Labrador’s Arctic Voyage Fueled by Chocolate and Ice Cream
The Labrador’s 68 day voyage north of the Arctic Circle featured heavy consumption of hot chocolate and ice cream with more than six thousand pounds of the brew and over 200 gallons of ice cream. Canteen sales topped 5 000 chocolate bars as the crew logged 7 280 miles of sounding lines and 96 oceanographic stations. The ship heads toward Halifax after a Panama Canal transit en route to Canada.
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Navy
Esquimalt
Atlantic
Arctic Circle
Ellesmere Island
Alaska
Alexandra Fjord
North America
Labrador
Mexico
Panama Canal
Halifax
4th Battalion Canadian Guards to Return From Korea
The 4th Battalion Canadian Guards, led by Lt-Col Val Leduc, staged farewell ceremonies in Korea as they readiness to sail home in December after seven months in the Far East. Maj-Gen Horatius Murray praised their bearing and noted a future Canadian unit will be shaped by this service.
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Korea
Canadian Guards
25Th Canadian Infantry Brigade
Far East
Black Watch
Canada
4Th Guards
Val Leduc
Quebec City
Horatius Murray
Commonwealth Division
Murray
United Kingdom
Scottish Command
Norman Cluxton Museum Opens in Banff With Indian Artifacts
Alberta opens the Norman Cluxton Museum in Banff funded by local citizens. The collection features Indian clothing weapons and tools and plans to add a complete Indian Village soon.
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Alberta
Banff
Norman Cluxton
Simple Wants and Dreams from Alma Robinson Highbee
A brief verse expresses simple needs and hopes for home comfort. The speaker Alma Robinson Highbee yearns for a friendly door, teacups with gold, sunlit floors, applewood, a willow tree, children's laughter, a mockingbird, bread, autumn gold, a sunset window, a gentle friend, books, a hearth, and song.
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Alma Robinson Highbee
Rehabilitation fund trebled for injured 9 year old boy
Iggy, struck by a hit and run driver last May, spent his ninth birthday in a coma. Donations to a local rehabilitation drive reached 9 050 dollars for a Toronto hospital program with neurosurgeon Bruce Hendricks and polio rehab expert J Jousse.
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Iggy
General Hospital
St. John’s Evening Telegram
United States
Great Britain
Mary
Mrs. Crotty
Toronto Hospital
Bruce Hendricks
J. T. Jousse
Toronto
New north road to carry millions of pounds of fish to market
A 56 mile all weather road from Co op Point to Lynn Lake and nearby lakes will channel the area fish cargo by truck to market year by year. Saskatchewan officials cite freight savings, earlier deliveries, and jobs for about 100 fishermen as construction progresses toward completion before next July.
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New North Road
Co-op
Reindeer Lake
Lynn Lake
Canadian National Railway
Flin Fton
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Natural Resources
J. H. Bockelbank
Co-op Point
Wollaston
Hatchet
Pasfield
Waterbury
Oliver
Manitoba
Gems of Thought on Patience and Success
A collection of quotations on patience and restraint. Notable sayings from De Mais tre George Eliot Lavater a Dutch proverb Franklin and Mary Baker Eddy affirm patience as a key to success and effective learning.
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Patience
Mary Baker Eddy
Fury the Lynx Escapes Box On Plane Trip
S P Nyman reports his four month old lynx named Fury escaped custody in a special travel box during a flight from Whitehorse. Fury chewed free and then sat with him for the remainder of the journey.
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Vancouver
S. P. Nyman
Lynx
Nyman
Whitehorse
One No Trump Two Clubs Convention Leads to Seven Bidding Rounds
The world champions visited London and the One No Trump followed by passes stretched to seven rounds. North used Two Clubs over South No Trump, East doubled, West passed, and North finally settled in Two No Trumps after the sequence. South had options in Spades or Hearts, reflecting the no major suit weaker than xxx rule.
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London
North South
North
South
East
West
World Record Steelhead Tagged in Kispiox River Catch
A 36 pound steelhead, caught on the Kispiox River ten miles north of Hazelton, sets a new world record. Chuck Ewart of Prince George reeled in the fish on the Smithers Division of the Canadian National Railways. The prior record was 32.5 pounds caught two days earlier by a Hazelton resident.
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Vancouver
Kispiox
Hazelton
Canadian National Railways Smithers
Chuck Ewart
Prince George
Jubilee year to the banner convention year
Regina hosts a series of 1955 gatherings as the Saskatchewan Golden Jubilee office notes national and international meetings. Dairy Farmers of Canada convenes January 17 to 20 with about 200 delegates in Regina, the Canadian Library Association meets June 22 to 25 in Saskatoon with around 500 delegates, and the mid western Trapshooting Championship is planned for early August in Regina. An International Mink Show is scheduled December 9 to 11. The Jubilee committee urges regional groups to invite parent organizations and report upcoming events to Regina.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Fred McGuinness
Jubilee Committee
Dairy Farmers of Canada
Canadian Library Association
Saskatoon
McGuinness
Jubilee Office
Independent commission eyed for Manitoba redistribution
Premier Douglas Campbell indicated that redistribution of Manitoba electoral seats could be handled by an independent, nonpartisan commission appointed by the provincial government. The plan requires the current legislative committee to propose guiding principles including no increase in seats, urban rural balance, and review frequency, with each decennial census guiding line drawing and legislative approval of each redistribution.
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Manitoba
Douglas Campbell
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New York City
Fine Museum
Coliseum
Southdown
Beverly Bryan
de Maistre
George Eliot
Franklin
Placid Lynx
M. Harrison-Gray
Central Press
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