Two UW students drown at Green Lake in apparent tragedy
In Seattle two University of Washington engineering students Fred E. Laing Jr. and Richard F. Bartlett drowned at Green Lake after bystanders watched as Bartlett swam to a raft and Laing slipped back into the water. In Edmonton Mike Peters, 21, injured in a Spirit River crash, remained hospitalized with a fractured spine while Shannon May Rowe, 18, died May 1 from injuries in a train car collision near Edmonton.
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Seattle
University of Washington
Green Lake
Fred E. Laing Jr
Puyallup
Wash
Richard F. Bartlett
Calgary
Barllett
Laing
Barrett
Edmonton
Mike Peters
Spirit River
Peters
Alberta committee studies liquor laws from other regions
Edmonton public hearings set for June 18 as eight member special committee reviews liquor legislation in Canada and the United States. Members study out of province laws while preparing for hearings. Vancouver Salvation Army notes rising illegitimacy with more expectant mothers aged 14 or 15, says Maj. Alice Mansell.
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Edmonton
Alberta
United States
Vancouver
Salvation Army
Maywood
Alice Mansell
Washington Halted by C C Cattle? No Clear Title
Washington and New York posted scores with runs and errors in a tight game. Griggs, Ramos, Berberet, Donovan, and Lollar starred for the first team in a 7 run effort. Cleveland dominated with 13 runs powered by Mermott Morgan Garcia and Hegan. Mantle and Martin homered for New York.
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Washington
Griggs
Ramos
Berberet
Donovan
Lollar
L. Griggs
New York
Cleveland
Mermott
Morgan
Berra
Garcia
Daley
McLish
Mossi
Hegan
Naragon
W. Morgan
L. Garcia
Nyk
Martin
Mantle
Gas Flow Target Set for Medicine Hat August 15
Medicine Hat expects gas supply to start by August 15 under a city contract that begins January 1 next year with delivery of a billion cubic feet. The Etzikom field holds 145 billion cubic feet. 26 miles of a 46 mile pipeline are en route to Canada with remaining sections due for July 1 delivery.
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Brooke t@ld
Medicine Hat
Northwest
Brooke
Etzikom
Hat
High Seas
Canada
Tom Brooke
Nun home crash kills fifteen as CF-100 jet hits Ottawa rest house
A CF-100 jet from 445 Squadron crashes into the Grey Nuns of the Cross rest home in Ottawa killing fifteen people, including 11 nuns aged 21 to 77 and the plane crew. The pilot F.O. William J. Schmidt of Creston BC is among the dead. navigator F.O. Kenneth T. Thomas is identified. Rescue and investigation details follow as authorities announce the intercept attempt and flight-plan delay.
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Ottawa
F.O
William J
Bill) Schmidt
Medicine Hat
Schmidt
Kenneth T. Thomas
Niagara Falls
Ont
Mary
Josephine A. Schmidt
Fred D. Schmidt
Creston
Fred
Abbotsford
Bill Schmidt
Gas City
B.C
Air Force
Air Defence Command
Resolute Bay
Arctic
Marie Emond
445 Squadron
Uplands
Grey Nuns of the Cross
Bank of
The
Protests Form Over Wartime Housing Purchases
A mass meeting of tenants from the 100 Project 348 wartime houses is planned for Sunday June 3 to protest to Ottawa over inequitable sale costs. Tenants argue seven years of residence warrants greater consideration than months long occupancy and seek to present a CMHC and Dominion government brief.
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Marshall
Ottawa
CMHC
Dominion
Canadian Legion
W. D. Wylie
M.P
F. W. Gershaw
E. G. Robinson
Jack Oldham
The
Legion
Vanishing Scott Case grips Los Angeles police
The Scott disappearance saga grows as L. Ewing Scott is now listed missing after failing to appear for arraignment on wife Evelyn Scott's presumed disappearance. A national manhunt spans the United States and Mexico while the affair nears court action over a $600,000 estate.
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Los Angeles
Scotts
Evelyn T. Scott
L. Ewing Scott
United States
Mexico
Scott
City to Expand Gas and Transmission Network
The municipality plans a large gas and power expansion with 90 percent of the transmission line right of way secured. Dutton Williams contract work will focus on the Etzikom field for six weeks with storage facilities at workshops and warehouses. Construction then shifts in late June to the main transmission line entering near the powerhouse and extending to the Redcliffe chemical plant site.
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Dutton- Williams
Etzikom
Redcliff Hill
Brooke
South Alberta Pipeline Ltd
New British Dominion
N.B.D
City Hall to Move Historic Museum to Riverside Park Site
The municipality proceeds with relocating the historic museum from Riverside Park to near the Jaycee tourist centre on the Trans-Canada highway. It will be dismantled or rebuilt in parts, with old logs and Cypress Hills timbers used in the new structure. Mayor Weiner trains for a cinder track race on May 21 at Burstall against Burstall mayor.
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Riverside Park
Jaycee Tourist Centre
Cypress Hills
Big Works Program on Hilda-Schuler Road
An extensive regrading repair and gravelling program is under way on the Hilda-Schuler highway. Three sections are being graded another section improved last year will be gravelled and central earthmovers build a new grade. Much of the district highways appropriation this year funds the route.
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Hilda-Schuler
Jet crashes into Ontario convent killing many
Eyewitnesses recount a CF-100 fighter plunging into the Grey Nuns convalescent home near Orléans killing about 20 people including two airmen. Sister Louise Auguste escaped unharmed as flames engulfed the three story nunnery on the Ottawa river.
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Orleans
Ont
Louise Auguste
Auguste
St. Arsene de Temisque
Que
Ottawa
Marie Flora
Gloria
Lawrence Barber
Barber
Richard Dinis
Orleans crash and fire victims named from Ottawa report
The Ottawa dispatch lists victims of Tuesday night’s Orleans crash and blaze. Names include Reverend Richard Ward of Toronto and multiple nuns from Quebec and Ontario, plus two airmen identified as FO William Schmidt of Medicine Hat and FO Kenneth Thomas of Niagara Falls.
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Ottawa (Cp
Orleans
Creston
Southeast forages and cereals improve with showers
Weather disruptions slow seeding across Alberta and Saskatchewan. Early sugar beets near Taber emerge but some reseeding needed. Calgary seeding progressing but under five percent. lacombe reports eighty percent seed. Pastures poor at Vermilion. 20 percent wheat in ground at Falher. Rain averages show 28 percent below normal since April 1, improving from last week yet far below last year.
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Lethbridge
Taber
Calgary
Sedgewick
Donalda
Alberta
Lacombe
Vermilion
Edmonton
Falher
Peace River
Warm air brings sunshine to western prairies
Weather report notes warm air across the western prairies with continued warmth for the next two days. Southern Alberta is expected to see sunny skies and brisk winds especially in the northern part of the province.
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Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan Seeding Progress and Weather Impacts
Survey of prairie seeding across Saskatchewan shows varied progress and moisture. Indian Head received two inches of rain and snow delaying work. Val Marie reports 60 percent complete. Rosetown and Drake district see general seeding with good moisture. Melfort notes cool weather and delays. rye suffered winter kill prompting reseeding to spring rye. overall acreage adjustments noted with shifts to bur wn flax and coarse grains.
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Indian Head
Val Marie
Togo
Drake
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Rosetown
Melfort
Prince Albert
Smile tones on aging humor
A concise humorous quote reflects on middle age, noting fatigue grows quicker and rest lags longer, with wry observation on the aging process.
Manitoba Seeding Progress Limited by Wet Weather
Report notes only a trace of seeding in southeast Manitoba with wet conditions delaying planting in the Winnipeg and Portage la Prairie regions. Cattle suffer from a long winter as moisture remains mixed. fl ax and wheat expected as major crops in Melita. Seeding to accelerate after May 28 with dry weather needed. Brandon and Dauphin areas hit by persistent rain.
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Morden
Pilot Mound
Melita
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
Brandon
Neepawa
Dauphin
Train death inquest planned for three weeks
Coroner Dr. E G F Skinner said the inquest into Miss Selma Reimamn Reimamn's death will be held in about two or three weeks. She died in a head on CPR train crash at Seven Persons on May 5. Conductor John Murray, with back and minor injuries, was released from hospital. engineer John Ponech remains hospitalized with a fractured femur and concussion.
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E. G. F. Skinner
Selma Reimamn
Miss Reimamn
C.P.R
John Murray
General Hospital
John Ponech
Ponech
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