450 workers from McGavin Bakeries and six other firms walk out for a 35 hour week and fringe benefits. Lockouts close plants in Vancouver and Nanaimo with deliveries halted by eight a.m. Hospitals will be supplied by non union bakeries.
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Vancouver
McGavin Bakeries Ltd
Nanaimo
Big West Broadway
McGavins
Bakery and Confectionery Workers’ Union
TLC
Vanccouver
Lower Mainland
Union Bakers
Victoria
Calgary hotels move to rehire striking waiters
Calgary hotel managers in talks with the Alberta Hotel Association and the Beverage Dispensers International Union plan to rehire former staff and dismiss non union workers. Pickets continue at sites not restoring former crews as union leaders push for terms, with back to work across several hotels and a pending union position set for Friday.
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Calgary
A. R. Johnstone
Toronto
Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International Union
Beverage Dispensers International Union
Johnstone
Howies
Alberta’ Hotel Association
Empress Hotel
Noble Hotel
Carlton
Unsettled Weather Ahead for Western Prairies
Edmonton CP reports unstable conditions across the western prairies with southern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan turning sunny and hot with west winds. Central sections of both provinces face scattered thunderstorm activity each evening.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Smilestones celebrate gifts on anniversaries and reminders
A lighthearted note about couples marking anniversaries with gifts. The speaker recalls her husband brings gifts each March and August, sparking playful reflection on shared traditions.
Churchill says Anglo American friendship firm and sound
In the House of Commons Churchill reported that U S Britain ties are soundly cemented based on fundamental principles after talks with President Eisenhower. He defended the joint declaration and noted sensitivity over listing sovereign states. Eden backed him as Warbey pressed for specifics.
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London
Reuters
Churchill
Eisenhower
United States
Britain
House of Commons
Washington
Ottawa
Kenneth Younger
Labor
William Warbey
Driver Mysteriously Disappears After 1951 Car Crash
A 1951 model coach crashed three miles west of Redcliff. Three hitch-hikers were passengers. two remain in Medicine Hat General Hospital with non serious injuries while the driver fled the scene after asking for air. Police doubt the driver is local though the car is locally owned.
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Redcliff
R.C.M.P
Medicine Hat General Hospital
D. N. McCharles
McCharles
MacCharles
Manitoba
Air Force
Fraser River dikes hold as Mission water rises slightly
Fraser River dikes held firm as Mission water level edged to 20.06 feet, up 0.02 feet in 24 hours. Provincial officials MacDonald and Jones toured dikes, noting seepage in Matsqui West Nicomen Island Sumas and Mission City but no alarm. Interior heat swelled the Columbia River to 29.47 feet, flooding roads and prompting reduced ferry service and driftwood-clearance at Castlegar and Trail.
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Vancouver
Fraser River
Mission
D.C
Jack L. MacDonald
Matsqui
West Nicomen Island
Sumas
Mission City
MacDonald
Evan Jones
Fraser Valley
Columbia River
Columbia
Castlegar
Robson
Trail
Victoria proposes fines for parents of juvenile delinquents
Victoria police commissioner on Wednesday urged fining parents of co victims to discipline children. The commission backed Mayor Claud Harrison's call that juvenile courts levy fines on neglectful parents, with Police Chief John Blackstock noting the panel could only recommend use of the Criminal Code provision.
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Victoria
Claud Harrison
John Blackstock
Heavy Storm Nails Cypress Hills Farm Barn
A heavy storm in the Medicine Hat district lashed Cypress Hills last night with lightning believed to have started a 3000 dollar barn fire near Robinson, 20 miles southeast of the city. Neighbors battled the blaze until 2 am to prevent spread to adjoining structures.
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Elkwater Lake
Medicine Hat
Cypress Hills
Robinson
Puerto Rican terrorists given max prison terms for House attack
Four Puerto Rican assailants who fired on the House of Representatives on March 1 received maximum sentences up to 75 years. Lolita Lebron got 16 years eight months to 50 years. three men drew 25 to 75 years each for five counts of assault with intent to kill and five counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. They plan appeals. Jurors said Lebron’s testimony influenced them. surgeons spared the defendants from death.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Lolita Lebron
U.S
Alexander Holtzoff
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Drews Figueroa Cordero
Irving Flores Rodriguez
New York City
Lebron
Clifford Davis
Dem. Tenn
Alvin H. Bentley
Rep. Mich
George H. Fallon
Dem. Md
Petrov Says Ambassador Warned Against Escape
Mrs Evdokia Petrov testified she was warned by Russian ambassador Nikolai Generalov that armed guards might shoot if she attempted to escape. A second warning came from Kovalenov about possible concentration camps or execution in Russia due to her husband’s defection. She described a torn flight from Sydney to Darwin and said she chose to stay after speaking with her husband by phone.
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Melbourne
Australia
Evdokia Petrov
Moscow
Nikolai Generalov
Sydney
Kovalenov
Vladimir
Russia
Royal Commission On
Petrov
Darwin
Aus
Edmonton Storm Causes 75000 Dollar Fire and Power Loss
A severe Edmonton storm struck Wednesday night with thunder lightning rain and hail. The lightning ignited a 75000 fire at the William Troock furniture factory and showroom and sparked blazes in five power substations and two homes. Firemen Capt Jack Staton and James McGillvray were overcome by smoke and hospitalized in stable condition.
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Edmonton
William Troock
Jack Staton
James McGillvray
Woman Found Dead At Graburn Gap
Mrs Elvine Reimann of Graburn Gap was found dead in her home at 10 am yesterday by her husband who had just returned from Walsh. He had left for Alberta to buy building supplies and bolts, returning two hours later to discover her body. Coroner Dr E G F Skinner is investigating and will release findings soon. no inquest expected.
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Elvine Reimann
Graburn Gap
Walsh
Reimann
Alberta
E. G. F. Skinner
City and District
National League game in New York and Brooklyn results
New York and Brooklyn posted box score lines with runs on hits and errors. Highlights include Mets/Erskine, Campanella, Mays and Irvin homers, while Cleveland beat Baltimore 4 to 1 with Feller pitching and Hegan, Westlake homers noted.
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National League
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Brooklyn
Gomez
Westrum
Erstkine
Meyer
Hughes
Vosey
Campanella
L—Erskine
Mays
Irvin
Lockman
Baltimore
Cleveland
Kretlow
Chakales
Courtney
Feller
Hegan
Kretwae
Westake
Three Forest Fires Burn Out of Control in Northern Alberta
Three large fires rage in northern Alberta with 70 square miles threatened in the Lake Athabasca area. About 35 men work to gain limited control as planes are the only means of action amid hot dry conditions. Authorities note human-caused origins and no mature timber at risk.
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Edmonton CP
Alberta
T. R. Hammer
Department of Lands and Forests
Hay River
Lake Athabasca
Northland
Alta
N.W.T
Hammer
Flood Crest Promised as 60 Brandon Families Evacuated
The Assiniboine River breached dikes in Brandon North-Central letting water cover over 120 acres of homes and garden land. Evacuations continue with 60 families about 275 people moved to private homes or emergency quarters. Officials say crest not until Friday as sandbag defense floods the abbatoir threatening 230 workers and a 14 000 weekly payroll. Winnipeg and CJATC units rushed sandbags by truck and air to bolster dikes.
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Brandon
James Creighton
Creighton
Winnipeg
W. D. Hurst
RCAF
Army
Canadian Joint Air Training Centre
Rivers
Man
Camp Shilo
CJATC
Girl Drowns In Basement at Oak Lake Home
Adele May Fraser, 11 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donal Fraser of Oak Lake, drowned in the basement water after heavy rains filled the home’s lower level. Coroner R S Harris said the child was downstairs and in the water about a half hour before discovery. no inquest will be held.
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Oak Lake
Man
Adele May Fraser
Donal Fraser
Hom
Brandon
Assinboine
R. S. Harris
Wirde
Records fall as Calgary Stampede opens strong
Attendance through three days reached 221,678, up 2,756 from last year, with a Wednesday record of 75,930 on Citizens Day. Gordon Earle of Newgate B C led bareback second go round, while Bill Ward of Angels Camp won the first go in the North American bucking. Hank Willard led the chuck wagon field as Americans dominated the rodeo.
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Calgary.cp
Calgary Stampede
Hank Willard
Vulcan
Alta
Willard
W. I. Newman
Wainwright
United States
Allan Houston
Alvin
Okla
Bob Cullison
Huatville
Wyo
Canucks
Gordon Earle
Newgate
B.C
Chester Bruisedhead
Cardston
Ray Watrin
Bill Ward
Angel’s Camp
K. Cochran
Stave Alta
Don Edge
Cochrar Alta
Frc
Buck Rutherford
Ruthford
Allen Siemens fined for public mischief after murder claim
Allan Siemens a 21 year old BC truck driver confessed to a murder that never happened and was fined 2000 dollars plus 23 months in jail on a public mischief charge State Secretary Dulles warned the US would veto if needed to keep Red China from the UN security council French air force bombers and fighter bombers hit rebel hideouts along the Hanoi Haiphong highway Maureen Connolly from San Diego reached the finals of the Irish tennis championships in women s singles
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Allan Siemens
B.C
Dulles
U.S
U.N. Security Council
Hanoi
Haiphong
Maureen
Little Mo) Connolly
San Diego
Calif
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