Commons erupts as opposition blocks censure bid on Speaker Beaudoin
Ottawa MPs faced bedlam in a morning session as Opposition Leader George Drew sought censure of Speaker Rene Beaudoin. After lunch the house voted 144 to 51 to close debate on the pipeline bill, with PCs and CCF abstaining on a procedural question.
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Ottawa
Commons
Bedlam
George Drew
Rene Beaudoin
Progressive Conservative
Beaudoin
Stanley Knowles
Winnipeg North Centre
Drew
Coldwell
Senate
Car Slams Bridge as Brakes Fail in Hill Run
A local sedan owned by Ross Fourney careened down a hill with brakes gone and struck a bridge abutment over Seven Persons creek near Maple Leaf Mills. the driver escaped unharmed. Earlier, junk dealer Snag Price lost brakes on Porters Hill, guiding a loaded truck at high speed to safety and wrecking the transmission after a half-ton scrap load shifted.
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Seven Persons Creek
Maple Leaf Mills
Ross Fourney
Ninth St. S.E
Third Ave
Price
Lethbridge Council Sets 1956 Mill Rate and Expenditures
Lethbridge city council approves a mill rate of 59 for 1956, up five mills from last year and near the all time high from 1930, with expenditures exceeding 4 million dollars. A formal approval is expected at Monday’s meeting. Alberta faces 82 active fires as 18 burn out of control with rains urgently needed.
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Lethbridge (Cp
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Alberta
Eden accuses Greece of foul propaganda in Cyprus clash
Prime Minister Eden denounces Greece for airing foul propaganda to incite terrorism in Cyprus. He cites Greek press and radio attacks on Field Marshal Sir John Harding and British troops, says NATO solidarity is undermined, and warns Britain will defend vital oil interests. Other measures and NATO regime ideas are noted.
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Eng
Eden
Greece
Cyprus
John Harding
Mediterranean
NATO
Athens
Britain
Western Europe
Middle East
Redcliff School High Jump Injuries Claimed by Two Seniors
Redcliff School field day incidents left two seniors from the junior high with injuries after a high jump event. Elaine Dreger reportedly fractured her hip while Norma Pearson fractured her foot as both cleared jumps within minutes of each other around 11 am. Both were transported to Medicine Hat for care and may require casts through term end.
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Redcliff
Elaine Dreger
Norma Pearson
Miss Dreger
Albert FE. Dreger
Miss Pearson
Medicine Hat
Jean Dreger
Bernard J. Smith
Youth Lived Week on Salt Water Diet
24-year-old Mario Conceicao Nunes recounted living on salt water for a week after becoming lost in a dory on the Grand Banks. He drifted after fog and recounted wasting his fish to lighten the boat and drinking seawater while praying. on the seventh day a Portuguese trawler spotted him.
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Nfld
Gil Eannes
Mario Conceicao Nunes
Grand Banks
Nunes
Newfoundland
Gazela
Colder Tonight Forecast Across Central Canada
The Dominion weather office warns a frost laden cold snap will hit central Canada by midnight jeopardizing fruit and tobacco crops in Ontario. Temperatures may fall to 23 degrees in parts of Lake Ontario Niagara Haliburton region. Ontario berries in early growth and a tobacco belt from London to Windsor face risk. Alberta forecasters say tonight may be cold but not cooler than Thursday's records with Calgary at 85 and Lethbridge at 86. Edmonton's low tonight expected 55.
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Niagara Falls, Ont
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Windsor
Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Lethbridge
Junk truck crash on Porter's Hill ends safely
Price, hauling a ton of scrap iron, lost brakes on Porter's Hill and sped about 40 mph before a failed motor and gear jam caused a wreck. Crank shaft and universal joint snapped through the floor as the car careened, ending roughly a mile from the hilltop. Gook stood guard ready to ride once repaired. Everett Photo.
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Porter's Hill
Price
Debutante Jubilee Sparks Champagne Rain Over Mayfair
London AP report notes a Duke of Kent cousin and friends staged debonair parties prompting Labour criticism in Parliament. A Thames yacht party led to guests leaping overboard as a hose sprayed water, while Curzon Street crowds witnessed champagne raining from a roof in 1947.
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Negotiations Stall On Prairie Milk Run Purchase
Private airline operator has made an offer to buy the trunk route linking Medicine Hat Winnipeg and Edmonton from Trans-Canada Airlines. No official announcement yet as talks continue. If accepted the TCA service through the area would end after about eight years of operation with new north south carriers planning connections at Lethbridge Calgary and Edmonton for North country travel.
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Prairie
Medicine Hat
Winnipeg
Edmonton
TCA
American Airlines
Lethbridge
Calgary
Western Airlines
Indian affairs leader seeks support against integration
Winnipeg report notes a telegram read to the Canadian Home and School and Parent-Teacher Federation urging sympathetic support against integration policies. John Laurie of the Indian Association of Alberta warned changes could abolish Indian treaties, erode reserves health services and education, and leave Indians and children displaced across western provinces.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Home and School and
Laurie
McCullough
Alberta
Federation
Veteran grid star Kas Vidruk retires from football
Kas Vidruk aged 30, veteran lineman for Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes, announces retirement due to business pressures. Justice Minister Garson underwent an Ottawa Civic Hospital operation with officials saying all went well. The Columbia River rose on melting snows threatening dikes in southwestern Washington state. A British reporter who posed as an assassin to test police guard over the Queen claims he could have hurled a bomb from close range.
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Kas Vidruk
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Montreal Alouettes
Molotov Resignation Accepted. Shepilov Named Successor
The Supreme Soviet accepted Vyacheslav Molotov's resignation as Soviet foreign minister. Dmitri Shepilov, editor of Pravda and a rising party figure, was named to replace Molotov.
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Reuters
Supreme Soviet Today
Vyacheslav Molotov
Tass
Dmitee Shepilov
Pravda
Molotov
Priest Claws Over Fence to Save Boy From Lions
A Roman Catholic priest climbed a 20 foot fence at Whipsnade Zoo to rescue 11 year old Tony Murphy of London as a male lion mauled him and ripped off both arms. Tony, in critical condition, was aided by Rev Ronald Aylward who struck the lion with an iron bar, then freed the boy and accompanied him to hospital where he asked about his dog.
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England
Tony Murphy
London
Tony
Whipsnade Zoo
Ronald Aylward
Father Aylward
Aylward
Weather Outlook Says Clouds Persist Through Saturday
Cloudy skies persist in all regions with thunderstorms expected tonight. Temperatures remain in the 80s or higher through the period.
Dead Sea Scrolls Hint at Hidden Gold Hoard
British report says two 2000 year old Dead Sea Scrolls describe a vast cache of gold and silver along the Israel Jordan border near the Dead Sea. Jordan’s antiquities chief questions authenticity citing enormous sums and deep burial, while noting scrolls provide specific location clues and enrich historical context.
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England
Holy Land
Jordan
Manchester University
Israel-Jordan
Dead Sea
Gerald Lankester Harding
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