Welfare Council urges abolition of fixed death penalty
The Canadian Welfare Council backed abolishing mandatory death sentences for murder and urged that either judge or jury may impose death or life imprisonment. It cited European and Latin American trends and argued executions fail to deter crime. A 12 juror majority could approve either outcome, signaling gradual abolition.
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Welfare Council
Ottawa
Canadian Welfare Council
Commons-Senate Committee On
Council
Union
Millionairess and Clergyman Exchange Marriage Vows
Boston AP brief reports 80 year old heiress Mrs Ethel L Paine Moors and Canon Charles E Raven wed in Trinity Church. The ceremony noted as simple and intimate with family members present including Raven's son John and daughter Mary.
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Boston
Ethel L. Paine Moors
Charles E. Raven
Fashionable Trinity Church
Canon Raven
John
Mary
Canada Has the Nerve Gas And Knows Defence Needs
Canada holds a supply of the German developed nerve gas and trains troops to counter it. Defence experts downplay sensational claims, noting the gas is a killer like other poisons and can be countered with proper respirators. Production and stockpiling are managed by army navy and air force with differing handling methods. Training is provided to all units at Camp Borden ABC School.
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Reginald Wardy
News
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Defence Research Board
Air
Army
Navy
Defence Department
Joint Abc School
Camp Borden
ABC
Atomic, Biological and Chemical School
Israel seeks UN action over 11 killed Israelis in Negev
Israel appeals to the Western Big Three for immediate UN action after 11 Israeli bus passengers were killed in the Negev desert. UN diplomats expect the Security Council to delay action while a session is held on Egypt’s blockade of Suez cargoes.
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United Nations, N.Y
Israel
United Nations
Negev Desert
Security Council
Egypt
Suez Canal
UN chief halts talks on Jordan Israel border conference
United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold announced he is suspending efforts to convene a conference between Jordan and Israel over border troubles. The move ends current diplomacy without a new date set.
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United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Jordan
Israel
Israel, Jordan clash over Kibya raid response
Israel pressed for immediate UN Security Council action accusing Jordan of failing to meet obligations after an ambush near the border. Jordan denied responsibility for the Kibya killings and informed Dag Hammarskjold it would not meet Israel to discuss frontier issues, as Abba Eban prepared talks with Dulles in Washington.
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Israel
Jordan
Dag Hammarskjold
Palestine
Security Council
Kibya
United States
Abba Eban
Washington
Dulles
Automatic beer dispenser promises foam savings
A Canadian firm says its automatic beer dispenser will save tavern operators over 50 million dollars annually by cutting wasted foam in draft. It delivers a glass with a uniform head and counts glasses served, estimating 5 to 35 percent loss per barrel. The device, now made in Cleveland, will be rented to tavernkeepers at about five dollars a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Charles A. Clements
Keymaster Corp. Ltd
Canada Canada
Clements
Victoria
Cleveland
Trans-Canada Pipelines Secures Toronto Gas Delivery Role
In Ottawa an agreement lets Trans-Canada Pipelines, Ltd. oversee natural gas delivery to Toronto from the Niagara border starting year end. Through a subsidiary it will build a 37,000,000 pipeline to Toronto and may sell American gas or lease the line to Consumers' Gas Co of Toronto for five years or until Alberta gas arrives. Roy Milner and E J Tucker brief Trade Minister C D Howe on the deal.
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Warren Baldwin
News Ottawa
Ottawa
Alberta
Ontario
C. D. Howe
Toronto
Trans-Canada Pipelines, Ltd
Niagara
Consumers’ Gas Company of
Roy Milner
Trans-Canada
E. J. Tucker
Consumers’ Gas Company
Mr. Howe
Connaught HSA Discusses Comics Criticisms and Literacy
Mr. Pedersen addressed concerns about crime violence sex and language in comics at Connaught HSA. He noted comics history library resources and the appeal of comics for children while a skit on homework and reading preceded the talk.
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Pedersen
Redcliff
George Hawgrelak
J. L. Levison
PTA
Napoleon
West Coast steel freight rates eyed for cuts
Stelco chief Hilton says talks with railways discuss lowering freight on steel from Hamilton to the west coast. The Victoria Colonist predicts a possible 24 hour announcement of drastic rate reductions to offset foreign competition. Rail boards consider cutting Victoria Vancouver shipments from 2.10 to 1.10 per 100 pounds.
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West Coast
Hamilton
H. G. Hilton
Steel Company of Canada, Limited
Victoria
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Europe
West
Vancouver
Canadian Railways
Board of Transport Commissioners
Stelco
Ottawa
J. D. Kearney
Canadian Pacific Railway
Justice Kearney
Hilton
Mr. Hilton
Parliament panel eyeing reform pictures on lash reality
Ontario reform official Col. Hedley Basher tells a joint committee that movies misrepresent corporal punishment as he advocates viewing actual strapping to gauge its severity. He supports possible filming with prisoner identity hidden, and backs the death penalty as a deterrent while open to another method of execution.
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Reginald Hardy
News
Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Joint
Parliamentary Committee On
Hedley G. Basher
Ontario
Reform Institution
Col. Basher
Bligh
Ross Thatcher
CCF
Moose Jaw
Weather disturbance nears as snow flurries spread north
Skies cleared briefly in Alberta and Saskatchewan then thick cloud cover moves in from the Yukon. Northeasterly winds keep temperatures between 25 and 30 degrees with no relief expected Friday. Snow flurries forecast for northern and central Alberta this afternoon and for southern Alberta and most of Saskatchewan tonight. Cloudy skies Friday with more snow in the Peace River region by evening.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Peace River
Keith Bennett Wins Oscar in Close Jaycee Show
Keith Bennett a 14 year old violinist won the Jaycee Oscar honoring the show’s most talented performer in a close split decision over Ruth Bertelsen. The Empress Theatre overflowed with audience as 28 entries competed across three age groups with 300 plus patrons turned away.
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Keith Bennett
Oscar
Jaycee Show
Empress Theatre
Jaycee
Seitz shotgun shooting leaves inquiry open
Police report no arrest yet in the Seitz shotgun shooting that struck a kitchen window during a Monday night incident. Barry Lust, three, was inside the room with his mother and neighbors when the blast occurred after a threatening note was received.
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Seitz
Barry
Emil Lust
Brewery Won’t Sponsor Calgary Buffaloes Junior Hockey
J B Cross, manager of Calgary Brewery Company, said the firm will not sponsor the Buffaloes junior hockey team next season. The brewery had backed the team in the Western Junior Hockey League but faced annual losses up to twenty thousand dollars.
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Junior Buffaloes
Calgary
J. B. Cross
Calgary Brewery Company
Buffaloes
Tornadoes Roar Across Central U S to Burnaby
A line of storms spawned at least seven tornadoes across north Texas Oklahoma and into Arkansas with Tulsa sustaining about 100000 dollars in damage. In Burnaby British Columbia a mini tornado damaged a garage threw debris and shattered windows with no injuries.
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Honey Grove
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Apilene
Fort Smith
Ark
Tulsa
Okla
Vancouver
Burnaby
Prairie Irrigation Potential Cited At 3 Million Acres In Two Provinces
George Spence told the Manitoba Geographical Society that 3,000,000 acres could eventually be irrigated in Saskatchewan and Alberta. He noted drought land approved for the South Saskatchewan scheme may attract population growth, but the project remains on the drafting board with a royal commission recommending against immediate action. He warned new wealth could come from alfalfa replacing sage in new farms.
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Winnipeg
South Saskatchewan
George Spence
Regina
International Joint Commission In Charge of
Manitoba Geographical Society
Red Deer
Alberta
Prairie
Spence
Honor Mentions and Winners in Local Talent Show
Ten and under winners Mary Lang Scottis with sword dance. Honorable mentions Julie Garden, Stanley Gill, Mary Ellen Gray, Seven Persons and the Pudwe trio. Eleven to fifteen winner Ruth Bertelsen vocalist with honorable mentions Doloresan Marilyn Bezler, Marilyn Bezler, Redcliff, Heather Law Highland fling, Jean Bruins both vocal and tap. Sixteen and over Wiener Betty Ann Swanset vocalist Redcliff. Honorable mentions Georg Bohner Leslie Hauck instrumental duet Thelma Ken Sawb Golden Prairie. Special Talent Award Keith Bennett violinist with Bertelsen and Swanson runners-up.
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Mary Lang
Ruth Bertelsen
Betty Ann Swanson
Redcliff
Mary Lang Scottis
Julie Garden
Stanley Gill
Mary Ellen Gray
Seven Persons
Pudwe
Schuler
Doloresan Marilyn Bezler
Heather Law
Highland Fling
Jean Bruins
Wiener
Betty Ann Swanset
Georg Bohner
Leslie Hauck
Thelma
Ken Sawb
Golden Prairie
Keith Bennett
Bertelsen
Swansonth
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Fred Williams
East St. Louis
Prince Anago
Belgian Congo
U.S
Mr. Williams
University of Maryland Agricultural College
C. C. Shaffner
Theresa Saunders
Trans-Canada Pipelines
Connaught H.S.A
Connaught
Ont
Roy E. Belyea
W. W
H. Gunn
Federation of Ontario Naturalists
Bennett
Miss Bertelsen
Cyril C. F. Bennett
Holy Trinity Church
Clara Wood
Y.M.C.A
Henry Allergoth
Wm. H. Hogle
John Rayaushk
Lorne Havard
Drew Burns
Douglas Huckle
Elocutionist
Prairie Ramblers
Pudwel
Jaycee Quartet
Dick Stevens
Mervyn Lutes
Dave Thompson
Ed Nelson
Joyce Organization
Harvard
House of Flowers
Burnaby, B.C
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