City council hears on gas field depletion and costs
The council discussed the city owned gas field of about 39 000 acres likely to run out in 10 to 12 years with a latest date of 1964 or 1966. It outlined eight new wells this year and four to eight next year in high and low pressure zones, plus a call for a qualified engineer and a cost accounting system to track gas delivery costs.
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Cial
Ald
T. AL Walker
Calgary
Bob Beitz
Flood Threats From Lake Manitoba Rise Across Rural Manitoba
Flood-waters at a 40 year high cover about 80 square miles of farmland along Lake Manitoba. Evacuations of villages at the southern end were considered as Delta and Brandon areas faced rising water in the Assiniboine river system. Officials warned the lake and tributaries are at their highest level in 40 years threatening further spring flood developments.
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Winnipeg
Lake Manitoba
Brandon
Assiniboine
Tre
Aising
Manieta
Tornadoes Hit Six U S. Regions Causing Fatalities And Damages
The report details violent tornadoes across six states including Texas Oklahoma Arkansas Louisiana Missouri and Iowa. One person died and at least 56 were injured as storms damaged hundreds of homes and vehicles. Eleven children were injured when a tornado struck a schoolhouse in east Texas.
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Little “Rock
Ark
Jashing
Midwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Missouri
Iowa
Lafayette
Versailles
Mosaic of Soviet life glimpsed through a Western editor’s notes
Bill’s boss of The Canadian Press recounts five months in the Soviet Union with notebooks full of sidelights on life behind the Iron Curtain. The notes describe higher learning institutions training thousands of foreigners, embassy dynamics, travel restrictions, frontier controls, and pervasive security measures across cities and border zones.
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Bill
Moscow
Soviet Union
Iron Curtain
Canada
Union
U.S.S.R
Craty Hall
North
Oreans
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Europe
China
Cba
Mundt Seeks Shorter McCarthy Army Hearing Next Week
Senator Mundt announced an attempt to shorten the McCarthy Army hearings. The report notes a warmer spell ahead with Sunday forecast highs around 40 to 45 degrees.
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Karl Mundt
Graham leasing second stadium to host crowds in London
AP report notes Billy Graham plans final London services May 22 as part of a three month Prospects tour. Weather permitting he will address audiences of 117,000 at White City Stadium on the Wembley area’s west edge, where greyhound racing is held.
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London
Billy Graham
Wembley
White City
Stadium
Medicine Hat Plans 1954 Budget With Tax Increase
City officials project a 1954 budget near 2.56 million dollars a record level, funded largely by school requisitions and utilities earnings. The tax rate remains 43 mills with a general rate cut to six mills, and hospital and library levies plus school needs shape the fiscal plan.
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Medicine Hat
Mayor's Handicapped Bus Painted Special Color
Mayor Harry Weiner purchases a bus for handicapped transit in Medicine Hat. The bus will be painted a distinctive color to distinguish the fleet and used on Sundays and holidays in summer to take groups to lakes and resorts. The mutually owned Medicine Hat Transit, Ltd. will provide a driver and service for the unit, with weekday emergency calls available in return. The firm has seven units after acquiring two used buses from Windsor, and the mayor's bus will be remodeled to accommodate wheelchairs or stretcher cases as needed.
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Harry Weiner
Medicine Hat Transit, Ltd
Transport Company
Windsor
May Recovery Hopes Rise As Economy Shows Signs
AP notes April slowed the decline across many industries while autos rebounded and some textiles faced tougher conditions. Merchants expect steadier May consumer spending despite overtime losses and shorter work weeks, with firms planning in-house supply plants to cut reliance on former suppliers.
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Chicago
Canada's Richest Young Man Charged in $41 Robbery
John L Smallman 20 described as Canada's richest young man faced a $41 robbery charge in Toronto. Magistrate F C Gullen set bail at 1000 after Smallman, heir to about 3 million, was arrested as an alleged accomplice in the December 17 hold up. He was released on bail following questioning.
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Toronto
John'l.'smallman
Canada
C. Gullen
Smallman
Lawrence
Te ‘Nash
Uto
Ge “Arthur
Martin
Royal reunion ends Tobruk stay as family sails home
Elizabeth and Prince Charles with Princess Anne share a kiss and hug after five months apart as the royal party leaves Tobruk Libya. The family boards a ship following a rain-soaked arrival ending their world tour’s Tobruk leg amid bombed harbor damage.
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Tobruk
Libya
Elizabeth
Charles
Anne
Medicine Hat gas rights sold to American financiers sparks protest
City officials led by Mayor Weiner criticize the government for transferring gas and mineral rights from Medicine Hat to American financiers via Britalta holdings. They allege the move ignored local interests as export prospects arose, sourcing a lengthy dispute dating years back with the conservation board and Mines Minister E Tanner.
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Britalta
Petroleum Itd
Bailey’ Selburn
Oil& Gas Co
Britalta Holding
Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Cypress Hills
Weiner
Medicine ‘Hat
Hough
E. Tanner
Conservation: Board
Ani
McCombs
The
Conservation’ Board
Gas Demand Surpasses 1953 Billion Cubic Feet
Gas consumption in 1953 reached over three billion cubic feet with December as the peak month at 526.5 million feet. The prior January total was about 376.3 million feet, reflecting mainly domestic use and industrial accounts.
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Dick’ Haymes
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Yasmin
Rebecca
Children’s Court
White Plains
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Graham
Mayor's Bus
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