Liberal MP Croll presses Ottawa on unemployment policy
Toronto Liberal David Croll challenged the government in the Commons over rising unemployment. He urged lower taxes, deficit spending, and export-boosting measures, arguing the federal government must prioritize job creation and consumer purchasing power. He warned growth must come or unemployment will rise.
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Douglas Leiterman
Ottawa
Commons
David Croll
Toronto
Canada
Croll
Howe
Labor
Gregg
Spadina
Treasury
Liberal
B.C
Walgett Faces Dual Flood Threat From Barwon Namoi
Walgett, New South Wales, about 1,500 residents, fears simultaneous crest of Barwon and Namoi floods. A 14 foot high levee is being built around town while residents refuse to leave. Aid already exceeds £350,000 for flood relief as servicemen repair lines and restore services.
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Sydney
Australia
Walgett
Here
Barwon
Namoi
Darling
New South Wales
Trans-Canada Pipe Line contracts Alberta gas for first 600 miles
Trans-Canada Pipe Line Ltd contracted 125,000,000 cubic feet daily of Alberta natural gas from Canadian Export Gas Ltd Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Co and Canadian Delhi Oils Ltd to feed the initial 600 mile prairie segment toward Winnipeg and Minnesota. The deal supports plans to begin construction this summer with federal bond backing still under review.
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Southam
New York
Commercial Solvents Ltd
New British Dominion Oil Co
Calgary
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Financial Post
Northwest Nitro - Chemicals Ltd
U.S
Calgary Company
T. W. Brooks
Pakowki
Anaconda Copper Co
Great Falls
Montana
Trans-Canada Pipe Line Ltd
Winnipeg
Minnesota
Trans-Canada
Trans - Canada
Canadian Export Gas Ltd
Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas Co
Canadian Delhi Oils Ltd
N. E. Tanner
Ottawa
Howe
Alberta- Saskatchewan
Northern Natural Gas Co
Emerson
Man
Northern Natural
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Catholic Priest Says Final Mass Before Expulsion
An American priest in Moscow bids farewell to his congregation as he says a final Mass before expulsion from the Soviet Union. Rev George Bissonnette, the only foreign Roman Catholic priest in Russia, must leave by Saturday per Soviet police. The United States protests the ouster, citing the 1933 Roosevelt Litvinoff pact.
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Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Soviet Union
George Bissonnette
Russia
Father Bissonnette
United States
Ameri
British Scientist Penney Heads to U S Talks on Nuclear Cooperation
London Reuters reports Sir William Penney leading a British team to the United States for top secret discussions with American scientists. The talks aim to assess resuming Anglo American cooperation in the nuclear weapons field. A visit to kook See-BRITISH is mentioned in reports.
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London
Reuters
William Penney
United States
Penney
K Kook
Egypt vows forceful response to Israeli attacks
Cairo reports Premier Gamel Abdel Nasser ordered the army to retaliate by force for any Israeli strike in the Palestine dispute and abandon UN reliance after Monday’s Gaza border clash that Egypt said killed 42 soldiers. UN observers protested attacks on their facilities as Burns inspected wreckage near the demarcation line.
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Cairo
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Palestine
United Nations
Israel
Gaza
Nasser
E. L. M. Burns
UN Truce
Foreign Office
Ottawa
Israeli
Jerusalem
Burns
Half Taxpayers To Get Refunds In Canada 1954
Ottawa reports that about 2.69 million of 4.8 million individual taxpayers will receive refunds totaling 146 million dollars for 1954 income tax returns. Major cities lead with Montreal 33.6 million for 560,000 filers and Toronto 20 million for 590,000.
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Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
Montreal
Toronto
Hamilton
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Canada beats Sweden 3-0 to remain undefeated in world hockey tourney
Canada defeated Sweden 3-0 today to keep its undefeated record in the world hockey tournament. Other results include Russia 5-1 over Germany and Poland 6-3 over Finland with a 4-4 draw between the U S and Czechoslovakia.
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Canada
Sweden
Russia
Germany
Poland
Finland
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Smiletones on family size and genius support
A pes simist argues against small families, claiming no family should have fewer than three children. He contends that with three children there will always be two to support a potential genius among them.
Edmonton Cold Snap Persists With No Relief Seen
Temperatures stay well below zero across areas with little warming expected today and no relief forecast for Friday. The grim cold outlook affects travel and daily routines throughout the region.
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Edmonton
Bevan and Attlee Clash Over Labour Split in Britain
London Reuters reports a fresh Labour rift after the two day defence debate with Aneurin Bevan openly defying Clement Attlee in the House of Commons. The censure motion on defense was defeated 107 to move on, while the government won confidence 303 to 253. Some fear a general election may be called soon to capitalize on Labour divisions.
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Selah Hall
J. L. Anderson
Cyril McAndrew
R. C
Bob) Black
The
Alberta Department of
London
Reuters
Winston Churchill
Labor Party
Labor
Aneurin Bevan
Bevan
Attlee
Churchill
This Could Have Been Embarassing
London AP reports dancer Coral Gaye discovered an attempt to sabotage her act at Camberwell Palace Theatre. She found rivets loosening the ostrich feather fans at rehearsal and said the fans would have fallen apart on stage if unnoticed.
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London (Ap
Coral Gaye
Camberwell Palace
Miss Gaye
Bequia Quest Aboard the Tillicum II Heads for Paradise
Vancouver based adventurers Barney G. Stoney and Brian C. Laurence set off in the Tillicum II seeking Bequia in the British West Indies as a possible paradise. Stoney, 44, plans to live on a $100 monthly pension after air sea rescue work in WWII. Laurence, 33, former wartime dispatch rider, joins with limited skills but eager for a life between cradle and grave. Their voyage departs with a single chart a Puget Sound guide and a plan to sail to Seattle for added mast and sails then onward toward the Pacific and Indian Ocean via the Mediterranean. The crew hopes for no cinemas and no indoor plumbing on Bequia as part of the lure.
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Vancouver
Bequia
British West Indies
Barney G. Stoney
Brian C. Laurence
Stoney
Trinidad
Laurence
St. Lucia
South Pacific
Easter
Pitcairn
Tahiti
Fiji
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Jean-Paul Sartre
Colette
Mantel
Puget Sound
Seattle
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Ontario
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Social Credit
C.C.F
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Ellen Fairclough
Hamilton West
Hat
Air Force Magazine
Alberta Natural Gas
Chamber of Commerce
McAndrew
Lethbridge
Doug Herrington
Bow Island
Retlaw
Leth Bridge
Eagles Hall
Everett
Flys
David Stephen
UN Works and Relief Agency
UNWRA
Empress Civic Theatre
Born Yesterday
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Michael Green
Ron Hill
Bob Block
Gary Mitchell
Lorne Hovard
Lilly Cooney
Bulletins
West Canadian Petroleums Ltd
RCAF
Israel Army
Chuck Holmes
Junior Oil Kings
Pro Flyers
India Wharf
Boston
Anthony ‘Eden
Pickersgill
Liverpool
Notts County
Nottingham
Eagle Keys
Edmonton Eskimos
WIFU
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Bevan and Attlee
Britain
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
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