Slab finishing idea for stampede display eyed by city
A suggestion to varnish decorative slabs before erecting them downtown to allow reuse next year was forwarded to The News. Police chief and Mayor Riley each paid a $1 fine for parking meter violations in a city hall committee meeting as officers flagged meters near their cars. Two new exhibition sections are added to the stampede show open art class and handicapped display led by Mrs. M H Stone and Mrs. Reg Clark. A local resident reported a formation of eight swans or aircraft overhead, mistaken for planes, heading toward a nearby water source.
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Wilson Riley
Bull
Riley
M. H. Stone
Reg Clark
George Brown
10Th St
New York
CIO
Gulf Coast
National Maritime Union
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
East and
Gulf Ports
American Radio Association
Mixed wartime briefs from North America and Europe
The report covers diverse items from multiple cities. Thomas G. Wang defends Ming Sung Industrial Canada against charges of flag misuse and China ties. Canada sees its first color television at CMA delegates. U S officials discuss potential high yield grass lands for hay and silage. An RCAE ambulance bubble helicopter transports the first patient. A tuna belt near the equator is suggested by a government scientist. Britain plans to deport 13 Poles aiding Polish authorities. Canada reports 27th Brigade enlistments at 8 023 with 4 053 rejections and 2 139 applications pending.
Hat Father Loses Habeas Corpus Appeal for Child
Regina Canada The writ of habeas corpus to return four year old girl to father Theodore Geriak of Medicine Hat was dismissed by Justice H F Thomson in the king's bench. The judge ruled the application was filed after the six month limit and declined to extend the deadline.
Limited Allied offensive eyed on Korean front to honor war anniversary
Allied patrols pushed west of their lines along the Korea front as U N officers forecast a limited Communist offensive by Monday marking the war’s first anniversary. Patrols entered Kaesong near Seoul while Chinese forces concentrated north of Pyongyang, with air sorties reduced by weather.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Kaesong
Seoul
Pyongyang
North Korea
U.N
Iron Triangle
Pyonggang
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Jim Becker
Becker
James A. van Fleet
Doctors Greet Plan As Their Answer to Socialized Medicine
In Montreal the Canadian Medical Association backs a prepaid medical care plan as the answer to socialized medicine. It aims to lift fear of medical bills, with costs about 72 dollars yearly for a family of three and 36 for a single person. The plan envisions government subsidies for some, sliding-scale premiums for others, and reciprocal coverage across six provinces, excluding Quebec at present, to expand access nationwide.
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Montreal
Canadian Medical Association
P. H. McNulty
Winnipeg
CMA
Trans-Canada Medical Services
McNulty
Quebec
Offi
Ottawa Uns Grants For Municipalities
The federal government will raise grants in lieu of taxes to municipalities with high federal property concentration. The bill establishing a permanent formula won approval after a long opposition debate calling the plan niggardly and crumbs.
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Ottawa
Commons
Alberta towns launch first major fly control via DDT
In southern Alberta nine communities join Lethbridge led effort to wipe out house flies. Health officials say the program, started by Dr. Margaret O'Meara, uses DDT with funding from provincial and federal governments. Cities include Macleod Cardston Raymond Magrath Stirling Coaldale Taber Picture Butte and Barons. If successful district wide, a mosquito control campaign may follow next year.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
Margaret O’meara
J. H. Brown
Edmonton
Macleod
Cardston
Raymond
Magrath
Stirling
Coaldale
Taber
Picture Butte
Barons
Miss Flagpole Sitter Leaves Sudbury For Medicine Hat Stampede
Ottawa housewife Vera Allen selected as Miss Flagpole Sitter of 1951 travels to Medicine Hat for the stampede. Sudbury alderman Jack Anderson presents $5 in nickels and a purse gift with a note praising the sixth largest Ontario city.
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Sudbury
Ottawa
Medicine Hat
Vera Allen
Jack Anderson
C.P.R
Finding Footprints Spurs Hunt for Boy
In St Guy Quebec a search of 2000 volunteers stretched 114 miles through forest to find five year old Alain Boucher who wandered from his father’s wood lot last Friday. Fresh footprints found last night and after dawn rainfall spurred a coordinated line search with directions broadcast from army trucks.
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ST. Guy
Que
St. Lawrence
Alain Boucher
Napoleon Boucher
St. Lauwrence South Shore
Protest Children Swimming Channel Ambition Draws UK Notice
London AP reports Miami family the Tongays seek to swim the English Channel. Home Secretary J Chuter Ede says no grounds yet to bar Bubba Tongay age 5 Kathy 4 and their father Russell from entry though officials may impose conditions. The plan includes exhibitions in Britain and a August Channel crossing to England.
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London
Miami
Fla
England
J. Chuter Ede
Bubba Tongay
Kathy
English
Atlantic
Ede
House of Commons
Russell
Britain
Smilestones Fan Picks Next Year's Shortstop
A casual remark in a sports-friendly setting hints that a tall player may become the team's standout shortstop next season, while a companion notes the surprise of the moment. The exchange captures local sports optimism and social vibe.
Expansion at Wainwright Camp Meets Wartime Pace
A giant 5000-berth tent camp rises near Wainwright as Canada’s 25th infantry brigade reinforces Korea. Population to 4200–4500 by July 3. 130000 acre base with 75 buildings houses 2000 troops already arriving. civilian workers swell crews to 1000. town tight on entertainment and housing with no married quarters.
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Wainwright
Canada
25Th Infantry
Korea
Valcartier
Que
Petawawa
Ont
Calgary
Ottawa
Vancouver Daily Paper Cannot Use Typewriters
The Chinese Times in Vancouver prints by brush and ink with a 4500 copy daily run. Four Canadian Chinese papers face similar limits as Chinese characters resist typewriter and linotype use. A single typesetter likens character arrangement to fingerprint classification, preserving traditional methods and anti Communist stance.
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Vancouver
Chinese Times
Canada
Chew P. Yee
Victoria
New Republic
the Times
Cun Yat Sen
China
Chiang Kai
Shek
Vancouver Times
Chiang
MacArthur
Chinatown
Washington
World News
World Press
Hong Kong
Times
No Yielding Says Premier
Premier Mossadegh won a 91 to 0 confidence vote in parliament amid protests at Anglo Iranian Oil Co offices. He vowed to take over the company and reject negotiations while Iran tightens control over the state oil sector. British protest planned over police action as Tehran moves to nationalize assets.
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Tehran
Reuters
Francis Shepherd
Britain
Persia
Mossadegh
Mohammed Mossadegh
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
AIOC
Iran National Oil Co
Iran
London
Big Four Wind Up Stalemated Talks
Paris AP report says the deputy foreign ministers of Britain France and West Germany left talks with Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, declaring the Soviet stance on including NATO makes further deputy discussions useless and signaling possible chiefs level meeting. The three western powers said Moscow’s position halted progress in setting an agenda begun March 5.
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Paris
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
United States
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Thomas G. Wang
Ming Sung Industrial Company of Canada, Ltd
Gavin Willer
Saskatoon
C. S. Garrison
Beltsville
Toronto
John Agross
RCAE
Sunnybrook Veterans Hospital
Los Angeles
Equator
Pacific Ocean
America
Asia
Poland
Army
Europe
King Farouk
Egypt
Queen Narriman
Catania
Isle of
Capri
Uns
Port Arthur
Alta
F. O. Robinson
Public Utilities Building
Thunder Bay
Mrs. Allen
Lakehead
Wainwright Camp
U.S
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