Saskatchewan budget boosts oil profits and trims farm tax
Regina reports a 119.867 million budget with higher highway taxes and truck license fees to fund construction and maintenance. Oil and gas royalties rise, while the three percent tax on farm fuels is eliminated, reducing farm costs but not solving agriculture’s core issues. New insurance premium taxes and a federal provincial tax rental agreement add revenue.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
C. M
Fines
Saskatchewan budget shows record surplus and debt decline
The 1956 budget projects a record surplus of 3.65 million and total revenues of about 119.87 million. Non budgetary expenditures total 59.73 million with sinking fund payments of 1.89 million and debt retirement of 7.35 million. The government plans 50 million in loans, including 39 million to the Saskatchewan Power Corporation, and shifts to a consolidated debtBased budget to reflect net debt movement.
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Saskatchewan Power Corporation
Saskatchewan
Alberta liquor debate receives committee report
A committee report on Alberta liquor laws was received with no dissent in the legislature, but debate likely continues. Premier Manning warned on the line between individual choice and societal welfare while noting possible future votes on plebiscites, second readings, and money bills.
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Edmonton
Alberta
A. J. Soetaert
Albert
J. Percy Page
Mannig
Western Roundup highlights Alberta Montana trade study and energy plans
A 10 member joint committee will study Alberta Montana trade of goods with equal representation from each side, formed after 50 people gathered in Great Falls. Lethbridge coverage notes Social Credit leader Solon Low frames education as investment. Manitoba urged to craft crop insurance. Canadian Western Natural Gas plans 3 million dollar year for Alberta expansion. Edmonton reports suspension of the Army Navy and Air Force Veterans Club beer license for Sunday sales. Alberta Gas Trunk Line offers minimum 20 shares to applicants. total applications 97,552 for 14,115,776 shares.
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Calgary
Alberta
Montana
Calgary Chamber of Commerce
Oday
Great Falls
Mont
Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co.Ltd
Couple Mistaken for Fugitive Sparks Airport Interrogation
A Edmonton couple Edward Jones and Linda Carruthers visiting Toronto for a planned marriage were questioned by city police and RCMP after a stewardess misidentified a passenger as a fugitive from Oakalla prison. Police apologized for the mix up.
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Toronto
Edmonton
RCMP
Malton
Edward Jones
Linda Carruthers
Oakalla
Vancouver
Smilestones Card Tricks Endearing Exchange
A hostess compliments a guest on his cleverness at cards. The guest responds that he began by telling fortunes and now counts fortunes, implying a boastful play or trick. The dialogue captures a light, playful exchange centered on gambling and wit.
Senatorial panel orders lie test for Portland nightclub owner
The Senate rackets committee arranged a lie detector test for Nathan Zusman of Portland who denied a madam’s claim of immunity from raids. He said he would take the test after the madam Helen Hardy testified she was assured of no objection from Multnomah County DA William Langley if she opened a prostitution house. The hearings probe ties between underworld interests public officials and Teamsters union members in the Pacific Northwest.
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Washington
Senate Rackets Committee
Portland
Ore
Nathan Zusman
Helen
Big Helen) Hardy
William E. Langley
Multonomah
Teamsters’ Union
Pacific Northwest
Vancouver City to Hold Plebiscite on Water Fluoridation
Vancouver city council voted 5 to 2 to hold a plebiscite late this year on fluoridation of the water supply. A Toronto dentist denounced communities that refused fluoridation as criminal negligence while criticizing the metropolitan health officer. The Pure Food Guild of British Columbia urged newspapers to publish a list of cities that voted for or against fluoridation.
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Vancouver
Toronto
Wenett
Pure Food Guild of
B.C
Vancouver Sun
Regina News: Boy Dies in Highway Crash
Regina reports twelve year old Larry Tibbett died in hospital from injuries after a crash on highway No 1 east of the city when a truck struck a stalled semi trailer. The incident occurred Tuesday and involved his father.
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Regina
Larry Tibbett
Here
Highway No. 1
Gleason Bounced From Stock Club in New York
Jackie Gleason was expelled from the Stock Club on Monday night amid claims of loud and obscene remarks. Club proprietor Sherman Billingsley cited the incident with an unidentified blonde companion, while Gleason denied any misconduct and refused to confirm the woman’s identity.
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NEW York (Ap
Jackie Gleason
Sherman Billingsley
New York Daily News
Geason
Gleason
Billingsley
Philip and Albert compare the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Consort
The article draws a parallel between Prince Philip and Albert as doers shaping Britain’s prosperity. It notes Albert’s role in promoting industry from the Crystal Palace exhibition to Aldershot and Balmoral while Philip advances Commonwealth growth through broad industrial knowledge and the Oxford study conference.
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London
Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Consort
Albert
Queen Victoria
Philip
Britain
Crystal Palace
England
Aldershot
Balmoral
Sandringham
Battersea Park
Commonwealth
Canada
Canadian Arctic
Australia
Oxford
Victoria
Greville
Fonda to marry Contessa in New York wedding
Actor Henry Fonda plans to wed the Contessa Al dera Franchetti of Italy in New York City on Saturday. The union would be Fonda’s fourth marriage and the Contessa’s first. The couple met in Rome.
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Hollywood
Henry Fonda
Contessa Aldera Franchetti
Italy
New York City
Fonda
Contessa
Rome
Ghana declares independence as first African Negro nation
Ghana’s Parliament opens as the Union Jack is replaced by the red green and gold flag marking independence. Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah weeps as the Queen expresses satisfaction with the peaceful transition. Nkrumah warns that failure would harm other African territories.
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Ghana
Natio Accra
Reuters
Gha
Accra
Commonwealth
Gold Coast
Kwame Nkrumah
Duchess of Kent
United Nations
Africa
Nkrumah
Legislative Assembly
Liberia
Lance Reventlow Setstle in $409000 Beverly Hills Home
Lance Reventlow, son of Barbara Hutton, moves into a $409,000 Los Angeles house gifted on his 21st birthday. The property features an indoor outdoor pool, a 15 foot waterfall, a $10000 hi fi system, an electronic kitchen, electric draperies, eight baths, and a plan to split time between the home and Europe where he races sports cars.
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Los Angeles
Lance Reventlow
Barbara Hutton
Lance
Kurthaugwitz-Reventlow
Barbara Hulton
Europe
Israel Starts Gaza Pullout Amid Parliament Victory
Israel began moving out of the Gaza Strip and Aqaba coast as Premier Ben-Gurion won three confident votes. He warned if the United States and other powers do not keep promises there will be no peace, amid sniping and looting incidents that killed a civilian and an Israeli soldier.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza Strip
Aqaba Gulf
David Ben - Gurion
United States
Gaza
Nasser Ben-Gurion
Egypt
Nasser
Herut
Ben- Gurion
Istadd
Jeer Sparks Outburst at Sydney Psychiatrist
Sydney University students jeered Dr John McGeorge during a lecture on sex. He erupted with a tirade calling the crowd immature adolescents and a mass of effervescent sex hormones, then urged them to sit down and leave.
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Sydney
Reuters
Sydney University
John McGeorge
McGeorge
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