Victoria Day Toll Hits 66 Across Canada
A Victoria Day weekend tally reports 66 deaths across nine provinces from May 24 to 27. Traffic, drowning, and other accidents caused most fatalities, with Quebec leading at 15 and Ontario 14 amid Western Canada drownings and several notable individual cases in Alberta Saskatchewan and British Columbia.
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Canada
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Western Canada
Douglas Shaw
F. D. Shaw
Social Credit
Red Deer
Innisfail
Michael Goudreau
Leduc
Three Edmontonians Injured In North Battleford Crash
Three of five Edmontonians hurt in a Saturday traffic accident near North Battleford remained in hospital Monday with serious injuries. Julien Wick, 31, spinal injuries, Sandy Mylymok, 19, severe lacerations, Eleanor Falstead, 10, possible excussion and fractured ribs were listed in satisfactory condition. Shirley Martin and Edward Wick were released. The group was en route to Prince Albert when their car left Highway 40.
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North Battleford
Julien Wick
Sandy Mylymok
Aga Eleanor Falstead
Shirley Martin
Edward Wick
Highway 40
Prince Albert
Tuisis
Vancouver execution ends 1955 murder case
Robert Graham, 24, was hanged at Oakalla Prison Farm for the August 1955 murder of Harold Harman, 21. Convicted December 22 after a 25 minute jury deliberation with no mercy recommendation. CALGARY water rationing began as city used over 71 million gallons in the week. Saturday 35.7 million and Sunday 34.5 million. WINNIPEG RCAF Dakota flew back to Churchill after Arctic search near Chesterfield inlet, 940 miles.
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Vancouver
Robert Graham
Oakalla
Harold William Harman
Graham
Calgary
Winnipeg
Churchill Base
Arctic
Chesterfield Inlet
Penticton Man Charged After Grassy Lake Bar Brawl Death
A bar argument led to a brawl outside the Grassy Lake hotel near Lethbridge Highway that left Fred Mofford of Penticton dead. Morris E. Myers of Edmonton, 28, faces manslaughter charges and is to appear before Magistrate T. O. Gore-Hickman on June 1. Funeral arrangements are by Humphrey Funeral Home at Taber.
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Grassy Lake
Lethbridge Highway
Morris E. Myers
Edmonton
Fred Mofford
Penticton
B. C
Clarence S Borggard
Grassy Lake Hotel
Mr. Borggard
Myers
Mofford
T. O. B. Gore-Hickman
Humphrey
Corneas from executed slayer go to blind boy
In Vancouver a 24 year old miner Robert Graham who was hanged for the murder of William Holman donated his corneas to a young blind boy at Vancouver General Hospital. Surgeons operated within hours of his death less than 12 hours after the hangings. The boy has a 50 50 chance to see again as doctors decline to identify him.
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Vancouver
Robert Graham
William Holman
Vancouver General Hospital
Graham
Bob
Christ
Rainbow Trout Restocking Planned for Cavan Lake
A large spring planting of rainbow trout and bass is planned for Cavan Lake. Dr. R B Miller says tests show new trout won't establish in waters with three-year-old or older fish. Residents must be removed first. It is unclear if all old trout were captured in last winter's gill netting.
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Cavan Lake
R. B. Miller
Fish and Game
Cavan
Octogenarian Found Dead On Wife's Grave
Charles Herrington aged 83 an early Gull Lake Saskatchewan resident died Monday morning near the Gull Lake cemetery where his wife is buried He had retired to Vancouver after her death and returned to Gull Lake last week to visit the grave His body was found later that day with a bullet wound in his head an investigation is underway
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Charles Herrington
Gull Lake
Sask
Herrington
Cincinnati Defeats New York In Eight Inning Rally
National League game concludes with Cincinnati slugging to a 7 to 3 win over New York. Key scoring comes late as the Reds erase a scoreless tie, pulling ahead in the eighth.
Fifty Forest Fires Out of Control in Alberta
In Winnipeg Fort Rouge yards a two storey CN Rail car repair shop burned after a lightning strike on a power cable. Loss estimates ranged from 500000 to 2000000 with 30 cars destroyed and 3 burn injuries. Wind gusts up to 56 mph aided the blaze as crews saved 30 cars and avoided nearby houses.
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Alberta
Winnipeg
Fort Rouge
Canadian National Railways
John Sutherland
CNR
E. W. Wright
Northern Sawmills Razed in Alberta Fires Threaten Timber
Bush fires ripped through the Peace River district in northern Alberta, burning two sawmills including the McLean mill near Valleyview and destroying cabins near Edson. An estimated 50 million board feet of standing timber burned around Valleyview as crews fought advancing flames aided by water pumps and pipelines. Authorities warned winds could renew the threat, with more than 34,000 acres burned and 20,000 acres still burning, as plans for possible evacuations and continued fire control were announced.
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Sturgeon Lake
Peace River
Alberta
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Grande Prairie
McLean
Whitecourt
Debolt
Jim Airth
Hudson’s Bay Oil ,Co
Edson
Berglund-Corser
Horsbeck
Trans-Mountain Oil, Pipeline
T. R. Hammer
Hammer
Edmonton Area Forecast Warm Sunny Skies Ahead
The Edmonton weather office predicts sunny skies and temperatures around 80 to 85 over the coming days. Southern regions will enjoy balmy summer weather with light winds.
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Edmonton
Alberta Social Credit blasts federal broadcasting policy
The Alberta Social Credit government denounces federal broadcasting policy as a mix of socialism and free enterprise with socialism prevailing. The University of Alberta receives 50000 dollars from the Carnegie Corporation for an educational research program.
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Alberta Social Credit
University of Alberta
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Cleethorpes Welcomes Local Forecaster Harry Boon
Cleethorpes appoints 58 year old night watchman Harry Boon as town weather man to out forecast BBC plans. His sun predicting method based on birds and gnats succeeds with 30 000 residents benefiting as sun shines. Boon’s rule swallows high mean sun all day, prompting coast visitors to travel.
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Cleethorpes
England
Reuters
Harry Boon
Humber
Grimsby
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Harry
Boon
One Year Extension For Vincent Massey
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent announced a one year extension of Vincent Massey as governor general of Canada. Massey will serve from February 1957 to spring 1958, making him the first public servant to receive a partial term extension and part of a tradition followed by a few predecessors.
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Ottawa
Vincent Massey
Canada
St. Laurent
Louis St. Laurent
Massey
Mr. Massey
Earl of Dufferin
Earl Grey
Viscount Alexander
Tramp Describes Trade as Window Box Weeder
A street tramp explains his labor as a window box weeder in a brief exchange with a passerby. The humorous moment captures a quirky slice of urban life and the era's social contrasts.
Water rationing tightens as summer nears
The city enforces alternate day water restrictions starting Sunday with odd houses on odd days and even houses on even days. July may bring stricter limits due to higher service use, possibly shifting the night shutoff from 11 p.m. to 9 p.m. Reservoir refilling would then occur during off-peak hours. Redcliff follows the same scheme with shorter daily hours from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Redcliff
Medicine Hat
Sweet Little Girls Swallow Sweet Peas
Gayle and Lois Wiebe six and seven year old daughters of Donald and Mrs Wiebe were admitted to General hospital after swallowing Sweet peas flowers. Dr D N MacCharles used a stomach pump and the girls were released from hospital yesterday.
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Gayle
Lois Wiebe
Donald Wiebe
General Hospital
D. N. MacCharles
Derailment Cause Reported for Saskatchewan Incident
The morning report says the Canadian Pacific Railway derailment at Antelope Saskatchewan last Friday was caused by storage tanks breaking loose from a flat car. Straps securing the tanks failed, letting them strike the car and derailment resulted.
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Saskatchewan
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