Mrs Hegarty Wins Big Prize in British TV Prank
Irene Hegarty, lured from her Meyrick Road home in Battersea, returns to an empty house as Dennis plays along. The couple wins a six month rent free Barnes house, a $200 TV and appliances but must appear on radio shows to keep the gag alive.
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Jack Stepler
News London
London
Irene Hegarty
Dennis
Radio Luxemburg
U.S
Canada
Mrs. Hegarty
Mr. Hegarty
Barnes
Jill
Jubilee Celebrations Mark Alberta Birthday in Edmonton
A lively pageant, parade, and stadium gathering marked Alberta’s 50th birthday in Edmonton. Prime Minister St Laurent addressed 3,000 at the legislative building, 50,000 joined the downtown parade, led by dignitaries including Premier Manning and Lord Mayor Seymour Howard. Clarke Stadium hosted about 40,000 spectators watching a Lee-Liv. The day also featured municipal commission sessions in city hall amid police inquiries into graft and activity.
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Edmonton
Alberta
St. Laurent
Legislative
Lifov
J. J. Bowlen
E.C. Manning
Seymour Howard
London
Clarke Stadium
R. H. Tupper
Norris
Mulligan
City Hall
Senate Committee On
Vancouver
Crack Spy Ring in German Foreign Ministry Uncovered
In Karlsruhe AP reports the West German foreign ministry cracked a spy ring with several officials arrested in Bonn's passport division. Prosecution confirms arrests tied to Soviet and East German intelligence. details remain sparse. Unofficial word says forged passports aided infiltration of West Germany.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Foreign Ministry
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Bonn
Red
West Germany
Inequalities in Federal Sales Taxes Revealed by Survey
Ottawa report from Warren Baldwin shows how sales tax burden varies by item. The Canadian Tax Foundation’s 1953-54 survey finds consumer goods bear 58 percent of tax, with examples: toothpaste 2 cents tax on 38 cent price, gasoline tax 1.8 cents of 43 cents, margarine 7.5 percent, coffee six cents per pound, candy nine cents per pound, a $2550 car yields 170 in tax. Taxation differs by product and exemptions apply to butter and government uses.
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Warren Baldwin
The
News Ottawa Bureau _ OTTAWA
Canadian Tax Foundation
Tax Foundation
Foundation
Treasury
Alabama Lawyer Quits Pursuit of Gisele MacKenzie
An Alabama lawyer Edward Gachet Branch says he will end his four month chase of radio star Gisele MacKenzie after disturbing her led Winnipeg police to intervene. He traveled across the U S and Canada carrying her records and love letters while insisting he would rather die than hurt her.
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Winnipeg
Alabama
Gisele MacKenzie
Edward Gachet Branch
Montgomery
Gisele
Miss MacKenzie
Mr. Branch
Flamingo Hotel
Las Vegas
New York
Fires rage as arsonist set blaze swallows Manitoba forest
In Sandilands and nearby areas in southeastern Manitoba, a series of fires fueled by arson has scorched over 24 000 acres. Three youths from Trentham were found dead after fleeing the flames, as RCMP and 75 firefighters plus 200 more confront the blazes and search for the arsonist.
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Winnipeg
Sandilands
John Nykorak
Tarus
Mike Telinski
Trentham
Man
Michael Nykorak
John
J. G. Somers
RCMP
Manitoba
Mr. Somers
Sandy River
Lake Winnipeg
Security Council backs plan to separate Israeli Egyptian forces
The UN Security Council unanimously endorses a proposal to erect barriers along the 40 mile Gaza frontier and create a demilitarized zone more than half a mile wide. If accepted by Israel and Egypt, the plan would curb clashes and supports talks with UN truce chief Maj. Gen. Burns.
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United Nations, N.Y
UN Security Council
Gaza
Israel
Egypt
E. L. M. Burns
United States
Britain
France
Burns
Cold moist air to bring rain to central Saskatchewan and Alberta
A mass of cold moist air from northern Canada will bring overcast skies and rain to central Saskatchewan and northern Alberta Friday. The system moves southward, affecting Edmonton and surrounding regions with wet conditions.
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Edmonton
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Unclear quote from Uncle Filbert on hydrogen bomb satire
A fragment quotes Uncle Filbert joking that with a hydrogen bomb, buying a two pants suit seems pointless. The line satirizes technology changing consumer choices.
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Uncle Filbert
New Anglican Flag Adopted Ahead of Prorogation
The Anglican Church of Canada parliament adopted a new flag today before prorogation. Mercy plans sped worldwide amid threats of floods affecting 45 million in India and Pakistan. A longshoremen’s walkout crippled New York Harbor and spread to Baltimore, imperiling east coast ports. Three dead and 30 hurt in a DC-3 crash at Burbank. Calgary murder suspect linked to Norman Yesny case testified at a preliminary hearing. The queen summoned the attorney general sparking talk of Princess Margaret’s marriage plans. Japan’s agriculture minister said a grain purchase of 490000 tons from the United States will not affect usual Canadian grain imports.
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New York
Baltimore
Potteries Under A New Company
Medalla Potteries Ltd is shut down and now run by Marwell Ltd of Vancouver. Hycroft China Limited coordinates the two plants in Dominion Canada with orders for over 20000 dollars of new Hycroft dinner ware already placed. A. G. Etherington supervised the Hycroft No 1 development and the ware will be sold in Medicine Hat and other western towns.
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Medalla Potteries Ltd
Marwell Ltd
Vancouver
Marwell Enterprises
Medicine Hat Potteriesses Ltd
Hycroft China Limited
Canada
Hycroft No
Etherington
Medicine Hat
Hycroft No 1 and No 2 plants grow in Medicine Hat shift
The former Medicine Hat plants Medalta and the plant complex Hycroft No 1 and No 2 expand to produce overglaze dinnerware and stoneware under Hycroft. About 20 workers now employed with 20 more to come when the tunnel kiln restarts. Delegation leader Matskevich calls anti-Communist demonstrations licentious and anti peace.
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Ottawa
V. V. Matskevich
Canada
Russia
Consider Appeal Board to Hear Deportation Cases
Ottawa reports government moves toward creating an independent appeal board with judicial powers to hear deportation cases for landed immigrants. A new act definition may separate visitor deportations, defining them as a different category while ensuring open hearings outside the minister’s jurisdiction. The plan aims to curb criticisms of the immigration system and restore due process for landed immigrants.
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Ottawa
Canada
Immigration Department
Department
Canadian Bar Association
Miss Canada lectures at Miss America prelims in Atlantic City
Dalyce Gail Smith of Whitehorse Yukon competes in the Miss America pageant preliminaries in evening gown with a white brocade dress. Dalyce plans to lecture on the Yukon in the talent segment. 49 contestants from 45 states and Canada vie for Miss America 1956 with the final crown set for Saturday night.
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Atlantic City
Dalyce Gail Smith
Whitehorse
V.T
Dalyce
Alabama
Patricia Byrd Huddleston
Clanton
University of Alabama
Hawaii
Barbara’ Maria Vieira
Honolulu
Lee Ann Meriwether
San Francisco
Chicago
District of Clumbia
Canada
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Lac du Bonnet
Ontario
Security Council
Bulletins
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India
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Lockheed Air Terminal
Burbank
Calif
Calgary
Peter Morrison
Norman Yesny
Niagara Falls
Privy Council
Princess Margaret
Ichiro Kono
Japan
Hycroft
China
J. W. Pickersgill
Mr. Pick
Miss Canada
Yukon
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