Dwarfed children may be returned to parents in Ontario
In Tecumseh Ontario three children Gordon Dicker son Leach Constance and Glenda confined since 1949 may be returned to their parents Essex County Children’s Aid Society director Jack Bevan said no neglect evidence was found The children formerly confined due to family housing and a suspected pituitary gland disorder drew attention after Gordon escaped in 1953 Neighbors recall no signs of the unusual situation and the family kept the matter secret to avoid ridicule
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Tecumseh, Ont
Childrens ' Aid Society
Jack M. Bevan
Essex County Childrens Aid Society
Donald Leach
Tecumseh
Leach
Gordon
Constance
Glenda
Windsor
Walter Wren
Doctor Delivers Babies During Golf Qualifying Round
AP report says Dr. William Wilson began the public links qualifying at 8 am. Eight hours and two babies later he finished with a 78. He answered two calls from the course to deliver a boy at the sixth hole and a girl at the eighth hole, with both babies healthy.
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J Oliet
Castro in Need of Absolute Rest as Illness Persists
Havana AP report quotes Maj. Raul Trillo saying Fidel Castro requires absolute rest and a good diet after a pneumonic infection. Doctors note convalescence continues as rumors swirl about Raul Castro potentially assuming power. official wording stresses improving but gives no diagnosis.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Raul Trillo
Castro
Revolucion
Raul
Fidel
Cuba
Waves Sweep Two to Deaths on Lake Simcoe
Two men drowned when a 25-foot cabin cruiser capsized off Orillia Ontario as six-foot waves battered the vessel. Two others clung to the keel through a 16 hour ordeal and were rescued, while two more died after being swept away. Names include Douglas Hanna of Stayner and Chrusecz an Orillia finance company accountant.
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Orillia
Ont
Lake Simcoe
Douglas Hanna
Stayner
Chryster
Orillia Finance Company
James Jones
William Austin
Toronto
Hanna
Chrusezcz
Typhoon Shirley Strikes Formosa Killing and Wrecking
Violent downpours from Typhoon Shirley flood Formosa causing at least six deaths and 120 injuries. Yunlin district reports 23 inches of rain in three hours. Tuan River overflow strands 30,000 in Wanli. Two killed and 30 homes destroyed on Yonaguni. Storm moves toward mainland China.
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Taipei
Formosa
Yunlin
Tuan
Wanli
South Korea Violence Follows Post-Election Victory
Post election unrest erupts as the Democratic party wins majorities in both houses. About 100 injured and 322 jailed. reports of two deaths surface. Demonstrators burn ballot boxes and attack polling stations while police and troops respond with force.
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Seoul
South Korea
Democratic Party
Juh Chung
National Police
Kang Suryong
Sam Chon Po
Hongchon
House of Representatives
Huh Chung
Coffin Surprise Ends with Tragedy in Goa
In Goa, Portugal, two men riding in a truck panicked as a coffin lid rose and a sleeping man inside asked if the rain had stopped. They jumped from the speeding vehicle. one man died and the other was seriously injured. The incident unfolded as heavy rain forced a man to seek shelter inside the coffin carriage.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Reuters
Lusitania
Goa
India
Ponda
Race protests loom as sit-in arrests surge in Petersburg
In Petersburg Virginia 15 Negroes arrested Saturday for trespassing after sitting at a white-only bus terminal restaurant face court hearings. Demonstration plans continue citywide while Woolworth and Grant counters in Fredericksburg begin serving Negro patrons, echoing earlier actions in Norfolk.
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Petersburg
Petersburg Improvement Association
Virginia
Fredericksburg
F. W. Woolworth
W. T. Grant
Woolworth and Grant
Norfolk
Carolina Railways
Three Die In Spree
A jealous husband in Boone North Carolina fired on his wife and two daughters killing one daughter and wounding the other two. He then shot and killed a middle aged man before fatally wounding himself. Dock Mains fifty of Meat Camp died in hospital. wife Vennie critically wounded. daughter Wanda Jackson sixteen expected to recover. Neighbors said Mains accused Edison of chasing Mrs Mains.
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E. A. Ellison
Mains
Vennie
Wanda Jackson
Edison
Canada to Send 500 Soldiers to Congo for UN Duty
Prime Minister Diefenbaker told Parliament Canada will dispatch up to 500 soldiers as signallers and supply personnel to the Congo for United Nations duty. Eight aircraft will be provided for transport, including four Caribou planes to be built by de Havilland and four North Stars. An advance party left Montreal. main movement expected in 8 to 10 days. Six to seven RCAF officers will assist in organizing UN transport. The Congo president Lumumba expressed interest in a Canadian investment program, a point noted by the prime minister.
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Ottawa
Congo
United Nations
Diefenbaker
Commons
Caribous
de Havilland Aircraft Limited
Downsview
Ont
Montreal
Lumumba
Canada
Russia
Washington
Amarsasp Aroutunian
United States Army
RCAF
Hammarskjold Seeks a Congo Compromise
UN Secretary General Hammarskjold pushes for gradual action in Congo as Belgian troops withdraw from three towns in Equateur province. Hans Wieschoff sent to Brussels to discuss with Belgium while Congo cabinet resists immediate UN moves against Katanga. Belgian troop reductions focus on Katanga and two bases, with ongoing tribal warfare between Lu lua and Baluba in Kasai and related clashes involving Tshokwe. The UN urges careful psychological prep of Belgians before any Katanga deployment.
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Katanga
Banningville
Libengi
Coquilhauville
Equator
Belgium
Congo
Brussels
Kiona
Kamina
Kasai
Last Belgian Troops Schedule Withdrawals From Congo
About 60 Belgian troops remain in Leopoldville province and will withdraw to Kitona base today or Tuesday. Some 300 remain in Kivu, others in Orientale at Bunia as Ethiopian forces take hold. Katanga proclaims independence but no nation recognizes it. Gizenga accuses UN of failure while Hammarskjold urges caution. UN may meet Tshombe in Elisabethville before completing fact finding.
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Leopoldville
Kitona
Kivu
Oriental
gBunia
Equator
Katanga
Congo
Antoine
Hammarskjold
Community of Peoples
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Gizenga
The
Sixty Feared Drowned in Two Indian Boat Accidents
In Madras and East Godavari two boating disasters within 24 hours left about 60 Indians unaccounted. A 20 ton steam launch with freight and 50 pilgrims sank in the Godavari near Kachaluru, with about 30 feared dead including women and children. A whirlpool sank another boat on Sunday with 30 aboard and no survivors reported.
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Madras
India
Godavari
Kachaluru
East Godavari
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