Avalanche guns eyed to stop killer slides on Rogers Pass
Federal experts say to curb deadly avalanches threatening the Trans Canada Highway through Rogers Pass, artillery bursts will target snow pockets high in the mountains. By late 1961 a warning system and firing techniques aim to virtually remove danger from large slides.
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GLACIER
Rockey Mountains
federal parks and public works
Rogers Pass
Glacier National Park
British Columbia
2nd regiment
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Winnipeg
federal
department of northern affairs
N C. Gardner
Banff
Alta
Canadian Pacific Railway
Macdonald Mountain
Trans-Canada
N. R. Styles
Cuban Incident Blamed on Trigger Happy Cuban Guards
In Havana the opening of the Soviet exposition was marred by gunfire blamed on Cuban guards and police. Mikoyan remained calm as shots rang out for about five minutes near the park and the Fine Arts Palace during demonstrations.
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HAVANA
Anastas Mikoyan
Fine Arts Palace
Revolucion
Preymer Fidel Castro
Premer Fidel Castro
Mikoyan
Kremlin
Soviet Russia
Minkoyan
Political Paralysis Numbed Algiers Amid Cabinet Fate
Algiers lay calm yet tense as three key French cabinet members Pierre Messmer Edmond Michelet and Pierre Chatenet arrived from Paris to assess measures to restore order after nine days of unrest over Algeria self-determination.
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ALGIERS
Reuters
culd
Pierre Messmer
defence
Edmond Michelet
justice
Pierre Chatenet
interior
Paris
de Gaulle
Ins
Algen
Small Fortune Awaits Convict When He's Freed
Melbourne report: a man jailed for two years in New South Wales will be freed next year with £10,000 won in a lottery, boosting his total by about £22,500. A prisons official said the prize may be kept or placed in trust for him, marking a first for a prisoner winning the top prize.
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MELBOURNE
New South Wales
Wun
prisons department
Dies After Fire in House Next Door
EDMONTON (DP) Ken Wong age 87 collapsed and died apparently of a heart attack as a result of a fire in a next door rooming house Friday. He was found by firemen fighting the blaze. The old frame house in downtown Edmonton was destroyed. The fire followed an explosion. Police, the fire department and Northwestern Utilities Limited were investigating.
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EDMONTON
Ken Wong
fire department
Northwestern Utilities Limited
Prairie farmers get better aid than others in Commons
In Ottawa lawmakers debate federal relief for distressed farmers across Canada. Non Prairie MPs question why western growers receive more aid while farmers in Quebec New Brunswick and Newfoundland face crop losses and fishery troubles with provincial and municipal relief cited first and federal aid a possible last resort.
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Prairie
Jean-Paul Racine
L—Beauce
Quebec
Canada
H J Robichaud
L.Gloucester
OTTAWA
non-Praire
H. W. Heridge
CCF
Kootenay West
Harkness
JW . Pickershill
L — Bonavista-Twillingate
Newfoundland
Lethbridge MP Urges Alberta Gas Exports to U S
Lethbridge Conservative MP Deane Gundlock told the National Energy Board on behalf of SWADA that denying natural gas exports to the United States would harm southwest Alberta’s economy. He argued open markets for gas will spur exploration, growth, and prosperity, despite modest price increases.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
U.S
TOM GOULD
Herald
Ottawa
UAWA
Deane R. Gundlock
National Energy Board
Gundlock
NEB
Southwest Alberta Development Association
SWADA
Claresholm
Vauxhall and Vulcan
Taber and Foremost
B.C
United States
Saskatchewan Power Corporation
David Cass-Begis
Saskatchewan Power
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Limited
Alberta and Southern Gas
Westcoast Transmission Company
Weather outlook spans Canada with mixed precipitation
A Canadian Press dispatch describes a weather disturbance moving from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic coast bringing rain and freezing rain across Ontario and heavy snow around Montreal, plus a new snow threat in Nova Scotia. Western regions vary from gales and rain in British Columbia to light snow in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with Alberta and Lethbridge forecast to be sunny and warm in the south.
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Great Lakes
Atlantic
Ontario
Montreal
Nova Scotia
Canada
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lethbridge
Erith Columbia
Development Plan for Toronto Unveiled for Next Two Decades
City planners released a 400 million development plan detailing Toronto’s projected growth over the next two decades. The plan outlines infrastructure upgrades, housing targets, and economic initiatives to guide urban expansion and public services.
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TORONTO
40-Year P Political Veteran B C House Roars at Uphill Quips
Victoria notes mark 40 years continuous BC legislature service by 85-year-old former Fernie mayor Uphill. He mused on pensions for expatriates and Doukhobor nude parades, recalled a missing notes mishap, and urged better pay for miners while praising nonviolence in Moukhobor faith. Applause followed as colleagues urged a special tribute for his long service.
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VICTORIA
Tom Uphill
Cnd
Fernie
British Columbia
Jesse James
Sons of Freedom
Uphill
Leo Nimsick
CCF
Crai
Telephone Charges Are Revised In Canada and U S
The board of transport commissioners approved changes in long distance charges by Bell Telephone Company of Canada. New rates take effect Sunday with increases and decreases near five cents, or no change in many cases, tied to a new distance measurement system using latitude and longitude. Sample three minute calls show Ottawa to Calgary 3.40 to 3.35, Windsor to Regina 2.95 to 2.90, Montreal to Edmonton 3.45 to 3.40.
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MONTREAL
board of transport commissioners
Canada
U.S
Bell Telephone Company of Canada
Ottawa
Calgary
Windsor
Regina
Edmonton
Explosives Clear Hill for Jetty Rock Fill at Chandler
About 15 000 pounds of explosives blasted a 180 foot hill in Chandler Quebec to supply rock fill for a harbor jetty on the Gaspe Peninsula. The operation aimed to create adequate harbor protection and extend navigational access for ships docking at the port. No injuries were reported.
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CHANDLER
Que
Gaspe Peninsula
Big Guns Bark Queen's Baby Arrives False Alarm
Londoners mistook artillery salutes and church bells for a royal birth. The 41 gun salute in Hyde Park and 61 gun blasts from the Tower signaled nothing final as crowds awaited the Queen's baby. Prince Philip returned from Norfolk amid the rumor. maternity nurse Miss Helen Rowe was not yet at Buckingham Palace.
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LONDON
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip
Norfolk
HYDE PARK
East End
gray Tower
Helen Rowe
Seen and Heard About Town in Prado Welfare Office
Provincial welfare office in Se Pra do stores 15 tons of canned pork for distribution to needy Lethbridge families. An 11 year old son of a local realtor pitches his father to bus patrons. Mrs Beverly Bateman introduces gum sculpture as party game and a novel art form that also keeps teeth clean.
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STE PRADO
Lethbridge
Beverly Bateman
New Twist To Old Story From San Antonio Army Mess
A former Army private at the Brooke Army Medical Center mess hall in San Antonio wrote to the cook requesting a week’s menu and noting he hopes his wife may be able to arrange a man-size meal. The writer’s name was withheld for obvious reasons.
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SAN ANTONIO
Tex
rooke Army Medical Training Centre
Montreal Canadiens Lose Forward Jean Beliveau to Groin Injury
In Montreal the Canadiens announced forward centre Jean Beliveau will miss action with a groin injury. The injury worsens concerns as the team tries to maintain form and depth without one of its stars.
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MONTREAL
Montreal Canadiens
Jean Beliveau
Khrushchev says ready to sign test ban treaty now
AP reports Khrushchev states readiness to sign at once a treaty ending nuclear weapons tests for all time with appropriate controls. BERLIN AP notes Hermann Gerigh a Communist East German MP and former Potsdam mayor died by poison in a West German police cell. Reuters Dumbarton Scotland: a car from the Canadian diplomatic service struck and killed a 69 year old one legged war veteran near Dumbarton. driver’s name withheld.
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MOSCOW
Nikita Khrushchev
BERLIN
Hermann Gerigh
Potsdam
DUMBARTON
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