Multiple Fatalities and Rescues Reported Across Cities
Reports from Winnipeg Vancouver and Provo describe a two year old found unconscious in a crib with unsuccessful resuscitation. In Vancouver a 72 year old man died in a collision with an unmarked police car. Two Brigham Young University students rescued their rescuers during a Utah Lake boat incident as high winds and rough waves challenged the parties involved.
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Winnipeg
John Whittaker
Margaret Whittaker
Fire Department
Vancouver
Marsh Kenneth MacLeod
Jack Engler
Provo, Utah
Brigham Young University
Utah Lake
Craig Rollins
Dundes, LL
Hal Jensen
Lethbridge
Alta
Theron S. Hall
Bert .Gardner
Hungary to Rehabilitate Rajk Fifth Columnist Stalinist purge
Hungary's Communist government announced the rehabilitation of former foreign minister Lazzlo Rajk and his co defendants hanged in 1949 for plotting with Tito and the United States to topple the regime. Rakosi cited innocence while noting co defendants also cleared.
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Vienna
Hungary
Lazzlo Rajk
Tito
United States
Red
Communist Party
Matyas Rakosi
Rajk
Soviet Union
Stalin
Europe
Kremlin
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Begrade
Czechoslovakia
Czech Communist Party
Rudolf Slansky
Slansky
Calgary coroner rules Wathen died in 2nd Ave pileup
A coroner's jury ruled Walter Wathen a 30 year old tow truck driver from Strathmore died accidentally on January 21 in one of the worst pileups. The verdict was delivered Wednesday in Calgary.
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Calgary
Walter Wathen
Strathmore
Alberta Legislature to Prorogue After Tough Session
The second session of the 13th Alberta legislature was expected to prorogue today after Lieutenant Governor J. J. Bowlea sent royal assent to 177 bills. Opened Feb 9, the session featured 34 days of sittings and 14 special night sittings, a record since Social Credit took power in 1935.
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Alberta House
Edmonton
Alberta
J. J. Bowlea
Social Credit
Massey Presents Badges To Eskimo Cubs and Brownies
Governor General Massey arrived in Tuktoyaktuk N W T from Cambridge Bay and presented badges to 14 Eskimo Cubs Guides and Scouts at the town school after an influenza like outbreak closed the school. The event drew 49 natives and one white girl Mavis King daughter of the Hudsons Bay Company manager. Three Eskimo children have died of pneumonia linked to the outbreak.
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Tuktoyaktuk
Massey
Canada
Cambridge Bay
N. W.T
Dorothy Robinson
Ottawa
Weather Alert: Pacific Disturbance Approaches Plains
Cloudiness increases over Alberta and Saskatchewan as a Pacific disturbance moves eastward. A strong southeastern flow crosses Saskatchewan today. Temperatures rise with milder air in southwestern Alberta this morning. Near 40 expected in Alberta Friday, Saskatchewan readings 5 to 10 degrees cooler.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Antrong
St. Josephs Home Nearing Completion
The Carmelite order announces the St. Joseph’s Home for the Aged near completion in Medicine Hat. The May 30 blessing will be led by Bishop Francis P. Carroll with Carmelite leaders present. The new 70+ bed, 62 room fireproof building, costing 350000, will connect to the old site and house guests and staff with an elevator and chapel.
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Mother Clara
St. Joseph’s
Francis P. Carroll
Calgary
The
Foundation Co. of Canada Ltd
E. M. Fox
E. J. McCoy
Canada
Sisters of the Carmelite Order
Ontario
Carmelite
Toronto
Mount Carmel
St. Catharines
Welland
Carmel Heights
Erindale
United States
Europe
St. Joseph's
Medicine Hat
Rule, Wynn and
Rule of
Two Cent a Gallon Gas Tax Hiked in Manitoba Budget
Manitoba provincial treasurer R D Turner announced a two cent increase in the gasoline tax to 11 cents a gallon as part of a 65 million budget. He said the raise will net about 2 million next year while expenditures total 64.58 million with a 442 thousand surplus. Turner also cut the amusement tax for tickets 30 cents or less and trimmed rates on higher priced tickets, citing reduced theatre attendance and a 215 thousand annual revenue loss.
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Winnipeg
R. D. Turner
Tur
Ner
Treasury
Turner
Rescues After Fire Sinks Mexican Motor Vessel Matul
Port officials report all 35 aboard the Matul were saved after a fire and engine room explosion sank the 300-ton vessel about 60 miles north northwest of Campeche in the Gulf of Campeche. The coastguard Virgilio Uribie and an amphib plane evacuated 21 passengers and 14 crew to Campeche. the captain was among the rescued.
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Progreso
Mexico
Gulf of Campeche
Joselin Cobas
Virgilio Uribie
Campeche
Yucatan Peninsula
Matul
Smile stones wage talk hints at living beyond means
A quoted comment on wage increases suggests workers now have greater means to live beyond basic needs. The line emphasizes improved purchasing power and economic comfort from higher wages.
Way of the Cross journey through old Jerusalem walls
A vivid account guides readers along the Via Dolorosa from the Pretorium to Calvary. It describes narrow streets within Jerusalem’s walls, bazaars, and remnants of ancient fortifications. The walk recalls Pontius Pilate and the crucifixion scene with stations, chapels, and sacred markers.
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Pontius Pilate
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
Old City
Suez
Jesus
Mary
Simon
Cyrene
Veronica
Christ
St. Peter’s
Rome
Tariq Bab el Amoud
Easter Date Variability Defines Movable Feast Across Centuries
Easter Sunday varies between March 22 and April 25 due to lunar cycles and the vernal equinox. The piece notes historical earliest and latest dates, future occurrences, and why the date remains unsettled, with economic implications for fashion and merchandise planning.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia Explosion Destroys Block in Market Street Area
A devastating blast at 30th and Market Streets in Philadelphia reduced a large midtown block to rubble. Dozens of people injured, and the Tidewater Mill and Elevator Co building plus the Philadelphia Bulletin office were wrecked as debris and smoke filled the area. Fire and police teams labored amid shifting hazards, with 25 000 calls logged in four hours.
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Philadelphia
Market
West
Bulletin
Tidewater Mill and Elevator’Co
Philadelphia’ Bulletin
Communications
Market Street
Theicity Hall
Samuel Purdy
Purdy
Unclear fragmentary report on ceasefire talks and Diem
Incomplete text hints at ongoing negotiations to end tolls or stalemate with an assembly. Mentions Diem and a desire to unify during a truce in South Vietnam. Page reference indicates continued coverage.
Screwiest Strike in History Hits Birkenhead Shipyards
Union leaders weigh a government fact finding board’s appeal to end a six month dispute over screw hole drilling in an insulation composite. The three unions wood metal and shipwrights prompted by a 500 walkout face mass layoffs and possible loss of an 18 million US contract as four American vessels and British craft are delayed. The inquiry called the strike wholly unjustified and deplorable urging immediate resumption of work.
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Birkenhead
England
Reuters
Cammell Laird
Ian Macleod
Trades Union Congress
Wood Workers’ Union
Alberta Schools Get Farmers' Day Holiday
Edmonton Alberta June 8 will be a school holiday announced by Education Minister Aalborg and approved by the provincial cabinet. The move designates Farmers' Day as a day off for students across the province.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Aalborg
Alberta Game Act amendments gain second reading
Alberta legislature passed second reading on modifications to the Game Act. Key changes bar hunting on occupied lands without owner permission, restrict posting by farmers, allow entry to pursue wounded game, and remove crown-lease posting discretion from the fish and game commission. Local hunters react with mixed views and questions about land rights.
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Alberta
Fish and Game Commission
Roy Ayling
Irvine
Ayling
Battiste Carnelli
Privat
March Lion Roars In Defiant Exodus
A brutal March storm battered the eastern Prairies with heavy snow and many stranded motorists. Winnipeg tied a seasonal record with 98.4 inches as Brandon reached 76 inches. Neepawa saw 243 inches and Hudson Bay 2 feet. One motorist died from a heart attack while shovelling. Authorities warned flood risk along the Assiniboine and Red rivers but called the immediate threat not urgent.
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Winnipeg
Prairies
Montana
Brandon
Assiniboine
Red River
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
United States
Bruce B. Hogarth
Water Resources
Neepawa
Hudson Bay
Klaus the talking crow dies in Winnipeg
Klaus, a trained talking crow, collapsed on his mistress Edith Rasmussen in Winnipeg after a day of quiet behavior. The bird, who could sing How Much Is That Doggie in the Window and tease neighbors, had been missing for eleven days before a girl trapped him with a cardboard box.
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Winnipeg
Klaus
Edith Rasmussen
St. James
Buk Tau
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Norregome
St. Josephs
P. J. O’byrne
R. H. A. Lacey
Fred Waugh
Brooks
J. Banak
Tilley
J. A. Lerner
Bow Island
Ben Weisgerber
Schuler
Ted Bulanda
Redcliff
George Muza
Foremost
Joe Nina
Empress
J. J. Muza
Francis Halpin
James Sinclair
Matt Anton
Medicine Hat Contractors Ltd
Reuben Hieb
Alex Ott
Toba
Pilate
North America
Norman Dixon
Griswold
Klaus the Talking Crow
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