Brandon Braces as Assiniboine River Rises Flood Tide
Heavy spring rains drenched the Assiniboine valley flooding the river as bridges from Brandon toward Virden were cut off. Civil defence crews evacuated six families, with dikes reinforced to hold back seven feet of water and siren warnings prepared for a possible break.
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Brandon
Assiniboine
Portage la Prairie
Winnipeg
Virden
James Creighton
G. R. Rowe
Creighton
Rowe
18Th Street
Premier Manning Calls Snap Alberta Election in June
Premier Manning dissolved the Alberta legislature and called a general election for late June, with June 28 as the likely date. Five candidates have announced, including three Labor Progressive members. The move aims to resolve unfinished business before a new session and follows disputes over treasury branch contracts. Alberta has had Social Credit rule since 1935, renewed in 1952.
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Edmonton
Manning
Social Credit
Alberta
Labor Progressive
J. Harper Prowse
Treasury
Legislative Assembly Act
Prowse
Lucien Maynard
Treasury Branch
Saskatchewan asks federal aid to declare disaster area
Saskatchewan officials asked Ottawa to declare the province a disaster area and cover 75 percent of a $4.643 million flood relief and land reclamation plan to reclaim 1.5 million acres and repair bridges roads and culverts after spring storms. The delegation led by Agriculture Minister Nollet held talks with a four member federal cabinet group headed by Prime Minister St Laurent. Ottawa would consult its cabinet before a decision.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Nollet
St. Laurent
McIntosh
Sturdy
Qu’Appelle
Asee
Election Interest Falters as TV Drives Britons to Fight Night
London Reuters reports waning public engagement ahead of Britain's May 26 general election with interest diverted to tonight's world heavyweight title clash Don Cockell versus Rocky Marciano. TV monopoly cited for avoiding election coverage and rallies suffer empty halls while Eden Attlee Bevan remain notable exceptions.
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Fraser Wighton
London
Reuters
Britain
Ing
Don Cockell
Rocky Marciano
San Francisco
British Broadcasting Corporation
Anthony Eden
Clement Attlee
Aneurin Bevan
Alfred Robens
Eden
Labor
Criminal Captured After Sea Chase Through Islands
Vancouver police recapture Bill Babcock after a sea chase through the Inside Passage off northern Vancouver Island. Babcock, 32, escaped Oakalla prison eight weeks earlier after a bank holdup with two others. He surrendered aboard the stolen Sea Explorer as police closed in near Tahusk village.
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Vancouver
Bill Babcock
Alaska
Oakalla
Here
Vancouver Island
Babcock
George Archer
RCMP
Cpl
Jack Ross
Ted Moses
Jack Bendickson
Tahusk
Alert Bay
Ross
Const
Moses
Three TCA Pilots Escape Injury In Belly Landing
At Stevenson Field Winnipeg a Trans-Canada Air Lines Vickers Viscount on a training flight jettisoned its landing gear during approach. The four engine propeller-turbine aircraft with no passengers glided to a belly landing as the crew, unnamed at reporting time, escaped injury.
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Winnipeg
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Stevenson Field
Smilestones Humor and Crime Quote Echoes Page 12
A fragment from Page 12 notes a wry line about the motor age raising profanity by about 50 percent and a remark that it may have reduced horse stealing. The brief quote hints at social attitudes and a humorous aside tied to era behavior.
Final Wheat Pool Payment Set At 6.384 Cents For 1953-54
Ottawa Canada CP says the 1953 54 wheat pool will pay an average final 6.384 cents per bushel on No 1 Northern wheat. Trade Minister Howe announced the total top grade payment reaches 1 56 426 a bushel, with prior payments totaling 1 50 a bushel. The wheat board sold 384 million of 548.1 million bushels handled as the pool closed April 29. Carryover to 1954 55 stands at 164.1 million bushels after deliveries of 398 million.
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Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
Howe
Commons
Northern
No. 1
The
Wheat Board
Calf Crop Loss Expected From Heavy Snow Across Medicine Hat District
Heavy slushy weekend snowfall in Medicine Hat district is expected to cause calf losses, hitting late delivery ranchers hardest in Cypress Hills and Maple Creek areas. Early-delivery ranchers report fewer losses as roads become quagmires and district weather improves with a forecast of sunny Tuesday.
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Medicine Hat
Cypress Hills
Maple Creek
Hill
Ross Creek
Public
YWCA
St. Louis
Rain Ends in Southern Alberta. Calgary-Tuesday to Bright Sun
The Weather reports rain in southern Alberta ending this evening with sunny skies expected on Tuesday. Elsewhere skies will be mostly sunny with temperatures in the 60s to 70s.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Strike at Canadian Car and Foundry plant halts work
1,400 workers at the Canadian Car and Foundry plant in Fort William began a strike over a pension plan. The walkout stopped production as tensions rose in the dispute.
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Canadian Car and Foundry
Fort Willian
Diem Moves Against Bao Dai as Guard Falls
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem abolished Bao Dai’s Imperial Guard and ousted the figurehead chief of state amid mass rallies calling for end to French colonialism. The veteran Bao Dai, ex-emperor now living in exile, is portrayed as a traitor as Diem consolidates power and seeks a unified, civilian-led republic with strong support for Diem and the national army.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Bao Dai
pro-Diem National Revolutionary Committee
French Riviera
Viet Nam
Dalat
Nguyen van Vy
Diem
Revolutionary Committee
van Ngoc
Cao Dai
Trinh Minh
Binh Xuyen
Nationalist Jets Clash With MiGs Near Formosa No Damages Reported
The AP reports Nationalist Thunderjets engaged four MiG jets 70 miles north of the Matsus near Formosa. Both sides suffered no damage in a 10 minute dogfight involving later model MiG-17s, with two MiGs seen at 21,000 feet and two more at 18,000 feet.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Islands
China
Matsus
Korea
Russia
Red China
Taishan Islands
Taishans
Canadians Deserve A National Theatre
Regina CP Canadians in the 1955 Dominion Drama Festival impressed Finnish judge Mrs Gerda Wrede by highlighting Canada lack of a national theatre. University of British Columbia players won Calvert Trophy and 1000 dollars for The Crucible. Frances Tobias Toronto named best actress for The Country Girl. Chris Wiggins Calgary earned best actor for The Apple Cart. Governor General Vincent Massey presented awards as finalists praised high professional standards and urged creation of a national theatre. La Jeune Scene Montreal won best French language play for Chambres a Lover. Martha Allen Challenge Trophy went to Toronto Playcraftsmen for best visual presentation.
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Regina
Canada
Gerda Wrede
Finland
Institute
Calvert
University of British Columbia Players’ Club
Vincent Massey
Wrede
Europe
National Theatre
Ficult
Country Girl
la Jeune Scene Group
Montreal
Marcel Dube
Martha Allen Challenge
Jittery Western Europe Hopes Reds West Closer
Western Europe seeks progress toward a high level summit this summer after talks in Vienna. Molotov signaled demand for German neutrality similar to Austria while Adenauer rejects such a pledge. Dulles Macmillan and other ministers anticipate a Stockholm venue and July or August timing.
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Arthur Gavshon
Vienna
Europe
Stockholm
Molotov
Bulgania
Austria
Konrad Adenauer
West Ger
North Atlantic Alliance
Germany
U.S
Dulles
Britain
Harold Macmillan
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Everett’s
TCA
Alberta Motor Association
Gull Lake
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Eisenhower
R. B. Gibson
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Alexander Zakopiac
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