Alberta Moves to Double Drunken Driving Penalties
The Canadian Press reports Alberta introduces amendments to the Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act in first reading. Proposals include doubling automatic licence suspensions to 12 months for DUI, six months for other impairments, and a one year suspension after a second or subsequent conviction in impaired cases. A mandatory 20 to 30 day jail term applies for suspended licenses and for driving with cancelled plates.
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Alberta
Boston researchers reveal early cancer detection advances
Boston scientists report tests that reveal early signs of cancers in brain, uterus, and cervix. Tufts doctors describe a cheap cervical cancer test detecting precancerous conditions. Harvard and MGH researchers use radioactive arsenic to identify brain tumors and radioactive potassium to distinguish malignant breast lumps. Twenty percent miss rate noted. 18 larynx cancer patients treated with high energy x rays show no current disease.
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Frank Carey
Boston
American Cancer Society
Tufts Medical School
William H. Fishman
William H. Sweet
Gordlon L. Brownell
Harvard University School of Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Ira T. Nathanson
Salt water eye wash replaces boracic acid use
A Montreal medical group linked boracic acid to infant deaths and urged caution. At Medicine Hat General Hospital boric acid is not used in maternity care unless directed by a doctor. A directive to all Hospital for Sick Children departments bans boric acid after a Christmas linked fatal outbreak.
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Medicine Hat General Hospital
Montreal
Richard B. Goldbloom
McGill University
Allen Goldbloom
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Ross McKay
Toronto
McKay
Boracic
Goldbloom
Boric Acid Found In Some Baby Powders In Ottawa
Health inspectors found boric acid in three of six baby powder products, about five percent, with labels indicating its presence. Three powders contained none. Reports show harm when pure or highly concentrated boric acid is applied to damaged skin, prompting medical groups to curb boric acid use.
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Ottawa
Health Department
Stanley Knees
CCI
Winnipeg North Centre
Calls Safeguard Freedom of Press Ontario MLA Pushes Source Shield
W M Nickle, Ontario Tory MLA for Kingston, urged the province to amend the Evidence Act to shield newspaper sources. He argued courts should not compel disclosure and cited Blair Fraser of Maclean's who faced a source-order in a British Columbia politics article linked to a libel action by former attorney general Gordon Wismer.
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Toronto
W. M. Nickle
Progressive Conservative
Ontario
Kingston
Prfvision
Nickle
Dana Porter
Nickie
Blair Fraser
Maclean’s
British Columbia
Gordon Wismer
Treat Theatre Opens Free Show Draws Thousands in Newark
The Treat theatre in Newark offered a free screening of From Here to Eternity. Thousands lined up before opening and many more were turned away from the second show at the 700 seat venue.
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Newark
Treat Theatre
Seitz Family Recovers After Threat Letter and Shotgun Blast
The Seitz family of 654 Eighth St. S.E. faced four fear-filled days after an unsigned March 19 letter warned of a hired killer. A shotgun blast shattered a kitchen window, injuring no one but scarifying the household as police used a dog to track suspects and await results of the investigation. Barry Lust, turning three, and his mother Lorna Lust, new living with the Seitzes, wrestle with fear while neighbors recall tense past tensions between Lorna and Emil Lust.
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Seitz
Fred Seitz
Eighth St. S.E
Lorna Lust
Reers
Emil Lust
Belfast St
Lorna
Barry
High River
Bull
Wolverhampton Closes Gap on West Bromwich
Wolverhampton Wanderers drew 1-1 with Bolton Wanderers but closed the gap to league leader West Bromwich Albion to two points. Reading beat Brighton 2-1 while Brighton remains two points clear of Ipswich Town. No other top‑of‑table changes occurred.
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London
Reuters
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton
West Bromwich
Huddersfield Town
Reading
Brighton
Ipswich Town
Eisenhower says McCarthy should not sit in judgment
President Eisenhower refused to endorse Senator McCarthy's cross examination demands and stated that a man should not sit in judgment on his own case. He avoided commenting on McCarthy's exact actions while noting his general stance on the issue.
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Ike
McCarthy
Washington
Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
Rep. Wis
America
Senate
Army
Gear shift in shoes could boost foot happiness
Cleveland AP reports two orthopedic surgeons propose shoe redesigns to align with natural foot mechanics. They suggest movable joints in the sole, a shifted heel toward the little toe, and a rocker heel to improve push off, though these ideas remain experimental.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Cleveland
Harry C. Stein
I. E. Fixel
New York City
Drs. Stein
Fixel
Hese
Alberta Weather Outlook Clears Then Unsettled Cool
Weather in Alberta shows clearing overnight with unsettled cool conditions continuing today and Thursday. Medicine Hat remains cloudy with intermittent snow today and varied skies tomorrow. Northeast winds around 16 mph. Temperatures low tonight near 20 and high Thursday near 30.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Smiletones Babysitter Promise Pony For Bedtime
A babysitter recalls promising Janie a pony if she goes to bed without fuss. The remark appears in a lighthearted note about bedtime negotiations and parental humor.
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Janie
Debentures Issued For School Program In Medicine Hat
The Medicine Hat School Board markets capital debentures for new construction valued at 433000 at a premium of 10435, issued by the Alberta Department of Education to a Toronto syndicate. Bonds pay 4 percent, and premium reduces board cost to about four percent. Funds finance two projects including a senior high school and Central Park public school, with total project cost near 1082500.
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Medicine Hat School Board
Alberta Department of Education
Toronto
Bell Gouinlock, Macleod, Young & Weir
Mills Spence
Ior
Central Park
Geo. H. Davison
New Hill
Plan to Bolster Israel Defences and UN Action
Premier Moshe Sharett urged utmost preparedness and defence strengthening as Israel asks the United States Britain and France to present the Negev bus killings before the UN Security Council. He noted ambassadors will push Western powers to address the Israel Jordan dispute and accused Syria of moving an infantry brigade to the border.
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Jerusalem
Moshe Sharett
Israel
United States
Britain
France
United Nations Security Council
Negev
Jordan
Sharett
Security Council
Syria
Morality Squad in Edmonton Abolished
Edmonton Mayor William Hawrelak disbanded the city morality squad and appointed Deputy Chief Alex Riddell as acting chief until a new chief is named. Detective Inspector H B Pethram will head the criminal investigation department as the squad’s duties transfer. Det Sergeant William Smith resigned shortly before the city council meeting.
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Edmonton
William Hawreiak
Edmonton Police Force
Alex Riddell
Hawrelak
Criminal Investigation Department
H. B. Peth¢ram
William Smith
Smith
Citizens Demand Resignation of Victoria's Mayor
A 300 strong protest meeting in Victoria demanded Mayor Claude Harrison and any aldermen backing a secrecy by law resign. The by law would bar reporters from committee meetings and require secrecy until recommendations reach the council. TLC sponsors urged aldermen to defeat it.
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Percy Rayment
Rayment
Donald Bushell
Congressman's claim hydrogen blast out of control
Congressmen and officials report a Bikini atoll hydrogen explosion near Pearl Harbor created vast radioactive fallout. The Patapsco tanker carried 92 crew with slight contamination and no known injuries. 23 Japanese fishermen burned. 28 U.S. technicians and 264 Marshall islanders exposed to mild radiation. Holifield calls the blast beyond prediction and out of control.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Bikini Atoll
U.S. Navy
Navy
Naval District
Patapsco
Fisher
U.S
Marshall Islands
Chet Holifield
Dem. Calif
Guardian urges cancel of future H-bomb tests
The Manchester Guardian calls off the next U S hydrogen bomb tests in the South Pacific, citing unknown effects after the Bikini Atoll blast and radiation harm to Japanese fishermen. It notes German Abendpost warning the explosions are beyond control and urges scientists to consider humanity over politics.
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Manchester Guardian
London
Reuters
United States
South Pacific
Bikini Atoll
The
Guardian
Frankfurt Abendpost
Abendpost
Safe Techniques Used For Blood Transfusions
Red Cross authorities say local hospital transfusion equipment uses gravity flow and is safe. An Ontario coroner ordered new methods after a Port Colborne death from air entering the bloodstream during transfusion. Alberta plans vacuum packed bottles with nurse presence to prevent air entry, and the Red Cross seeks disposable containers for single use.
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Red Cross
Red Cross Service
Calgary
Port Colborne
Smirle Lawson
Ontario
Alberta
J. M. Tuttle
Red Cross Mobile Blood Service
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University of California Radiation Laboratory
Morality Squad
Victoria
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