Agony Facing Pearson over De Gaulle Response
Prime Minister Pearson faced questions as premiers debated Charles de Gaulle's Quebeclibre slogan. Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson spurned outside comment while France seeks to support French speakers in Canada. Campbell of PEI downplayed the issue awaiting deliberations at the closed meeting.
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Fredericton
Daniel Johnson
Quebec
France
Canada
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
Paul Chouinard
Claude Morin
Chouinard
Gen. de Gaulle
Ottawa
Pearson
de Gaulle
Mr. Pearson
Confederation
Paris
Vandalism Hits City Schools and Junior College Update
Vandalism at Central Park Elementary and Medicine Hat Junior College causes undisclosed and estimated damages. Glass shattered the main entrance, wax on a portrait, and two fire hoses ripped from halls. Police seek leads with a $25 reward offered. Public School Board discusses repairs as Prime Minister Pearson faces France's de Gaulle remarks about Quebec.
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Medicine Hat
Central Park
Central Park School
Junior College
Queen Elizabeth
Sam Drader
Drader
Joe Levinson
Teaders
Farmers report surprise at crops surviving heat wave across Canada
The Canadian press notes farmers across Saskatchewan and Alberta rally to expectations as heat and drought pressures ease. In Saskatchewan, yields are forecast near average with rain aiding regions like Balcarres and Smeaton. Alberta faces a driest July on record though some late rains and summer fallow crops show resilience amid hail damage in Dunkirk and Hughenden districts.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Bob Middleton
Weyburn
Balcarres
Spy Hill
Nora
Smeaton
Shellbrook
Debden
Catknife
Alberta
Cardston
Dunkirk
Osder
Scott
Leney
Hughenden
Rioting Flares Near White House in Washington
Rioting flared near the White House as roving gangs of Negro youths smashed store windows and pelted police and firemen with bottles and bricks. About 30 arrests were reported and two minor injuries in two and a half hours as fires broke out in a predominantly Black area within a mile of the capital’s center.
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Washington
White House
U.S
R. N. Hough
14Th Street
Lawyer Brody Will Disinherits Wife In Mansfield Crash
Samuel S. Brody leaves his entire estate to Jayne Mansfield while disinheriting his wife and two children after the June 29 car crash that killed both Brody and the actress. Howard Grafftey, MP for Brome Missisquoi, says a national poll shows Canadians want fast action on core issues, ending federal provincial wrangling.
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Los Angeles
Samuel S. Brody
Jayne Mansfield
Montreal
Howard Grafftey
Quebec
Brome-Missisquoi
Fulton shows confidence of winning PC leadership
Progressive Conservative hopeful Davie Fulton expressed strong optimism about securing the party leadership at a Medicine Hat press conference. He argued for broad delegate backing, cited Alberta organizing support, and said Roblin and Diefenbaker entries could impact the race, with the convention set for September in Toronto.
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Fulton
Davie Fulton
Medicine Hat
Roblin
Stanfield
Kamloops
Diefenbaker
Canada
Toronto
Alberta
Jim Horsman
Abbe Delorme’s Prolonged Murder Trial in Montreal
A Canadian crime spotlight covers the Abbe Adelard Delorme linked to the 1922 murder of Raoul Delorme. His car gun, life insurance, and late will raised motives as four trials over two decades ended with acquittal. Delorme died in 1942. Janet Smith’s 1924 murder is noted as another case in the Century series.
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John Leblanc
Abbe Delorme
Hex
Pretty Janet Smith
Delorme
Abbe
Adelard Delorme
Raoul
Church of St. Jacques
Montreal
French Canada
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