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OTTAWA (CP) — The federal government rolled up a $149,000,- 000 budgetary deficit in the first two - thirds of this fiscal year; chiefly under the impetus of higher spending for debt charges, defence and public welfare.
The figure, reported in Finance Minister Fleming’s monthly treas- ury statement, compares with a $174,000,000 deficit in the corres- ponding April-November period of last fiscal year.
Budgetary fevenues for the first months of the 1959-60-fiscal
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The three little Smiths have not yet been told their mother, Mrs. Mertie Counts Smith, was killed Dec. 18 in an automobile, accident. Authorities have not been able to find the children’s father, from whom Mrs. Smith was divorced. When their mother was killed children were staying with the manager of the apartment in which they lived. The kus family took them in for holidays and authorities are to find them a foster home.
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Increased costs for debt charges, defence and public wel- fare caused 85 per cent of the rise in expenditures for the eight- month period.
Public debt. charges; due to higher interest’ rates and in- creased borrowings, jumped to $523,700,000 in April - November from $407,000,000 a year earlier.
000 from $820,900,000, with most of the increases going to the air force and navy.
General government revenues continued to be buoyant. :
More than two - thirds of the revenue increase of $389,100,000 in the eight months resulted from the three largest tax fields—per- sonal and corporation income tax and sales taxes. <
Eight-month collections of per- ‘sonal income tax rose to $1,048,- 800,000 from -$896,600,000. Corpor- ation income taxes brought in $742,200,000 compared with $664,- 900,000 while sale tax collections rose to $469,90,000 from $437,700,- 000.
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tance from London to Birming- ham. Dr. Moore made that trip twice.
A vegetarian who says she keeps fit on a diet of fruit juice and stewed grass, Dr. Moore set out on the Edinburgh — London tramp to prove women can be as tough as men.
Her husband, Harry Moore, a sculptor in nearby Surrey, motoréd to London~this morning and was at her bedside with a Christmas kiss.
“I know I’m tough,” exclaimed Dr. Moore, her blue eyes spark- ling and her. cheeks glowing. “I want to be tough. Those seven days and nights hardened my
Sir Winston Is Recovering
LONDON ) — Sir Winston Churchill has fought off a new bout of illness, a source close to the family said Thursday night.
The 85-year-old wartime leader has been unwell'in the last few days, He spent Christmas as us- ual with-his family at Chartwell, his country home 30 miles south- east of London.
The source did not describe the nature of Churchill's indisposi- tion, He periodically suffers from chest complaints.
“At his age he is better some days than,others,” the source said. ‘‘Recently he has not been so well, but there’s absolutely no cause for alarm.”
Lord Moran, Churchill’s physi- cian, called on him at Chartwell during the day but later returned to London. ;
Churchill’ has survived... four bouts of ree in the Second World War and one early last year.
He was last reported ill at his London home five weeks ago.
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_ Immigration officials said they were “showered with gifts,” in- cluding radios and steam ‘irons.
Reginald Casselman, district; immigration superintendent, said) “the refugees were over- whelmed’’ by_ the greeting.
One year ago, the refugees were part of the thousands spend-| ing Christmas in European refu-' gee camps, Friday they were) “happy to be at last among) friends.” | “One member of each - family spent’ the Christriias holiday in, tuberculosis sanatoriums in Kent-
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SANDRINGHAM, England (AP) — A emiling and happy Queen Elizabeth went te church Christmas Day. :
Queen Mother Princess Margaret, the Queen’s sister.
But Prince Philip, the Queen’s
through the wooded estate with some other members of the royal family.
HOME FROM SCHOOL
The family group at the Vic- torian country house included four schoolboys home for the holidays: 1l-year‘old Prince’ Charles, who goes to Cheam ‘“‘prep’’ school, and three teen-aged cousins of the Queen, Prince William and Prince Richard of Gloucester, and Prince Michael of Kent, all of whom go to Eton. i
The traditional family gather- ing at Sandringham, 100 miles from London, was not interrupted this year by elaborate television preparations for the Queen’s an- ngal Christmas message to subjects. '
Instead; she made only a brief radio broadcast which had been recorded earlier. e
Highway Toll Is 184 In U.S.
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were: “happy” as they ate their! special: dinners of turkey beside gaily bedecked Christmas trees.
Dead’ Son Is Best Gift
OAKVILLE, Ont. (CP) — An Oakville woman who thought her son had been killed ip the Pacific |
U.S. carrier Lexington in the South Pacific ago.
MOTHER MOVED
A son of Mrs. Gilbert by a previous marriage, Eddy been trying for years to find his mother who had moved ‘several times since the war.
Eddy joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1940 and was stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japan-
e attacked. He. jater . served t ghout the islands and several ships as a gunner before joining the Lexington.
He said that after the aircraft carrier was hit by Japanesé bombs, the crew abandoned ship ship and he was afloat on a life- raft for more than 18 hours before being rescued. Mrs, Gilbert was got notified of the rescue or his return to active duty and thought him dead.
He later served with the mar- ines in battles that took him from Manila to Iowa Jima.
Eddy was successful in tracing his mother here a few days ago. With his wife of three years he arrived Thursday evening.
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Other dates crowding the sum- — mit calendar are a visit by | Khrushchev ta Paris for two weeks beginning March 15. De — is to be in Britain April
Both the British and French said, however, they believed the technicalities could be worked out. The British said they were ~ glad he had agreed by implica tion to a series of summit eon- ferences.
PRESENTED TO ENVOYS Soviet Foreign Minister Andref Gromyko summoned the British, - French and American Ambas- sadors from their Christmas Day firesides and handed them letters.
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VATICAN CITY (AP) —
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BETHLEHEM, Jordan (AP)— Thousands of tourists and pil- grims visited Manger Square Fri- and renewed the faith and that was kindled with the of the Christ child there so many centuries ago.
Though the focal point of the Christmas observance in the Holy .Land was a midnight mass cul- minating in services in the Church of the Nativity in the of the day, a steady continued over the
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towns. Otherwise, twentieth cen- tury Bethlehem would have no
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Field, just outside Bethlehem where tradition says the angel came to shepherds watching their sheep and heralded the birth of | the Savior. ss An estimated 10,000 persons, at — least 6,000 from abroad, : Manger Square and the vi on Christmas Eve for Lutheran, Presbyterian, Anglican and Ro- man Catholic services. About 1 — 700 of them were Arab Christiang from the Israeli side, permitted to cross no-man’s land by special arrangement for the Saviag'g birthday.
Fired Bride Gets Benefits
HARTFORD, Conn..(AP) — A 20-year-old bride, fired she didn't show up for work the morning after her ic
Thursday. 2 Harold Strauch, state enem- ployment compensation commis- sioner, called the girl’s former boss “a heartless scrooge.” It’s beyond reason, Strauch
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