Week of fatalities across Western Canada in traffic and accidents
Eleven people died in Western Canada during the week with four drowned or killed in vehicle crashes near Cloverdale and Chilliwack in British Columbia. Other deaths occurred in Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and a mine bunkhouse fire near Revelstoke. A Sioux Falls safety check reported 21 percent failure across eight lanes with rear lights brakes and signals most common defects.
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Canada
B.C
Cloverdale
Vancouver
Jean Baker
Danny
Rose Lingren
Rhinehard Walter Martin
Anne Regier
Sardis
Chilliwack
Revelstoke
Alberta
Ellen Chandler
Grand Centre
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Gordon Moore
Grenfell
Manitoba
Charles McLean
Margaret
Little Souris
Brandon
Sioux Falls
Western Roundup Specter of Alberta milk plan debate and crime hits
Education Minister Aalborg says Alberta cites no federal milk distribution details while Agriculture Minister Gardiner’s Friday House remarks draw no clarification. Revelstoke Critique accuses highway spending of deceit. Calgary RCMP probe ends in arrest of 18 year old in East Calgary rape case. Police report another indecent assault case in West Calgary and Forest Lawn. Edmonton RCMP seek to identify a body found in the North Saskatchewan River.
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Edmonton
Aalborg
Alberta
Gardiner
House of Commons
Calgary
East Calgary
Forest Lawn
Ronald Laycock
West Calgary
RCMP
North Saskatchewan River
Sponsor Quits Lethbridge Native Sons Junior Hockey
Sicks Brewery ends sponsorship of the Lethbridge Native Sons of the Western Junior Hockey League after taking over in 1949 from the defunct Maple Leafs. The brewery cites lack of local public interest in junior hockey, leaving the WJHL with three teams: Medicine Hat Tigers Regina Pats and Edmonton Oil Kings.
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Lethbridge
Sicks Brewery
Lethbridge Native Sons
Neils
Native Sons
Lethbridge Maple Leafs
Western Canada
WJHL
Medicine Hat Tigers
Regina Pats
Edmonton Oil Kings
Drama Festival Letter Draws Masseys Wrath
Governor General Massey condemns a letter urging support of Calvert Distillers Ltd sent from Dominion Drama Festival president David Ongley. Lionel Massey clarifies vice regal views to Dr Ernest Long. patronage could end if Ongley does not resign or retract. Massey to attend final Cherbrooke performance next Saturday.
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Ottawa
Massey
Dominion Drama Festival
Government House Today
Lionel Massey
General Council of the United Church of Canada
Ernest E. Long
Government House
David J. Ongley
Calvert Distillers Ltd
Calvert
Ongley
Toronto
Long
Mr. Massey
Cherbrooke
Que
Low attacks Union des Electeurs as undemocratic
Solon Low, leader of the Social Credit party, charged Quebec's Union des Electeurs with undemocratic and anti-Semitic leadership at a press conference in Ottawa. He said the union claims 200,000 members and accused its leaders of perfidy while signaling a planned Social Credit league in Quebec and possible Lib-Liberal alliance implications.
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Ottawa CP
Solon Low
Social Credit
Quebec
Union Des Electeurs
Ottawa
Low
Mr. Low
Louis Even
Montreal
Canadian Mother 56 Mrs America 1957 Named
Cleo Maletis of Saskatoon wins the Mrs America title in Daytona Beach after a week of contests with 48 entrants. The 31-year-old mother of three young boys emphasizes family and church as the basis of national strength and will begin a year of public appearances.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
America
Cleo Maletis
Saskatoon
New York
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church
Chris
Thomas
Edward
Oregon Home Economics Association
Psychiatrists Urging Time With Kids Face Skepticism
Grandpa questions psychiatrists who urge parents to spend more time with children claiming their motive is to drum up business. the remark comes after an evening babysitting session and reflects parental skepticism about such expert advice.
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Grandpa
Poland
Reds
Canada
Halina Granat
City Hall Plans Tax Rate Talks and Civic Projects
A special city council meeting set for Thursday will discuss trimming the 1956 tax levy while Education demands rise seven mills and a new hospital requisition adds three mills. Debates include potential removal of seven mills general rate and possible 4212 mill strike, with other items like incinerator upgrades and tennis courts proposed. A St John Ambulance flag marks their week atop City Hall. A layout sketch for lighted signs at the Trans Canada turnoff was submitted to attract tourists, and highway approval is pending.
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Civic
St. John Ambulance Association
City Hall
Sam Lentz
Council
Department of Highways
Ships Ram Four Killed In Monterey Collision
A 10,000 ton freighter rammed a coast guard schooner in pre dawn darkness near Point Sur 242 miles off Monterey Bay killing four seamen. Two missing and 23 rescued with one in bad shape. The Howard Olson bound from Los Angeles to Coos Bay collided with the Marine Leopard and bow section of the Olson was the only part seen at dawn. Rescue units included the Leopard Waterman tug tanker and two coast guard cutters.
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Monterey
Calif
Coast Guard
Howard Olson
John B. Waterman
Leopard
Point
Sub trades named for St Marys new 18 classroom school
Awarded bids total 350000 for St Marys school with Bird Construction Co Ltd of Lethbridge as general contractor 336393 and three sub trades: N Turner Son Medicine Hat 14282 plumbing Charlton Hill Lethbridge 28373 heating Pitmann Coutts Lethbridge 21900 electrical Site clearing on the old Connaught golf course will begin soon with a one storey maximized design expected to be finished by year end.
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St. Mary's School
Bird Construction Co. Ltd
Lethbridge
N. Turner & Son
Medicine Hat
Charlton & Hill
Pitmann & Coutts
Connaught
Rail unions resume contract talks in Montreal
Canadian railway representatives and the 150000 member non operating unions will meet in Montreal again Wednesday to resume contract discussions. Prime Minister Chandri Mohamad Ali of Pakistan announced a five year plan to eliminate big land holdings create 2000000 jobs boost production and raise average earnings by 10 percent. Alaska’s US Congress delegate proposed a study into Canada land corridors across southeast Alaska to the Pacific Ocean. Mordechai Oren arrived in Zurich repudiating a confession about spying. Canada’s agricultural production rose about 8 percent in 1955 due to prairie crops. Ichiro Kono said Russia dropped political demands and a Soviet Japanese fisheries treaty will be signed soon. Professor Lemuel Fergus Robertson died in Ottawa aged 83. Louis Calhern’s body to be cremated in Japan and ashes returned to Hollywood. Saar parties surged in local elections. Poliomyelitis cases in Canada declined versus 1955. David P Connery died in Bethesda after illness.
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Canadian Railways
Montreal
Chandri Mohammad Ali
Pakistan
Pacific weather disturbance moves through south for sun Tuesday
A rapidly moving disturbance from the Pacific will pass over southern regions tonight and allow some sunshine on Tuesday. Afternoon temperatures will range from 53 to 65 degrees.
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Pacific
Weekend of Terror Leaves Hundreds Injured Across Midwest
Weather system lashed the Midwest and Ontario with tornadoes and violent storms. In Cleveland area seven killed or injured, Michigan and Flint reported extensive damage and scores injured, Windsor and Ontario saw cross-border impacts, while no Canadian deaths were recorded.
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Chicago
Midwest
United States
Ontario
Cleveland
Michigan
Flint
Canada
Pennsylvania
Rocky River
Civilian Defence Auxiliary
Detroit
Allen Park
Lincoln Park
Windsor
McGregor
Kansas
Break-in at Dempster farm equipment nets $530 cash
Police probe a Sunday morning break-in at Dempster farm equipment where $530 was stolen from a rifled safe while cheques worth about $1,000 remained. Entry found by Constable Coleman. glass broken, safe only partly locked. Company notes this is the third break-in in 15 years and losses are not insured.
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Dempster
Coleman
Dem
Montgomery Clift Injured In Weekend Car Crash
Actor Montgomery Clift, 35, suffered severe facial cuts a broken nose and possible concussion when his rented car struck a power pole during a canyon descent. He was returning from a party at Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding’s hillside home near Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Montgomery Clift
Clift
Elizabeth Taylor
Michael Wilding
Soviets announce major reduction in armed forces
Russia says it will cut its armed forces by 1 200 000 men by May next year and place 375 warships in reserve, with proportional military budget cuts. Western estimates peg Soviet strength at about 4.6 million, while the US has 2.9 million. The plan conditions further cuts on the West matching reductions by the United States Britain and France.
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Moscow
Reuters
Russia
Alfred Guenther
Europe
United States
U.S.S.R
United States of America
Britain
France
Nieman 12 Wins Art Talent Scholarship at Club Exhibit
Ron Nieman, 12, won the community Art Club scholarship for the most promising junior artist in the winter class supervised by Mrs. Donna MacLean. Other prize recipients included Ben Levinson as boys' first and Randy Scherger as girls' first, with Joyce Yamamoto honored for greatest improvement. honorable mentions went to Kathleen Palmer and Margaret Myers. Harry Wohlfarth, university extension lecturer, judged the awards after a two day show featuring about 45 student artworks.
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Ronald Nieman
Community Art Club
Donna MacLean
Ben Levinson
Randy Scherger
Joyce Yamamoto
Kathleen Palmer
Margaret Myers
Big Dutch Family Arrives In Canada
The Stroeve family from Holland arrived in Lethbridge and plans to settle on a farm near Iron Springs. Father Ger hardus J. Stroeve said he moved for opportunity and land, while 65 year old Johannes and 10 year old Jan expressed strong approval of Canada. The family of eight, plus a son-in-law, was greeted by Rev. Frank Verhagen of the Lethbridge inter-church contact council for immigration.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Stroeve
Holland
Iron Springs
Here
Johannes Stroeve
Joe
Jan
Gerhardus J. Stroeve
Canada
Streeve
Johannes
Frank Verhagen
Inter-Church Contact Council For Immigration
Eden under pressure over frogman case as Labour eyes censure
London Reuters reports Prime Minister Eden faces a Labour push for a full account of the Lionel Crabb frogman episode amid fresh Russian charges. The Daily Express urges him to reveal full circumstances and the debate is set for 7 p.m. local time as Eden curtails his Scotland visit.
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London
Reuters
Eden
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Ga Luly Fxpress
Den
Admiralty
Portsmouth
Lionel Crabb
Scotland
Crabb
Hospitalization for Mrs MacFarlane After Gas Incident
Mrs John MacFarlane of 843A Fourth St S E was hospitalized after a gas poisoning scare at home. The couple woke to a peculiar odor and felt drowsy before she collapsed on Sunday morning and was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
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John MacFarlane
Fourth St. S.E
Alexandra Junior High Prepares Two Day Drama Festival
Report day at Alexandra Junior High School focuses on semi final exams in language social studies mathematics and science for all grades with grade 9 also testing in literature. Millican outlines exam aims informing report cards behavior next steps with suggested nightly study and parent contact details.
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Junior High Drama Club
F. R. Millican
Millican
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Bert Crockett
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Alaska
United States Congress
U.S
Pacific Ocean
Mordechai Oren
Zurich
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Ichiro Kono
Lemuel Fergus Robertson
British Columbia
Louis Calhern
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Hollywood
Saar
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David P. Connery
Pat McNamara
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Ron Nieman
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