Rust Threat Up North as Leaf Rust Spreads From U S
Ottawa officials keep the Selkirk wheat seed embargo through next July to ensure Canadian supplies reach farmers first. U.S. smuggling surges as rust warnings extend to Manitoba and Saskatchewan with calls to plant rust resistant varieties like Selkirk and Rodney oats amid forecasts of a potentially harsh season.
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Selkirk
United States
U.S
Canada
Pembina
N.C
American
Texas
Manitoba
Dakotas
Rodney
Husky
Vantage
Squirrels Take Center Stage In White House Comic Tale
Washington beat reports the White House squirrel flap as reporters joke about trapping damage to the Eisenhower green. Presidential aides clarify only three squirrels were trapped and released. Senator Neuberger launches a fund for a squirrel-proof fence, with $70 cash and several fence offers so far.
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Eisenhower
Bernard Baruch
U.S
White House
Washington
George Kitchen
S. Putting
Washington Press
Strategic Peanuts
Pennsylvania
Senate
James Hagerty
United States Golf Association
Hagerty
Richard L. Neuberger
Oregon
Neuberger
Denies Knowledge Salk Vaccine 100% Effective
A New York AP report quotes Dr. Thomas Francis Jr disputing a World Telegram claim that the Salk polio vaccine trials were 100 percent effective. Francis says the official report is not written and no information has been released. Nearly 2 million children participated in the trials with 210 thousand receiving dummy shots.
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New York
Thomas Francis Jr
Francis
University of Michigan
New York World-Telegram and
Sun
New Orleans
Washington
Oklahoma
Indiana
Hart van Riper
National Foundation For
National Foundation
Jonas Salk
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh University
Heart Failure Cited in Death of Leon Januszewski
Montreal report says medico legal expert Dr. Rosario Fontaine concluded Leon Januszewski died from heart failure after a Wednesday altercation in his rooming house. An autopsy was performed and a full pathology exam was advised. brain congestion may have stemmed from emotional disturbance. He was described as sick and unaware.
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Montreal
Rosario Fontaine
Leon Januszewski
Fontaine
Faontaine
Assurance clears path for big Medicine Hat plant
Civic leaders report Alberta government clearance for five sections of land north of Crescent Heights as part of an 11-section reserve for industrial expansion. Commercial Solvents Corp of New York plans a 22 million dollar nitro chemical plant this summer, with aerial site work underway and construction to begin within three months.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
A. T. Legge
Ald. W. E. McCombs
Calgary
British Dominion Oil Co
U.S
Smilestones Offers New Aftershave With Car Scent
A humorous exchange presents a salesman offering aftershave described as having a new car smell. The line hints at consumer desire for a fresh, alluring fragrance and contrasts masculine bravado with product appeal.
Weather Picture Shifts Across Western Canada
A spring storm dumped between five and 15 inches of wet snow in Western Alberta and moved east through BC into Western Saskatchewan. Clouds loom with light rain or snow showers and gusty west winds of 25 to 36 mph in the south. A new disturbance from the Pacific coast will bring cloudy periods tonight in Alberta and Friday in Saskatchewan.
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Edmonton
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Young to Speak Here on Monday
Henry Young of Miller, president of the Farmers' Union of Alberta, will speak in Medicine Hat next Monday evening April 4 at 8 p.m. in the public library auditorium on better rural urban relations. He will also speak Tuesday afternoon at Irvine in the WI Cocks Hall.
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Henry Young
Miller
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
Medicine Hat
Mr. Young
FUA
Public
Irvine
WI Cocks Hall
Kiwanis Club Donates Vocational Guides to School Library
Kiwanis leaders led by chairman Tommy Dutton presented $50 worth of vocational guidance books for ACHS. Principal Norman A. Wait and vice-principal Gerald S. Grant joined as 19 speakers addressed about 400 students in guidance counseling. The Kiwanis Club has built the guidance reading section over the last decade.
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Tommy Dutton
Kiwanis
Gerald S. Grant
Norman J. Blossom
Ser
Norman A. Wait
ACHS
Kiwanis Club
Dick Donaldson
Lorne A. Walk
New Canadian Criminal Code Takes Effect April 1
The revised Canadian Criminal Code, after over five years of study, replaces the 1892 statute hodgepodge with 750 clearer sections. The reform, steered by two royal commissions and culminating in adoption last June, introduces grouped maximums and multiple amendments shaping appeals and contempt cases. The code goes into effect April 1, with many changes debated in Parliament and Senate before final passage.
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Ottawa
W. M. Martin
Saskatchewan
Garson
Senate
Salter Hayden
Ontario
Justice Department
Commons
Don Brown
Essex West
A. W.roebuck
The
Court of Appeal
Experts oppose isolation plan for Vancouver addicts
Vancouver narcotics experts oppose police chief Walter Mulligan's island isolation proposal for drug addicts. They argue rehabilitation requires social participation and warn isolation mirrors imprisonment and discrimination. They say addiction cannot be solved by quarantine or removal and cite ongoing crime linked to addicts.
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Vancouver
Walter Mulligan
James G. Foulkes
Community Chest and Council
Ottawa
Senate
Canada
Edro Signori
University of British Columbia
Edna MacCullie
Community Chest Narcotics Committee
Mulligan
Dr. Signori
MacCullie
Alberta Safety Council Launches Two Safety Campaigns
Alberta Safety Council plans two major provincial campaigns this year to promote safety awareness across communities. South Korea calls on allies to nullify the armistice and keep troops stationed in Korea.
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Alberta Safety Council
South Korea
Korea
Ducks and politics top Alberta brief items
First flocks of ducks appear in Tilley and Brooks as Ducks Unlimited Canada reports. Two Social Credit MLAs J C Landeryou and R S Lee resign after a real estate probe. evidence tied to owning Edmonton provincial building No 2 leased by government.
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Tilley
Brooks
Ducks Unlimited
Canada
Social Credit
Alberta
Public Accounts Committee
J. C. Landeryou
Sc--Lethbridge
R. S. Lee
Sc--Taber
Mr. Landeryou
Mr. Lee
William McNabb
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Waterfront Sweeps Oscar Derby At 27th Academy Awards
The drama On The Waterfront won eight Oscars plus an honorary plaque tying the Gone With The Wind record. Grace Kelly won best actress for The Country Girl as Brando kissed her on cue amid celebration. The film earned best picture and awards in directing editing art direction cinematography story and screenplay among others. Directors Kazan Schulberg Spiegel produced the project after two studios declined it and Columbia released it on a modest budget of 720000.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Marlon Brando
New York
Grace Kelly
Miss Kelly
Kelly
Elia Kazan
Budd Schulberg
Sam Spiegel
Columbia
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