Canada votes as Diefenbaker and Pearson eye tight race
Canada goes to the polls in its first national election in four years with Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Liberal Lester Pearson both predicting victory. Polls show a razor thin race amid uncertainty about minor parties and possible coalitions.
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Toronto
John Diefenbaker
Conservatives
Liberals
Gallup
House of Commons
Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
T. C
Tommy) Douglas
Prison Riot Ravages Montreal Facility Amputating Hope
A six hour riot at St. Vincent de Paul prison near Montreal left six buildings gutted and damage estimated at 2 to 3 million dollars. One prisoner died in the hospital and 27 others were injured. Troops and guards recaptured the convicts who faced bayonets and gunfire as they tried to escape.
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Montreal
St. Vincent de Paul
Allen J. Maceod
Penitentiaries
Michael LeCoore
Bayonet Point
Gale Lashes N East State as Storm Hits Eight Counties
Severe thunderstorm winds of gale force sweeping northeast injured at least 30 people Sunday. Waterloo area suffered smashed boat house damage and roofs torn from Clark Super Market and Castle Hill School. trains, cars, and homes were affected across Eldora to Decorah with multiple hospitalizations.
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Associated
Waterloo
Cedar River Park
Pat Shannon
Jean Marsden
Sherry Seggerman
Eldora
Vernon Gig
St Francis Hospital
Ed Borntrager
Hazelton
Robert Reinhart
Decorah
Borntrager
Oelwein
Reinharts
Decorah Hospital
Herdin Area
Hardin County
Oehwein
Denison
Ames
Big Brow
Grundy Center
Cedar Falls
Evansdale
Black Hawk
Waverly
Findis Central
Grundy
Manie Petersen
Clark Super Market
Castle Hill
City Hall
Atlantic farmer Ross Warner dies at 51
Ross E. Warner 51 a Grove City farmer died at 10 15 Sunday morning at Atlantic Memorial hospital after four days hospitalization. He was born September 11 1910 in Guthrie county and married Ruby Johnson in Atlantic on August 26 1931. He lived in Anita Fontainelle area before moving to Atlantic three years ago. Survived by wife two daughters Marcia Reed Atlantic Joan Thomas Waverly a son Marvin Indianola mother Susie Rochholz Atlantic three brothers and three grandchildren. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 00 at Roland funeral home Rev Roy Strong officiating. Burial Evergreen cemetery Anita.
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Ross E. Warner
Grove City
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Horace
Susie Winebrenner Warner
Guthrie County
Ruby Johnson
Atlantic
Anita
Fontanelle
Marvin Warner
Indianola
Marcia Reed
Joan Thomas
Waverly
Susie Rochholz
Boyd Warner
Martindale
Merrill Warner
Casey
Louis Warner
Edgewater
Roland Funeral Home
Roy Strong
Evergreen Cemetery
Iowans push Brae for national Jaycee vice president
At Las Vegas the Iowa delegation of about 400 Jaycees and wives heads toward the National Junior Chamber of Commerce convention where Milo Brabee of Red Oak is a candidate for national vice president. Ron G. O'Brien of Fairfield leads the group with Brabee as former Iowa Jaycee president.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Milo Brabec
Red Oak
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
Iowa
Ron G. O’brien
Fairfield
Brabee
Elevator Stalled Traps Fourteen Adults and Baby
In New York a subway elevator stalled 35 feet below street level trapped fourteen adults and a baby for ninety minutes. Firefighters lowered a rope to the elevator roof and the group was guided through a trapdoor and up a ladder to the surface where they received oxygen.
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New York
Weather outlook says partly cloudy through Tuesday
Partly cloudy through Tuesday with scattered showers or thunderstorms Monday night. Cooler air moves in, lows in the 50s to 60s. Highs climb to the 80s on Tuesday. The extended outlook shows a mainly unchanged temperature pattern with more clouds midweek.
Wife of Atlantic pastor to attend convention
Mrs. Dale Brown of Atlantic wife of Trinity United Church of Christ minister departs June 20 for Rotterdam Netherlands to attend an International Congregational Council convention with 90 US delegates The theme is The Essentials of Our Faith She will visit New York City Ireland Scotland and Canada then join family in Lafayette Indiana for the Purdue Conference on Christian Education.
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Dale Brown
Atlantic
Trinity United Church of Christ
Rotterdam
Netherlands
International Congregational Council
United States
New York City
State Approves Airport Work Across Iowa Municipal Ports
The Iowa executive council approved eight airport projects totaling 324540 with work at Atlantic including runway widening and relighting costing 90425 and contracts to be let soon. Other items included 15 acres land for Sheldon runway extension at 111000 and resurfacing at Shenandoah 4255 along with projects at Storm Lake Centerville Cherokee Knoxville and Keokuk airports.
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Atlantic Municipal Airport
Iowa
Storm Lake
Centerville
Cherokee
Knoxville
Keokuk
Band Concert at Sunnyside Park Draws City Audience
Director Arthur W. Meyer arranges a weekly Atlantic band concert at Sunnyside Park Tuesday at 8 PM. The program includes Klohr Billboard march, La Hora Pan Americana overture, Basin Street Blues, Good Luck Charm, Dry Bones, Home Town Boy, The Lonesome Road, Hosts of Freedom, Some Enchanted Evening, A mighty Fortress is Our God, Hey Look Me Over, Belmont march, and The Star Spangled Banner.
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Arthur W. Meyer
Atlantic Band
Sunnyside Park
Billboard
Klohr
Trovergernta Debeedine Walters
King
Hammerstein
Luther Hey
Areca
Aravas Belmont
Mesang ‘the Star Spangled Banner
M Kloppenburg Dies Suddenly Sunday Noon
Mike Kloppenburg 68 a native of Cass county died at Atlantic Memorial hospital after a heart attack at home following church services Surviving are six children including Nellie Caldwell and Fred Kloppenburg plus four brothers three sisters many grandchildren and great grandchildren The remains are at Meyer funeral home with funeral services tentatively set for Thursday afternoon
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Mike Kloppenburg
Cass County
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Birch Street
Gerhart Kloppenburg
Cumberland
Atlantic
Minnie
Nellie Caldwell
Pearl Moeller
Marguerite Christensen
Fred Kloppenburg
Torrance
Calif
Flossie Glaylas
San Diego
Ruby Demick
Herman Kloppenburg
Creston
Henry Kloppenburg
George
Art Kloppenburg
Sheboygan
Wis
William Eilis
Building Burns Tours France Fire at Quartermaster Building
A fire at the American base in Tours France destroyed an estimated $800,000 of uniforms shoes and other clothing in the quartermaster building. Authorities said an electrical short likely caused the blaze.
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Tours
France
China
Secret Air Force satellite launched from Arguella Calif
The Air Force announced a satellite was launched into orbit Sunday near Arguella California using an Atlas Agena B rocket. No further details were provided.
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Point Arguella
Calif
Air Force
Souvanna Takes Up Laos Problem With King
Neu tralist Prince Souvanna Phouma arrived to press King Savang Vathana on a last minute hitch delaying Laos coalition installation. He seeks a royal decree change to omit National Assembly references, arguing the assembly action should not be acknowledged as he rejects it. Souphanouvong reportedly in Hanoi, others detail coalition fallout and leadership shifts.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
National Assembly
Souvanna
Souphanouvong
Hanoi
Viet Nam
Iis
Plaine Des Jarres
Savang Vathana
Prince Boun Oum
Boun Oum
Phoumi Nosavan
Prince
U S Ready For Big Test In Pacific Sky
The United States prepared for a massive nuclear detonation over the Pacific near Johnston Island with dawn timing for East Coast observers. The blast, 50 to 500 times Hiroshima, could disrupt Pacific communications for days and was controversial among scientists who urged Kennedy to cancel, warning of risks to the Van Allen belt.
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Honolulu
U. S
Cette
United
Hawaii
Johnston Island
Pacific
Hiroshima
New York
Congress of Scientists On
Kennedy
van Allen Belt
Christmas Island
Defiance Priest Assistant Named at Atlantic Parish
Rev. Fr. Robert Weis of Defiance will serve as assistant pastor at SS. Peter and Pauls Catholic church in Atlantic effective Thursday. He replaces Rev. Fr. Bernard C. Heese who becomes pastor of St. Timothys in Reno and will oversee Sacred Heart in Cumberland. Heese previously assisted at Portsmouth before Defiance posting.
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Robert Weis
Defiance
SS. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church
Atlantic
Celestin Daly
Des Moines
Bernard C. Heese
Father Weis
Defian
Father Heese
St. Timothy's Church
Reno
Sacred Heart
Cumberland
Portsmouth
Lodge Kennedy Senate Battle Heats in Massachusetts
Nancy Lodge embraces George Cabot Lodge as he wins GOP endorsement for the United States Senate seat. The Kennedy family, led by Edward Kennedy, is chosen by Democrats, signaling a renewed seventy year political feud between the two storied Massachusetts clans.
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Kennedy
Nancy Lodge
George Cabot Lodge
Massachuetts
United States Senate
Young Lodge
GOP
Edward
Ted) Kennedy
Lodge
End of violence marked in Algeria peace talks
In Algiers secret army leaders ordered a halt to arson and murder as Moslem nationalists promise pardons for terrorists. A separate broadcast warned against premature celebration while negotiations with the FLN progress amid European unease and pending Tunisian statements.
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Algiers
Oran
National Liberation Front
FLN
Secret Army
Chewki Mostefai
Montbeliard
France
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Marc Laurel
Algieria
Newlyweds' Car Breaks In During Honeymoon in Louisville
Dr William Hemphill and bride Patricia Moyer, married in Marion, Indiana, on Saturday, faced a car break in at the Holiday Inn in Louisville. Five cars were looted. the bride lost clothing, wedding gifts, and heirlooms. They were en route to Paris Island, South Carolina, where Hemphill will serve as a Navy dental officer.
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William R. Hemphill
C. R. Hemphill
Atlantic
Holiday Inn
Louisville
Patricia Moyer
C. H. Moyer
Marion
Paris Island
S. C
Hemphill
Navy
Drowning Tragedy Near Midland In Pond Rescue
In Midland Michigan a family of four and a nearby boy died after a pond accident by a freeway under construction. A parked car picnic items and an empty inflatable raft were found nearby, and Fuller M. Lovett 56 his wife Lottie 47 their son Ronald 9 and neighbor Donald Curtis 10 were all drowned while attempting a rescue.
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Midland
Mich
Fuller M. Lovett
Lottie
Ronald
Donald Curtis
Crew Blamed For Plane Crash Over New York City
The Civil Aeronautics Board attributed the 1960 midair collision over Staten Island to a pilot error by United Air Lines crew and the United jet entering an area beyond its cleared holding pattern. The crash killed 134 people, including 77 on the United flight from Chicago and 39 on the Trans World Airlines plane from Dayton and Columbus.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Trans World Airlines
Goldberg
Air Line Pilots Association
H. S. Dietrich
TWA
Asher Schwartz
New York
W. Willard Wirtz
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Wisconsin University
Pan American World Airways
Eastern Air Lines
New York City
Civil Aeronautics Board
United Air Lines
Preston
N.J
CAB
New York Air Route Traffic Control Center
United
United Jet
Chicago
Staten Island
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
Idlewild International
Guardia
Griswold Man Seriously Injured in Motorcycle Crash
Larry Swanson 22 of Griswold was seriously injured when his motorcycle overturned on a county road near Griswold at 6 10 Sunday evening. He suffered a concussion and was taken to Methodist hospital in Omaha. Karen Casey 16 rode with him and had bruises but no hospitalization. A second motorcycle following behind summoned help.
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Griswold
Larry Swanson
Here
Swanson
Elmer Swanson
Methodist Hospital
Omaha
Karen Casey
Longinaker Drowns After Boat Is Pulled Under Dredge
L M Longinaker a 55 year old Randolph county farm owner and lumberyard operator apparently drowned after his 16 foot boat with a 35 horsepower motor was swept under a dredge on the Missouri River near Bartlett. Mrs Longinaker was rescued and later the search continued after he disappeared.
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Bartlett (Ap
L. M. Longinaker
Randolph
Missouri River
Fremont County Sheriff's
Longinaker
Shenandoah
Bartlett
Longmaker
Kennedy returns from Virginia weekend at Glen Ora
President Kennedy flies back by helicopter from Glen Ora estate in Middleburg Virginia after weekend with wife Jacqueline and children Caroline and John Jr. He and Mrs. Kennedy attend Mass Sunday at the Middleburg Community Center.
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Washington
Kennedy
Glen Ora
Middleburg
Caroline
John Jr
Middleburg Community Center
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Edwin Tennyson
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Maxine Sands
Don Smith
Sumner
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