Premier and western gas plan face funding hurdles
Western leaders push a $350 million export gas pipeline to Eastern Canada. Prime Minister St Laurent agreed to a meeting in Ottawa with Trans-Canada Pipe Line and Ontario officials to discuss financing and alternatives. Manning warned that the project cannot proceed without outside funding and questioned federal support for an all Canadian route.
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Manning
St. Laurent
Ottawa
Trans-Canada Pipe Line Co. Ltd
Ontario
Trans-Canada
Alberta Conservation Board
Alberta Gas Trunk Pipeline Co
Canada
Albertans to Share in Jubilee Pension Bonuses
About 30 000 Albertans on provincial pensions and allowances will receive a 50 dollar Golden Jubilee bonus funded at roughly 1.5 million dollars and paid around September 1. Qualification will follow a means test for recipients of old age, disability, blind, mothers or widows allowances.
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Edmonton
Alberta
NO CHANGE IMPAIRED There will be no change in the penalty for motorists convicted of
No change is planned in penalties for motorists found driving impaired. The statement notes current legal penalties remain in effect and emphasizes ongoing enforcement without new sanctions or policy shifts.
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Edmonton
Detective Questions Cashier Amid Bank Heist Joke
A detective asks about the cashier’s height while a bank president quips that the cashier is both tall and short. The exchange appears in a crime or noir style, pairing humor with a tense scenario.
Edmonton Weather Outlook Sees Sunny Skies and Light Rain
Skies will be mostly sunny in southern regions with some light rain in northern sections. Temperatures stay slightly below normal across the area.
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Edmonton
Ottawa reports fear of Canada’s 12th government rising
In the Commons Gordon Churchill warned the federal provincial conference may become Canada’s other parliament. He said conferences since 1927 increasingly decide public affairs that belong to the Commons. Doctors urged electrocution over hanging if capital punishment stays. Saskatchewan MPs urged immediate federal aid for Prairie flood victims. Diefenbaker mocked the budget as a mere scratch on the economy.
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Canada
Gordon Churchill
Winnipeg South Centre
Commons
Senate Committee On
Saskatchewan
Prairie
John Diefenbaker
Prince Albert
R. R. Knight
CCF
Saskatoon
Diefenbaker
Alberta Sitting Adjourned Over Prowse Charge
Alberta legislature adjourned for day after Liberal Leader J Harper Prowse accused most government members of illegal sitting and holding contracts with the treasury branch. Premier Manning halted all business as caucus met to review the alleged technical breach of the Legislative Assembly Act.
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Edmonton
Alberta
J. Harper Prowse
Agriculture Committee
Prowse
Social Credit
Treasury Branch
Manning
Legislative Assembly
Manitoba Braced for Assiniboine Crests
Flood fears eased in many areas as Assiniboine river crests approach from Saskatchewan. Virden and St Lazare report rising waters with roads flooded and dikes fortified, while Winnipeg weather and Saskatchewan towns face spillover risks and evacuation plans.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Virden
Saskatchewan
St. Lazare
Qu’Appelle
Assiniboine
Soviet World Peace Plan Calls for German Troop Withdrawal
The Soviet Union unveiled a two part world peace plan calling for immediate withdrawal of most foreign troops from East and West Germany, wide arms cuts, and a controlled ban on atomic weapons. It was circulated by Tass as a UN disarmament step ahead of Warsaw talks with East European allies.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
West Germany
Warsaw
Bulganin
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Tass
United Nations Sub-Committee On Disarmament
London
Germany
UN Assembly
Hargrave urges Walsh plan to steer free cattle marketing
Bert Hargrave of Walsh urges continued Walsh Cattle Marketing Association plan arguing it offers voluntary marketing and maximum prices through public auction. He questions compulsory marketing boards, warning they could disrupt current markets in Eastern Canada and the USA and harm future markets in British Columbia and the northwest states.
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Ivan F Konev
NATO
Warsaw
Bert Hargrave
Walsh
Walsh Cattle Marketing Association Ltd
Mne
Canada
USA
British Columbia
Northwest States
Joan Crawford Elopes With Pepsi Executive In Las Vegas
Joan Crawford, 47, wed Alfred N. Steele, 54, president of Pepsi-Cola, in a surprise Las Vegas elopement. The actress, famed as Hollywood royalty, revealed the wedding from the Flamingo Hotel bridal suite and noted she flew for the first time.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Joan Crawford
Hollywood
Alfred N. Steele
Pepsi-Cola Company
Miss Crawford
Flamingo
Actress Scolded For Her Slouching At Dominion Drama Festival
Regina report on Patricia Moffat portraying Nancy Stoddart in Clifford Odets The Country Girl by Toronto’s Playcraftsmen. Finnish judge Gerda Wrede praised overall production and director Silvio Narrizzano while noting Moffat’s slouching as a sign of the times. Frances Tobias earned high marks as the wife. George Barnes and John Sullivan delivered strong, authentic performances.
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Regina
Gerda Wrede
Patricia Moffat
Nancy Stoddart
Clifford Odets
Playcraftsmen
Toronto
Miss Moffat
Mirror
Mr. Barnes
John Sullivan
Bernie Dodd
Two RCAF Hastings flights complete three of four polar runs
Ottawa reports two Hastings aircraft have finished three of four planned north pole flights from Resolute Saskatchewan. Outlook is grim as floods threaten crops with Nollet warning losses will rival previous Winnipeg floods.
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Rcaf Hastings
North Pole
Ottawa
Resolute
Saskatchewan
Nollet
Winnipeg
Dixie Farmers Try Sheep Work Idle Cotton Lands
More than 100 Georgia farmers pursue sheep raising on land diverted from cotton amid crop restrictions and a parasite cure. Sixteen experimental farms supported by Citizens and Southern Bank of Georgia back a push to turn grass into wool and meat, with 7,000 sheep brought in since last October and a statewide flock of 22,000.
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Cal Brumley
Wall Street Journal
Atlanta
Georgia
South
Bert Stalions
Stalions
Citizens and
Southern National Bank of Georgia
Citizens and Ae
Local Chamber Backs Magrath Irrigation Loan Appeal
The Magrath proposal asks the Canadian Farm Loan Board to reconsider its denial of loans for irrigated farmers. Bob Black motioned for backing, seconded by T. R. Osborne, with Medicine Hat area stake noted. The proposal and endorsement go to the Associated Chambers meeting in Red Deer next month.
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Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Farm Loan Board
Bob Black
T. R. Osborne
Medicine Hat
Associated Chambers
Red Deer
Vaccine imports in Canada held back amid U S polio concerns
Health Minister Martin told the Commons that some Salk polio vaccine imported from the United States about a month ago is not being released for inoculations. He said Canada is probing all U S sources with two licensed importers facing limits as U S inoculations pause for study. About 500,000 Canadian school children have received the vaccine with no unfavorable reactions reported.
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Ottawa
Martin
United States
the Commons
U.S
CCF
Coldwell
Eli Lilly and Co
U. S
Canada
AFA Seeks Broad Coverage For Marketing Board Changes
Alberta farm groups pushed for expanded coverage in marketing board legislation. The Alberta Federation of Agriculture and Farmers Union of Alberta urged universal applicability to all agricultural producers and urged changes to the voting rules, arguing current rules threaten fairness and could block boards. They suggested a 66 percent voter approval or, failing that, adoption of models used in other provinces.
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Hdmonton
Alberta
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
Agriculture Committee
AFA
Roy C. Marler
Western Stock Growers’ Association
AIA
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
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Minneapolis
Quebec Hydro
Montreal
U.A
Calgary
Hugh John MacDonald
L-Calgary
J. D. Ross
Sc-Edmonton
Gordon Taylor
Taylor
Ottawa Reports
Tantallon
Qu'Appelle
Archerwill
Algrove
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Konev
Stanley Johnson
Western
Mr. Hargrave
Hargrave
Western Cattle Producers Association
Walsh Group
Bulletins
Groton
Conn
Norman G. Yesny
RCMP
Brandon Court
Quebec
Dixie
Sec — Dixie
Magrath
A.F.A
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