Old boilers at power plant face reduced pressure plan
Civic authorities received notice that four 40 year old boilers may continue in use after next Monday April 1 at reduced pressure and only if a major extension program is confirmed this year. Boilers to be cut to 100 psi with safety valves at 160 psi. emergency use allowed to 150 psi, then removal by April 1 1958.
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Ald
Ed McCombs
J. W.douglas
Ed. Heckbert
Lorne Thompson
H. O. Davis
Gus
R. Beitz
Mild spring weather extends across western prairies
Weather report from Edmonton notes continued mild spring conditions with frost expected tonight in the western prairies. Highs reach 25 to 50 across cities including Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge Saskatoon Swift Current and Moose Jaw with overnight lows around 6 to 55 and minimal precipitation.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Calgary
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Swift Current
Moose Jaw
Longshot Wins Grand National at Aintree
Sun dew an 11 year old chestnut gelding led from start to finish to win the Grand National by eight lengths. Wyndburg a 25 to 1 shot and the youngest horse in the field finished second with Tiberetta third. Glorious Twelfth was fourth as a crowd of over 150 000 including the Royal Family watched E S B fail to catch the leader.
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Aintree
England
Sundew
Wyndburg
Tiberetta
Wyndburgh
Glorious Twelfth
Smilestones Voter and Candidate Clash in Voter Dialogue
A voter questions a candidate with a sharp jab about voting for him as St. Peter. The candidate responds that even if he were St. Peter, the voter could not vote for him, implying a contested constituency and heated rhetoric.
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St. Peter
Beck Suspended by AFL-CIO Over Teamsters Inquiry
The AFL-CIO executive council suspended Teamsters chief Dave Beck as an AFL-CIO officer and ordered a full inquiry into the union. George Meany announced the immediate suspension and charges pending, citing Beck's actions bringing the labor movement into disrepute and unexplained use of union funds.
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Afl-Cio
Teamsters
Dave Beck
Beck
Aflcio
George Meany
AFL - Cio
Meany
Teamster
Senate
Afl-Cio Council
Labor Organization
Ethical Practices Committee
Organized Labor
America
Afl:cio
Monte Carlo contest jackpot rises to eighty dollars
Doris Connell from Medicine Hat nearly won last week with all words correct except two. Over 500 entries were received. next contest appears in tomorrow’s edition of THE NEWS. see Page Two for last week’s puzzle solution and explanations.
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Monte Carlo
Doris Connell
St. Medicine Hat
Doris
Harry
the News
Cantalinis Meet Kimberley Dynamiters In Playoff Opener
Medicine Hats Cantalinis arrived in Cranbrook for the first game against the Kimberley Dynamiters with lineup gaps due to absences. Don Vogan returns in goal for Kimberley while Bill Jones, Gordon Andre, Elmer Pelt, and Joe Kershaw anchor the blueline. The series shifts between Kimberley and Medicine Hat with potential moves to Medicine Hat if necessary.
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Kimberley
B.C
Hat Cantalinis
Sullivan Hotel
Kimberley Dynamiters
Medicine Hat
Cranbrook
CPR
Crow‘s Nest
Earl Berker
The
Moose
Jan Canucks
Cantalinis
Don Vogan
Dynamiters
Dave McLay
Bill Jones
Gordon Andre
Elmer Pelto
WJHL
Joe Kershaw
Buzz Mellor
Bill Chacalias
Don Wogan
Ken*MacDonald
Dick Gray
Skinny Hall
Bill McCulley
Ron Much
Bill Starling
Vogan
MacDonald
Phil Stach
Stack
Sonny Collins
Benny , Hoffman
Shorty Jesse
Good sale for drama tickets in Stratford
Joe Levinson of the Cana dian Players committee reports strong demand for reserved seats for the Stratford presentation of Man and Superman. More than 450 seats sold at lunch, 150 seats remain, with interest from local and district residents including a 50-person party from Ralston and inquiries from Bow Island Maple Creek and Leader.
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Joe Levinson
Canadian Players Committee
Stratford
Levinson
Ralston
Bow Island
Maple Creek
Leader
Klondike Kate's Will Set for Vancouver Banquet
The will of Klondike Kate, the Yukon dance hall queen, will be probated at the Klondike Sourdoughs banquet in Vancouver. Kate died Feb. 21 in Sweet Home Oregon at 77. Copies of the will, a 15 year old poem, will be distributed among the almost 200 Sourdoughs gathered from the Yukon, northwest U S and British Columbia.
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Vancouver
Yukon
Sweet Home
Ore
U.S
British Columbia
Kate
Lulu Fairbanks
Medicine Hat Health Unit vaccinates junior high pupil
The Medicine Hat Health Unit staff vaccinate junior high pupil Frank Bagshaw with one cc of Salk polio vaccine. Dr J M Brown, Miss Ethel Dragland and Miss Elsie Breakell assisted as the unit completed first shots at the school. Second shots will occur before summer holidays. All serum from Connaught Laboratories Toronto. All shots this year are vaccine.
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Medicine “Hat Health Unit
Frank Bagshaw
J. M. Brown
Breakell
Connaught Laboratories
Toronto
Eden to Boston for Examination
Wellington New Zealand Reuters reports Sir Anthony Eden will travel to Boston for a physical exam by a U S gall bladder specialist. A Auckland medical bulletin cited Eden’s feverish spell but noted health improving and said sea passage is being sought for Eden and Lady Eden, cancelling a planned Australia visit.
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N.Z
Reuters
Anthony Eden
Boston
U.S
Auckland
Richard Cattell
Horace Evans
Eden
England
United States
Lady Eden
Australia
Bulletin
Mayor To Meet Howe Over Protest Potato Dumping
Mayor Harry Weiner of Medicine Hat will carry a Vauxhall protest against American potato dumping to Trade Minister C. D. Howe in Calgary. Growers seek a 75 cent per bag duty on U S spuds to shield western markets, with the mayor expressing support for protection and domestic sales in Brooks and Vauxhall.
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Vauxhall
Prairies
C. D. Howe
Calgary
Harry Weiner
Medicine Hat
Howe
U.S
Maritimes
Weiner
Brooks
Fires kill three veterans and four children in BC hotel and Cranbrook tragedy
In Vancouver three veterans and four children died from asphyxiation after a waterfront hotel fire started in a basement office. Nearby Cranbrook saw four Indian children burned to death under a bed in a separate blaze. Three others were injured, including a firefighter, as crews battled the fires.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
William H. Garner
Jack Stewart
Walter Thorne
Cranbrook
Here
Herman
Lassimer
Abelina
Camille
Marie Thelma
Finlay Duff
Seven Die In Philadelphia Tenement Fire
A blaze in a north Philadelphia three story brick tenement killed seven people and injured at least four. Six victims were children and police said all victims were Negroes. Twelve residents were known to be inside when the fire started and flames blocked front exits. Firemen evacuated victims from windows as others leaped from upper floors.
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Philadelphia
Dieselization affects CPR workers in locomotive division
CPR officials report an adjustment program as dieselization reduces steam power. Some workers have been laid off or reduced, with many remaining in the locomotive division awaiting further changes across the west.
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Cp.r
IRA Bomb Hits Bus Station in Northern Ireland Blast
IRA members exploded a bus station in Duneven, Northern Ireland, starting a fire that destroyed the station five buses and a truck.
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Dunvigen
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Adams accused of killing patient in English murder trial
London CP A medical specialist maintained that Dr John Bodkin Adams killed a wealthy patient with overdoses of drugs Crown witness Dr Arthur Henry Douthwaite said there was evidence of intent to terminate life He testified the drugs given to 81 year old Mrs Edith Morrell from Nov 8 to Nov 12 would have caused death and lacked medical justification.
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London
John Bodkin Adams
Crown
Arthur Henry Douthwaite
Adams
Douthwaite
Edith Morrell
Reginald Manningham - Buller
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