Canada’s 1956 crops valued near two billion dollars
Canada’s 1956 field crops are preliminarily estimated at about 1.78 billion dollars by the Census Bureau of Statistics, with higher value likely after Prairie grain pool payments. The total exceeds 1955’s 1.716 billion and falls short of the 1952 record of 2.33 billion. Wheat board payments partly set the totals, with wheat leading among major crops at about 585.7 million, oats 298.9 million.
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Nttawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Wheat Board
1955 56 Farm Values by Province and Major Crops
The data lists Canadian farm values for 1955 56 by crop and region. It includes barley oats rye flaxseed mixed grains corn potatoes soybeans tame hay and other grains with figures for Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta and other areas. Major crops produced in 1956 are noted with figures across Prairie provinces.
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Canada
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
1956 model car plunges off Crescent Heights hill road
A 1956 model car plunged down Crescent Heights hill road early today, shearing 15 posts and a guard rail. The wreck stranded upright on its wheels. Occupants Roy Lester and Miss Edna Keating escaped with minor injuries and a severe shaking up, not hospitalized, found by a police patrol under Constable Eric Lloyd.
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Crescent Heights Hill Road
Roy Lester
Seecond St
N.W
Edna
Keating
Eric Lloyd
Israel to withdraw from Gaza and Gulf of Aqaba
Israeli Foreign Minister Golda Meir announced to the General Assembly that Israel will execute a full and prompt withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the Gulf of Aqaba area. She said UN forces would assume control in Gaza and Aqaba with a temporary UN administration and urged immediate talks between the Israeli chief of staff and UN commander Maj. Gen. Burns to plan the takeover.
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United Nations, N. Y
Israel
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
General Assembly
Golda Meir
Egypt
Meir
Straits of
Tiran
Gaza Ayer
United Nations
E. L. M. Burns
Canada
Leaders in spring agricultural short course pictured at opening
SOME OF the leaders participating in the spring agricultural short course in progress here today are pictured above just before the official opening ceremonies at 10 a.m. Left to right they are J. C. Miller chamber of commerce president who welcomed the more than 150 registrants and said sponsorship was dedicated to fostering better rural urban relations Tom Kilduff department of agriculture Lethbridge who advised farmers of new developments in Specialty and Row Crops James G Archibald department of agriculture Lethbridge who detailed the 1957 outlook for pest and disease problems Doug Hartington field representative Bow Island and I C Mackay Broder Canning Co Lethbridge Speaking on Canning Crops.
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J. C. Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Comed
Tom Kilduff
Department of Agriculture
Lethbridge
James G. Archibald
Doug Hartington
Bow Island
I. C. Mackay
Broder Canning Co
Alberta Budget Highlights Record High Spending for 1957 58
Alberta's social Credit government unveils a 267 million budget for 1957 58 in the legislature. The plan includes increased spending across Highways Lands and Forests Agriculture Education and Public Works with new programs in rural electrification and cancer care. Some discuss potential dividend payments to residents from oil and gas revenues.
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Bill Drever
Calgary Herald
Edmonton
Alberta
RE. W. Hinman
Social Credit
Hinman
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Gordon Taylor
W. J. C. Kirby
Red Deer
Farm Credit Union
Lands and Forests Conservation Committee
Calgary
Elk meat sent to Indian reserves after Waterton program
In Waterton Lakes National Park the elk reduction program completed. Nearly 80 elk were culled and shipped to Indian agents for the Peigan and Blood reserves near Pincher Creek and Cardston. Surplus meat stored in Lethbridge cold lockers for later use.
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Waterton Lakes
Alta
Peigan and
Blood
Alberta
Waterton Lakes National Park
Brochet
Pincher Creek
Cardston
Lethbridge
Albertans Could Capture 25 Percent of Western Veg Market
Alberta growers could take 25 percent of Western Canada’s vegetable and small fruit market by improving quality and packaging. Tom Kilduff of Alberta Department of Agriculture told 128 farmers at Medicine Hat’s agricultural short course that Alberta now supplies six percent of the region’s carload market, with potential to reach 20 percent by enhancing marketing and cooperation. Potatoes top demand. lettuce tomatoes onions celery cabbage follow. processing plants could open with sufficient fresh produce.
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Mike Kapral
Alberta
Western Canada
Medicine Hat
Tom Kilduff
North America
Canada
United States
Edmonton
Calgary
Kilduff
House Proves You Cant Beat Fishing in Canada
Ottawa report outlines BC salmon issues and protection efforts for Fraser River runs amid discussions on hydro power dams. Parliament approves second reading of a Canada United States Pacific Salmon Treaty amendment placing pink salmon under the International Pacific Salmon Commission, with Fisheries Minister Sinclair praising a potential treaty over a fishing war.
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Ottawa
Commons
British Columbia
Fraser River
Sinclair
House
International Pacific Salmon Commission
Full Treaty Rights For Samson Indians
Chief Judge Nelles Buchanan ruled a protest seeking eviction of 122 Samson Band members on the Hobbema Reserve void. He ordered reinstatement to full treaty rights, saying the government, not courts, must fix issues in the Indian Act. The decision followed an Indian affairs registrar eviction dispute and triggered a victory dance by about 50 Indians.
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Emdonton (Cp
Nelles Buchanan
Hobbema Reserve
Northern
Alberta
Indian Affairs Department
Samson Band
Buchanan
John Samson
Hobbema
Here
Weather Edmonton March Brings Mild Afternoons
CP reports March in Edmonton starts mild with afternoon highs near 45 degrees. Yesterday’s records show a noon temperature of 37 with NW winds at 10 mph and no significant precipitation. Forecasts list Edmonton 40 to 15, Calgary 41 to 4, and other western points like Saskatoon and Swift Current reaching around 35 to 10 and 40 to 10 respectively.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Swift Current
Moose Jaw
Fle's a Good-Looking Horse Probed for Jumping Ability
A prospective buyer asks if Fle is a good jumper. The dealer responds that keeping him in a field would require a lid on it.
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Fle
Four Cliff Students Face Stern Outlook
Redcliff parents met with school and welfare authorities to decide the fate of four pupils recently suspended for deceit habitual neglect tardiness and truancy. Principal Bernard J. Smith warned the students could be sent to juvenile authorities if expelled, noting their troubled records and bad influence on peers. Parents pledged cooperation and the need for nightly homework checks. A decision on continued enrollment was expected this weekend.
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Redcliff
Bernard J. Smith
Mr. Smith
Saskatchewan plan on driving tests stalls in mixed reaction
The Canadian Press reports a divided response to Saskatchewan's plan to revoke licences for drivers who refuse intoxication tests and to treat the tests as corroborative evidence. Support came from several provincial groups while Ontario and western provinces led opposition. no final decision yet.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland
Saskatchewan Motor Club
Alberta Motor Association
Wheat Board raises flour price for some nations
The Canadian Wheat Board announced a price adjustment plan that reduces flour prices for certain importing countries. The United States, United Kingdom, and other European nations are excluded from the plan.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
United States
United Kingdom
Alberta Legislature backs social credit motion on disabled pensions
In a rare unanimous vote the Alberta Legislature endorsed a Social Credit backbench motion to broaden federal disabled pensions. A Liberal amendment calling for provincial supplements and an economic cost study was rejected 38 to 16 as opposition aligned with the government.
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Alberta
Social Credit
Liberal
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Grant MacEwan
Calgary
Jewish desire to leave Red Poland gains momentum
About 25 000 Jews in Poland seek exit permits, roughly half of Poland’s prewar Jewish population. Juliusz Burgin notes fear and passive anti Semitism, saying officials deny it publicly but quietly restrict passport issuance for emigration. He labels many Jews unable to work or live in Poland.
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Warsaw
Reuters
Poland
Israel
Juliusz Burgin
Przeglad Kulturalny
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