Alberta town eyed for tomato processing plant by 1961
A News staff report states a large processing firm plans a tomato and vegetable processing plant in Medicine Hat by 1961 at the latest. The company foresees general growth, with sugar manufacturers likely to move in as raw crop farming expands.
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Mike Kapral
Maity
N&ws
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Department of Agriculture
Calgary
Edmonton
Tom Kilduff
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Lethbridge
Unfair Clash Over CPR Firemen Case Opens Royal Inquiry
Toronto counsel for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen challenges CPR changes as unsafe and unfair as a three man royal commission led by Justice Kelcey opens hearings in Ottawa. The dispute covers where to sit the inquiry and whether firemen are needed on diesel locomotives amid safety and efficiency debates.
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David Lewis
Toronto
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
CLC
R L. Kelee
Supreme Court of Canada
CPR
Canada
Ottawa
Lewis
Canadian Labor Congress
Montreal
Winnipeg
Calgary
Revelstoke
B.C
Sinclair
Mollet outlines European integration boosting Atlantic alliance
Premier Guy Mollet told a joint Senate and Commons session that a European Economic Community will expand trade with North America and strengthen the Atlantic Alliance. He urged confidence in the union against pan-Arabism and Communist infiltration, saying Europe’s unity offers true independence and equality with the Americas.
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Ottawa
Europe
North America
Guy Mollet
France
Senate
Commons
European Economic Community
United
Motlet
Middle East
Algeria
Mollet
Paton
Rebels Still Control East Indonesia Amid Political Shakeup
Rebel leaders hold power across Celebes Moluccas and the Spice Islands while President Sukarno pushes a guided democracy. Lt Col Ventje Sumual orders island governments to cut ties with Jakarta as East Indonesia and Sumatra revolts unfold. Civilian officials appear to back military chiefs in both regions.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
East
Sumatra
Sukarno
Celebes
Moluccas
Lesser Sundas
Spice Islands
Ventje Sumual
East Indonsia
Six drug addicts flee Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby
Three police forces hunted six escapees who sawed through a door and slipped from Oakalla Prison Farm near Vancouver Sunday. Warden Hugh Christie said the inmates were addicts and reached Oakland Street after crossing the kitchen roof. RCMP dog tracked them a block before losing the scent as police checked known hangouts in Burnaby New Westminster and Vancouver.
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Burnaby
B.C
Oakalla
Vancouver
New Westminster
Hugh Christie
Christie
RCMP
Oakland Street
Smilestones Joke Over Tip Sparks Hat And Coat Gaffe
A playful exchange questions why a cloak room girl received a large tip. The punchline rests on the hat and coat she provided, prompting laughter and lighthearted commentary about the exchange.
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Cloak Room
Canadian-born preacher in jail escape recaptured in Boston
Calvin Laskey 38 known as Rev Dana Barton returned to Boston to resume a jail term after an escape in 1945. He had posed as a clergyman in Kansas for nine months before capture and will be arraigned on a charge of escaping Deer Island. Police traced his wartime exploits via FBI records.
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Boston
Calvin Laskey
Kansas
Dana Barton
Laskey
Elmdale
Kan
Barton + Laskey
United States
Canada
Alberta
Eight Injured In Bus Truck Crash West Of Lethbridge
A Greyhound bus and a grain truck collided head on at a bridge about 20 miles west of Lethbridge. Eight people were injured and 15 shaken. in hospital were driver Dave Vaughan MacLeod with head and chest injuries and truck driver Charles Schulte Fordyce Nebraska with pelvic and internal injuries.
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Lethbridge
Greyhound Lines
Here
Dave Vaughan
Macleod
Charles Schulte
Fordyce
Neb
Joe Dan
Taber
RCMP
Millican Elected President of Medicine Hat Rotary Club
Alexandra Junior High principal Fred R Millican was elected president of the Medicine Hat Rotary Club for the 1957 58 year succeeding Dick Dickson with term starting July 1. Six new directors were also chosen Jim Pritchard Terry Justice Reg Ball Geo Davison Fred McGuinness and Val Marshall. Election committee included Bert Marshall chair Bob Boyd and Geo Davison.
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Fred R Millican
Alexandra
Medicine Hat Rotary Club
Tisca
Dick Dickson
Jim Pritchard
Terry Justice
Reg Ball
Geo
A Davison
Fred McGuinness
Val Marshall
Bert Marshall
Bob Boyd
Geo. Davison
Ben-Gurion Orders Withdrawal of Israeli Troops from Egypt
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion ordered the withdrawal of remaining Israeli troops from Egypt amid bitter demonstrations in Jerusalem. Protesters demanded his government resign as police clashed with crowds. Dayan and UN forces chief Burns met at Lydda airport to work out UN takeover details in the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba. Israel also prepared to withdraw civilian officials from the Gaza Strip.
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Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Egypt
Ben-Gurion
Moshe Dayan
E. L. M. Burns
United Nations Emergency Force
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Lydda
Dayan
Burns
Golda Meir
Israel
el Arish
Mayor proposes dividend aid to Alberta pensioners
Mayor Harry Weiner denounces Alberta oil revenue dividends as misused and urges directing the pot to old age pensioners, education, or child welfare. He criticizes the $22 payment as a one time perk likely spent and taxed away, proposing per capita grants to small municipalities for a lasting civic centre. He plans to give his personal dividend to an elderly pensioner.
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Harry Weiner
Alberta
Olson Hails Payment as Alberta Social Credit Promise
H A Bud Olson, president of the constituency Socred association, says Alberta now fulfills the second Social Credit pledge. He notes debt elimination and cites the new dividend payments from natural resource development, with expected future increases as grants are revised. Olson also praises Hinman’s fiscal policy and urges changes to municipal and school board funding.
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Alberta
Olson
Social Credit
EE. W. Hinman
Red Aurora lights Regina sky in historic display
Regina observers report a striking red aurora over southern Saskatchewan with a black centred corona. John Hodges of the Regina Astronomical Society calls it the first red aurora seen anywhere since 1938.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
John Hodges
Regina Asronomical Society Observatory
Linda Darnell Ties Knot In Riverside Wedding
Actress Linda Darnell and airline pilot Merle Roy Robertson were married at Riverside's Mission Inn. It was Darnell's third marriage and Robertson's first, the couple confirmed.
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Riverside, Calif
Linda Darnell
Merle Roy
Robbie) Robertson
Riverside
Mission Inn
Robertson
American Airlines
Israeli troops ordered to withdraw from Egypt
Demonstrations erupt in Jerusalem as Prime Minister Ben Gurion announces final orders to withdraw all remaining Israeli forces from Egyptian territory amid the Gaza and Gulf of Aqaba deployments involving a Finnish contingent at Sharm El Sheikh.
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Gaza
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Jerusalem
Ben Gurion
Egypt
Living Costs Record High in January CPI hits 120.5 record
Canada’s consumer price index rose to 120.5 in January, up from 120.3 in December, led by higher gasoline, drugs, personal care items and alcoholic beverages. The shelter and household operation sub-indices edged higher while clothing fell slightly. Industrial material prices eased 1.4 percent with declines in copper and sugar among others.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Shelter
Telegram to publish Sunday edition in Ontario
John Bassett Jr chair publisher of The Telegram announces a Sunday morning edition starting March 17 with details to come. He cites the Lord's Day Act of 1906 and calls Sunday news gathering a work of necessity for Canadians seven days a week.
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Toronto
John Bassett, Jr
Telegram
Today
Ontario
Evening Telegram
Bassett
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Sunday Telegram
Liberal government moves to enable hospital insurance plan
Ottawa initiates parliament action to put hospital insurance on statute books but requires a minimum of six provinces covering at least half the population before any start up. Ontario says it cannot begin before January 1959. Federal funds await provincial participation. Hees calls Liberal plan an election bluff.
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Ottawa
Sopirente
Ontario
George Hees
Toronto Broadview
Englehart
Abnormal Readings Signal Possible Nuclear Explosion
Tokyo reports two weather posts recorded abnormal air pressure waves strong enough to indicate a nuclear explosion. The central meteorological board notes seventeen other posts showed no abnormal readings. Britain declares a wide danger area around Christmas Island for nuclear tests March 1 to August 1, but no tests have started yet.
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Tokyo
Central Meteorological Board
Britain
Christmas Island
South Pacific
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