Alberta Plans Record Irrigation Spending for 1952-53
Premier Manning announced in the Alberta legislature a proposed 1952-53 irrigation budget of 4.221 million dollars, led by 3.75 million for St. Mary and Milk River projects. Funding extends to Macleod and Ross Creek districts and river control at High River, with studies on Saskatchewan river use for regional benefit and joint talks on Waterton and Belly river waters. federal work on main canals expands, while Athabasca river hydro potential is explored.
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Edmonton
Manning
Alberta
St. Mary
Milk River
Macleod
Ross Creek
Medicine Hat
High River
Saskatchewan
Prairie
Canada Land and Irrigation Company
Athabasca
Agriculture Department
Water Resources Branch
Reg in a Foot and Mouth Outbreak Contained in Saskatchewan
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease in three more cattle herds near Regina was reported. Federal officials say the southern Saskatchewan outbreak is under control, Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced Friday night. He spoke from Regina, the center of eradication efforts, and addressed farmers with the update.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Gardiner
Labor Party Split To Go Before High Tribunal
Labor moderates and Bevanite left wings clash as they bring the party feud to the national executive committee. Bevan seeks to counter Attlee’s leadership while Driberg warns of a Conservative era if split persists. Crossman defends Bevan’s aims and unity remains the goal.
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Labor Party
London
Clement Attlee
Aneurin Bevan
British Socialist Movement
Morgan Phillips
Bevan
Attlee
R. H. S. Crossman
M.P
Reds Secretly Hold U N Prisoners in China
UN truce negotiator accuses the communists of detaining captured Allied soldiers in red China. North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho calls the claim a fabrication. Rear Admiral R E Libby cites evidence from multiple sources and says the Reds threaten UN command over prisoner treatment.
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Munsan
Korea
Red
China
Lee Sang Cho
R. E. Libby
Libby
North Korea
Alberta budget boosts health highways and municipalities
Premier Manning announced a 1952-53 Alberta budget of about 116.6 million with a 279,300 surplus and no new taxes. Oil revenue surges to 38.3 million, education health welfare and highways rise, municipalities receive 29 million plus gasoline tax relief and new aid formulas. Debt trimmed to 98.3 million with a goal to be debt free by 1973.
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Edmonton
E. C. Manning
Alberta
Manning
Budget to be unveiled April 8 by Finance Minister Abbott
Ottawa Finance Minister Abbott announced plans to present the 1952-53 budget Tuesday April 8 at 8 p.m. EST 6 p.m. MST, provided no unforeseen developments arise. He noted the prior 1951-52 budget was released on April 10.
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Ottawa
Abbott
Parliament At a Glance Budget to be Brought Down April Eight
Finance Minister Abbott said the budget will be brought down on Tuesday April eight. Trade Minister Howe outlined grain conditions in the west due to late harvests. The Social Credit and CCF parties moved motions of non confidence in the government.
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Social Credit
Abbott
Howe
Western
Canada
C.C.F
Budget Highlights From Premier Manning Speech
Alberta posts the largest budget in history with total receipts of 116.9 million and expenditures of 116.6 million. Net surplus 279 thousand. public debt reduced by 18.8 million with debt-free forecast by 1973. Oil and mineral revenues rise to 38.3 million. municipalities receive nearly 30 million. Health and welfare exceed 21 million. highways spend tops 24 million. Municipal aid ties tax relief to the national cost of living index. school capital grants rise to 22 percent of approved borrowings.
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Edmonton
Manning
Alberta
Uranium ore to be produced on a significant scale in South Australia
Jesse Johnson, director of the U S Atomic Energy Commission raw materials division, said South Australia is ready to produce commercial grade uranium ore on a significant scale.
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Adelaide
Australia
Reuters
South Australia
Jesse Johnson
Raw Materials Division
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Montreal Gun Battle Ends Ambush Wounding Suspect
Montreal police ambushed gunman Steve Suchan at his Cote des Neiges apartment while he returned with two weapons. He survived with bullet wounds. Toronto police sought accomplices Leonard Jackson and Edwin Boyd in the $24,000 Bank of Montreal robbery and related shootings of two officers. Police spread alerts to Ottawa and routes to Toronto.
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Montreal
Steve Suchan
Cote Des Neiges
Toronto
Suchan
Edmund Tong
Roy Perry
Albert Dauphin
Leonard Jackson
Edwin Boyd
Ottawa
College St
Bank of Montreal
Tony
Perry
Foronto
Suchard
E. Lenoff
Montreal detective recounts ambush killing of Steve Suchan
In an account from Montreal, Sgt. Det. Albert Dauphin and detectives describe waiting in Suchan’s Sudan Cote Des Neiges apartment after a Toronto warrant for robbery and police shootings. Suchan drew a pistol and was shot by Dauphin, later dying on his living room floor as officers prepared to render aid.
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Montreal
Steve Suchan
Albert Dauphin
Maurice Bilodeau
Rene Poirier
Dauphin
Luchan
Myself
Poirier
Bilodeau
Suchan
Smilestones and the Fading Spring Within
A reflective line notes springs of hope waning as the speaker confesses a daily weakening spring of spirit. The fragment hints at poetic musings on renewal and resilience.
Weather affects Alberta and Saskatchewan with snow and cool air
A Pacific disturbance across northern Alberta and Saskatchewan brings more clouds and a thin fresh snow cover in northern regions. Temperatures reach about 40 in western Alberta and 30 in northern Saskatchewan, with northerly winds shaving tomorrow by roughly ten degrees cooler. Medicine Hat forecasts sunny today, clouds and cooler Sunday, with west winds today and light winds Sunday, low near 15 and high around 30 tomorrow.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Malan condemns British ex-secretary over apartheid remark
In Pretoria Prime Minister Daniel F Malan rejected James Griffiths claim that apartheid policy harms Africa. Griffiths told the House of Commons in London that Malan's racial segregation policy casts a sinister shadow over Africa.
Alberta Budget Seeks 29 Million for Municipal Aid Next Year
Premier Manning announced in the budget address that Alberta will provide 29,087,000 dollars in municipal assistance in the coming fiscal year. The amount is 3,396,000 more than this year and about 40 percent of projected provincial expenditures on income. Direct aid totals 26,500,000 dollars for education health highways and grants under the Municipal Assistance Act plus grazing lease refunds. an additional 2,587,000 dollars covers public welfare services shifted from local to provincial responsibility. Education outlays include 9,870,000 for school grants 565,000 for the teachers retirement fund and 2,000,000 in capital construction grants.
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Manning
Edmonton
Alberta
Seven Million Funded for Alberta Public Buildings
Alberta budget allocates 7,398,450 for public buildings across multiple sites. Funds exceed for the horticultural building in Brooks, staff building at Central Alberta sanatorium Calgary, dormitories at Red Deer and Ponoka, administration and nurses’ housing at Oliver, a Rosehaven dormitory at Camrose, and a blood transfusion building at Calgary.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Brooks
Central Alberta
Calgary
Red Deer
Oliver
Ponoka
Rosehavven
Camrose
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