Need Plain English Master Generalist In Specialist Field
Two questions ask why mastery of English is more vital than ever and why effective command is harder amid rapid growth in knowledge. The piece links language mastery to learning citizenship and progress as knowledge expands in science, technology, and other fields, citing library and journal publication growth and a vivid quote from Sir Edward Appleton.
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Jan C. MacDonald
Edmonton Journal
Canada
Edmonton
United States
Sir Edward Appleton
Great Britain
Sheriff Finds Jail Inmates Are Dishonest
Sheriff Harlan Callahan reports inmates in his jail cheated in a TV meter test by reusing 25 cent slugs. Prisoners used wire from broom handles to pull coins up, making the meters feed outside the cells. The TV keeps the inmates quiet, he says.
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Seattle
Harlan Callahan
Callahan
Medicine Hat Launches 50 000 Letter Immigration Push
City officials announce a broad advertising drive inviting prairie residents to relocate to Medicine Hat. A two page letter signed by Mayor Harry Weiner markets the Gas City as affordable and well-equipped with municipally owned utilities, highlighting jobs, irrigation prospects, and retirement appeal to southern Saskatchewan communities and isolated prairie areas.
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Medicine Hat
Prairies
Harry Weiner
Saskatchewan
Canada
Britain charts atomic age Royal Navy overhaul
The British government unveiled plans for a guided missile atomic era Royal Navy including swept wing jet fighters able to carry A bombs heavy carrier aircraft for stronger planes faster surface ships and boosted submarine killers plus more small craft. First Lord of the Admiralty Jr P L Thomas told Parliament the navy aims to fight the next war with the next war's weapons and projected an annual budget of 353 million pounds for the coming year as Britain seeks to be second only to the United States and Russia in naval power.
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Tom Ochiltree
London
Britain
Royal Navy
P. L. Thomas
Thesadmiralty
The
House of Confinions
Migst
United States
Russia
Thomas
Confirmation of March 1920 Scout Ice Stampede Dates
Confirmation of March 1920 dates for the big Boy Scout and Cub ice stampede obtained this morning. The second annual Scout attraction will run at Arena Gardens Friday and Saturday evenings next week. Last ice event of the season at the arena. Competing teams will come from Havre Montana and other outside points.
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Arena Gardens
Arena
Havre
Mont
Alberta legislation clears first reading in legislature
A slate of bills advances in Alberta the Hospitals Act amendments allow patients to receive emergency or referred care outside the province with province to pay active treatment costs. Other measures include municipal districts reform and tax enforcement moves, plus expanded public welfare training and benefits for disabled.
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Edmonton
W. C. Cross
Nct
Alberta Municipal Assessment Commission
Municipal Affairs Department
Depe
Nent
Health Department
Public Welfare Act
Traf o teri a lets drivers pay fines at meters
Norman Oklahoma AP reports a new traf o teria device on all parking meters lets drivers pay parking fines without visiting the police station. Motorists insert the ticket and 50 cents in an envelope into an aluminum box. after 48 hours the fine rises to $1. Public reaction is favorable despite occasional loose items left behind.
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Norman
Okla
Prince Charles and Anne Unaware of African Trip
Prince Charles and Princess Anne do not know about a planned May trip to North Africa to visit their parents. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the surprise would stay secret as authorities deem fit. The children are expected to return to London after the six month world tour.
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London
Reuters
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
North
Africa
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Edinburgh
Charles
Anne
Elizabeth
Clarence House
Norway
Olav
Maertha
Britannia
Do Hockey Farewell Night For Medicine Heat Tigers
Stragglers may still buy tickets for a turkey dinner honoring the Medicine Heat Tigers at Picardy's in New Assiniboia Hotel basement. A $2 levy funds plates from 5 to 6:30 informed by a 6:30 start. The 8:30 conclusion features 1953 Grey Cup films, then double tickets for a hockey farewell dance at the Eagle's. Fred R Gibbs chairs the testimonial with Matt Davis, Mayor Weiner, Alderman Heckbert, Hec Turvey, Lorne Tansley and the Tiger club in the program.
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Medicine Heat Tigers
Picardy’s
Assiniboia Hotel
Tigers
Eagle’s
Assiniboia
Fred R. Gibbs
Fighting Bengals
Matt Davis
Harry Weiner
Ed U Heckbert
Hec Turvey
Lorne Tansley
Tiger Club
Smilestones Dialog Sparks Chance Encounter
A brief exchange unfolds with flirtatious lines as two characters express mutual interest. The playful banter hints at a budding romance and the social tone of the scene.
New Brunswick Raises Gas Tax and Cuts Sales Levy
The budget from Fredericton cuts the social services and education tax to 3 percent while increasing the gasoline tax by two cents per gallon effective today. Saint John prices rise to 43.2 cents a gallon for regular and 45.2 for high test. The Maritime Automobile Association plans to protest the tax hike as the province posts a $59,710 surplus on a $51 million budget.
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New Brunwick
Fredericton
Saint John
Maritime Automobile Association
New Brunswick
Donald D. Patterson
Nova Scotia
R. M. Fielding
B. E. MacDonald
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Labor
C. C. Williams
Alberta House
Germany and France Move Toward Saar Settlement
In 90 minutes Paris talks between Konrad Adenauer and Georges Bidault produced a plan toEuropeanize the Saar region as a settlement basis. Both leaders, eager for progress on the European Defence Community treaty, stressed urgency.
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Marc Purdue
PARIS
France
Germany
Adenauer
Monsignor Cote counters claim Chinese favor Communist regime
Montreal reports say Monsignor Phillippe Cote bishop of Suchow China rejects newspapers claim that Chinese people support the Communist government. He remarks the remark targets noble Chinese people clergy and missionaries. The note appears linked to Prime Minister St Laurent remarks in Manila and Seoul about recognizing Communist China.
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Montreal
Phillippe Cote
Suchow
China
Cote
St. Laurent
Manial
Manila
Canada
Seoul
Red China
Plan to boost gamma globulin use in polio prevention
Canada considers revised program for gamma globulin to curb polio next season. Emphasis shifts to immunizing those likely to contact polio, including expectant mothers and exposed health workers, with Connaught Laboratories and Red Cross increasing production.
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Warren Baldwin
Winnipeg
D. G. W. Cameron
Ottawa
Advisory Committee
Ontario
Quebec
Cameron
United States
New Set Up for Legislature Seats
Premier Frost introduced a bill in the Ontario legislature to redraw the 90 seat House. He proposed an 11 member select committee to study the bill and report in two to three weeks. The bill left the redistribution details to the committee to ensure adequate representation.
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Toronto
Frost
Ontario
G M Colossus Posts 1953 Sales Above 10 Billion
General Motors reported 1953 sales of 10.028 billion, a record for any private company, with taxes nearing 2 billion and profit of 598 million. The row includes 1952 and 1950–1949 comparisons, notes high steel and overtime costs, and lists executives Harlow Curtice and Alfred Sloan.
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New York
General Motor Corporation
General Motors
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Harlow H. Curtice
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Judge opposes option to death penalty in murder cases
Ontario Supreme Court veteran Judge J A Hope told the Commons Senate committee that punishment should be decided by Parliament not trial courts. He argued capital punishment should be imposed by the people and rejected proposals for penitentiary terms in murder cases. He endorsed grand jury review as a safeguard and said capital punishment doesn’t deter guilty acquittals.
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Ottawa
Ontario Supreme Court
J. A. Hope
Justice Hope
Commons
Senate
D. G. Blair
Hector Dupui
Montreal St. Mary
Hope
Ontario
Maritimes
A. R. Luby
Cumberland
J. W. de B. Farm
British Columbia
River Cleared of Ice Breakup in South Saskatchewan River
By 11 45 this morning the main ice body in the South Saskatchewan river broke up and floated downstream. The river is now flowing freely with only shallow ice along the shoreline remaining.
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South Saskatchewan
Weather Outlook for Saskatchewan and Alberta
Cool Pacific air moves southeast over the western prairies bringing continued cloudy skies in Saskatchewan today and Thursday. Central Alberta may clear tonight but cloudiness returns Thursday afternoon as strong gusty winds ease overnight. Temperatures Thursday range from 25 in the northeast to 40 in the south.
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Emonton
Western
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lady Editor Who Lost Both Legs Plans Her Height
Rebecca Gross a Lock Haven Pa editor who lost both legs in a car crash says she is applying for a passport to check her height and plans to order artificial limbs soon. She aims to decide how tall to be and how wardrobe needs will change as she rehabilitates at the Kessler Institute with Dr Henry Kessler.
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Eddy Gilmore
West Orange
Rebecca Gross
Becky
Lock Haven
Rebecca
Williamsport
Kessler Institute For Rehabilitation
Henry Kessler
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