Saskatchewan floods isolate dozens of communities and halt travel
Prairie storms flood roads and wash out bridges along the Qu Appelle Assiniboine and Carrot rivers threatening several Saskatchewan towns. Lumsden sees a bridge submerged while Wolseley evacutes over 60 families as highways turn to lakes. Communications fail from Saskatoon to Prince Albert and western telephone lines slow.
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Saskatchewan
Qu’Appelle
Assiniboine
Lumsden
Regina
Wolseley
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Calgary
Alberta
Winnipeg
Toronto
Salt Lake City
Helena
Mont
City approves 1955 tax rate cut amid budget debate
Medicine Hat council set the 1955 tax rate at 39 mills, four less than 1954. Expenditures total 2,699,745 with revenue 2,684,000 leaving a 15,535 deficit. a potential surplus depends on uncounted revenues. Tax relief comes from school grant changes and lower general rates, while capital costs and expansions are managed within reserves.
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Medicine Hat
A. T. Legge
Weiner
Ald
Ed Heckbert
Railroader Shot Ends Key Strike Talks in Tennessee
A railroad carman was shot dead on a Tennessee highway stalling near settlement talks in the Louisville and Nashville strike. In Knoxville the mayor ordered shoot to kill for the Southern Bell Telephone walkout amid violence and explosions.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee
Louisville and Nashville
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Charles Wright
Mount Pleasant
Washington
George Dempster
Rain making project labeled failure in prairie regions
The Canadian government weather service branded the 1953 1954 cloud seeding experiments a failure with about one seventh less rain in seeded prairie wheat belt areas. Seeding by Water Resources Development Corporation affiliates aimed to boost rainfall in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The report estimated a 14.1 percent rainfall decrease as most likely, with odds favoring no rainfall gains.
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Toronto
Government Weather Service
Prairie Wheat Belt
Water Resources Development Corporation of
Denver
Colo
Manitoba
Westcentral
Saskatchewan
The
Weather Service
Canada to avoid repeat of 1930s low mood says governor
Montreal CP The governor of the Bank of Canada, J E Coyne, told the Dominion Mortgage and Investment Corp meeting that Canada will not see a repeat of the Great Depression. He warned that recessions abroad could affect exports but urged policy to keep unemployment moderate and to advance Canadianization of the economy. He noted population growth and rising productivity as key drivers, predicting GNP could reach $55 billion by 1975 in 1955 prices.
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Montreal
Bank of Canada
Canada
J. E. Coyne
Mr. Coyne
Smilestones: Termite boast sparks house collapse joke
A playful scene features a termite bragging to peers that its act will bring down the house, delivering a humorous moment about building and collapse. The remark frames the insect as a cheeky critic of structure.
South Viet Nam Seeks Republic Pending Western Recognition
A source close to Premier Ngo Dinh Diem says South Viet Nam will declare a republic if Western Big Three recognition is assured. Diem’s government expects quick recognition from Japan the Philippines Nationalist China South Korea Cambodia and Thailand and rules out a constitutional monarchy with Bao Dai as figurehead. Bao Dai appeals to Western powers as protests grow, while a 4000 member national congress and 700 local councils push to strip the chief of state of powers.
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South
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Japan
Philippines
China
Korea
Cambodia
Thailand
Bao Dai
United States
Indochina
Annam
South Viet Nam
U.S
French Riviera
Paris
Prudham Foresees Built Gas Pipeline From Alberta
Mines Minister Prudham told the Oilwell Drilling Safety Clinic there is no despair about a proposed Alberta to eastern Canada natural gas pipeline. He noted studies show economic viability and possible construction, despite Trans-Canada Pipe Lines delaying by a year due to financing.
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Banff, Alta
Prudham
Alberta
Canada
Pradham
Trans - Canada Pipe Lines Ltd
Ontario
New York State
U.S
Westcoast Transmission Co
Peace River
British Columbia
U.S. Pacific Northwest
Federal Power Commission
Washington
695 Blood Donors Give at Clinic
Four donor sessions held Wednesday and Thursday yielded 695 pints for the Red Cross bank, just five short of Medicine Hat’s target. Local organizers praised volunteers and urged continued participation to reach future goals.
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Red Cross Bank
Medicine Hat
Parole system urged for nationwide prisoner release
Windsor Ont plus at the Canadian Welfare Council session Rev D B Macdonald urged a country wide parole policy. He argued parole aids rehabilitation by releasing prisoners when ready and before end of term, reducing prison life impact and promoting education and community life.
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Ont
Canadian Welfare Council
Tawa
Council
Department of Justice
Ottawa
Macdonald
Community Hests and Councils
Victorian Order of Nurses
Polio Serum Halted After Child Deaths
Surgeon General Leonard S. Scheele announced a halt to federal release of any additional Salk polio vaccine pending a complete study by top medical scientists due to a number of recent child deaths after vaccination.
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Leonard Scheele
U.S
One Service Spring Clean-up Expedited Citywide
Mayor Weiner announces a single annual spring clean-up with one pickup per property next week. Refuse must be out promptly to avoid a second trip or callback. Collections begin Monday in Riverside and Crescent Heights.
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Weiner
Riverside
Crescent Heights
UAW Proposes 500 Million Reserve Fund for Wages at Ford GM
The CIO United Auto Workers urge a total 500 million reserve fund to guarantee annual wages at Ford and GM. Each fund would receive four percent of base payroll over five years, with Ford and GM cited as recipients. Negotiations pause as councils review strategy and details.
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Ford
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
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UAW
Reuther
Reserve Fund
Canada urged to boost immigration to grow home market
A government supporter urged Canada to increase immigration limits to expand the domestic market for growing production and keep Canadians employed. The speaker called for broadening sources of immigrant contributions to fund protective facilities at railway and highway crossings.
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Canada
Leon Crestcil
L-Montreal Cartier
The
Commons
Transport Minister rejects cross-Canada crossing penalty proposal
Transport Minister Marler dismissed a suggestion from Canada's two trans continental railways to set 25 dollar fines for ignoring warning signs at railway crossings. The CPR also urged Parliament to grant the board of transport commissioners authority to order compliance.
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Marler
Canada
Trans-Continental Railways
CPR
Board of Transport Commissioners
Canada to Hold Public Hearings on First TV Code
The CBC will launch hearings nationwide to create Canada’s inaugural television code. Chairman A. D. Dunton told the Commons the new regulations will replace the current "gentleman's agreement" governing Canadian television.
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CBC
Canada
A. D. Dunton
The
Commons
Canada Television
Wayne Gee injured in collision. two broken legs
Wayne Gee, Medicine Hat Tiger stalwart, is hospitalized in Ponoka with two broken legs after a motorcycle collision. the other rider has a fractured skull and is in serious condition. Edmonton plans an eighth curling arena for next season. Dryden police say McIntosh town may be charged with drunkenness after several deaths tied to wine parties.
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Wayne Gee
Medicine Hat Tiger
Ponoka Hospital
Dryden
Ont
McIntosh
T. Corsie
Prairie winds shift as weekend warmth arrives
Cool northwesterly winds sweep the Prairies today, easing by evening. By noon Saturday warmer air will drift in from the south, bringing a milder pattern to Edmonton and surrounding areas.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Pair Split Money Of Murder Victim
In Canada a 74 year old man, Mike Tudor, was killed during a New Year party in 1954. Housekeeper Elizabeth La Fleche testified she saw Jacob Dyck in Tudor's bedroom and then divided with Dyck the 2460 dollars in Tudor's belt. La Fleche, a crown witness, also faces murder charges and will have a separate preliminary hearing. Tudor's decomposed body was found months later.
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Regina
Canada
Mike Tudor
Elizabeth
Tootsie) la Fleche
Tudor
Jacob Dyck
Dyck
Saskatchewan Declares Qu Appelle Valley Disaster Area
The Saskatchewan government declares nearly 200 miles of the Qu Appelle valley in the southeast a disaster area to empower civil defence as one of the worst storms and floods in the province's history prompt action.
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Saskatchewan
Qu’Appelle
Civil Defence Organization
Plastic surgeon cites abdomen storage of digits for future repairs
Dr Lyndon A Peer reports on experiments in which four children born with extra fingers or toes had them buried under the abdominal skin and stored for more than two years. He suggests digits could be kept alive in the abdomen to restore circulation and later be transplanted back to the stump or used to replace a missing finger, always using the patient’s own tissue.
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Washington
Lyndon A. Peer
St. Barnabas Hospital
Newark
N. J
American Association of Plastic Surgeons
Peer
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