Alberta Considers Closing One of Three Farm Schools
Alberta Minister L C Halmrast announced a plan to close either Vermilion or Fairview Farm School due to declining enrolment and aging facilities. He defended Olds as best maintained and said Cameron Commission reviews will guide any modernization while continuity in agricultural teaching remains a concern.
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L. C. Halmrast
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Halmrast
Cameron Royal Commission On Education
Alberta Institute of Agrologists
Vermilion
Fairview
Halnrast
AIA
Cameron Commission
Olds
Central Alberta
Cameron Group
Mechanics
Alberta
Calgary Woman Rescued From Six-Storey Parkade Edge
A young woman in her 20s dangled from the top railing of Calgary’s Hudson's Bay parkade for about 45 minutes. An unidentified Anglican minister pulled her back as a crowd of about 100 watched. She was barefoot, sobbing, and taken away by police after the rescue.
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Calgary
W. G. Kemp
Hudson’s Bay Company
Kemp
Udson’s Bay Company
7Th Ave
Youthful Rioters Spoil Excursion in Pennsauken Cruise
A Delaware River holiday boat excursion turned chaotic when alcohol fueled a mob of youths on the steamer State of Pennsylvania. Police arrested 34 passengers as fire hoses were used to quell the disturbance.
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Pennsville
N. J
Delaware
State of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Churchill Denies Winnipeg Wheat Sales Claim
Ottawa CP Trade Minister Churchill dismissed Winnipeg reports that U S policy blocks Canadian wheat to China and says Canada is not losing sales to Red China. He notes no accurate information and asserts ample agents to negotiate deals despite rumors of firms using fronts.
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Ottawa
Churchill
Canada
China
United States
Winnipeg
New York
U.S
Winnipeg Dispatch
R Asaction
Trial Set In Huge Bank Haul Case In Brockville
Real estate agent Rene Martin, 23, awaits trial on a major bank robbery case in Brockville Ontario. Evidence includes a dust covered passbook and a Montreal locker key with stolen securities. Loss estimated between 3.35 and 10 million dollars.
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Brockville
Ont
Rene Martin
Brockville Trust and Savings Company
Montreal
Martin
Jack Wylie
Central Station
Leste Sterritt
De Gaulle Wins Support to Take French Premiership
Gen. Charles de Gaulle gains broad backing in the National Assembly after Socialist MPs vote to back his investiture, with Radical Socialist and Poujadist deputies joining. Premier Pflimlin resigns officially as Coty clears the way for de Gaulle to form a cabinet and assume full power for a year. Civil unrest accompanies the crisis as police restrain clashes on the Champs Elysees.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
French National Assembly
Socialist Party
Guy Mollet
de Gaulle
Cancus
National Assembly
Pierre Mendés France
Rene Coty
Pierre Pflimlin
Pflimlin
France
General“I
Champs Elysees
Algeria
Cee Yee
Algiers
A Quiet Man Of Aloofness
Paris reports Gen. de Gaulle as a thoughtful, future minded leader who listens before acting. Close associates portray him as careful, aloof, and loyal to trusted comrades with a private circle including Col. Gaston de Bonneval and Andre Malraux. Eisenhower praised him privately but noted stubbornness. Churchill cited the Cross of Lorraine as a heavy cross he bears.
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Paris
France
Wasteos Tes Hinr- Thax
Philippe Ragneau
de Gaulle
Ragneau
Gaston de Bonneval
Hrcher
New Tetire Ebstat
Olivier Guichard
Andre Malraux
Eisenhower
Europe
Fourteen Die In DC-3 Crash Near Molieres France
An Air France DC-3 crash near Molieres Algeria area killed fourteen people including ten French soldiers, a three member crew, and an Air France agent. The aircraft was en route from Algiers to Tindout and went down about six miles southwest of Molieres roughly an hour after takeoff. Cause not immediately known.
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Paris
France
Algeria
Air France
Molieres
Algiers
Tindout
Air Eprance
UN to Meet Over Tunisia Dispute at Security Council
The Security Council will convene to hear Tunisia and France accuse each other of armed clashes in Tunisia. Tunisia seeks French and Algerian troop evacuation of about 29,000 French troops from the former protectorate. France counters Tunisia violated a troop-stationing agreement.
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Tunisia
United Nations, N.Y
United Nations Security Council
France
Charles S. A. Ritchie
Canada
Council
Geria
Paris
Canada debates ending capital punishment and committee reforms
Ottawa reports Liberal MP Harold White arguing for abolishing the death penalty with support from others while Prime Minister Diefenbaker promotes a new 60 member standing committee on estimates to improve parliamentary efficiency. Health Minister Monteith moves to amend the Hospital Insurance Act to delay federal participation until Ontario Nova Scotia and New Brunswick join next January.
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United’ Nations
Canada
P. B. Rynard
Simcoe East
Diefenbaker
Commons
Pearson
United States Congress
Pearsé Son
Monteith
Ontario
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
CCF Pushes BC Power Firm Takeover at Vancouver Convention
The British Columbia CCF backed government control of the BC Power Corporation gas and electric systems in a Friday resolution. Debates over education finance followed with resolutions argued and split into two separate motions. Joe Morris of the International Woodworkers of America spoke, predicting a faster rise of a new political movement with labor and farm groups.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
CCF
B.c.power Corporation
Ottawa
Joe Morris
International Woodworkers of America
Canadian Labor Congress
Labor Congress
Winnipeg
Morris
Maiden Flight For Jet Liner
The Douglas DC-8 jetliner completed its maiden flight over the Pacific, two hours and five minutes long, with pilot A G Heimerdinger praising the craft. Douglas Aircraft reports a 250 million dollar three year investment and plans to begin deliveries next year. The jetliner is backed by 700 million dollars in orders from 17 airlines for 138 aircraft.
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Long Beach
Calif
United States
Pacific
A. G. Heimerdinger
Douglas Aircraft Company
Donald W. Douglas Jr
Douglas
CPR Settles British Columbia Strike
CPR in Vancouver says it concluded agreements with representatives of 700 non striking employees of its British Columbia coastal steamship division ending a strike. The settlement follows talks with union and company officials to stabilize operations on the coast.
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Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway
Onl
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TRIAL
Robertson
News-Foto and. Engraving
Sir Winston Churchill
Lorraine
Arch MacKenzie Ottawa
Harolid ‘Wites
Vancouver East
Western
Newfoundland
Thcomete
Winch
B.C
CPR
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