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. of Saskatchewan and home old Pile O'Bones Has 50th REGINA (CP)--Regina, capital of the RCMP, this week celebrates its 50th anniversary as a city. Celebrations held in conjunction th the annual exhibition mark the half-century of progress in which jt has grown from a raw frontier town to a green oasis, 1asavus for its tree-lined streets and many parks. Each. night at the current ex- hibition, a special show portrays some of the main events in in_the city's history, the granting of a charter, the ruinous 1912 cyclone, the influx of immigrants after the First World War and the depres- sion of the 1930s. Hewn from thick gumbo of the Birthday period, estimated value of build- has climbed from less than $1.000,000 to $200,000,00. Regina first came into promin- ence when it was named Pile o' Bones and had been chosen for the 'new headquarters of the Mounted Police and capital bf the Northwest Territories. A daughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Louise, changed its undignified name. There were no trees or sheltering hills then; only the dusty bald Prairie. The first tree in the city was planted in 1900 and thousands were added in later years. Many were uprooted June 30, 1912, Sho, two black clouds met over the city and erupted into the Eyclone, Thirty-two persons died barracks and the modern erime detection laboratory. Scarlet tunics and riding boots have added a flash of color to the city and the presence of the training college has made Regina the pivotal point for law enforcement on the plains. In the RCMP museum rest relics of past cases, including a"piece of rope which hanged Louis Riel, the man who /tried to carve an empire for the half-breeds .in the West in the 1880s. Regina has always been a centre of Canadian aviation. k had the first licensed airfield in Canada. The first commercial flying. licence was issued here along with the first aero engineer licence. NEW WATERS OWEN SOUND, Ont. (CP)--The grain carrier George Hindman, which brought a big. grain load from the Lakehead, was formerly used for general cargo between In- dia and Italy under the name Ike Horrified At Slaughter On U.S. Roads WASHINGTON (AP~President Eisenhower set in motion Tuesday a campaign to increase safety on U.S. highways and save thousands of lives and $1,250,000,000 a year. The campaign got under way at a White House meeting to which the President had invited 30 busi- ness and civic leaders, includng men from the industrial, insurance, transportation, and ne ws paper fields. The President told the group he was tired of the killing on the highways of three or four times as many persons as were killed in Korea. He said that in addition i THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, July 30, 1988 43 TTT TT iit to cost in human life and miseries, the financial loss runs to $3,500, 000,000 to $3,700,000,000. Risacua. The vessel was re-fitted and modernized at Montreal for service on the Great Lakes. 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