Drivers survive big highway collision near Suffield
On the Trans-Canada highway near Suffield last Saturday afternoon, a 3,000 gallon gasoline tank truck driven by Fred Ronan and a car driven by Ross of Suffield collided, leaving both drivers with minor bruises and extensive vehicle damage. The truck overturned spilling fuel but no fire occurred as the Suffield fire brigade stood by overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Ronan
Medicine Jat
Allan Ross
Suffield
Fred Ronan
Trans-Canada Highway
Ross
J. B. Walker
Saskatchewan Moves to Implement Drunkometer Testing Law
Regina Canada moves toward enacting a first of its kind drunkometer test mandate for motorists suspected of intoxication. The bill, revised from its original form, clears second reading 48 to 2 and awaits third reading with anticipated enactment within days.
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Regina
Canada
Saskatchewan
Mary Batten
L—Humboldt
A. C
Gun accident claims life of Joseph Rabbit
Joseph Rabbit, 20, of Saunders, died in hospital after an accidental self inflicted gunshot while cleaning a firearm at his home 40 miles west of Rocky Mountain House. He reportedly propped the gun against a tree and struck it with his foot causing a discharge.
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Rocky Mountain House
Joseph Rabbit
Saunders
Here
RCMP
Rabbit
Freakish Accidents Across the West
Unusual accidents in Western Canada claim lives. Leonard Thompson of Teulon Manitoba died when his truck was struck by a falling power pole from a passing trailer. Henry Jebson was killed by an explosion during bridge heating at Pine River Manitoba. Tibor Kulesar, a mountain climber, was feared buried by a snow avalanche near Brule Alberta in the Rockies west of Edmonton.
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Canada
Leonard Thompson
Teulon
Man
Henry Jebson
Pine River
Tibor Kulesar
Brule
Alta
Rocky Mountains
Edmonton
Weekend warm spell lifts temps across Alberta and Saskatchwan
Rural and urban readings in Alberta and Saskatchewan rose to the forties with some Southern Alberta locales hitting the low fifties. Tomorrow is expected to bring similar readings as regional highs push into the mid forties to mid fifties in major centers including Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge Saskatoon and Swift Current.
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Edmonton
Forties
Alberta
Saskatchewan
NAT
Calgary
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Swift Current
Safety Council Backs Plan to Revoke Refusal Licences
The Saskatchewan Safety Council approves legislation empowering the highway traffic board to revoke licences of drivers who refuse chemical tests for alcohol at police request. President L S Bowman says action helps remove drunken drivers though he questions the legal right.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Safety Council
Saskatchewan
Highway Traffic Board
L. S. Bowman
Saskatchewan Breath Test Law Moves Toward Nationwide Adoption
Provincial Treasurer C. M. Fines predicts within five years a majority of provinces will adopt Saskatchewan's Vehicles Act model. The bill, praised in law notices, allows the highway traffic board to suspend licenses of anyone refusing a breath test when asked by police.
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Cameron
Maple Creek
C. M
Saskatchewan
Highway Traffic Board
Safety program has just begun in Medicine Hat
On the eve of the first anniversary of 500 days without a traffic fatality Medicine Hat notes national and international safety records gained from a city campaign. The paper urges reappraisal, honesty, and broader public effort to curb dangerous driving and parking as the program moves forward.
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Medicine Hat
Second St
Finlay “Bridge
Gershaw Drive
Bank president warns against wide changes in banking
Montreal a Bank of Montreal president Gordon Ball urged government to announce promptly that no fundamental changes to Canada’s banking structure should be made without full investigation. He opposed Bank of Canada proposals to channel deposits into long term securities, warning of radical shifts and undesirable public reaction.
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Mr. Ball
James E. Coyne
Bank of Canada
Finance
Harris
Mr. Coyne
Ball
Western plains blizzard paralyzes five states with mass stranded
A spring blizzard swept the U S high plains causing up to 80 mph winds and drifts up to 20 feet. Four deaths are attributed with thousands stranded in Colorado Kansas Texas New Mexico and Nebraska. Rescue crews aided by farmers freed passengers from a stalled train near Meade Kansas as dust storms erupted beyond the snow zone.
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Kansas
U.S
High Plains
Colorado
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma Panhandle
New Mexico
Meade
Kan
Rocky Island Railway
Golden State Limited
Union. Pacific
Rockies
Bermuda Summit Talks Highlight Trade and Missiles
Prime Minister St Laurent arrives in Tucker's Town Bermuda to meet British PM Macmillan. They plan to discuss Anglo Canadian trade aims, UK free trade area, uranium sales, and Middle East policy, with focus on missiles and NATO defense.
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Tucker’s
Town
Bermuda
St. Laurent
Turkey
Macmillan
Britain
Ottawa
Howe
Pearson
Canada
Ielk Peitte
Eisenhower
Washingston
Queen Elizabeth
United States
United Kingdom
U.K
Middle East
United Nations
U.S
Army of the Rhine
Germany
Mid-East
Montreal boy loses eye twice in glass mishaps
Kenneth Leblanc, nine, underwent emergency eye surgery after a glass injury from a grocery store incident involving a 10-year-old messenger. He already lost his left eye last May in a similar accident with the same playmate. The family pursues a civil suit for damages while police conclude their juvenile case.
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Montreal
Kenneth Leblanc
F. Croisetiere
St. Justine Hospital
Canada
Leblanc
Anneth
Leo Leblanc
Kenneth
Police Juvenile Morality Squad
The
Leblancs Ap
Messenger
Tragedy and Accident Tales From Montreal Play and Shop
The text reports a deadly train wreck with two professors injured and a family in hardship. It also details an incident in a grocery basement where Kenneth reportedly struck his eye on glass during a play accident, with the messenger noting similar prior injuries.
Blizzard heavy across three states shuts towns
RCMP search parties comb near Brule for Tibor Kulcsar, 21, feared buried after a Sunday snow avalanche near the Rocky Mountain town. Kansas City reports the blizzard, worst in 30 years, still raging across three states with four deaths. Algoma Steel workers return after three day walkout. 600 men back at blast furnaces in Sault Ste. Marie.
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RCMP
Brule
Tibor Kulcsar
Rocky Mountain
Kansas City
Algoma’ Steel Corp
Sault Ste. Marie
Lethbridge clinic sets district blood donation record
Lethbridge and district residents donated 1,580 pints in a four day Red Cross blood donors clinic, surpassing a 1,250 pint goal and beating last year’s district record by three pints as the event closed Thursday night.
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Lethbridge
Red Cross Society
Oscar predictions loom as Bergman tops 1956 race
Hollywood reports a crowded field with Ingrid Bergman favored for best actress after her return in Anastasia though critics note comebacks influence the vote. In best actor, Kirk Douglas and Yul Brynner contend with Olivier, while best picture battels among Around the World in 80 Days Giant and The King and I.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Ingrid Bergman
Miss Bergsman
Roberto Rossellini
Anastasia
Europe
Academy
Carroll Baker
Miss Baker
Katharine Hepburn
Nancy Kelly
Bergman
Laurence Olivier
Rock
Hudson
Giant
Kirk Douglas
Yul Brynner
Douglas
van Gogh
Brynner
Lawyer On Stand For Crown In Adams Trial
London report shows Dr John Bodkin Adams accused of arranging for Edith Morrell to change her will in his favor. Lawyer Hubert Sogno testified that Adams claimed Morrell promised him gifts including a Rolls Royce and valuables in a bank box. Sogno said a new will was drawn up in August 1950, three months before Morrell’s death.
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London
John Bodkin Adams
Hubert Sogno
Edith Alice Morrell
Crown
Adams
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Ing
Mid - East
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Cottnoil
Suez Canal
Russia
John
Charles
Ward Tennis
al Azhar ‘Temple
A.A.O.N.M.S
Marsh Porter
Drumheller
Brooks
Bassano
Indus
Bulletins
George
Stevens
Cecil B. Demille
Hockey
Ponora Stampeders
Cantalinis
Red Cross
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