Howe Ends Career After Defeat in Port Arthur
Ottawa trade minister Howe, defeated by Douglas Fisher of the CCF, announces retirement at age 71 after 22 years representing Port Arthur. A veteran cabinet member since 1935, Howe shaped wartime and postwar policy and oversaw agencies including Trans-Canada Airlines and the Wheat Board.
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Ottawa (Cp
Howe
Port Arthur
Douglas Fisher
CCF
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Atomic, Energy of Canada Limited
Polymer Corporation
Canadian Wheat Board
Commerce
Defence
Naval Review In Hampton Roads Ends With Salutes
Warships from eighteen nations joined the Hampton Roads parade as HMS Ark Royal rested between USS Saratoga and French cruiser De Basie. Secretary Charles Wilson reviewed the fleet aboard USS Canberra while salutes honored the Jamestown Festival marking 350 years since the first permanent English settlement. Mayflower I replica sailed into Plymouth harbor completing a 54 day voyage reenacting the Pilgrim voyage of 1620.
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Norfolk
Reuters
International
Naval Review
Hampton Roads
Ark Royal
Saratoga
de Basie
Assiniboine
Ottawa
Charles Wilson
United States Defence Secretary
Canberra
Jamestown
New World
Boston
Northampton
Thomas Gates
U.S. Navy
Arleigh Burke
U.S. Naval Operations
Plymouth
Mass
England
U.S. Coast Guard
Alan’ Villiers
Gumet
Provincetown
Cape Cod
New Land
Cmdr
Australia
Cabinet Secrecy Marked Ottawa Cabinet Session
Ottawa reports say the cabinet met for two hours as Prime Minister St Laurent noted another session. He declined to reveal delegates for the Commonwealth conference in London on June 26 and suggested ministers may take time to decide. Pack of ministers exited to applause amid questions on continued Liberal leadership and upcoming election results.
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Canada
Howe
Kentzie
King
Commons
Ottawa
St. Laurent
London
Agriculture
Gardiner
Chamt
Taber Man Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash Near Fincastle
Dale Birch, 20, of Taber dies when his 1956 hard top convertible collides head on with a 1950 Dodge driven by Victor Johnson on a narrow road near Fincastle about 2 to 3 p.m. There were no witnesses. Johnson is in Taber hospital in shock and carries a foreign passport. RCMP investigate with Humphries Ambulance responding.
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Taber
Dale Birch
Fincastle
Medicine Hat
Birch
Victor Johnson
Johnson
Earl Birch
Humphries Ambulance
Tabor
RCMP
Rain Delays U S Open Golf In Toledo
Heavy rain and a thunderstorm halted the first round of the U S Open at Toledo as Ben Hogan, the tournament favorito, withdrew due to a back ailment. Players waited for conditions to improve before resuming play.
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Toledo
Ohio
Inverness
Golf” Association
Ben Hogan
Jury Finds Excessive Speed Caused Accident
A six man coroner's jury ruled Norman Wooley died of a pulmonary embolus linked to a head on crash with neighbor Floyd Patzer near Dunmore on January 18. They found excessive speeding largely caused the collision and noted Patzer’s car traveled 60 to 80 mph before the hill.
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Norman Wooley
Dunmore District
Floyd Patzer
Patzer
Wooley
Dunmore
Floyd Potter
E. G. F. Skinner
RCMP
Ernie Bruck
H. F. McKenzie
E. D. MacCharles
G. S. Penrose
Redcliff
Bainbourgh
Lethbridge
Prairie system brings cloudiness and showers across regions
Weather disturbances move across the prairies bringing cloudiness and showers. Cooler air from the Mackenzie Valley begins to advance southward and will reach Red Deer and Saskatoon by noon Friday, triggering more scattered showers.
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Edmonton
Prairies
MacKenzie Valley
Red Deer
Saskatoon
Canadian fashion scorn from British adventurers on the road
Two young English women Shirley Caulkett and Pat Fitzgerald tour Canada by scooter, defending their rebel voyage for adventure over money. They critique Canadian dress taste, say chic is rare, and describe a 1800 mile ride from Toronto toward Vancouver aboard a blue Lambretta.
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Canada
Shirley Caulkett
Pat Fitzgerald
London
Eng
Land
Toronto
Shirley
Pat
Medicine Hat
Vancouver
Strength of NATO Termed Superior
Gen Lauris Norstad told the U S Senate foreign relations committee that NATO can destroy any military target in Russia from 250 U S bases and 150 NATO airfields, a total he said reflects shared bases rather than 400. He warned Russia would face sure and absolute destruction from the air if it attacked the West. The testimony, part of foreign aid bill hearings, was published Wednesday with portions blacked out.
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Washington
Russia
Lauris
Norstad
NATO
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
U.S
Medicine Hat Council Studies 10,000 HP Gas Turbine
Medicine Hat aldermen consider a planned 10 000 horsepower Swiss gas turbine generator at the civic power plant to cut steam boiler needs and lower costs. The move accompanies debates on new generating capacity as Northwest Nitro Chemicals expands demand and the city weighs Calgary Power purchases. Mayor Weiner eyes his daughter’s wedding in Winnipeg.
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Civic
Medicine Hate
Civic Governors
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Vermilion
Lethbridge
Aid. J. W. Douglas
Weiner
Shirley
Herbert Martin Fitterman
Winnipeg
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd
Calgary Power Ltd
Northwest
Calgary Power
Bourges Maunoury Named France's New Premier
Maurice Bourges Maunoury presented his cabinet to President Coty and won a narrow investiture vote 240 to 194 amid a 22 day crisis after Guy Mollet's resignation. He pledges 18 months of austerity and total war in Algeria.
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Paris
Reuters
France
Maurice ‘Bourge
Guy Mollet
Bourges-Maunoury
Algeria
Malthusian Warnings Echo in 20th Century Memo
Washington reports Admiral Rickover’s talk aligning modern population growth with energy limits. He cites U.N. yearbook figures, notes fossil fuels supply 93 percent of energy, and warns without balanced energy and population growth the era of abundance may end.
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J. R. Walker
Southam News
Washington
Malthus
H. G. Rickover
St. Paul
Minnesota
U.N
Rickover
U.S
Theories in Focus on Open Minds and Theories
A brief page note surveys the themes and questions guiding contemporary theory discussions. It highlights key thinkers and debates that shape current scholarly conversations.
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