Parliament at a Glance Tuesday Debates and Defeats
The Liberal majority defeats a Progressive Conservative motion 122 to 71 as Stanley Knowles labels Prime Minister St Laurent’s action intolerable and Alistair Stewart accuses Acting Speaker Applewhaile of misconduct. Diefenbaker criticizes bank interest increases while the Senate approves unemployment relief in principle.
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Stanley Knowles
CCF
St. Laurent
Rene Beaudoin
Knowles
Alistair Stewart
Winnipeg North
E. T. Applewhaile
John Diefenbaker
Prince Albert
Senate
Free Ball Game Gimmick Prompts Cat Welfare Row
In Toronto a baseball promotion offered free admission for fans with a live black cat and half price for dead ones to celebrate Friday the 13th game versus Rochester Red Wings. The Humane Society chief condemned the stunt as ridiculous and urged action after 80 complaints amid 69 internal calls.
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Toronto (Cp
Toronto
Toronto Maple Leafs
International Baseball League
Rochester Red Wings
Robert Johnstone
Toronto Humane Society
Ball Park
Johnstone
Weather Forecast for Edmonton and Alberta Regions
The dispatch notes hot conditions across all regions with thunderstorms expected tonight. Cloudy with showers and high temperatures are forecast for Thursday, including Edmonton and Grande Prairie, with regional highs in the 60s to 80s and variable winds.
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Edmonton
Met Service
Grande Prairie
Calgary
Lethbridge
Swift Current
Prince Albert
Moose Jaw
Bareback bronc riding described with care and risk
An article explains bareback bronc riding with vivid comparison to a suitcase in flight. It covers equipment, rules, scoring by two judges, and the aim to ride eight seconds with spurs at the shoulders while avoiding hand contact.
Stampede Attendance Hits 84 458 In Calgary Tuesday
Calgary crowd soars past prior records with 84 458 at the Stampede grounds for rodeo racing exhibitions and midway. Weather forecast warns of possible showers while officials note record totals and holiday impact on shop activity.
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Calgary
Rodeo Parade High Point As A.C.T Leads Big Display
The piece notes the rodeo season from January at Denver's National Western Stock Show to November at San Francisco's Grand National Livestock Exposition. It highlights a large A.C.T parade float occupying half a city block and mentions a kangaroo entry planned by Jimmy Reid.
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Ol’ Swen
Denver
San Francisco
A.C.T
Police Plan Weekend Crackdown on Racetrack Drivers
Medicine Hat to launch a traffic blitz starting this weekend after city council ordered a crackdown on speeders and reckless drivers to preserve a high safety record. Mayor Weiner and aldermen approved increased police presence, overtime, and use of unmarked ghost cars to deter violators in residential areas and near Finlay Bridge.
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Medicine Hat
Agusat 2
Hill
Gershaw Drive
Division Avenue
3Rd ‘Avenue
Riverside
Allowance Avenue
Industrial Avenue
Finlay Bridge
Calgary
Weiner
Tiny Will Now Seek New Piano Record
North Bay Ontario reports Don ald Bird known as Tiny Bird weighs 223 pounds and plans a 8 p.m. to 8 p.m. piano thon in the Canadian Legion auditorium starting today to attempt a new long stay piano record. He previously played almost three days in Sudbury last month ending at about 70 hours.
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North Bay
Ont
Donald
Tiny) Bird
Canadian Legion
Bird
Swift Current
Sask
Sudbury
Kidnapped Peter Weinberger Case Plagued by Hoaxes
In Westbury New York FBI agents pursue a kidnapping of five week old Peter Weinberger. A $5,000 ransom demand followed an initial $2,000 plea but no trace of boy or kidnapper has been found. Hoaxers from Chicago to Pontiac phoned the worried mother with false sightings as 17 crank calls arrived.
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Westbury
FBI
Peter Weinberger
Morris Weinberger
Weinberger
Chicago
Pontiac
Mich
Psychiatric test probes recruit’s hearing voices on call
A board questioned a recruit about hearing voices and their source. He answered yes and said the voices come when he answers the telephone.
Western Songfest by Nickles Shatters Staid Olde England
The Calgary Nickle family tours Western Canada style in Southern England with three generation chorus of western songs. Carl Nickle, Progressive Conservative MP, misses this year’s stampede after 35 years. They plan a 74 day European vacation visiting France Italy Germany Austria and Switzerland before returning to Scotland. In London they discover hamburgers and hot dogs.
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London
Calgary
England
Nickle
Carl Nickle
Amsterdam
France
Italy
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Scotland
Cold Water Baths Mark 11th Day of Gas Strike
In St Louis the Laclede Gas Co dispute leaves 18 000 to 20 000 customers without gas and driving households to boiling water baths and improvised heating. A court order may force 2 200 union members back to work while residents endure frugal meals and scarce hot water.
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ST. Louis
Laclede Gas Co
Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers Union
Beaudoin Stays as Speaker in Political Gambit
Ottawa reports Rene Beaudoin survived a bid to oust him as speaker after the prime minister declined to remove him. The gamble drew sympathy and altered opposition strategy, with Conservatives and CCF wary of alienating Quebec voters as Beaudoin remains in office.
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Doug Leiterman
News Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Rene
Beaudoin
George Drew
CCF
Glasgow hospital embezzler charged after baby deaths probe
Colin MacRae a hospital caretaker faces embezzlement charges in Glasgow after 35 stillborn infants were found in tea chests at Royal Maternity Hospital. Prosecutors allege he diverted about 60 pounds from parents of 57 deceased or stillborn babies to cover burial costs. He was released on bail.
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Glasgow
Reuters
Colin _MacRae
Royal Maternity Hospital
MacRae
Wintry Weather Hits Australia
Wintry weather grips New South Wales and Victoria with record flood levels inland. Sydney endures icy winds and heavy rain while Blue Mountains reports its heaviest snowfall in a decade. Melbourne records its coldest day in eight years as temperatures drop to 31 degrees.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Blue Mountain
Melbourne
Manitoba Liquor Act Takes Effect Next Week
Manitoba announces a sweeping liquor act with beer parlors allowed extended hours and radios. Indians may drink in beer parlors starting Monday while off premise drinking remains federally regulated. The act creates a new liquor commission led by Bernard Halstead with a July 16 start date.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
New
Liquor Commission
W R. Clubb
Bernard Halstead
Bracken Liquor Inquiry Commission
Wylie Says CMHC Profited On Wartime Homes In City
Parliamentary answers to W. D. Wylie reveal CMHC made a profit of over $82,000 on 100 wartime houses in Medicine Hat with total cost $665,614.08 and average unit costs around $6,305 to $6,849. Expenditures and mortgage amortization total $175,702 and administration $22,350. taxes paid to city amount to $48,102.03. Tenants protest high asking prices. 99 back the Legion appeal, one has agreed to buy.
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W. D. Wylie
Medicine Hat
Central Mortgage and Housing Corp
CMHC
Jack Oldham
The
Canadian Legion
Mr. Wylie
Wylie
Oldham
Legion
No Tension as McKeesport Steel Strike Drags On
In McKeesport Pennsylvania a steel mill strike unfolds with calm picketing and free surplus commodities at the depot. Workers anticipate a prolonged stoppage lasting three to four weeks while the community adapts to rationing and quiet demonstrations.
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Mckeesport
U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Christy Filotei
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