Ike and Dulles Plan Ottawa Visit in July
Washington announced that President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles will visit Ottawa in July, a move seen as a possible gesture to ease Canadian American differences. Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s office offered no official comment and noted he was unavailable. Eisenhower is expected to address both Houses of the Canadian Parliament, following a June visit by UK Prime Minister Macmillan.
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Ottawa
Thes
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Diefenbaker
Macmillan
United Kingdom
Ottawa police trial shows uniformed presence slows traffic
Ottawa coropral King Ackland reports drivers fear police more than harming a child. In plain clothes he observed 40 mph traffic near a school. The next day in uniform on a police motorcycle, drivers slowed to 30 mph and followed rules at the same intersection.
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Otawa
King Ackland
Ottawa
Burglar flees ball game into woods near Concord reformatory
Ronald Myles, 22, a burglar and outfielder on the Concord Re formatory baseball team, chased a long fly into the woods bordering the diamond during a Thursday night game. The escape broke up the evening matchup in the prison farm recreation area half a mile from the reformatory. Mules, from Boston, was serving five years.
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Concord
Mass
Ronald Myles
Concord Reformatory
Reformatory
Mules
Boston
Colonial officials walk out before Queen's Color ceremony
Four officials including two British Guiana ministers left a Princess Margaret event citing discourtesy over seating. Brindley Benn Edward Beharry L F S Burnham and Balram Singh Rai protested after a military officer asked them to move and then left them standing while others were seated.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Reuters
Margaret
Brindley Benn
Edward Beharry
L. F. S. Burnham
Balram Singh Rai
Legislative Council
Senate cuts tariff on harpsichords and clavichords
The Senate voted to cut tariffs on harpsichords and clavichords from 36 to 18 percent, aligning them with pianos. The measure, described as preserving cultural heritage, moves to President Eisenhower for approval after trade officials noted the U.S. producer manufactures about a dozen custom harpsichords annually.
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Washington
United States Senate
Eisenhower
Senate
Commerce Department
U.S
Crackdown Cuts Medicine Hat Traffic Accidents by Two Thirds
Traffic accidents in Medicine Hat dropped from 24 in March to eight in April, a two thirds reduction after a city crackdown that began April 17. Sgt. Bill McKenzie cited driver caution and enforcement as key, noting speeding and failing to stop at signs were greatly reduced and no fatal accidents occurred in the month.
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Medicine Hat
Bill McKenzie
McKenzie
MacKenzie
A. R. Bull
June 16 set for Manitoba general election
Premier D L Campbell announced a June 16 Manitoba general election at a Liberal-Progressive nominating event in River Heights Winnipeg. Nomination day is June 2 with 57 ridings. Parties fielded 33 Liberal-Progressives 50 Conservatives 37 CCF 11 Social Credit and others.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
D. L. Campbell
River Heights
Campbell
Govrnor
J. S. McDiarmid
Liberal-Progressive
W. J. McKeag
Progressive Conservatives
CCF
Social Credit Party
Wednseday
Liberal-Progressives
Social Credit
Independent Conservative
Labor-Progressive
Trust Busting Second Look in Germany Krupp Case
The Western Big Three will reexamine their trust busting cases against Alfried Krupp and other German industrial barons, per the foreign office. An American British French study is set up on initiative of West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. International controversy looms as Allies may demand breakup of Germany's iron coal and steel empires, likely prompting German protests.
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London
Alfried Krupp
Foreign Office
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Reds veto Arctic inspection plan at UN Security Council
The Soviet Union vetoed the United States Arctic inspection plan in the UN Security Council the 88th veto by Russia. Moscow called the plan a gimmick to obtain military data, while warning it could provoke an accidental war by alerting nuclear-armed bombers over the Arctic. Henry Cabot Lodge noted the plan would gather military information under international control with consent of involved powers.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
UN Security Council
U.S
Arctic
Arkady A. Sobolev
Russia
Dag Hammarskjold
Eisenhower
Koto Matsudaira
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lunch With Queen For Sidney Smith
External Affairs Minister Sidney Smith dined with the Queen at Windsor Castle. He is in England before representing Canada at the NATO foreign ministers meeting in Copenhagen next week and joined a group of dignitaries who traveled to Windsor for an overnight visit.
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London
Sidney Smith
Windsor Castle
Smith
England
Canada
NATO
Copenhagen
Windsor
Wham! Bow Island Driver Hits Private Garage
Bow Island resident Neil Johnston misjudged a turn into a private driveway and struck the garage of Ald. Mrs. Ross Gibson at 533 Third Ave SE. Johnston thought he was entering an alley and could not stop. garage damage pegged at 250 dollars and car damage at 50 dollars.
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Bow Island
Neil Johnston
Ald
Ross Gibson
Third Ave
Johnston
Belfast St
Aberdeen St
Settlement Hope Fades In Canadian Rail Strike Threat
Prospects for new talks between Canadian Pacific Railway and the Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen faded as a May 11 strike loomed. Union leaders rejected Kellock framework talks while CPR pledges to run operations. Pickets planned at terminals across Canada with U S support anticipated.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway and
Firemen’s Union
W. E. Gamble
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
CLC
CPR
Accross Canada
Kellock
R. L. Kellock
Supreme Court of Canada
Brotherhood Clai
N. R. Crump
Canadian Pacific
Crump
Windsor
Brotherhood
John Graham
Graham
Esquimalt and
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
Quebec Central
Dominion Atlantic
Nova Scotia
United States
U.S
Shell Opposes East Pipeline Plan From Edmonton to Montreal
Shell Oil Company urged the royal commission on resources to reject a crude oil pipeline to Montreal. In a 46 page brief it argued Western Canada crude needs could be met at home as imports rebound, and warned against artificial quotas or dispatching foreign crude through Montreal. It cautioned toll or subsidy schemes would raise prices and distort the market, favoring Maritime refiners over Montreal.
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Calgary
Edmonton
Montreal
Royal Commission On Resources
Shell Oil Company
Af Onnoarin T
ValidUld IU
Alberta
Canada
United States
U.S
Midwest
Shell
Quebec
Alberta counsel questions Interprovincial Montreal oil line
Calgary based legal counsel says Interprovincial Pipe Line's Edmonton to Montreal proposal should not be taken seriously. Imperial Oil, a one third owner, opposes a Montreal line and has shown no encouragement for enlargement of current facilities. Frawley argues Imperial’s stance defeats the plan before it begins.
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Calgary
Alberta
Interprovincial
Edmonton
Montreal
J.J. Frawley
Borden Energy Commission
Imperial Oil Ltd
Toronto
Western Canada
Imperial Oil
Frawley
T. S. Johnston
Mr. Frawley
Economy Wave For Auto Union
Walter Reuther the UAW president announced a sweeping economy program to cut operating costs. He said heavy layoffs in the auto industry reduced union dues income and that salaried officers take a 10 percent pay cut while 97 staff members are asked to take voluntary reductions.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
UAW
Reuther
United States
Canada
Saskatchewan Liberal Opposes US Liquor System
Regina Liberal Leader A H McDonald warned a US style liquor system would push Saskatchewan toward prohibition within two years. Local groups including Lakeview United Church Regina Council of Women Ogema Homemakers Club and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union urged no change and favored education before expanding outlets.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
A. H. Mc Donald
U.S
McDonald
Lakeview United Church
Regina Council of Women
Ogema Homemakers’ Club
Women's Christian Temperance Union
J. R. Hord
Canada
United States
Hord
Henry Jansen
R. A. Walker
Salvation Army
Amy Dalgleish
E. Pratt
Ogema Homemakers
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
L. F. Bailey
Fragments Tell Tragic Sea Saga Of Sheila Patricia Fire
A fire on the 539-ton trawler Sheila Patricia left seven men dead after attempting to abandon ship near Musgrave Nova Scotia. Surviving crew members described the explosion of a galley stove and a long chaotic escape. six others were rescued with minor burns. The ship, owned by Acadia Fisheries Limited, is a total loss valued at $200,000, drifting offshore as rescuers work to tow the wreck.
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Ian MacNeil
Musgrave N.S
Sheila Patricia
Maxwell Judge
Sydney
Here
Othrs
Dodge
Fcg
Zebrula
William Dodge
Cook James Nickerson
Leo Tarrent
Sandy Hayward
William Walker
Acadian
Fisher
RCA
Grain Pay Levels Continue Into Next Crop Year
Ottawa CP grain payments by the Canadian Wheat Board will persist into the 1957-58 crop year starting Aug 1. Initial payments totaled on about 361.4 million bushels of wheat delivered to the 1956-57 pool, at 1.40 per bushel for No 1 northern wheat, plus an interim 10 cent per bushel on all grades except milling durum, which received 25 cents.
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Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
Unusual atmospheric vibrations in Japan deemed natural
The Japan Meteorological Agency said vibrations detected Wednesday in northern Japan likely arose from natural phenomena. Measurements were confined to Akita observatory with no source identified. Officials saw no link to a British nuclear test near Christmas Island or Soviet tests near Kamchatka.
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Tokyo
Reuters
Japanese Central Meteorological Observatory
Japan
Akita
Christmas Island
Prague
Kamchatka
Siberia
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