Two Such Births Registered in U S
A spokesman for the American Medical Association said two cases of conjoined twins were born in the United States, both involving two births joined at the head. The Montreal case involved a 31 year old mother, with the infants dying shortly after birth in the earlier instances. The AMA noted these dates suggest such births may occur more often than reports indicate.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Montreal
Siamese Twins Of Triple Birth Reported In Serious Condition
Montreal hospital authorities said the Siamese girls born to Catharine Savage are in serious condition with a single brain between them. The two girls Janet and Janica weighed about 4/ a pounds each, the third baby five pounds. Doctors noted the birth as unprecedented and considered possible surgical options if feasible.
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Alex Dimeo
Montreal
Catharine Savage
Janet
Janica
Catherine Booth Hospital
Salvation Army
James Savage
Montreal Neurological Institute
Neurological Institute
Donald
Joy
Nancy
Montreal Councillor Seeks Equipping Police Cars for All Emergencies
Montreal Councillor Gerard Gauthier urges replacing most regular police cars with station wagons outfitted for any situation. He argues current patrol cars lack gear to handle accidents, fights, or fires without ambulance or fire department support.
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Montreal
Gerard Gauthier
Canada’s First Subway Opens in Toronto Tonight
Toronto’s $50.9 million subway opens Tuesday serving 40,000 riders an hour from Union Station to Eglinton Avenue with 104 English-built cars. Trains run 18 minutes apart and replace north south streetcars on Yonge and Bay streets, while surface buses cover feeder routes. The project foresees downtown redevelopment as shoppers flock to stations opening into stores.
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Churchill and world react to hydrogen bomb tests
Reports from Canada India and Britain show radioactive snow in Melfort Saskatchewan possibly from Pacific tests. Nehru appeals nations to refrain from H bomb experiments while Churchill prepares reply to MPs about possible action and discussions with the USSR on disarmament.
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Churchill
Melfort
Sask
Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
Pacific
Alberta and Saskatchewan Snow Forecast Shifts Overnight
Snow in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan ends this afternoon as another disturbance brings more snow overnight into Tuesday morning. Temperatures hold between 20 and 25 degrees with Medicine Hat experiencing cloud and flurries, light winds, and minimal temperature change.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Predict Record Tourist Year 1954 by Reginald Hardy
Canada anticipates another record tourist year as inquiries flood the Canadian Government Travel Bureau. On March 8 the bureau logged 6 826 inquiries, the highest single day in 20 years, signaling continued upward trends after 1953’s record $302 million in tourism receipts.
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Canada
U.S
Manitoba PC leadership split risks party break, June 16 convention
Winnipeg Free Press reports a leadership rift in Manitoba's Progressive Conservative party may trigger a breakaway, with speculation of a new party. A convention is set for June 16 and three legislators plan to run for leader: Errick Willis, Dufferin Roblin, and Lt. Col. J A Ros. The dispute appears unusually bitter, stirring fears among moderates.
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Winnipeg
The
Free Press
Progressive Conservative
Manitoba
Errick F. Willis
Dufferin
Ontario Indians Granted Right to Vote in Provincial Elections
Ontario legislative committee recommends that 34,500 Indians be allowed to vote in provincial elections without surrendering Indian rights. The report suggests enfranchisement via federal authorities and notes conditions for leaving reserves and losing treaty protections, while veterans may vote with full rights.
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Toronto
Ontario
Select Committee On
Indian Affairs
Goodfellow
Indian Affairs Branch
Gov't
Ontario Indians pay bootleggers high whisky prices
Ontario Indians report paying as much as eighteen dollars a bottle for cheap whisky as a government committee examines liquor privileges. The Indian affairs committee urged federal action if privileges are granted and cited home brewed liquor sold to Indians harming communities. An Indian war veteran lamented that soldiers abroad can drink in messes, but at home they cannot.
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Ontario
Select Committee On
Ontario Indians Fault Reserve System Says It Failed
The Ontario legislature's select committee on Indian affairs found the reserve system has failed to meet its original purpose. It called the policy absurd to segregate a race in modern times and noted reserves visited did not include all band members as younger men worked abroad across the border.
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Toront
Ontario
Select Committee On
Indian Affairs
United States
Employment Office Closes Saturdays in Medicine Hat
Effective April 1 the National Employment office in Medicine Hat will close on Saturdays and operate Monday to Friday from 8 30 a m to 4 00 p m excluding statutory holidays. Staff weekly hours remain unchanged while the public opening starts a half hour earlier on five days with renewed effort for prompt service.
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National Employment Office
Medicine Hat
Polio Cases Reported in Calgary District
Calgary health officers report two new polio cases on Saturday bringing the yearly total to nine in the city and district. The patients are a 14 year old boy and a six year old girl.
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Calgary
Smile a Step in Roster of Army Doctor Quips
Army doctor tells a colleague at a recruiting office that a recruit is unfit for civilian life, framing the condition as a drawback in a wry exchange. The remark highlights tension between military fitness and civilian readiness in the recruitment process.
Tanks and Troops Make Cairo Stand After Demo Fatalities
In Cairo troops and tanks seize strategic squares to keep order after two demonstrators are killed during clashes at the state council. President Naguib, c leading meetings, retains three posts while revolution council delays elections and extends transition to 1956.
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Egypt
Mohamed Naguib
Revolution Council
Naguib
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Council
Abdel Gamal Nasser
Abdel Hakim Amer
State Council
Supreme Court
Abdel Razzak Sanhouri
Sanhouri
Reuters
Sanhoury
Interior Ministry
Fate of Naguib in Doubt as Egypt Faces Political Crisis
Naguib's power hangs by a thread after clashes with younger colleagues and a sweeping general strike across Egypt. He collapsed at Almaza airport then recovered, while mediation from King Saud of Saudi Arabia sought to ease tensions between Naguib and the push for a civilian government.
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Farouk
King Saud
Saudi Arabia
Saud
Egypt
Supreme Court
Sanhouri
Maj
Salah Salem
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Air Force
Nasser
Associated Press
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Revolution Council
Mother of 3 Dies In Collision With Fire Dept Car
In Edmonton a 32 year old mother of three, Annie Pillage, died after her car collided with a fire department squad car responding to an incinerator explosion in an apartment block. Her husband and son were uninjured. the squad crew were unhurt. An inquest will be held.
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Edmonton
Annie Pillage
Fire Department
Alberta to table emergency teacher training bill today
Alberta education minister Aalborg will introduce an emergency teacher training bill to allow student teachers to lead remote classrooms after a six week course, reducing permanent certificate training from two years to one. Other first readings include pensions, MLA disability compensation, and Treasury Act amendments raising total bills to 119 since the session began.
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Epmonton
Alberta
Aalborg
Public Service Pension Act
Treasury Department
Legislative Assembly
Ontario Youth Acquitted in Shooting Case
A 15-year-old North Bay boy, Roger Croghan, was acquitted in juvenile court of killing his father with a .22 rifle on Feb 21, found to have acted in self defense when he found his mother being choked by Russell Croghan, a 42 year old railway worker. The case, heard in camera, was released for publication in the public interest, noting family tensions and the need to avoid stigma.
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North Bay
Roger Croghan
Croghan
M. G. Gould
Russe Croghan
Russell Croghan
Spectacular Rescue Saves 1500 From Empire Windrush
Aboard the Empire Windrush 1500 British personnel and families escaped a blaze after an engine room explosion. Four crewmen died. rescue ships St Kitts and Triumph took the survivors toward home as London investigates possible sabotage.
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