Senate Panel Revises Dairy Import Ban Provisions
The Senate Banking Committee voted to replace the existing fats and oils ban with a war era provision on dairy imports from Canada and others. It aims to be more liberal and acceptable to the President and State Department, but impact on Canada remains unclear as protests continue. Canada objects to current limits under the defense production act in effect since last August.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Canada
Burnet R. Maybank
Dem
S.C
Truman
State Department
Senate
Medical Revolution Hints From Premature Baby Gland Transplants
Three patients received glands transplanted from very premature babies to produce hormones. The AP report from New Haven describes this promising experiment as a potential major advance in medical science and a possible new method for treating various diseases.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science Reporter
New Haven, Conn
Yale University Medical School
Harry S. N. Greene
Yale Pathologist
Eugene E. Clifton
Greene
Education Should Teach People to Think for Themselves
Alberta lawmakers debate a motion criticizing over emphasis on progressive education. Taylor argues the system must foster independent thought while balancing traditional teaching. The debate covers government policy, democracy, and school centralization.
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Edmonton
Taylor
Alberta
Hugh John MacDonald
Calgary
A. J. E. Liesemer
CCF
A. Salborg
Sc—Alexandria
John Landeryou
Sc—Lethbridge
L. C. Halmmest
Sc—Warner
Arthur Wray
Ind-Sc—Banff-Cochrane
Clayton Adams
Sc—Edmonton
J. A. Wingblade
Sc—Wetaskiwin
Landeryou
Liberal Party
Lethbridge
Canada
Hilmrast
UFA
William Aberhart
Social Credit
Wray
Social
Negligible Flood Danger for Ross and Seven Persons Creeks
The Ross and Seven Persons creeks in Medicine Hat are flowing freely with flood danger described as negligible by P F R A officials. Water runs about 1.5 feet below the Ross Creek bridge and backs up near Medicine Hat Brick and Tile as Bullshead Creek feeds the higher flow. Seven Persons Creek at Porter's Hill runs rapidly but remains clear of blockades, aside from occasional large ice jams.
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Ross
Seven Persons Creek
P.F.R.A
Ross Creek
Medicine Hat
Bullshead Creek
Porter’s Hill
Alberta Seeks Court Test Of Interprovincial Embargoes
Ranchers in the Eastern Irrigation District plan a test shipment of cattle to British Columbia to challenge the interprovincial embargo on livestock and meat. Alberta officials discuss quick court action while BC considers permitting or prosecuting the move amid foot and mouth concerns.
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Eastern Irrigation District
British Columbia
West Coast
Brooks
B.C
E.sd
Carl J. Anderson
E.I.D
Saskatoon
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Alberta
Edmonton
E. C. Manning
Victoria
Regina
Manning
Calgary
N. E. Tanner
Dudley Senanayake Named Ceylon Prime Minister
Dudley Senanayake, 41, agreed to succeed his father Don Stephen Senanayake as prime minister of Ceylon. The elder statesman died Saturday from injuries after a horse fall. Senanayake will serve until elections in about six months.
Rats suspected in Swift Current hay shipments to district
Health and agriculture officials investigate reports that rats from Swift Current Saskatchewan may have contaminated hay loads in the district. A second dead rat was found in a grain car at Winnifred. Inspectors J. L. Anderson and James Henderson study feedlots and ranches that received Swift Current hay for possible rat inhabitation. No rats have yet been found in the hay.
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Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Winnifred
J. L. Anderson
James Henderson
Swift
Prairie Weather Returns to Mild Sunny Spell
Mild conditions return across the prairies with today mostly sunny and some clouds. Alberta highs near 45, Saskatchewan 30 to 35, and winds west 15 today. A Pacific system moves into northern Alberta tomorrow bringing more cloudiness, with continued mild weather in all regions. Medicine Hat forecasts sunny periods today and Thursday, with a slight warming tomorrow and temperatures around 25 tonight and 50 tomorrow.
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Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Accord on Secondary Details Of Policing Truce In Korea
U N command says staff agree on port of entry and other minor policing details for a Korean armistice. Disputes remain over whether Russia and Norway stay on the neutral police list and two major issues: airfield repairs and POW repatriation choices. Off the record talks yielded no clear results on the prisoner question and North Korea declined World Health Organization aid messages.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N. Command
Russia
Norway
U.N
Trygve Lie
World Health Organization
North Korea
Chang Chun San
Tofield Pair Win Beef Animal Prize
Lawrence and Joe Kallal of Tofield won the grand championship for best beef animal at the Edmonton spring livestock show. Tom Spady of Alliance took reserve grand championship and best beef calf. Sharon Bruns of Lacombe won the junior division Edmonton exhibition trophy for best calf. Catherine Barr of Vermillion earned reserve for best beef calf. The Kallal brothers also won the special for best two steers across classes.
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Edmonton
Lawrence
Joe Kallal
Tofield
Tom Spady
Alliance
Sharon Bruns
Lacombe
Catherine Barr
Vermillion
Kallar Brothers
Edmonton Exhibition Association
Eyewitness Sought in $681,000 Armored Truck Heist
Danvers police and FBI search for any eyewitness to the armored truck robbery outside a drugstore. Three bandits stole a sedan, entered the truck and sped away, leaving $87,000 mostly in coins. Investigators say fear may deter tips. two men shot in Madbury, NH are not linked to the case.
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Danvers
Mass
F.B.I
Raymond Kirwin
F.B.E
Kirwin
United States Trucking Company
Massachusetts
Madbury
N.H
French Crack Down On Tunisian Nationalist Group
France moved to suppress Tunisia's nationalist movement by arresting Premier Mohammed Chenik and three cabinet members. Martial law and press censorship were ordered as rioting and sabotage killed nearly 100 people. Curfew, police powers shifted to the military, and arrests followed unrest. Tunisia seeks greater self rule and international help at the United Nations.
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Tunis
Tunisia
France
Mohammed Chenik
Chenik
United Nations
U.N
Security Council
Jean de Hauteclocque
Bowden institute superintendent dismissed in Alberta
Attorney General Lucien Maynard announced the dismissal of James Eakins, formerly of Toronto, as Bowden institute superintendent. Maynard cited misconduct with no criminal charges, noting the RCMP investigated his general conduct after a suspension last week.
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RCMP
Eakins
Working Majority Phrase Sparks Quick Repartee
In a crowded venue a political speaker calls for a working majority while an audience member retorts that the country needs a majority working. The exchange highlights partisan tensions and calls for governance by broad support.
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Buster
Western farm leaders seek new international wheat deal
J L Phelps of Saskatoon says unions want a new international wheat agreement with a floor of 1.85 and a ceiling of 2.35 per bushel plus carrying charges, with annual price review. They demand separation from domestic price and a government policy statement before signing.
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Winnipeg
Western
Interprovincial Farmers’ Union Council
J. L. Phelps
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Farmers' Union
Ottawa
Phelps
Parking Meters Hold Variety of Coins
A study by municipal finance officers association shows coins found in meters across cities. New York 10 cent meters yielded a ten kopek piece, 1867 three cent U S coins, and transit tokens redeemed at 15 cents each. Detroit nickel meters displayed Hong Kong five cent pieces and other foreign coins.
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Chicago
Municipal Finance Officers Association
New York City
U.S
New York
Detroit
Hong Kong
Playboy Tom Mannville Seeks Ruth Webb as Ninth Bride
New York real estate heir and club owner Tom Mannville says he plans to marry Ruth Webb as his ninth wife if his current wife Georgianna Campbell agrees to divorce. Webb and Mannville have met only briefly for lunch and he notes he likes her.
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New York
Tommy Manville
Ruth Webb
Miss Webb
Manville
Georgianna Campbell
Blues urged for political conventions on TV
Sig Mickelson of CBS television predicts delegates at July political conventions will wear blue shirts and sing blues, claiming blue enhances television visibility and could produce the greatest blue shirt conventions of all time.
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New York
United States
Sig Mickelson
Columbia Broadcasting System
Russ Reject Red Cross Probe in Germ Charges
Russia rejected the United States proposal to have the International Red Cross investigate alleged germ warfare in Korea. Soviet delegate Jakob Malik urged the United Nations disarmament commission to consider the charges against the U N command and said the Red Cross is not an impartial international body. He called for a ban on bacteriological weapons and holding violators to account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Reuters
Russia
United States
Korea
International Red Cross
Jakob A. Malik
United Nations’ Disarmament Commission
U.N. Command
International Committee
The
Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
Malik
Medicine Hat Hospital trustees push laundry plan amid bed shortage
The newly formed Medicine Hat General Hospital board, led by chairman H. J. McCallum, vows to reestablish an in-house laundry to cut costs and extend hospitalization to district towns. The board also weighs staff limits as nine nurses study for R.N. exams, closing Wing 1 of the private patients’ building temporarily.
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Medicine Hat General Hospital
Civic Hospital Board
H. J. McCallum
W. C. Campbell
D. N. MacCharles
Wilson Riley
R. C. Gardner
J. W. Douglas
Ald
E. W. Smith
Medicine Hat
McCallum
Noreen Flanagan
Miss Flanagan
Stu
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