Mental health cases high in Alberta study says expert
Edmonton based official notes mental illness heavy strain in Alberta with hospital beds filled. University of Alberta professor cites only 1 in 65 research dollars goes to mental illness studies. Coroner rules in Winnipeg case of mass family shooting. Violet King leaves Calgary for Ottawa appointment. Fire destroys Northwest Industries aircraft instrument plant in Edmonton. Doukhobor women to serve jail time for peace disturbance in Nelson. Kelowna Packers report multi year deficits. Prairie grain season starts with below normal moisture. Canada’s regular army praised in Victoria. Calgary man charged with theft at Cruade Holdings trial proceeds.
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Edmonton
Mental Health Association
Alberta
C. Clarke
University of Alberta
Winnipeg
Prairie
Searle
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Pupil Kills Teacher at Maryland Park Junior High
A 15 year old pupil armed with a rifle opened fire at Maryland Park Junior High in Seat Pleasant Md wounding six others and killing teacher Frazer Cameron 32. Athletic coach Francis Wagner 25 was shot in the chest and Robert Hicks 31 was wounded in the hand. Police question Billy Ray Prevail 15 a pupil.
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Seat Pleasant
Maryland Park Junior High School
Frazer Cameron
Francis Daniel Wagner
Robert Hicks
Billy Ray Prévaile
Parents Object To Blood Gift For Daughter
The parents of five year old Judy Maddison traveling to Mayo Clinic refuse a blood transfusion for their daughter citing Jehovah’s Witness beliefs. Judy arrived in Rochester Minnesota where doctors may perform corrective surgery for her rare enlarged heart condition to prevent a fatal outcome if untreated. The father says he is new to the faith while the mother is a long time member.
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Calgary
Judy Maddison
Mayo Clinic
Judy
Rochester
Minn
Maddison
Jehovah’s Witnesses Church
Judy "Lett
Howe Double Cross Over Calgary Pipeline Debate
Opposition Leader Drew charged Trade Minister Howe with crossing Parliament by denying McMahon documents about an Alberta to east gas line proposal. Howe claimed the McMahon letter was private and not tabled, while Diefenbaker pressed for production as a contempt of Parliament.
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Ottawa
Drew
Howe
Calgary
Frank McMahon
Commons
McMahon
Rene Beaudoin
Westcoast Transmission Ltd
The
Diefenbaker
UN Chief Hammarskjold Flies to Rome Seeks Unconditional Cease Fire
Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Rome in optimistic mood amid questions on whether Arab Israel cease fire pledges are binding if Israel diverts the Jordan River. Beirut reports claim Lebanon linked its cease-fire to Jordan River actions. Syria and Jordan previously tied theirs to no taps on Jordan River. The secretary general promised a full text within two days.
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Stan Swinton
Rome
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations
Israel
Jordan River
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Hammarskjold
Wealthy Chinese Said Head Illegal Ring
Sing Kee a 57 year old New York Chinatown travel service operator was named in a five count indictment alleging he headed a ring that brought thousands of Chinese into the United States illegally. Kee is charged with conspiracy and aiding five Chinese to fraudulently claim U S citizenship by asserting they were children of American citizens.
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New York
United States
Sing Kee
Chinatown
Kee
U. S
Propaganda Casts Effective in North
North officials say Russian broadcasts reach the Yukon and Northwest Territories where Canadian radio is hard to hear. They advocate powerful southern transmitters to beam Moscow content to residents via local relays, aligning with CBC’s proposed 2.5 million plan for northern coverage with Winnipeg and Vancouver transmitters and northern stations.
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Ottawa
R. Gordon Robertson
Northwest Territories
Royal Commission On Broadcasting
F. H. Collins
Yukon Territory
Radio Moscow
CBC
North
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Parliament
Robertson
Commission
Moscow
King-Pin Dope King Sentenced 14 Years
TORONTO RCMP ended a Europe wide narcotics probe with the conviction of Jack Goldhar 45 as the king pin of a $1,000,000 dope ring and sentenced him to 14 years. Jacob Rosenblat 53 received eight years. Hannelore Rosenbloom was acquitted.
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Toronto
Jack Goldhar
RCMP
Baby Kept Alive After Court Ordered Transfusion
Janice Wilson, three days post birth, remains in satisfactory condition after a blood transfusion against her Jehovah's Witness parents wishes. The baby girl was born April 10 and placed under custody by The Children's Aid Society by court order on Tuesday to receive the transfusion for an RII blood factor deficiency.
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Vancouver
Janice Wilson
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Children’s Aid Society
Family heads to renowned clinic funded by local drive
The Maddison family plans a Wednesday trip to a famed clinic, financed by a fund started in Turner Valley and nearby Black Diamond, 35 miles from Calgary. The Co ordinated Council for Crippled Children handles train fare and travel arrangements as donations reach $360 amid limited Turner Valley support.
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Turner Valley
Black Diamond
Calgary
Coordinated
Council For Crippled Children
Maddisons
BLOOD
Weekend Weather Split Across Province
Northern regions may enjoy sunny warm weather this weekend while southern areas face clouds and cooler conditions. Light snow is expected in the Cypress Hills overnight raising travel cautions.
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Cypress Hills
Consumer Price Index Edges Up In March
Ottawa reports the consumer price index rose to 116.6 in March from 116.4, the first gain in three months. Food costs climbed with potatoes vegetables fruits eggs coffee and cheese higher, while declines appeared in beef pork, coats and margarine. Rents and auto licences also rose amid broader movement in small price changes.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Medicine Hat Receives Safety Award At National Highway Meet
Medicine Hat and 12 other Canadian cities will be honored at the Dominion highway safety conference for reporting no traffic fatalities in 1955. The two day meeting opens Tuesday with delegates from provinces except Newfoundland and features talks on reducing highway deaths and a program of action.
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Winnipeg
Medicine Hat
Dominion Highway Safety Conference
Newfoundland
Red) Amos
Medicine Hat Safety Council
Ald
Ed Heckbert
Safety Council
A. R. Bull
Aoeed
Niagara Falls
Ont
St. James
Man
Moose Jaw
Prince Albert
Saskatchewan
Swift Current
Sask
W. M. W. Ash
Toronto
Shell Oil Company of Canada, Ltd
Ottawa
Alberta
Medicine Hat News
The
Medicine
Hat’Safety Council
Alberta Motor Association
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Hat
Avenger Beatrice Adams Charged With Murder
Beatrice Adams 33, self described avenger of wronged women, is charged with murder in New Orleans after striking Mack Jernigan 39 with her car on Canal Street and again as he lay injured. Jernigan had fought with Adams over an affair with his wife. Adams spoke of God and fatigue with men, and witnesses recall her calmly reading a bible in the car.
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New Orleans
Beatrice Adams
God
Canal Street
Mack Jernigan
Miss Adams
Jernigan
Jack Holland
Holland
Mack
NATO ministers flag new aggressive Soviet policy threat
NATO foreign ministers warned in Paris that the Soviet Union pursues a more agile policy through economic and cultural penetration. The group debated Russia's moves under the new Moscow regime, with Britain and the United States proposing a five member foreign ministers committee to study broadening NATO, with final decisions likely postponed to December.
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Paris
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Moscow
Britain
Russia
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Dukes
United States
Selwyn Lloyd
Reading Council
Europe
Pearson Said To Succeed Ismay As NATO Secretary General
The Canadian external affairs minister Mike Pearson is expected to take over from Lord Ismay as NATO secretary general early next year. Ismay, 68, has long signaled he will step aside for a younger leader and remains noncommittal on timing. NATO officials caution the report may be premature but acknowledge strong circumstantial support for Pearson.
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Alan Harvey
Paris
Mike Pearson
Pug Ismay
North Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Britain
Lord Ismay
Pug
L. B. Pearson
Mike
Jersey
Gloucestershire
Pearson
Avenue Foch
Times of London
Ismay
Smile stones: Bobby asks about school closing
Dialogue fragment presents a child named Bobby being asked about his school. The response indicates the school is closed. The snippet captures a terse exchange reflecting school status.
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Bobby
Second Shipment of Salk Vaccine Reaches Edmonton
The provincial health department in Edmonton received a second shipment of Salk vaccine from Connaught Laboratories Toronto after a two week delay. Health Minister W W Cross stated the supply will cover first shots across the province and allow completion of the modified inoculation program before the June school term.
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Provincial Health Department
Edmonton
Connaught Laboratories
Toronto
W. W. Cross
Connaught Labs
Suppression of Special Procedures in Soviet Confession Laws
Thepraesidium of the Supreme Soviet nullified three Stalin era laws from 1934 and 1937 allowing special procedures to elicit confessions in treason and sabotage cases. The decree, dated April 19, targets extra legal methods used during purges and seeks to enforce normal criminal procedure as urged by Krushchev at the 20th Congress.
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Praesidium
The
Supreme Soviet
Bulletin of
Stalin
Sergei Kirov
Leningrad
Communist Party
Secret Police
Krushchev
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Radical Sons of Freedom
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Kelowna
Kelowna Packers
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Victoria
Chris Vokes
Western Command
Gordon Head
Work Point
Roy Baum
Crusade Holdings Ltd
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U.S
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Consumer Index Up
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