Australia rises with booming production and living standards
Australians look to the 1960s with optimism as population climbs to 10 million and living standards reach near the world’s top. Electricity output more than doubles to 21 billion kWh by 1959, steel output nearly triples, and gross production surpasses £1.73 billion. Exports rise to £813 million while factories increase from 40,070 to 53,988. Overseas investment grows, television expands, private car registrations soar, and a nuclear field emerges after uranium discoveries and tests.
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CANBERRA
Reuters
Britain
Europe
Australia
North America
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UN Meeting Boycotted By Israel
A United Nations meeting on Israeli Syrian border clashes was branded urgent by the mixed armistice commission but Israel refused to send representatives. Syria accepted. clashes earlier in the month in the demilitarized zone left several dead, and Israel maintained the zone lies outside the commission’s competence.
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United Nations
UN mixed armistice commission
Syria
Israel
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Raymond Pirlot
Biran
Khirbet el- Twaffik
Integrate or leave Canada Hutterites say Alberta MLA
In Edmonton CP report Ernest Watkins of Calgary Glenmore told the Alberta legislature that Hutterites should be asked to leave Canada if they refuse to integrate. He praised their work but said they are not Canadians as he understands it and urged a generation or two for integration or departure. He backed industrial tax reform but questioned a separate civil service department. He urged voting rights for Alberta Indians and action on the royal commission education report.
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EDMONTON
Ernest Watkins
Calgary
Glenmore
Alberta
Watkins
Mr. Watkins
Canada
department of civil service
Edgar Gerhart
Edmonton Northwest
E. G. Robinson
Medicine Hat
Ernest Hansell
Frank Sherring
Vaselenak
Cliff Black
Reg Turner
Henderson Lake
Galt Gardens
parks department
Turner
Russian Pact in Offing Signals Favor for Soviet Trade
Herald Ottawa Bureau reports Canada and Russia near a new trade pact after tough bargaining. Informants say the Russians won concessions to tilt the deal in their favor, potentially doubling Russian purchases of Canadian wheat while Canada buys less, with the 1956 pact setting a four to one Canadian advantage. Roadblocks centered on a two to one formula and limits on forcing Canadian importers to buy Russian goods.
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TOME GOULD
Ottawa Bureau
UAWA
Russia
Canada
Council Accepts Petition Opposing Cottonwood Removals
Lethbridge City Council faced a protest over removing old cottonwood trees along 2nd Ave S between 2nd and 6th Sts. Residents urged city to refrain, citing gendered tree concerns. Aldermen debated staggered removals and growth impact to allow continued shade and park health.
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ith
12th Streets
2nd Ave
6th Ave. S
Alberta Premier calls for nationwide freight rate freeze
Premier E. C. Manning urged a federal freight-rate freeze until distortions in the rate structure are removed. He spoke at the royal commission on transportation opening, seeking no further increases until a new system eliminates regional burdens and long-haul costs, amid a current freeze and pending 12 percent rail increases.
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QDMONTON
E. C. Manning
Alberta
royal commission on transportation
Board of Transport Commissioners
royal commission
Canada
Manning
West
Maritimes
Chessman Fight Shifts to Washington for Stay
Daryl Chessman moves his bid for life to the U S Supreme Court in Washington as his execution set for Friday in San Quentin nears. Lawyer Rosalie Asher seeks a writ of review or habeas corpus while George T. Davis pursues a clemency appeal to Governor Edmund G Brown after a ninth circuit panel refused stay and certificate of probable cause.
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AN FRANCISCO
Daryl Chessman
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Chessman
San Quentin
Rosalie Asher
supreme court
Davis
Edmund G. Brown
U.S. ninth circuit court of appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Brown
Shirtsleeve and Distillers No 3 Results at Local Meet
At Ferguson Lethbridge and surrounding towns, multiple heats ran at 7:00 a.m. with athletes like Turner, Reid, Welsh, Jamieson, and Sibbald from Lethbridge plus entrants from Calgary, Brooks, Coaldale, Milk River, Barons, Vauxhall, Taber, Vulcan, Foremost and others posting wins and close scores. The 9:30 a.m. session featured Erickson, Ellis, Russell, Demers, Fahsell, Nugent, Matsumiya, and A. Graham among others, recording several victories in sprints and relays. A separate Distillers No. 3 group saw winners like Jennings, Kennedy, Thacker, and Tollestrup across Lethbridge, Taber, Vulcan, and Vulvan venues.
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Lethbridge
Coyne
a.m. L. Erickson
Picture Butte
Ellis
High River
Aneca
Raymond
Russell
Milk River
Tomasta
Coaldale
R. Lyon
Barons
Demers
Calgary
Fahsell
Cabri
Maffioli
Fernie
Douglas
A. Hougan
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Nugent
Matsumiya
A. Graham
Turin
E. Reid
Warner
Loft
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Kennedy
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Sera
Wilkins
Seeman
Bullock
Taber
Ledgerwood
Thacker
Burdette
Mensinger
Vulcan
Drake
Kenwood
Johnson
Magrath
F. Currie
Quinn
Pavka
Mikado
G. Smith
W. Rea
Shuler
Lauder
Medicine Hat
Quittenbaum
Seen and Heard About Town in Lethbridge
Keepers of the quiet at the Lethbridge Public Library clash over a cabinet while a boy shares chocolates with another as a girl avoids danger. Dr C To McCune of Brooks cringes at misspellings and a new hotel reservation variation. Cardston businessman John S Smith touts Cardston Junior College to city friends.
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ONN DUTTON
Bill Bale
Peter Lofts
Lethbridge Public Library
C. To. McCune
Brooks
McCluskey
John S. Smith
Cardston
Three Doctors Make Routine Call On Queen’s Royal Birth
Three physicians visited Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for a routine examination as she awaits the birth of her third child. They entered through a back door and left quietly, with a fourth doctor to accompany the delivery. Officials expect any day now with the maternity clinic moved to the Belgian Suite. Crowds gathered outside, champagne for staff, and a couple of royal birth customs were prepared at the Savoy Hotel. The day also brought news of a fire at Glamis Castle, birthplace of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, now mostly contained with heavy internal damage.
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ONDON
Elizabeth
Lord Evans
Sir John Weir
John H. Peel
Buckingham Palace
Vernon Hall
palace
Prince Philip
London
Savoy Hotel
Joe Gilmore
GLAMIS CASTLE
Scotland
Glamis
Mother Elizabeth
Margaret
Earl of
Britain raises defence budget for 1960 61 plans
Britain boosts its defence outlay for the 1960 61 year by 115.7 million pounds to a total of 1.6178 billion pounds as disclosed in a Parliament report. The increase reflects shifts of costs from other departments and ongoing Blue Streak missile work with possible moves to mobile launchers and aircraft or submarine platforms.
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ONDON
Reuters
Britain
i defence
defence
Nationalization urged for Canada railways and airlines
Farmers' Union of Alberta told the royal commission that all railways in Canada and trans continental air lines should be nationalized and operated as a unit. Reports from Ottawa say four cabinet ministers flew to Washington for trade and economic talks with U S officials. In other news, a lumber scow sank a tug on the Fraser River with two crew believed drowned. Nixon plans to enter Wisconsin primary on April 5. Russia tabled new East West treaty proposals to ban nuclear tests at a three power conference. Nasser invited Iraqi troops to join United Arab Republic forces for Palestine liberation.
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Canada
trans-continental air lines
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
royal commission on transportation
GENEVA
Reuters
Russia
LONDON
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
OTTAWA
Washington
United States administration
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