Montgomery Denies Anzio Charge
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery dismissed Harry Truman’s critique of Salerno and Anzio as the work of a civilian. He said the former president erred by judging isolated operations without the overall strategic plan. Eisenhower, Clark, and Gruenther led the Allied commands in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Viscount Montgomery
Alamein
Allied Forces
Europe
U.S
Harry Truman
Salerno
Anzio
Lord Montgomery
Eisenhower
Mark Clark
Gruenther
Two Men Drowned En Route to Forest Fire Fight in BC
Victoria forestry service reports two men drowned in north central British Columbia while traveling to combat a forest fire. Identified as George Douglas and Sam Castiakoff, likely from Prince George. Also, Winnipeg resident W Allan Ray Ellis, 27, killed after being struck by a truck in St Vital. post mortem held.
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Victoria
Winnipeg
David Allan Ray Ellis
Guelph
Ont
St. Vital
Ellis
Alberta nurse recruiting officer to visit schools
The Alberta Association of Registered Nurses announced a permanent nurse recruiting officer will start work September 1. She will visit every school in the province to promote nursing careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banff
Alta
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
Hospital Levy Debate Grows Over $10 000 Monthly Demand
April hospital statement shows $10 500 demand on the city for operating and hospitalization costs. Comptroller Legge notes the rate could hit about $10 000 per month, over $120 000 annually, with a proposed six mill levy on a $17.7 million 1986 assessment yielding roughly $124 000 in tax revenue.
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Onthre
City All
A. T. Legge Besiee
City Trio Seeks Reserve Right In Gas Fields
A civic delegation led by J. W. Douglas travels to Edmonton to seek a long term embargo reservation on 1% townships of natural gas lease adjoining Medicine Hat's northeast supply field. They will meet Premier Manning and Deputy Minister Somerville to discuss safeguards for Britalta held lands and future gas supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
J. W. Douglas
Ald. S. F. Scott
J G. Kidd
E. C. Manning
Mines and Minerals
H. H. Somerville
Britalta
Medicine Hat
Britalta Company and Associates
Saskatchewan Power Corp
Trans-Canada
Conservation Board
Britalia
Test Pilot Says Safe Bailouts Lacking for Jets
Deputy RCAF test pilot Sqdn. Ldr. E. D. Harper warns aircrew safety lags behind jet advances. High speed bailouts without ejection seats risk severe injury or death, even as CF-100 seats offer automatic escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
RCAF
Sqdn
E. D. Harper
Navy
Ldr
Harper
Canadian Aeronautical Journal
Central Experimental and Proving Establishment
Canada
Grant Permit for Trans-Canada Pipe Lines
The board of transport commissioners signaled a conditional permit for Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited to begin immediate construction of the western leg of its 2,200 mile natural gas pipeline. The Alberta conservation board’s stance on immediate construction could shape permit terms, with a potential void if Parliament does not approve an $80 million loan by June 7. Trade Minister Howe backs the bid as See-GrANT page 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTAWA
Board of Transport Commissioners
Wood
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited
John D. Kearney
Alberta Conservation Board
Conservation Board
Transport Board
Trans-Canada
Alberta - To - Winnipeg
Howe
Commons
Nurses' Passing Rate Lower Than General Population Says Study
A U S Public Health Service study tracked 26 000 student nurses from 1943 to 1953. Only three died from TB while many deaths came from auto accidents and heart disease making TB a reduced risk for nurses compared with the broader public.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
NEW York
United States
National Tuberculosis Association
Andrew Theodore
Anne G. Berger
U.S. Public Health Service
Washington
Carroll E. Palmer
Phs
The
Tuberculosis Association
Theodore
Clear skies over Alberta with warm late May temperatures
Skies will be clear in Alberta Friday with some clouds in western Saskatchewan. Afternoon temperatures will run above average for late May, reaching about 80 in southern districts and 70 in the north.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Current High Demand Met by Water Plant
Medicine Hat pumping station supplies an average of 51 percent million gallons daily to domestic and commercial users. Peak delivery reached 6,220,000 gallons on Friday. Water restrictions prohibit lawn and garden use 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. to maintain reservoir levels and head for distribution.
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Medicine - Hat
H. C. Davis
Tron
Davis
South Saskatchewan
City to issue 600000 debentures for waterworks expansion
Mayor Harry Weiner signed 600000 of City of Medicine Hat debentures to back a provincial loan. The funds will expand the waterworks plant with work set for completion in June 1957. Montreal Engineering Co. will provide blueprints next month and a tender call will follow.
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Harry Weiner
City of
Com
Smilestones and a Quick Start in a New Apartment
A caretaker boasts that showing the apartment prompts quick interest from renters. A new tenant says the unit gave him a strong start and fits his needs.
Parade Welcomes Elijah the Mountain Packhorse Home
In Buena Vista Colorado Elijah the shaggy packhorse returned from a 13 000 foot mountain ridge to a parade with a brass band and cheering crowd. Owners Al and Bill Turner led the welcome home procession through a town of about 1100 as some 1000 residents tourists and fishermen watched. Elijah soon rode in a truck to Denver for display in an honor stall at a race track.
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Buena Vista
Colo. (Ap
Elijah
Bill Turner
Colorado
Denver
Forest Fire Destroys 600 Acres Near Pender Harbour
Vancouver dispatch reports a massive forest fire about 50 miles northwest of Vancouver near Pender Harbour. Five crawler tractors were sent from Vancouver and volunteers sought to bring personnel to 300, with dangers to timber stands if winds rise. A separate incident near Prince George saw two men drown while ferrying a pump to a northern blaze.
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Vancouver (Cp
Here
Pender Harbour
Vancouver
B. C
Prince George
Forestry Service
Victoria
George Douglas
Sam Castiakoff
Tacheeda Lake
Slash Pender
D. B. Taylor
Vancouver Area
Mount Holliewell
Forest Service
Quebec youths commuted to life for priest murder
Ottawa reports the government has commuted the death sentences of three Quebec youths to life imprisonment. Guy Ferrange 19 Claude Paquin 18 and Gerard Yvon de Tonnancourt both of Montreal will serve life terms at Manitoba Penitentiary for the pistol slaying of Rev. Alfred Quirion 44 near St Paul Alto last year.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Brandon
Man
Guy Ferrange
Riviere Des Prairies
Que
Claude Paquin
Gerard Yvon de Tonnancourt
Montreal
Manitoba
Alfred Quirion
St. Paul, Alto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
All Star Canada to Represent Nation at 1957 World Tourney
The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association approved an all star team to represent Canada at the 1957 world hockey tournament in Moscow. Training will be in Vernon B C with Allan Cup champions hosting camps. The Vernon Canadians will be invited to compete for places as the team trains and plays exhibitions across Canada and against NHL clubs. A European tour under local rules will precede the Moscow trip.
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Montreal
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
Canada
Moscow
Vernon
B. C
CAHA
Ken More
Regina
Allan
George Dudley
Midland
Ont
Versnon
National Hockey League
Europe
Udall Town That Refused to Die
Udall Kansas marks the first anniversary of the tornado that killed 79 and sent over 200 to hospitals. A memorial service precedes rebuilding as the town expects full reconstruction by fall festival time with new schools and shops. The Red Cross gave 336756 dollars and civil defense 325000 dollars while the town grows toward 1000 residents.
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Udall
Kan
Kansas
Congregational Church
Earl Rowe
John Arbuckle
Rowe
Bank
Oddfellows Lodge
Red Cross
Flood Threat Lingers as Kootenai River Crest Breaks Dikes
Bonners Ferry Idaho evacuated as Kootenai River topped 36.6 feet, flooding 8000 plus acres of wheat while 600 engineers and guards reinforce 37 foot dikes and restore water supply. In Cranbrook British Columbia, Moyle and Mark creeks flood routes with highway closures and continued sandbagging and vigilance.
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Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Kootenai
Myrl Felch
Great Northern Railway
National Guard
Sandpoint
Cranbrook
B.C
Kootenay
British Columbia
Vancouver
Moyle
Yahk
Highway Department
Victoria
Evan Jones
Fraser River
Jones
Mission Bridge
Mark Creek
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Minaki
Ted King
Kenora
Rexgugonton
Namao
Cold Lake
Penhold
Fort William
Thunder Bay
Lands and Forests
Clare Mapledoram
Norman John Curtiss
City Trio
Air Force
Bill Schmidt
Grant
Lion New
Shaggy Elijah
Taylor
All Star Club
Idaho, B.C
Carl Nickle
Calgary
Ssssiz
Ee Omerni Sie
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