Raven-haired girl lures killer to Vancouver trap
In Vancouver a 19 year old girl helped police trap Melville Wilkie, a 42 year old criminally insane inmate from Ontario who escaped hospitals five times since 1950. After a 90 mile chase and repeated failed arrests, Wilkie was captured as he tried to abduct the girl. Ontario officials plan to return him to Penetanguishene hospital.
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Vancouver
Melville Wilkie
Wilkie
Ontario
Penetanguishene
Owen Sound
Ont
Winnipeg
Andy McBeth
Shirley
East End
Freak Accident Sends Women To Hospital
Two women remain in hospital after a car driven by Norman D. MacDonald plunged 25 feet through a washed out culvert on Redcliff hill. The vehicle landed upside down in a dirt gulley, the occupants crawling free as firefighters freed them. The 1950 sedan and a 15 foot diameter pavement hole prompted an immediate detour, with Redcliff buses rerouted to carry passengers around the site.
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Norman D. MacDonald
Redcliff Hill
David MacDonald
Fire Department
City Public Works’ Department
Redcliff
Canadian Destroyer Cayuga Supports Korean Front Action
The Canadian destroyer Cayuga joined attacks off Korea on Friday, aiding heavy strikes that hit red positions and started a large fire on a boat concentration. US Navy planes from the carrier Bairoko strafed lines and gun positions from treetop height as UN forces engaged near Pyongyang. The week ended with nine US Fifth Air Force planes lost, two in combat with MiG 15s, amid broader late battle activity along the front.
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Seoul
Cayuga
Korea
United States
Bairoko
Red
Air Force
US 5Th Air Force
North Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Needle in Haystack Challenge Aimed at Napier Trade Fair
The Napier chapter of the Junior Chamber of Commerce plans a needle in a haystack contest to open a trade fair using a three inch gilded needle. They hope to beat a London nurse's time of 22 minutes 15 seconds set in Britain during Sewing Week.
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London
Ceuters
Chamber of Commerce
Napier
New Zealand
National
Needle Arts Bureau
Britain
Floods Persist as Evacuations Continue in Medicine Hat Area
Six more residents are evacuated while two firemen narrowly escape death during Ross Creek floods. Ice jam blast eases danger at the Medicine Hat Brick and Tile bridge as crews reinforce dikes and clear waterlogged roads.
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Ross Creek
Lorne Plotsky
Emerson Webber
Medicine Hat Brick and Tile Company
Queen St
Medicine Hat
W. T. Rennie
Les Welling
Americans Reach Floating Arctic Island at North Pole
Three U S airmen landed on a moving ice island 60 to 100 miles from the pole completing a first phase of a weather data station. Nine others on a nearby drift were stranded after a navy RD4 plane damaged its gear during takeoff and awaited rescue.
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Washington
North Pole
William D. Old
Alaskan Air Command
Pentagon
Air Force
Flying Arctic Laboratory
Navy
Polar
Barrow
Alaska
Polar Island
Fairbanks
Greenland
Weather Outlook Holds Near Normal Temperatures Across Prairies
Mild Pacific air continues over the Rockies into Alberta and western Saskatchewan. A Pacific disturbance crosses B C bringing cloud and wind but no major weekend change. Medicine Hat sees sun today, snow flurries tonight, then sun tomorrow with little temperature shift. winds SW today and W tomorrow. low tonight 25, high tomorrow 45.
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Rockies
Pacific
Alberta
Saskatchewan
B.C
Medicine Hat
West
Milestone clash over meals sparks muttered war words
Smilestones scene features a grizzled sergeant and a private debating army life and food. The private answers he serves his homeland, not the soup, prompting a tongue in cheek exchange about duties and meals.
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Sarge
Parliament Braces for Busy Session and Budget
Ottawa report notes parliament has cleared throne speech debates faster than usual while budgeting moves loom. Key committees on defense spending agriculture and redistribution face delays as Easter recess nears and a 262 million dollar supplementary estimate sparks urgency.
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Ottawa
Commons
Agriculture
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Regina
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Gardiner
New Hope for Steel Dispute
Washington reports a peace move by the steel industry as six largest producers agreed to meet Monday in New York with C I D president Philip Murray of the United Steelworkers. A possible end to the April 8 strike emerges as talks hint at government price relief and wage concessions. Murray sticks to wage stabilization board recommendations for a 17.25 cent raise now and staged increases with union shop terms. Industry seeks a $12 a ton price boost. officials estimate $4 to $5 would cover the cost.
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Washington
New York
C.I.D
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers of America
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
Young Railroaders Face Challenge Says CPR Official
CPR official F. J. Malone tells about the tough future for new railroaders as highway and air travel increase competition. Nearly 200 firemen enginemen and wives attend the Connaught Golf Club banquet celebrating pensioners and Malone’s upcoming retirement.
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CPR
F. J. Malone
Medicine Hat C.P.R
Mr. Malone
C.P.R
Connaught Golf Club
Ladies’ Society
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Malone
Prairie Pride Lodge No. 395
Stan Ellefson
Brotherhood
Prairies
Army chief says US weapons superior to Soviets after Korea
Gen. J Lawton Collins told Congress the American arsenal has 50 percent greater firepower than in World War II and could stop a mass Russian attack in Europe with conventional arms, new anti tank weapons, tanks and guided missiles. He warned manpower needs rise as draft calls jump.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
United States Army
Army
Congress
Kore
Ean
Collins
Europe
House of Representatives Appropriations
G. H. Decker
Korea
Finland Argentina Agree One Year Trade Treaty
Finland and Argentina signed a one year trade treaty exchanging 150 million dollars of goods. Argentina exports cereals oils vegetables leather meat extracts fruits wool cotton while Finland supplies electronic material wood paper newsprint precision instruments and motors.
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Buenos Aires
Finland
Argentina
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Trieste
Italy
Yugoslavia
Governor General of
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Canadian Cancer Society
Wilson Riley
City of
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Cancer Control
Ed Lyons
Earl Congdon
M. Fakas
John Bailey
Purmal
Webber
Plotsky
Dunmore
RCMP
Lethbridge
Calgary
Medalla Potteries
National Porcelain Plant
Works Department
Seven Persons Creek
J.W. Wallis, D.D
Optometrist
Central Elk
Second Street
John Bird
Southam
Farmers’ Union
C.C.F
Stanley Knowles
New Hope For Steel
Eaton's
Medicine Hat News
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