Bulldozer rescue finds man alive in snow slide near B C
Jim Duke a 60 year old highways worker was buried for 25 hours under eight feet of snow in Little Dragon area west of a southeastern B C town. A surviving arm signaled rescuers as bulldozers exposed an air pocket and he requested coffee and his dog. He was rushed to hospital after drinking two cups, while 770 workers and locals searched the site as fears of more avalanches delayed the recovery. Duke’s son and daughter watched as authorities confirmed his condition as good.
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B.C
Jim Duke
highways department
Luke
Wayne Duke
Calgary
Lee Clauson
Edmonton
Little Dragon
Duke
Lloyd Rodningen
Trucks Blown Up At Portland Newspaper Trucks
Two strings of trucks hauling for Portland strike bound papers were exploded by dynamite in Portland and Oregon City. Police found an unexploded charge in one truck and no fatalities were reported. The Oregonian and Oregon Journal said firms contracted to haul for the papers were targeted amid a contract dispute.
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PORTLAND, Ore
Portland
Oregon City
Oregon
the
Oregonian
Oregon Journal
Stereotypers Union
Oregonian switchboard operor
burndine
Wimore Trucking Company
Oregon Film Service
Alberta crash kills six in worst traffic disaster of year
Six people died in a two car head on collision on the Trans Canada Highway east of Medicine Hat on a dry stretch of road. A lone occupant in the second car was also killed and one person remained in hospital with severe injuries. Police described the brutal wreckage and long extraction time as authorities identified the victims and the injured man in hospital.
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MEDICINE HAT
Alberta
here
RCMP
Canada
Manitoba
Norma Cowan
CPR
Pearson
Man
Saskatchewan
Wills Smith
Clare Vonner
Saskatoon
George Marr
hana Adolph Drewitz
Vancouver
Newell Blatchford
Radville
Sask
Barricades Abandoned Peaceably in Algiers Revolt
Right wing settlers ended an eight day uprising against the French in Algiers surrendering to the army without further bloodshed. Lagaillarde led about 700 followers and exited barricades at noon, with helicopters pursuing a rebel craft before surrender. Ortiz remains missing.
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Calan uT
ALGIERS
Reuters
Pierre Lagaillarde
Foreign Legion
Zeralda
Almers
Lagaillarde
Almers corps
Jean Crepin
Ortiz
heaacis
Bernard Lefevre
Retired Blairmore Miner Arrested in Hit and Run
Sam Patterson a 68 year old retired Blairmore miner was arrested after a late model car was found in a Crow's Nest Pass search tied to the highway death of Elizabeth Grena 53. Patterson faces hit and run charges with bail set at 5000 and remand to February 22. Coroner to hold an inquest.
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Vern Decoux
Herald
Elizabeth Grena
Blairmore
Highway 3
S. F. Patterson
Rase
CNP
Sam Patterson
Robert Dunlop
Crow's Nest Pass
tral
Marx Grischuk
Hillcrest
Lucien Bourdier
Cowley
S. S. Moscovich
Lethbridge
Patterson
Tot Suffers Bad Burns After Candle Pilot Light Accident
Five year old Evelyn Jensen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Evan Jensen, sustained second and third degree burns on her right arm when she rose from bed and ignited her pajamas from a basement candle. She is listed in fair condition at Raymond Municipal Hospital.
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RAYMOND
HNS
Livelyn Jensen
Evan Jensen
Evelyn
Raymond Municipal hospital
Government Decree Powers Approved by French Cabinet
The French cabinet, with President de Gaulle presiding, agreed to govern by decree and called Parliament to approve the measure. It also ordered charges against leaders of the Algiers settlers' revolt, which collapsed today, with assembly to convene Tuesday.
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de Gaulle
State Council
Disastrous Clydesdale Colliery Mine Disaster in South Africa
The South African Broadcasting Corp reports unofficially that 435 miners died at the Clydesdale coal mine after a January 21 collapse. Two bore-holes found water at 94 and 133 feet, prompting abandonment as crews began clearing gear. Negro workers numbered 429 among the trapped.
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OALBROOK
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Clydesdale
iite
Demilitarized zone clashes and global news recap
Israel reports Syrian soldiers discussed by farmers near the Sea of Galilee as border shooting enters day four. In Paris a one hour general strike shows support for de Gaulle’s Algerian policy. Alaska tidal storm sinks crab tender Fearless with four dead. Canada to decide on grain aid in 30 days. Two climbers long overdue in New Zealand. Andrew Maxwell Henderson named CBC auditor general, effective March 1.
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TEL AVIV
Israel
David Ben - Gurion
Sea of Galilee
PARIS
France
de Gaulle
OTTAWA
Andrew Maxwell Henderson
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Watson Sellar
auditor-general of
Canada
Seen and Heard About Town OCAL div cleans
Local notes recount a humorous scene with Ball Park proprietor and a volcanic lava rock sample. Aiming to please, a man in a pink coat is presented by the Medicine Hit Junior Chamber. Milly gazes at bare brown slopes while a control tower operator and a Calgary visitor joke about a cockpit ride.
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OCAL
prao- 4
prietor Ball Park
sendin pac
Harrison
Lethbridac darcee
Junior Chamber
vourester
ely
coulee
Frank Willets
Calgary
Linus Pauling Rescued After 24 Hours on Cliff
Nobel chemist Linus Pauling was rescued Sunday after spending 24 cold hours on a rugged Pacific cliff near Monterey California. He remained unharmed and in good spirits, though tired, saying he kept alert by watching the stars and giving a brief lecture on chemical bonds to the surf while awaiting rescue.
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Calif CAP
Linus Pauline
Pacific
Pauling
merry Currence
searcher
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Glann Boyer
Roland
poker court
Tot
Aleenia
council of ministers
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KODIAK, Alaska
Fearless
Alaska
Minster Diefenbaker
WELLINGTON
N.Z
Hope
New Zealand
Alps
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Anthony Evans
Henderson
Linus Pauling
Cliff
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