Alberta reports April road deaths double 1956 toll
The Alberta Safety Council says 26 people died in April road crashes, double April 1956, with 50 deaths in four months. The rise will be studied at the Provincial Highway Safety Conference in Edmonton on June 3. The April fatalities split includes 15 rural, two in Edmonton, two in Lethbridge, and one in Ponoka. A province wide farm safety week is planned for late July.
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Edmonton
Alberta Safety Council
Lethbridge
Ponoka
Dietrich Given 18 Month Term In Nazi Killings
Former SS general Sepp Dietrich, 64, and Michael Lippert, 60, were sentenced in Munich to 18 months in prison each for aiding the premeditated killings during the Night of the Long Knives on June 30, 1934. The prosecutor had sought longer terms.
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Munich
Germany
Reuters
Sepp Dietrich
Michael Lippert
Ernst Boehm
Hitler
Dietrich
Lippert
Calgary hosting Alberta Provincial Musical Festival in May 2025
About 1 000 participants will compete in the Alberta Provincial Musical Festival in Calgary in May 2025. It is the largest entry total in the festival’s history. Judges include Leonard Isaacs Robert Irwin Filmer Hubbie Gladys Whitehead R Eaton and Leona Paterson. LETHBRIDGE sugar beet crop windup reaches 95 percent planted with remaining acreage to seed soon.
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Calgary
Alberta
Association
Max Brunner
Leonard Isaacs
Robert Irwin
London
Ing
Filmer Hubbie
Gladys Whitehead
Winnipeg
Prof
R. Eaton
University of Alberta
Leona Paterson
Lethbridge
South Alberta
Frank R. Taylor
Raymond
Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd
Wreckage Found On Mount Slesse In Airliner Crash
Mountaineers locate wreckage from Trans-Canada Air Lines North Star on Mount Slesse. A passenger named Kwan Song carried $80,000 in a belt. Eight climbers head to scene as search continues for main wreckage and possible bodies.
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Chilliwack
B.C
Trans-Canada Air Lines
British Columbia
Mount Slesse
Here
D. D. Murphy
Kwan Song
Orient
New York
Canada
Vancouver
Ronny Wells
North Star
Okanagan Helicopters Ltd
Evan Bullock
Bullock
Fina
Elfrida Pigou
North Vancouver
Elfrida
TCA
Flooding Threatens Yukon River Village
Fort Yukon Alaska evacuated about two hundred of its eight hundred residents as an ice jam on the Yukon River floods the town. A second jam forms upstream threatening to wipe out the village. roads and the 5000 foot US Air Force runway are out of service. Recon planes from Ladd Field survey the scene after a 1949 flood previously damaged the town.
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Tex
Texas
Fort Worth
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Tanat
Fairbanks
Alaska
Fort Yukon
Yukon
Arctic Circle
Area Civil Defence
R. B. Livesley
Fort Yukma
United States Air Force
Ladd Field
Air Force
Five children die in Toronto fire
Five children ages two to ten perished in a Logan Avenue apartment fire in Toronto. Their widow mother, Mrs. Margaret Wilkinson, was hospitalized for shock with a "very good" prognosis. Franklin Brown rescued her before flames trapped the youngsters, who likely suffocated in smoke. Cleaning fluid was blamed in reports.
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Toronto
Logan Avenue
East End
Margaret Wilkinson
Bobby
Mark
Maureen
Teddy
Michael
Franklin Brown
Regina Man Killed In Banshee Crash
Sub Lt Conrad R Bissett 25 of Regina was killed when his twin jet Banshee fighter crashed at Terance Bay during joint navy army exercises. The FV 871 squadron member’s plane struck a hill, slid to the shore, and an inquiry will determine the cause. The crash marks the second Banshee loss in 13 months.
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Nalifax
Conrad R. Bissett
Regina
Terance Bay
Here
Bissett
Shearwater Base
Conrad Bissett
Navy
U.S
Shearwater
St Laurent denies retirement rumors in Quebec City
Prime Minister St Laurent, 75, told a Quebec East audience he has no plans to retire from active politics. He said newspapers exaggerate his age and he remains eager to work. The federal campaign features leaders pressing health care, farming, labor code reform, and opposition to centralization.
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Canada
St. Laurent
Quebec City
Quebec East
CCF
M. J. Coldwell
Toronto
John Diefenbaker
East
York
Guelph
Ont
Social Credit
Solon Low
Edmonton
Vegreville
Alta
B.C
Labor
Lyle Wicks
C. H. Chant
Ontario
Low
Ottawa
Coldwell
National Hospital
Smilestones Row In A Storm over Yacht Lies
A girl vents anger at friends accusing a boy of deception about his yacht and forcing her to row. The quarrel centers on trust and reputational hurt amid sharp language. The tone mirrors tabloid style with sensationalized personal drama.
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Harry
Mother's Day Mixup Over Aftershave Lotion Theft
A Winnipeg man faced a magistrate after a bottle of after-shave lotion was alleged stolen. The defense joked the item might have been a Mother's Day gift while a detective and crown prosecutor clarified it was indeed lotion.
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Winnipeg
M. H. Garton
Meather
C. W. Tupper
Engineer Commends Two-Man Engine Tests At Commission
Ottawa CP reports a locomotive engineer testifies he would not run a diesel without checks by himself and a fireman. Alex Doull of Moose Jaw says shop staff checks are not a substitute for crew checks and recalls fires returning for supplies. The CPR later notes Seaway opening and pipeline competition influencing talks on reducing firemen and possible rate changes to grain exports.
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Ottawa
Kellock Royal Commission
Alex Doull
Moose Jaw
Sask
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
CLC
Union
CPR
Dowl
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ind
Doull
BLFE
David B. Lewis
N. R. Crump
St. Lawrence Seaway
Jose
Crump
Lions Club group photo follows 1957-58 officers
After election of officers for 1957-58, Medicine Hat Lions Club members gathered Monday at the Assiniboia Hotel dining room for a group portrait. Front row: Emil Gehring, Bill Swain, Don Bray, Ron McAffer, A Y Spivack, Cal Sheen, Dr E G F Skinner. Back row: John Boyd, Ernie Kumm, Bill Symko, Alex Kaleta, Paul Twister, Al Phillips, Sol Prasow, Harvey Biles. Not present: John Komanchuk, Jast.
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Medicine Hat Lions Club
Emil Gehring
Bill Swain
Don Bray
Ron McAffer
A. Y. Spivack
Cal Sheen
Lion Tanner
E. G. F. Skinner
John Boyd
Oneyear
Ernie Kumm
Bill Symko
Twoyear
Alex Kaleta
al Phillips
Sol Prasow
Harvey Biles
John Komanchuk
Britain to reopen Suez route after six months at sea
London reports British tankers and freighters head toward the Suez Canal amid PM Macmillan’s bid to end the Suez ban. Ships may pay in sterling under Egypt’s terms, ending gasoline rationing imposed when the canal closed. Parliament prepares for a fresh clash as Labor censures the government and eight Conservative defectors hint at further revolt.
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Suez Canal
South Africa
Macmillan
Suez
House of Commons
Egypt
Nasser
Death Penalty Sought in Cairo Spy Trial
Cairo authorities press for eight death sentences in a spy case involving British nationals led by James Swinburn. Prosecution seeks up to 25 years for 12 others, with several Egyptians and foreigners facing possible death or long terms. Swinburn allegedly headed a ring for British intelligence to obtain military and political data.
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Reuters
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Egypt
Mohammed el Hadidi
James Swinburn
el Hadidi
Swinburn
Alexander Reynolds
Amed Amin Mahmoud
Mohammed Naguib
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Anton Yakoub
Queen Elizabeth
Tank Corps
Chargs
Zarb
Surrender Victory framing angers Egypt over Suez canal
Cairo papers quote Benne Al Shaab calling Macmillan decision a British surrender and Egyptian victory while noting calls for gradual restoration of diplomatic ties. Al Ahram argues Britain action confirms canal indispensability despite boycott threats as Israel weighs sending a ship through. No immediate Egyptian reaction to Israel’s test-ship plan.
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Egypt
Benne al Shaab
Macmillan
Suez
Pilic
Weather outlook on the prairies cool with below normal highs
Edmonton expects continued cool weather with temperatures 10 to 12 degrees below normal for the time of year. Calgary Saskatoon Lethbridge Swift Current report day highs around 50 and lows in the upper 30s to 40s, with yesterday's Calgary high 49 and Moose Jaw 41.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Calgary
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Swift Current
Arab Accord Prime Requisite In Resistance To Communism
London report outlines a new Arab bloc of Iraq Saudi Arabia Jordan and Lebanon aligned against Syria and Egypt amid the Jordan crisis and Eisenhower Doctrine. It cautions that Jordan's calm may be only a pause as nationalist currents risk reopening regional tensions and potential Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Jack Stepler
News’ London
Southam Co. Ltd
London
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Feisal
Saud
Lebanon
Syrai
Jordan
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Egypt
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