New Democratic Party chosen name by delegates in Ottawa
Delegates at the founding convention chose New Democratic Party as the party name by a close vote of 784 for New Democratic Party and 743 for New Party. The result followed a preferential ballot after an initial straw poll favored New Party. The vote was announced during national broadcasts as leaders debated whether the national secretary should be elected or appointed.
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Ottawa
Canada
New Democratic Party
New Party
Saskatchewan
Tommy) Douglas
Hazen Argue
CCF
CBC
Roger Provost
Russell Hicks
Vancouver
National Council
Provost
Douglas
Mr. Douglas
Tommy Douglas
Argue
Ball of Fire Described at Suffield Explosion
Art Walker of Redcliff witnessed the non nuclear blast at Suffield Experimental Station. He saw a ball of fire ten feet above the horizon, then a mushroom cloud with a white top and black funnel. Smoke rose without sound or vibration as observers in Medicine Hat and Redcliff noted distant signals.
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Suffield Experimental Station
Medicine Hat
United Kingdom
United States
Australia
Suffield
Canada
Great Britain
A. M. Pennie
Gordon J. Laing
War Office
England
Charles N. Kingery
Ballistic Research Laboratory
Onwk7
U.S
Prairie
Art Walker
Redcliff
Walker
A. T. Legge
Hailsham urges Britain to join European Common Market
Science Minister Lord Hailsham argued in the Lords that Britain's entry into the European Common Market is essential to defend Europe's way of life against communism. He noted France under de Gaulle already part of the group and suggested sovereignty would not be impinged. Labour leaders challenged the timing and warned Britain’s economic position, urging emphasis on the Commonwealth.
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Walter Davis
London
Reuters
Lord Hailsham
Britain
House of Lords
Macmillan
Hailsham
Europe
France
de Gaule
LABOR
Earl Attlee
Harold Wilson
Labor Economics
House of Commons
Attlee
Kennedy Is No Yet! No Animal Hospital Call At White House
President Kennedy fielded a prank call on his bedroom emergency line last week. An insistent caller asked for an animal hospital and inquired if Stevenson was there. Kennedy identified the White House and that he was the president before the line went dead.
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Washington
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Animal Hospital
South
White House
Mr. Stevenson
President
Riots Burn Osaka Police Stations After Slum Uprising
Rioting residents in the Kamagasaki slum area of Osaka, Japan, burned three police stations and a private car and stoned electric trains amid a 24 hour spell of unrest. Police watched from the port city as about 5000 people were reported involved.
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Tokyo
Reuters
Osaka
Japan
Kamagasaki
Canoeists Complete 1200 Mile Alaska Trek
Seven canoeists finished a 1200 mile 53 day journey from Tacoma Washington to Juneau Alaska despite blustery wind and rain. Jim Horton 15 of Kennewick Washington summed it up saying it was a swell trip but he would never do it again. Four counsellors and eight boys aged 13 to 17 started the voyage on June 10 with five others expected in Juneau today.
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Juneau
Alaska
Tacoma
Wash
Jim Horton
Kennewick
Four Plane Hijackers Nabbed After El Paso Landing
A quartet of hijackers lost control of a Continental Airlines Boeing 707 bound Los Angeles to Houston, landed in El Paso for fuel, and surrendered after authorities fired on tires to prevent takeoff. Sixty three passengers and six crew members survived. four gunmen held four hostages as negotiations unfolded.
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EL Paso
Tex
Cuba
United States
Congress Srate
Congress
Washington
Fidel Castro
Continental Air Lines
Los Angeles
Houston
U.S
Phoenix
Adelia Wysong
San Antonio
FBI
California
Ballet Dancer Dies After Log Bridge Tragedy
A 21 year old ballet dancer Miss Dodge Winkelmans of North Vancouver fell from a log used as a creek crossing in Lynn Creek. The log broke under her weight and she died three hours later in hospital. Eric Patterson 18 helped return her to shore and local teens aided transport.
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Vancouver
Lynn Creek
Dodge Winkelmans
Miss Winkelmans
Europe
Royal School of Ballet
London
Eric Patterson
Rock Creek
Tragic Lake Lucerne Bus Crash Claims 16 Americans
Underwater searchers located the bus carrying 35 Americans and three Europeans that plunged into Lake Lucerne after a highway collision. Divers faced deep water as crews prepared cables and cranes to raise the vehicle. One elderly woman died after escaping, and 22 survivors escaped through windows before the bus sank. A Montreal native named Lillian Lee Merland, 47, of Oak Park Michigan, was listed among the dead.
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Montreal
Lillian Lee Merland
Oak Park
Mich
Detroit
Interlaken - Luzerne
Europe
Prince Philip Avoids Collision in Royal Yacht Race
In the Royal Cowes Regatta off the Isle of Wight, Prince Philip narrowly avoided a collision when Bluebottle altered course. Lieut. Michael Pringle and crew members apologized after nearly crossing the race path, while Uffa Fox blamed reckless youth for the scare. The prince finished 11th.
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London
Prince Philip
Bluebottle
Michael Pringle
Philip
Isle of Wight
Pringle
Navy
David Nichol
Jennifer Mew
Royal Navy
Uffa Fox
Fox
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Hergiswil
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Lake Lucerne
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