Tornado Toll Rises as Midwestern Storms Cause Devastation
Severe storms ripped across Illinois Indiana and Michigan causing one death dozens injured and extensive property damage. Kankakee Bourbonnais and nearby communities suffered large losses while a tornado tracked from Illinois into northern Indiana injuring 18 and damaging farms and buildings.
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Canada
Diefenbaker Proposes Caretaker Government Transition
Prime Minister Diefenbaker and his cabinet meet in caretaker mode in Ottawa as Lester Pearson prepares to form a new government. Pearson accepting the task at Government House aims to be sworn in Monday and begin his 60 days of decision with Parliament to open May 16.
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W. L. Mackenzie King
Youth Wounded After Crashing Berlin Wall Wall Crash
East German youth Wolfgang Engels, 19, drove an East German army armored car toward the Berlin Wall and was wounded in the chest and hand. He climbed the wall and fell into West Berlin’s Neukoll district after guards fired, suffering cuts and abrasions but in satisfactory condition and expected to recover in about three weeks.
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Vanier to resume duties after six weeks convalescence
Governor General Vanier, recovering from a mild heart attack, will resume official duties after six weeks of convalescence, according to a Government House spokesman. News briefs from Texas Illinois Michigan and Italy report related public safety and civil unrest developments.
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Calgary Power Plans Rate Reductions Tied to City Talks
Calgary Power Limited announced a planned annual rate reduction totaling 1.5 million dollars starting in 1963 after negotiations with the City of Calgary, which distributes and retails electricity. The firm reports 1962 gross revenue of 30.68 million dollars, up 2.56 thousand from 1961, and a construction spend of 25.2 million dollars.
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Calgary Power Limited
Olson backs chief as six Quebec MPs remain in good standing
Medicine Hat MP H A Olson reported after western Sacred MPs meeting in Red Deer and talks with the Alberta cabinet that the six Quebec MPs remain Social Credit in good standing and the investigation is closed. He said no payment talks occurred and the pledge of support for a Liberal government was to be aired at a Sacred Caucus, not beforehand. He expects the matter to be discussed again at the full party caucus in mid May and believes a new government should proceed with a majority-led budget and no deals with other parties.
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Medicine Hat PCs Decline Federal Recount
The Medicine Hat Progressive Conservative Party will not pursue a judicial recount for candidate Ted Brunsden in the April 8 federal election. Campaign officials say a committee review found no major discrepancies in vote counting and expect returning officer Peter Keller to declare Bud Olson the winner for the 26th Parliament.
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Doctor Hurt In Accident Near Suffield
Dr John Brown aged 29 of 29 Division Ave South sustained superficial cuts when his 1962 car left the Trans Canada Highway seven and a half miles west of Suffield and crashed into a ditch around 3 pm He was not hospitalized and the vehicle suffered about 1000 dollars in damage as he was en route to Medicine Hat.
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Beer Drinkers Know Capacity
Ottawa CP reports Canada averaged 13.56 gallons of beer per person in 1962, a near ten year constant. The Dominion Brewers Association notes ale accounted for 64 percent of sales, lager 35 percent and other types 1 percent, suggesting steadiness of beer drinker capacity or a fixed measure from a decade ago.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Brewers Association
Department to Probe Suburbs Affairs in Montgomery
Edmonton reports the Alberta Department of Municipal Affairs will investigate Montgomery's administration after councillors petitioned for review. An investigator will visit Calgary’s Montgomery area within a few days, with Deputy Attorney General I F E Hart confirming the petition and referral. The probe is separate from recent assault charges against Montgomery mayor Jack Kemp and constable Rod Vaile.
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Montgomery
Calgary
I. F E. Hart
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Municipal Affairs
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Covenant Limits Use of West Crescent Heights Lots
City Council approved a covenant requiring new West Crescent Heights lot buyers to use buildings only as private dwelling houses. The measure, urged by city solicitor James G Kidd QC, aims to strengthen zoning enforcement and curb basement suites.
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James G. Kidd
Jayne Mansfield Seeks Divorce From Mickey Hargitay
Actress Jayne Mansfield plans divorce from husband Mickey Hargitay. Her lawyer Jerry Schutzbank said Mansfield, in Biloxi Mississippi, will use the same papers as before. their three children are with her.
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Los Angeles
Jayne Mansfield
Mickey Hargitay
Miss Mansfield
Biloxi
Miss
Jerry Schutzbank
Copter Rescues Three Skier Missing Since Sunday
Three exhausted Vancouver skiers were rescued by an RCAF helicopter from Garibaldi Park after being lost since Sunday. They reported 60 mile per hour winds, deep snow, and rationed provisions.
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Garibaldi Park
RCAF
Social Credit caucus split over MPs backing Liberal budget
In Ottawa the Quebec wing of Social Credit says six MPs who backed the incoming Liberal government have retracted their signatures and the incident is closed. Red Deer leader Robert Thompson warns a full caucus must decide before Parliament meets, while Real Caouette says no further action will occur after today’s caucus. Thompson cites efforts to show unity amid press attempts to split the party.
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Social Credit
Quebec
Red Deer
Alta
Robert Thompson
Real Caouette
Caouette
Mr. Thompson
Jobless Numbers Change Little Across Canada
Canada’s mid March unemployment held at 549 thousand, barely up from February. Farm employment rose 24 thousand with spring, offset by declines in noon farm industries, keeping overall employment at 6.963 million. The labor force totaled 6.512 million, up slightly from February and below last year.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics and Labor Department
No Major Changes Indicated In Pearson Liberal Cabinet
Ottawa reports indicate Lester Pearson will assemble a Liberal cabinet with geographic racial and religious balance, likely larger but along established lines. Critics discuss British style options but sources say Pearson will keep a traditional approach with two dozen ministers and non cabinet roles as needed.
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