Burned Norseman Wreckage Found 800 Miles North of Winnipeg
Winnipeg dispatch reports the burned wreckage of Gunnar Ingebrigtson's Norseman plane spotted on the tundra 800 miles north of Winnipeg. An RCAF search found no sign of survivors. Ingebrigtson, famed for mercy flights, had been missing since June 5 during a 45 mile flight from Eskimo Point to McConnell River with mechanic Ron Taylor. His Arctic Wings service carried explorers, scientists, Eskimos and missionaries. A sister ship was to search the area later.
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This is How It Happens
Winnipeg divers recover Gordon Hardy 16 after Sturgeon Creek drowning. Manitoba tally rises with latest water deaths across towns.
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Western Roundup highlights and local incidents
Radio ad campaigns urged to tie with newspapers for details says Seattle executive Peter Lyman. Knott, 21, charged with murder after a fight in Grande Prairie. RCMP cite domestic trouble. Calgary opens new airport terminal naming and McCall field honour. Rescue crews end search for mystery fishing boat off Vancouver Island. Laughren, 270 pounds, attempts Victoria to Port Angeles swim for the fourth time. Edmonton reports skilled worker shortage with 1414 men and 1010 women jobs listed May 30. Three RCAF planes join search for missing bush pilot and mechanic north of Winnipeg. Flood threat to Fraser River bridges passes as Vancouver official notes.
Pilot's CF-100 Jet Crashes Into Convent Killing Fifteen
Ottawa coroner's jury finds no evidence on cause of the May 15 CF-100 crash near Ottawa. Pilot FC William Schmidt and crew died. the plane had ample fuel and vanished from radar at 10 miles from Uplands. Air force officials say only the air crew could explain why, possibly an oxygen system failure.
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Eisenhower Appeals Restoration of Cut in Foreign Aid
President Eisenhower appealed from his hospital bed for restoration of the 1.1 billion dollar cut voted by the House of Representatives in foreign aid funds. The request followed his hospitalization and targeted funding reductions debated this week.
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Surprise Marriage For Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller and Jeannette Edris wed in a surprise ceremony in Hayden Lake Idaho. The 37 year old bride is an heiress to a million dollar fortune, daughter of William Edris of Seattle, a theatre chain owner and real estate figure. Rockefeller, 44, has been married twice before and divorced Barbara Sears with a $5.5 million settlement.
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Seattle
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Bobo) Sears
Government bills approved to fund finances in Ottawa
The government, with Opposition support, won more than 301 million dollars to cover fines, payrolls, and ongoing needs. Parliament will stay in session into summer, despite PC and CCF calls for an early election after the gas pipeline clash. The one twelfth of annual appropriations was approved in 75 minutes as PM St Laurent pledged continued session.
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Six Errant Rockets Fall On Fairbanks
Six rockets fired from an F-89 Scorpion on a Gunnery range near Fairbanks Alaska fell on the southern outskirts of the city Monday night. Police reported no injuries or property damage. An air force spokesman at Ladd Air Force Base called it an electronic miscalculation of distance. The rockets came from one of four Scorpions practicing firing 27 miles south of Fairbanks. Radar guidance appears not true, authorities said.
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Postcard Appeal Against Any New Liquor Outlets
Local churches launch a postcard petition against enlarging liquor and beer outlets in Alberta. More than 100 replies received for Mrs. E. G. Robinson MLA Medicine Hat urging legislators to resist outlet expansion. The survey by a legislature committee on liquor operations prompts the drive. Sittings begin in Grande Prairie and will travel to major communities ahead of the 1957 report. The message cites health highway safety and social economic harms from excessive alcohol use.
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Medicine Hat
Grande Prairie
Textbook Rental Plan Delayed One Year For Schools
The textbook rental plan for public schools is postponed a year awaiting clarifications of a province wide government scheme. Dr. W. H. Swift told trustees that details must be worked out before official confirmation and that the delay could save the board money this year.
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Prairie wheat seeding nears completion across prairies
Prairie farmers report 96 percent of wheat seeded and 87 percent of all grains seeded by May 31, driven by late rush of work. Eastern Canada lags with 57 percent seeded. B C at 96 percent. Winter damage hit fall sown crops, especially rye in Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
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Government Exiles Greek Orthodox Official in Britain
London AP reports the government deported Archimandrite Kallinikos Macheriotis, a Greek Orthodox Church official in Britain. The Greek national was sent to Athens by plane Monday night on a Home Office order in the public interest.
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New Era Opens in British Columbia Northland
The Pacific Great Eastern Railway opens a 40 mile extension from Vancouver to Squamish, creating a 469 mile line to Prince George. A $152 million West Coast Transmission gas pipeline from Dawson Creek links Vancouver with Peace River gas. Rail minister Ralph Chetwynd rode the first train. ceremony included veteran worker Bill Smetanik hiding in dungarees.
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Simonds Seen Likely Legion Presidency Hope
Vancouver report says Lt Gen Guy Simonds a near certainty for Canadian Legion presidency as nominations open and elections loom. Simonds urges national selective service with compulsory youth camps for 16 year olds and may become 1956 57 Legion proxy. Current president Very Rev John Q Anderson steps down due to church duties amid proposed raises to veterans allowances and other relief measures.
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Veterans affairs minister backs Legion asks at convention
Lapointe states the government has met many Legion requests as the convention opens with a list of over 20 resolutions for higher allowances.
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Weather shifts bring southerly winds and 80 degree spread
A new storm center approaches the Rockies causing a Wednesday shift to southerly winds. The disturbance brings higher temperatures with readings reaching 80 degrees in southern regions.
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New York Caps Off Five Run, Eleven Hit Victory
New York defeated Chicago 5 to 0 in the opening innings and tacked on two more in the seventh. Worthington McCall Wil helm Ridzik and Katt led the Yankees while Westrum Mangan Minner Lown Landrith contributed in the field and late innings.
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British decision due in days on Trinidad Oil sale to Texas Oil
The British government promised a decision in several days on whether to interfere in the proposed sale of the Trinidad Oil Company to Texas Oil Company. A French doctor links cancer to alcohol and air pollutants including dust and gas. Farmers and Alberta oppose a 15 percent freight rate rise by Canadian railways. Three suspects including a 16 year old are held over Weekend Montreal slayings. Valle reportedly captured in Argentina revolt. T S Eliot disembarks Queen Mary in England in a wheelchair.
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Antoine Lacassagne
Montreal
Canada’s Wheat Exports Rise Sharply Ahead of Last Year
Canada reports a surge in wheat exports with May likely about double 1955 figures, reaching roughly 42.3 million bushels and lifting ten month totals to about 233.5 million. The crop year runs August 1 to July 31, with April shipments up sharply and U S exports also strong despite the giveaway program.
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United States
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Stars Bid Adieu to Art Collection in Hollywood Party
Hollywood revelers attended a send off for Edward G Robinson and Gladys Lloyd Robinson after 29 years of marriage. Greer Garson Van Johnson and Susan Hayward joined about 150 guests as art lovers toured a west of the Mississippi collection. A piano marked by Prokofieff and Berlin accompanied a cabaret show. The Robins plan to divide the collection as they separate. Works valued at $250,000 plus included Corot's L Italienne and Van Gogh's Le Pere Panguy amid French Impressionist pieces.
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Edward G. Robinson
Greer Garson
van Johnson
Susan Hayward
Mississippi
Prokofieff
Irving Berlin
Edward G
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Eden Sees Rise In Prestige After 14 Months As PM
London Reuters reports Sir Anthony Eden marking his 59th birthday and 14 months as prime minister with strengthened authority within the cabinet. His health is good after earlier gall bladder problems and his leadership is described as tougher to criticism while remaining unassailed.
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Reuters
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Winston Churchill
R. A. Butler
Privy Seal
Harold Macmillan
Foreign Office
Butler
Riverside Flats see surge in new student registrations
Riverside and the Flats will see heavier next fall enrollment, reported by senior public school principal Ed win McKenzie. Pre school registrations total 323 this year versus 315 last year, with final 345 expected in September. Riverside adds 40 more pupils than expected necessitating Grade 8 transfers to junior high. The Flats show 112 registrations with space available, and plans aim to move all Grade 7 and 8 to the junior high as total enrollment nears 800, with 20 current teachers rising to 33 next term amid concerns over outdoor recreation space at the junior high.
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