Five Million Fire Destroys Malton Hangar At Avro Canada
At Malton airport a $5 million blaze destroyed three Avro Canada defence test aircraft including two CF-100 Mark IVs and a Sabre, plus a converted Lancaster. Investigations by insurance underwriters and transport officials are ordered. an apparent short circuit sparked the fire amid 80 mph winds.
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A. V. Roe Company
Malton
Avro
Department of Transport
A. V. Roe of Canada Ltd
A. V. Roe
Three Known Dead Five Are Missing In Canadian Storm
Central Canada counted its losses in dead and missing after a severe storm described as the worst since Hurricane Hazel. Three people were known dead, five were missing, and five were battling high seas on Lake Erie while property damage mounted.
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Central
Canada
Central Canada
Hazel
Ontario
Oldtimers
Lake Erie
Violent Spring Weather Deluges Eastern U S
A massive early spring storm roared across the eastern half of the United States with blizzards and high winds. The system killed at least 28 people, disrupted travel, and caused widescale damage from Texas to Canada, with lakeshore rescues and missing fishermen along Lake Erie.
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Chicago
United States
Seaboard
Ohio
Midwest
Plains of
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U. S
Windsor
Ottawa
Quebec
Toronto
Malton
Canada
James Bay
Ontario
Maritimes
Halifax
Maritime
British Columbia
Joseph Bertrand
Wendover
Ont
Pembroke
Irvine Clarke
Susan Wooley
Port Credit
Fred Fuller
Everett
John Schiller
Kingsville
Lake Erie
Leaminton
Leo Lauzon
Mitchell’s Bay
Long Point
Chatham
Port Burwell
London
Haven
Norfolk County
Kensington subdivision eyed in Medicine Hat plan
Medicine Hat planning commission discussed opening an exclusive residential area in the Kensington district east of the TC H along two coulees. The 280 lots would start at $1000 with 70 to 80 ft frontages, underground utilities, park and church sites, no laneways, and basement suites forbidden. City council approved surveying and registering the project. An aerial survey may planned for future industrial and residential growth.
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Kensington
Connaught
Medicine Hat and District Planning Commission
T.C.H
Haddin, Davis and Brown
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Ald
Ed Heckbert
Alderman Walker
McCombs
Craig
K. J. Crawford
Detention of Drug Addicts Urged by RCMP Chief
RCMP Commissioner L H Nicholson urged compulsory detention and treatment for Canada’s about 3,000 drug addicts as the surest way to stamp out illegal trafficking. Vancouver police chief Walter Mulligan told a Senate committee that addicts fuel crime and must be isolated or quarantined for rehabilitation. Dr C A Roberts and K C Hossick supported compulsory treatment in centralized centres, opposing maintenance doses.
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Ottawa
Canada
L. H. Nicholson
Nicholson
Senate
Walter Mulligan
Vancouver
Thomas Reid
British Columbia
Mulligan
C. A. Roberts
National Health Department
K.C. Hossick
Narcotics Control
Roberts
United States
Hossick
Kmte
Minto Pop Is Spiked With Nembutal Bear Drugged at Winnipeg Zoo
Winnipeg zoo officials recount a bungled attempt to drug Minto the 500 pound grizzly with 245 grains of nembutal. Maude the mother fights to protect her cubs, prompting a move to a new den after failed trials. The plan involved lacing ice cream with the drug and using ether to subdue the bear. The bear’s resistance left staff frustrated but successful in relocating him.
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Walter Gray
Winnipeg
Minto
Mickey Finn
Maude
T. R. Hodgson
Grizzly
Monto
Junior
Mr. Hodgson
10th Wild Horse Roundup in British Columbia
CRANBROOK B C The open grasslands are closed as rangers patrol the Kootenay valleys in the 10th annual wild horse roundup Through April 16 in several districts and May 1 in Columbia the range has shrunk from historic levels Most horses caught are shot or sold for dog feed while some become rodeo stock or pack animals
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Cranbrook
B.C
British Columbia
Kootenay
British Columbia Forest Service
Nelson-Creston
Fernie
Columbia District
Rockies
Ore Train Plunges Down Mine Shaft in Timmins
A 16 car ore train plunged down No 11 shaft at the McIntyre gold mine early today. The crash wrecked operations for weeks, leaving about 1,250 miners idle and nine men escaping via emergency routes while others were rescued from lower levels.
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Timmins
Ont
McIntyre
Hollinger
M. L. Urquhart
Graham in Glasgow meeting draws 15000 for crusade
Billy Graham faces mixed reviews in Scotland as 15 000 pack Kelvin Hall for second evangelistic service. The evangelist urges decisions for Christ while critics call his approach naive or uninspiring, yet some papers say the crowd is moved and his message survives scrutiny.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Billy Graham
Kelvin Hall
Graham
Glasgow Evening Citizen
Glasgow Evening ‘Times
Smilestones Punchline From A Dame Dealing With Quinsy
Comic exchange features a husband George quizzed about his wife’s health as the joke pivots on the word quinsy a historical term for tonsillitis. The lines evoke a light social moment with a punny twist.
Bitter Arctic air chills Western Prairies in Edmonton
An Arctic air mass grips the Western Prairies, bringing persistent cold weather through today and Thursday in Edmonton and surrounding areas. Forecasts expect continued low temperatures and frigid conditions across the region.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Deficit financing urged to boost employment in Canada
Ottawa hearing Liberal members push deficit financing as a tool to lift employment. J W G Hunter proposes a 400 million deficit with tax cuts to transfer purchasing power to Canadians, claiming a 60 million rumored deficit for 1955 56 could be offset by growth in production. Others like Raoul Poulin and David Croll back tax cutting deficits. debate continues amid unemployment reports and non confidence motions against the government.
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Ottawa
J. W. G. Hunter
Toronto Parkdale
Commons
Harris
Hunter
Toronto
Mr. Harris
David Croll
Toronto Spadina
Charles Henry
Toronto Rosedale
Raoul Poulin
Ind—Beauce
Dionald Fleming
Toront Eglinton
Medicine Hat Hospital Plan Aims for One Year Build
The Medicine Hat Municipal District Hospital Board met to set specs and timetables for a $2,000,000 200 bed hospital. With Foundation Co of Canada as general contractor, a 24 shift and expanded labor force target an early April start and a finish within one year. The project may be completed by next winter, shortening earlier 18 month projections.
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Medicine Hat
Chelsea Edges Cardiff 1 0 To Take Division Lead
Chelsea won 1 0 over Cardiff City to take the First Division leadership in an English soccer league tilt reported today. Trade Minister Howe announced Canada protested a U S plan to limit Canadian crude oil imports.
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Chelsea
Cardiff City
Howe
Canada
U.S
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