Civic Authorities Face Cost Scrutiny Over Medicine Hat Services
Calgary firm Haddin, Davis & Brown argues Medicine Hat municipal charges understate actual costs. They compare local sewer, water, paving, and land costs with western city norms, warning growth could become a liability if rates stay unchanged. Council will study the firm’s analysis and consider revisions.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary
Haddin, Davis & Brown Ltd
E. H. Davis
P.eng
Kt K Ok
Doubts On Royal Romance Between Princess Margaret And Townsend
The Church of England newspaper questions if the Princess Margaret rumored romance with Group Captain Peter Townsend is more than rumor. Officials note no high level discussion of a marriage has occurred and the Queen would not approve a royal union amid Townsend’s divorce. The Earl of Selborne condemns gutter press coverage, while the Daily Herald gives prominent coverage and speculates on the romance.
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Ronald Maclurkin
London
Reuters
Church of England
Margaret
RAF
Peter Townsend
Brussels
Townsend
Earl of Selbourne
Earl
Daily Telegraph
Daily Herald
Alberta to wait for Manitoba liquor report royal commission
Dr J C Ross told the Alberta legislature there should be enough information within two years to justify a royal commission into liquor. The Alberta Holism Foundation president backed using foundation research and awaiting Manitoba's findings. J Percy Page introduced the motion. Paul Brecken seconded. Liberal leader J Harpers Prowse backed the plan to tighten liquor laws and regulate beer parlors.
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Edmonton
J. C. Ross
Alberta
Royal Commission
Ross
Alcoholism Foundation of Alberta
Manitoba
J. Percy Page
Paul Brecken
Calgary
J. Harper Prowse
Page
Saskatchewan Wins Canadian Curling Championship
Saskatchewan claimed the Canadian curling title in Regina defeating Rudy Steski of Northern Ontario 9 6 in the 10th round. The Campbell brothers, Avonlea, won the big tankard for the province on its first title in 26 years. The 12th end was not completed.
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Campbell Brothers
Avonlea
Rudy Steski
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Steski Trails As Garnet Campbell Secures Trophy
Manitoba improves to eight wins one loss with an 11-3 win over Newfoundland while Ontario moves to third after a 9-8 extra end victory over Prince Edward Island. Saskatchewan's Garnet Campbell to receive championship tankard after 11th round as Steski falters.
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Steski
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Saskatchewan
Northern Ontario
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Alberta
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Garnet Campbell
Garnet
Japanese Soldiers Found in Jungle in New Guinea
Four Japanese soldiers living in the jungle since the war ended a decade ago were found in Dutch New Guinea. They were flown from Hollandia to Wewak and then joined the Taisei Maru war graves mission ship in New Guinea as authorities had previously deemed it impossible for any Japanese to remain at large there.
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Sydney
Australia
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Wewak
New Guinea
Italian Painter Finishes Queen Portrait in Secret Studio
Italian artist Pietro Annigoni has finished a five foot three quarter length portrait of the Queen in Windsor spring light. The work, commissioned by London's ancient Fishmongers Company, awaits varnish and will be shown at the Royal Academy summer exhibition. Critics predict it could be the picture of the year.
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London
Pietro Annigoni
Kensington
Annigoni
Fishmonger’s Company
Royal Academy
Windsor
Ohio River flood roars toward crest at Louisville
The Ohio River reached 36.7 feet at Louisville with the crest near 9.5 feet above flood stage. From Cincinnati to Lawrenceburg Indiana thousands evacuated as the flood caused $13,000,000 in damage while Cincinnati landmarks faced six to twenty feet of water.
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Louisville
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Lawrenceburg
Ind
O. K. Anderson
Ohio
Coney Island Amusement Park
River Downs Race Track
Aurora
Khrushchev Presses Struggle With Molotov in Kremlin Pulse
London Reuters reports Khrushchev moving to limit Molotov, signaling a widening Soviet power struggle. The piece recalls Molotov’s durable top role, Tito's Tito speech criticism, and shifts in leadership since Stalin's era, with Khrushchev seeking supremacy in foreign policy and domestic rule.
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London
Reuters
Nikita Khrushechev
Kremlin
Molotov
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
United States
Yugoslavia
Supreme Soviet
Fed
Marshall Tito
Pravda
Izvestia
Tito
Soviet Communist Party
Nikolai Bulganin
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Lavrenti Beria
Beria
Malenkov
Molo- Vv
Overdue Baby Lait Grips BBC TV Viewers in London
AP reports the overdue baby Lait has BBC TV addicts in suspense. The plan followed Betty Lait through childbirth for Family Affairs but the baby’s arrival is delayed from March 4 toward March 11 with cameras on standby and no clear new date.
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Baby
Bbc-Tv
Hal Cooper
London
Lait
BBC
Betty Lait
Family Affairs
Publisher backs up divorce bill in Senate debate
A veteran publisher urges Senate support for widening divorce grounds to cruelty desertion three years and incurable insanity. Senators Davies and Baird back the bill noting the need for second chances and reducing reliance on adultery. Quebec Newfoundland petitions remain sent to Parliament for grounds.
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Ottawa
Senate
W. Rupert Davies
A. B. Baird
Newfoundland
Kingston, Ont
Walter Assetine
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Davies
Kingston
Whig-Standard
Progres sive Conservatives Target Defence Production Powers
The Progressive Conservatives accuse Defence Production Minister Howe of dictatorial powers and seek to trim the department's expanded mandate. MP Donald Fleming argues extending the department's life could let Howe control the economy, while Prime Minister St Laurent opposes a separate minister and notes salary changes lack immediate effect. The debate centers on a bill amendment to extend the department and raise its minister's pay.
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Ottawa
Progressive Conservatives
Howe
Donald Fleming
Toronto Eglinton
Commons
Defence Production Department
Defence Production
St. Laurent
Defence
Soviet proposes exchange of agricultural delegations with United States
In Moscow, the Soviet government said it would like to send Russian farmers to Iowa to learn about corn and pig farming and would welcome an American agricultural delegation to the USSR. A foreign ministry note to U.S. Ambassador Bahlen asked Washington how it views exchanging delegations. No immediate U.S. response. President Eisenhower had shown approval but noted complications.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministry
United States
Charles E. Bahlen
U.S.S.R
Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Vancouver rookie cop to guard drug racketeering suspect
Police protection was ordered for Const. Joe Haywood who escorted William Semenick linked to Vancouver's $10,000,000 narcotics racket. A separate note reports red stripes on bacon packages may disappear May 9 and varies in regional living costs across Canadian cities. Edmonton Eskimos sign two veterans Frank Morris and Bill Briggs for their sixth season. Cabinet to convene Saturday on government aid to a $300,000,000 Alberta to East natural gas pipeline. The New York stock market fell sharply. A Victoria lawyer may sue to stop Ripple Rock removal from B C waters. J G MacGregor elected president of the Historical Society of Alberta. RCAF reports a Sabre fighter overdue and presumed crashed in east-central New Brunswick. one RCAF serviceman killed and three injured in Minnesota road crash.
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Joe Haywood
Vancouver
William Semenick
Arctic air chills western prairies with light snow
Edmonton report states Arctic air moves southward today and Saturday with growing chill across the western prairies. Light snow is expected in nearly all districts as temperatures dip slightly.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Market boom reaches speculative stage warns Graham
Washington AP New York financier professor Benjamin Graham told the Senate banking committee that the stock market has reached the speculative stage and the government should move carefully toward action. He urged investors to sell common stocks and minority holdings to protect profits while noting speculation could drive prices higher but invite intervening reactions. He cautioned Congress not to meddle but said consideration of intervention is overdue.
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Washington
New York
Benjamin Graham
Senate Banking Committee
Graham-Newman Investment Corp
Columbia University School of Business
Graham
Gen
Robert Rk. Wood
Congress
Vancouver cuts police budget sparks a crime wave
Vancouver council ordered a 93 000 cut in the police budget as citywide economy measures take effect. In the same period criminals staged three daytime robberies and two gunpoint raids, with a grocery cashier assaulted and a clothing shop victimized, while arrests and sentences tied to a separate armed car dealer holdup were reported. The drug trade proceedings and orders to reduce department funding are outlined as part of the city’s broader austerity drive.
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Vancouver
Alfred Yardley
North Vancouver
McLeod
Holmwood
William Semenick
Semenick
Jacob Leonhard
Bill Stone
Stanley Park
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Donald Anderson
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