Coroner Links Education, Driver Skill to Road Safety
The coroner urged stricter action against incompetent drivers and praised traffic safety campaigns. He faulted teen and panel truck drivers, calling for extended public transportation rules to small trucks and a Driver's Code of 25 commandments to emphasize responsibility and human life.
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Montreal
la Chambre de Commerce Des Jeunes de Montreal
Quebec Public Security League
Duckett
British Columbia
Plaid prints boost summer frocks with high fashion flair
A columnist extols plaid and print belts matching solid colored summer dresses. Triangular prints are popular in New York stores. Shelf edge plastics for kitchens are praised for durability and easy cleaning. The piece also offers tips for fresh canned fish and quick sandwich spreads.
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New York
Smile Of The Week Note On A Football Match
A reader recalls taking a daughter to her first football match last Saturday and she lost her voice. The writer expects she will want to return, and mentions plans to take his wife along next time.
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers present five items on Canada with brief facts. The pages note percentages and rankings, including agriculture value, the Great Bear in the Northwest Territories, and roles of livestock dairy and manufacturing, all attributed to Quick Canadian Facts editors.
Alberta Man Builds First Amateur TV Receiver and Transmitter
Calgary educator William K. Allan, 47, a high school electronics teacher, claims to have created Alberta's first amateur television receiver and transmitter. He adapted a 16 mm movie projector into a TV camera and aligned film speed to the TV field rate to synchronize image transmission. The project consumed many evenings in his basement laboratory.
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Calgary
William K. Allan
Alberta
Allan
Western Canada High School
Mr. Allan
1000 Farm Workers Needed For Ontario
Recruitment of 1000 farm workers for Ontario harvesting is under way with dates through July. Applicants should be willing and able bodied. experience helps but is not required. A return ticket costs $21.50, workers return home before prairie harvest. The program is a joint effort by Agriculture departments and the Unemployment Insurance Commission.
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Ontario
J. W. Temple
Prairie
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Department of Agriculture
Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Canada
Spark plug installation tips for gaskets and tightness
The guidance advises using new gaskets when installing spark plugs and ensuring the plug is screwed down tightly with a wrench. After initial installation and short use, tighten further to prevent compression leakage.
Canadian towel paper output tops 700000 cases yearly
Canadian manufacturers produce more than 700000 cases of paper towels each year valued at about 2.8 million dollars.
Formation Of Beaverlodge Local Development Area Announced
Prince Albert reports the creation of a Beaverlodge Saskatchewan local development area to make Uranium City a self-supporting municipal center. A. T. Davidson announced the plan, effective June 15, with new town services, taxes, land sales, a large loan, and an administrator based in Uranium City. Population will grow from about 500 to 1000 by fall with 350 existing lots and 300 more surveyed.
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Prince Albert
Beaverlodge
Saskatchewan
Uranium City
A. T. Davidson
Davidson
Uranium City Power Company
Provincial Municipal Affairs Department
Uranium Ciy
Oddities In The News Readouts Of Unusual Quick Takes
Mrs. Constance C. Leyland of Wellesley Massachusetts pleaded guilty to speeding but the judge found a legitimate excuse she was rushing to a hospital to have a baby. A Sacramento thief phoned to say where he abandoned a car from the prior day and added the car is in lousy shape. Earl Whitt of Louisville said he removed a friend’s shoes and tie because the friend looked uncomfortable. Police testified Whitt wore the shoes and carried the tie when arrested. A son born ten piglets at St Lawrence England and two weeks later another fourteen. The first batch is being bottle reared.
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Constance C. Leyland
Wellesley
Mass
Sacramento
Calif
Earl Whitt
Louisville
Whitt
St. Lawrence
England
Woodpecker Causes Major Damage to Lanagan Cottage
A woodpecker caused over 100 dollars in damage at A. L. Lanagan's new summer cottage near Beaverton. The bird entered through a bedroom window, pecked a nine by five foot hole in the floor, and crawled out from under the building.
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Beaverton
A. L. Lanagan
Speeds Trade: Ocean Cargo Ships Increase to 14 Knots
The average ocean cargo ship now travels at 14 knots per hour, compared with 10 knots before the last war, signaling a notable rise in merchant shipping speed and efficiency.
Dead Sea in Palestine Measures Earth’s Deepest Chasm
The Dead Sea in Palestine lies within the world’s deepest surface fracture, a chasm with no outlet, noted for its extreme depth and unique geography.
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Dead Sea
Palestine
Appetizing Recipes Orange Coconut Custard
A simple orange coconut custard recipe uses eggs sugar salt milk vanilla orange rind nutmeg shredded coconut and bran cereal. Mix eggs and sugar, add milk gradually, then fold in remaining ingredients. Bake in a water bath at 350 F for about 45 minutes until set yields 6 to 8 servings.
Canada US trade surges in first quarter of 1953
Ottawa reports total Canada US trade at 1.33 billion in Q1 1953, up from 1.2456 billion a year earlier. Exports rise to 574.9 million while imports climb to 763.1 million, widening the Canadian deficit with the United States to 188.1 million, the largest since 1947.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Bureau of Statistics
U.S
Hoth
Indian Reservations Should Be Abolished
In Montreal Dr P E Moore head of the Indian Medical Services Department argues reservations should be abolished and Indians allowed to live where they choose. He notes tuberculosis rates among Indians are falling but economic problems persist and he counters the belief that Indians are TB carriers, saying it is a fallacy.
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Montreal
P. E. Moore
Indian Medical Services Department
Ottawa
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Moon Craters Reach Up To 140 Miles Across
Moon feature sizes span as large as 140 miles across, indicating significant impact events shaping the lunar surface. Astronomical measurements place these dimensions within scope for crater distribution studies and surface geology understanding.
Canning Food May Be Dangerous Across Canada
Dr C E Dolman warns home preserved foods pose mortal dangers from botulism. A review (1919 1952) reports 10 Canadian outbreaks involving 56 people 31 of whom died or were severely ill. Cases span beets tomatoes eggs fish salmon trout seal meat and other canned foods.
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Canada
Canadian Medical Journal
C. E Dolman
Vancouver
Indian Woman Survives Cougar Attack in British Columbia
In Inglewood British Columbia a 24 year old Indian woman Mrs Peter Coon is recovering in hospital after a hand to claw struggle with a hungry cougar at her doorway. A logger Lawrence Lansdowne lifted the beast off and wrestled it away saving Mrs Coon from fatal injuries. The battle left her with deep gashes and shock but she is reported as annoyed and recovering.
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Inglewood
B.C
Peter Coon
Lawrence Lansdowne
Mrs. Coon
Quick Canadian Quiz Answers
In Canada the industry listing reads agriculture forestry fisheries trapping mining electric power manufactures or construction. Quebec farmers earn their largest cash income from the sale of dairy products. The largest all Canadian lake is Lake Superior. It would take Canada's population about fourteen years to reach 35 million without immigration. About half of Canada's known hydro electric resources are now in use. Answers in Another Column.
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Canada
Quebec
Lake
Brussels sprouts origin traced to wild cabbages
Brussels sprouts are a descendant of wild cabbages brought from warm Mediterranean lands and rank as one of the few vegetables to originate in northern Europe.
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Europe
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