Portable Churches to Travel Canadian Boomtown Circuit
The Anglican Church plans two portable churches in Ontario to serve seaway valley communities and expanding diocesan needs. Each 24 by 36 foot unit seats 150, costs 6000 dollars, moves on carry-alls, with about 150 dollars to relocate within fifteen miles.
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St. Lawrence Seaway
United States
A. T. Briarly Browne
Kingston
Ont
Angelican Church
Diocese of
Ontario
Seaway Valley
K. C. Evans
Dean Browne
Canada
British Columbia
East German unity plan signals Soviet influence on Germany
Western and Soviet diplomats discuss a complex blueprint for German reunification. East Germany would form two states and West Germany three, creating a federated five-state nation. The plan preserves Soviet state industries and social institutions, while allowing almost total state autonomy within a confederation. It aims to bind the West to negotiations under a Russia led framework, raising concerns of subversion in the West.
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Omer
Anderson Bonn
Nana
East Germany
Russia
Red Unity
Western Germany
West Germany
Germany
Geneva
East Berlin
Nikolai Bulganin
Otto Grotewch
Bulganin
Soviet Zone
Seeing Eye Dog Turns Beer Guide in Farnborough
A seeing eye dog named Trix leads its master Raymond Benson, blinded in a rocket explosion, to pubs in Farnborough, England. Benson notes Trix has a nose for draught bitter and has steered him toward pubs rather than grocers during visits in 1953.
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Farnborough
England
Nana
Hampshire
Raymond Benson
Woomera
Australia
Trix
Benson
St Bernard pups on sale at Swiss Hospice
Swiss Hospice offers 10 to 12 St Bernard puppies on sale day as phones diminish their rescue role. Breeding kennels anticipate births this month with prices usually between 75 and 100 dollars. The monastery keeps only a few dogs for emergencies and to sustain the breed’s legacy on the 8000 foot pass guarded by narrow, cliffside roads.
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ST. Bernard Pass
Switzerland
Cows and Sheep Never Truly Sleep Study Finds
A British researcher reports cows and sheep never enter deep sleep, remaining alert while humans doze. Dr Balch observed 21 hour stretches at Bronx and London zoos, noting eyes rarely close and only brief dozes possible, challenging sleep theories in Nature.
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Washington
Nana
Dro G.C Balch
Britain's
Vale Versity of
Reading
Drs Balch
New York's
Bronx Zoo
London “Zoo
Balch
Nature
British Association For the Advancement of Sciences
Food and Medicine Shortage Menaces Spanish Nuns
Madrid reports from Catholic press describe severe shortages among nuns in Spain's cloistered convents. The cost of living has risen, leaving many houses with barely 30 cents a day for food and medicines. Convents, isolated from visitors, show hunger and poor health while maintaining strict religious discipline.
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Madrid
NANA
Spain
Press
Igonverits
Tehir
Holiday Diversions Near at Hand for Busy Families
A reader essay extols nearby getaways for rest and diversion within a day’s drive. It highlights Adirondacks Waterways and Whiteface Mountain for scenery and rest, with swimming boating fishing sailing and camping as the family friendly mix. Page 3 Column 64.
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China
Jess
Adirondacks
St. Lawrence
Whiteface Mountain
New York
Lario
Junior
Sis
Mom
British plan to build Mayflower replica crosses Atlantic
A British group funds a new Mayflower to sail from England to the United States in 1956 as a goodwill mission. Mayflower III will carry 21 crew in Pilgrim costume, replicating 1620 passengers. The nonprofit aims to launch from Southampton and sail to Provincetown, Massachusetts, with costs near 300000.
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London
Atlantic
America
England
Southampton
Provincetown
Harbor
Mass
Canada
U. S
British Empire
Pilgrims Trust
Coltannoo
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Grotewhol
Hound
Ing
St. Bernard
Lake Geneva
Dreamland
Goodday
Cape Vincent
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