Must Do More For Disabled and Handicapped
Calgary reports three officials and Dr. J S Gardner urging expanded rehabilitation for disabled and handicapped to reintegrate into industry. They cite 25 168 persons served last year with 2 000 placed in employment and push for voluntary employer participation over Britain's compulsory model.
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Alberta
J.S. Gardner
E. J. Wilson
National Unemployment Insurance Commission
R. J. Millbank
Workmen’s Compensation Board
L. Gue
Edmonton
M.wilson
Canada
Wilson
Millbank
Garner
Gue
Britain
Prime Minister Signals June General Election Likely
In Ottawa Prime Minister St Laurent indicated plans to call a June general election after returning from Bermuda. He said Parliament will convene for at most two or three Saturdays after next, signaling the dissolution of Parliament and a new election.
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Ottawa
St. Laurent
Bermuda
Macmillan
Commons
Saskatchewan to require compulsory driving tests every five years
Regina announces plans to mandate driving tests for all motorists in the province at five year intervals. Treasurer C. M. Fines says details will come during appropriations for driver tests and estimates while the government reviews testing policies.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
C. M. Fines
CCF
Stowaway Hanna Wins Temporary Stay in Canada
Christian George Hanna, a 23 year old stowaway, won a temporary reprieve from deportation in British Columbia Supreme Court. Justice Harry Sullivan ruled the deportation order imposed an indeterminate sentence aboard the Gudveig after Hanna spent 15 months at sea since stowing away in Beirut in 1955. Hanna lacked any passport and has claimed birth at sea to a French Somali mother and Liberian father he has never met.
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Vancouver
Christian George Hanna
High Seas
Canada
Harry Sullivan
British Columbia Supreme Court
Immigration Department
Sullivan
Hanna
Beirut
Lebanon
Testimony ties Beck to $85,000 in purchases
Nathan Shefferman testified before the Senate racket committee that he purchased about $85,000 in goods for Teamsters President Dave Beck over several years ending in 1953, including appliances, nylons, and a repair bill for Beck’s false teeth, claiming he did not know the funds were misused.
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Washington
Nathan Shefferman
Chicago
Teamster
Dave Beck
Shefferman
Beck
Dave Beck Jr
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Chaufeurs
Canceled Chamber Meeting Over Illness of Guest Speaker
A special Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce meeting planned for tonight in the city council chamber on this year's canning crop development has been canceled due to illness of guest speaker Ian McKay of Lethbridge. The gathering will be rescheduled for April.
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British “Columbia
Kimloops_Balcos
Kimberley
Eaters
Kamloops
Nanaimo Clippers
Johnny Acitzener
Dynamiters
Gerry Garre
Hat Tiger Smooth
Cantalini
Jim ‘Smith
Ron Yanosik
Lethbridge Allisters
Cantalinis
AAHA
Don Wogan
Ron Craven
Alberta
Gas City
Harold Scott
Monarchs
Ned O’conner
Bob Lauder
Maurice Stone
Wilf, Knight
Alex Thompson
Tommy Charles
Ross McKay
Ed Holly
Bill Clarke Mickey
Craven
Freddy Lait
Russ McDougal
Jack Quail
Coleman Grads
Gleichen Gunners
Lacombe
Medicine Hat
Edmonton Drama Chair Attends April Toronto Meeting
Mrs. Mary Mooney, Edmonton chairman of the Dominion Drama Festival, will attend an executive meeting in Toronto on April 13 to select eight plays for the festival finals. Cecil Bellamy will present his report on the twelve regional competitions he judged. The committee will then choose eight productions invited to finals.
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Edmonton
Mary Mooney
Toronto
Cecil Bellamy
Canada
Canadian Players to stage Man and Superman in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat committee of Canadian Players announces final arrangements for a April 11 performance of George Bernard Shaw comedy Man and Superman in the high school auditorium. Stratford Festival actors Douglas Campbell Ann Casson Irene Mayeska and Ted Follows lead a two troupe season visiting Canadian and American cities.
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Canada
Medicine’ Hat Committee
Stratford Group
Peter Gynt
Medicine Hat
Stratford
Tom Patterson
Stratford Festival
Laurel Crosby
J. G. Kidd
Joe’ Levinson
Henry Allergoth
Garry Mitchell
Ron McAffer
Fred McGuinness
Douglas Campbell
Ann Casson
Irene Mayeska
Ted Follows
Old Vic
Edinburgh
Angus steer tops Edmonton fat stock sale
Top price of 1.12 a pound was paid for the grand champion Aberdeen Angus steer weighing 650 pounds raised by Bill Gibb of Killam. The steer was bought by the Mayfair hotel of Edmonton at the Edmonton spring fat stock show on Tuesday. The sale featured 85 steers and 365 head sold, with an average price near 22 cents a pound. Special showmanship prizes went to Bill Robinson of Vermilion and Bill Gibb, with Keith Barr of Vermilion winning the Hereford class. junior maturity grand champion was a Hereford heifer shown by Carol Enman of Wetaskiwin.
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Edmonton
Bill Gibb
Killam
Mayfair Hotel
Louise
Barr
Bill Robinson
Vermilion
Angus
Keith Barr
Hereford
Carol Enman
Wetaskiwin
Smilestones at the Garage Questioning Car Repair Costs
A terse exchange centers on diagnosing a car issue and estimating a repair. The dialogue notes a suggested price of 39.75 dollars, with uncertain initial responses about the fault and the final quote.
Socred Majority Defeats Bid To Throw Out Plan
In Edmonton the Social Credit majority rejected an opposition bid to discard a government plan requiring municipalities to disclose projected spending. The bill would force councils to notify taxpayers of provincial grants and tax effects, with 35 voting for and 18 against in committee of the whole after a two hour debate.
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Edmonton
Social Credit
Alberta
Hooke
Glasstown May Get Post Office
Ottawa CP report says Minister Winters announced a Calgary post office and a promise for Redcliff in public works plans. Negotiations with CPR for Calgary site are complete with 345 feet frontage on 9th Avenue and 140 on 1st Street West. Minister will consider Redcliff project this year.
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Winters
Calgary
Redcliff
Alta
Commons
Carl Nickle
Calgary South
CPR
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1St Street
W. D. Wiley
Medicine Hat
Works Department
London murder trial hears expert on drug dosages in Morrell case
Dr. Arthur Douthwaite testified that heavy drug dosages to Edith Morrell were likely intended to terminate her life. He said morphia and heroin injections turned her into a drug addict by 1949, and that paraldehyde could have hastened death when added to other drugs.
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Arthur. Douthwai Harley ‘Street
John Bodkin Adams
Ces Adams
Killit
Edith Morrell
Reginald Manningham-Buller
Douthwaite
Morrell
Crown
Adams
Harris
Tshe
Geoffrey Lawrence
Snow storm moves from Southern to Northern Alberta
Weather update from Edmonton notes a snow storm crossing Southern Alberta has shifted toward Northern Alberta. Thursday is forecast sunny and milder across regions with highs around 45 in Calgary and 20 in Edmonton. Reports show yesterday's high 42 and low 19 with light precipitation.
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Alberta
Calgary
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Swift ‘Current
Swift Current
Moose Jaw
Oscar predictions set as industry eyes tight race
Awards season rumors point to Ingrid Bergman as best actress and Yul Brynner as best actor with Around the World in 80 Days favored for Best Picture. George Stevens tops for Best Director amid a close contest. Bergman, Stevens linked to past guild wins.
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Yul Brynner
Dorothy Malone
Robert Stack
George Stevens
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Ste
Stevens
Giant
Terell
Baker
Nancy ‘Kelly
Brynner
Anastasia
London strike expands as 500000 more workers quit
AP reports union leaders order 500000 additional factory workers to strike in Britain in a second stage. The walkout follows 1,000,000 quitting last weekend across aviation, electrical, and machine tool sectors. London area workers are urged to stop work March 30 over a 10 percent wage demand and employers' negotiating stance.
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London
Britain
S. Key
Shipbuilding, and Engineering
Ministry of Labor
Fires Across Dominion Claim Six Persons
Fires erupted at widely separated points across Canada today killing six people and causing over 100000 dollars in damage. Montreal saw a tenement wiped out with a slum clearance pending. Victoria housed the burning of British Columbia's first legislative building. Yarmouth Fire Chief called the blaze near the furnace room a flash fire injuring three firemen. Saint John saw nine families displaced from three tenements with all others believed safe.
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Montreal
Victoria
British Columbia
Yarmouth
N. S
J. Leboeuf
Legislative
Mines Department
Douglas Trefy
Saint John
Saint. John
Harbor
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