Ottawa hikes income ceilings for needy pension programs
Health Minister Martin announced increases in permissible income ceilings for federal provincial pension programs for the needy elderly blind and disabled. If provinces approve the means tests will be relaxed, with single recipients rising from 720 to 840 dollars a year and married from 1200 to 1320, while blind benefits rise to 1080 for singles and 1800 for married blind couples.
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Ottawa
Martin
Quads Receive Generous Gifts After Births in Montreal Suburb
The William Munro family of Pointe Claire welcomed a boy and three girls on Thursday. The quads, part of a 11 member household, received gifts from St. Joseph Hospital ladies auxiliary including a full layette and a year’s supply of groceries. The chain store pledged 5,000 cans of baby foods juices and evaporated milk plus 40 dozen eggs 16 pounds bacon and 88 pounds sugar.
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Montreal
William Munros
Pointe Claire
St. Joseph Hospital
Smile The Housekeeping Hint On Budgets
The article presents the basic concept of budgeting as a guide to show how far spending exceeds income. It explains budgeting as a general tool to track expenses and understand financial shortfalls.
Fear Mounts For Those on U S Transport
A U S military C-97 with 67 aboard disappeared off Japan during a transpacific flight from Travis Air Force Base. Low clouds and 30 foot seas hampered search as experts considered a crash near volcanic Is Mount Mihara in the vicinity with life rafts and rescue ships deployed.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Mount
Mihara
Japan Air Line
Wake Island
Travis Air Base
San Francisco
Air Force
Army
Navy
Far East
Ramon Magsaysay
Philippines
Nurse Testifies About Administered Injection Before Morrell Death
Nurse Caroline Randall detailed giving an injection to Edith Morrell about an hour before she died. The testimony occurred as Dr John Bodkin Adams faces charges of fatally drugging the wealthy widow to gain her inheritance. The prosecution asserts intentional administration accelerated her death. defense probes duty and memory.
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London
John Bodkin Adams
Geoffrey Lawrence
Caroline Sylvia Randall
Randall
Edith Alice Morrell
Adams
Bachelor Society
Hollywood Director Leaves Italian Set
Hollywood director John Huston walked out of the Farewell to Arms production in the Italian mountains above Cortina d Ampezzo. A Selznick spokesman confirmed Huston left Thursday for Rome with no explanation. Jennifer Jones and Rock Hudson are signed to star from Ernest Hemingway novel adaptation.
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Cortina D’ampezzo
Italy
Hollywood
John Huston
Dave O
Selznick
Huston
Rome
Jennifer Jones
Rock Hudson
Ernest Hemingway
Empress Red Cross Drive Sets Canadian Record
The Empress and Bindloss Red Cross drive raised 426 dollars in two days with no canvassing or pressure. Sponsored by the Empress Chamber of Commerce, the effort exceeded its 350 dollar joint target by 21 percent, aided only by theatre notices and window cards. Residents donated at a depot without solicitation.
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Empress
RED Cross
Empress Chamber of Commerce
Red
Chamber of Commerce
Medicine Hat Limits Dog Catching Under City Rules
Mayor Harry Weiner announced a limited and business like dog catching policy in Medicine Hat after a surge of complaints. Only legitimate nuisance dogs on others property may be impounded, with complainants required to provide name and address. Anonymous tips will not be acted on and small pets unlikely to be nuisances will be spared.
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Medicine Hat
Harry Weiner
Alberta Saskatchewan mixed Arctic air brings scattered snow
Cool Pacific air covers most of Alberta and western Saskatchewan as a thin Arctic air mass edges into northern regions. Scattered snow flurries appear in some areas this afternoon with variable cloudiness through Saturday.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
TCA Hopes Obtain New Lines In U S
Trans-Canada Air Lines president G R McGregor told Ottawa Commons railway committee that a U S air agreement could allow TCA to add routes. He cited Winnipeg to Chicago and a west coast service from Vancouver to San Francisco as desired direct operations.
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Ottawa
Trans-Canada Air Lines
TCA
U. S
G. R. McGregor
The
Commons Railway Committee
Winnipeg
Chicago
Vancouver
San Francisco
Canning Crop Prospects Boosts Medicine Hat Factory Talks
A special Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce meeting is set for March 27 at 7 30 PM in the council chambers. Ian MacKay of Lethbridge will discuss contract canning crop prospects for 1957 and outlines profitable crops such as beans cauliflower and carrots. The event aims to lure canning firms by detailing local crop climate soil and advantages and notes interest from Canadian Canners Co and Campbell Soup Co in locating a cannery if crop volume supports it.
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Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Ian MacKay
Lethbridge
MacKay
Broder Canning Co
Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
R. H. A. Lacey
Ning Companies
Canning
Canadian Canners Co
Campbell Soup Co
Alberta
Water Conservation Rally in Walsh District
A conference on water conservation for the Medicine Hat watershed will be held in Walsh next Wednesday March 27 at 1 30 pm. Sponsored by water users of Alberta and Saskatchewan within 50 miles of Walsh, the program includes prominent conservation and agricultural engineers and discusses resources from Cypress Hills to the South Saskatchewan river. Mayor Harry Weiner advocates Rapids Narrows dam development for power rather than more gas turbines and may attend. Speakers include E L Gray P F R A Regina R M Putnam Alberta Edmonton Ralph Dunlop Indian Head station Doug Hornby Allan Gunter Jack McKinley and local PFRA officials. The meeting aims to map future reservoirs and a unified policy for federal and provincial authorities.
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Medicine
Walsh
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Cypress Hills
Many Island Lakes
South Saskatchewan
Harry Weiner
Neutral Hall
E. L. Gray
P.F.R.A
Regina
R. M. Putnam
Edmonton
Ralph Dunlop
Indian Head
Smoking Causative Factor Incidence of Lung Cancer
A seven scientist study group says scientific evidence shows cigarette smoking is a causative factor in rising lung cancer rates. They report smokers have five to 15 times higher incidence than non-smokers, with risk increasing with amount smoked. Lifetime risk: about one in ten heavy smokers die of lung cancer, versus one in 275 for non-smokers.
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New York
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
National Cancer Institute
National Heart Institute
The
Cancer Society
Heart Association
U.S. and Britain move toward atomic collaboration
President Eisenhower told Prime Minister Macmillan the United States is ready to join a Baghdad Pact defence group against the Soviet threat. James Hagerty said U S officials have advised Middle East allies of Washington's willingness to cooperate. Canadians discuss arming and fielding atomic weapons with the army revamping procedures, though no weapons exist yet.
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Tucker's
Bermuda
Eisenhower
Macmillan
United States
James C. Hagerty
James P. Richards
Middle East
U.S
Britain
Duncan Sandys
Washington
Ottawa
Donald Quarles
Lewis Strauss
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
LOBA Delegates Enjoy A Square At Two Oclock
At Medicine Hat a L O B A and L O L convention delegate from Edmonton Mrs Minnie White pulled out her fiddle as trains ran late. She sparked an impromptu square dance with 32 delegates forming four squares at the CPR depot. The event pleased attendees who called the convention the best in 40 years.
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CPR
Minnie White
Edmonton
L.O.B.A
L.O.L
Medicine Hat
Teamsters Union Funds Under Scrutiny in Senate Probe
Senate racket investigating committee reports 709000 plus of Teamsters union funds either misappropriated or unaccounted for in the West. Frank W. Brewster acknowledged poor handling of funds and denied knowing of rackets, as subpoenas target Dave Beck in next hearings.
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Washington
Senate
Teamsters Union
West
McClellan
Dem. Ark
Frank W. Brewster
International Brotherhood
America
Brewster
Teamsters
Portland
Ore
Dave Beck
Globe-Trotting International
Senators
Beck
Internal Revenue Service
No Winner Yet in Monte Carlo Contest Worth Sixty
For the second week there is no winner in the Monte Carlo contest. Tomorrow's puzzle offers sixty dollars to the winning entry that includes a city merchants receipt. Several residents came close but were foiled by a tricky word.
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Monte Carlo
Monte- Carlo
Clara Brehm
Gordonm Vorra
Mae Yeo
Tony Vandervel
G. C. Brotherton
Lois Enns
B. Burrum
V. Hogg
Len Pennington
H. Philp
Victor Opp
Proposed $5 Pound Fee Mistakenly Charged
Readers complain of a $5.50 dog impounding charge that briefly appeared Tuesday before council halted the rise. The article notes no bylaw change. the higher rate was proposed but not enacted, and refunds are available at city hall for those billed Tuesday.
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