Michigan Family Tours Canada Stops in Medicine Hat
A happy Michigan family led by Jack Bode and Eve Bode with six children visits Medicine Hat while en route from Cypress Hills Park to Waterton Lakes Park. They receive a welcome from Alex McKenzie of 157 Sixth Ave NW as they plan a three week tour across Canada and westward to meet Jack’s brothers. The Bodes reside at 777 Overhill, Birmingham, Michigan.
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Michigan
Canada
Medicine Hat
Waterton Lakes Park
Alex McKenzie
Sixth Ave
Jack Bode
Detroit
Eve
Cypress Hills Park
Lake Superior
Jack
Fam
Ilies
Mr. McKenzie
Little Bill Bode
Mary
Betty
Jim
Tom
Mrs. Bode
Bodes
Overhill
Birmingham, Mich
Soviet note signals readiness for Berlin talks
Moscow declares willingness to negotiate a settlement of the Berlin question with the United States Britain France and West Germany while warning against military threats The note reiterates Khrushchevs stance that a peace treaty with East Germany could proceed without Western participation and references proposed talks before West German elections.
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Moscow
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Berlin
East Germany
Russia
Germany
West
Moscow Radio
Japan
NATO
Western
Europe
Ministers Plan Paris Meeting on Berlin Crisis
Western Foreign Ministers including United States Secretary Dean Rusk arrived in Paris and pledged to seek answers that preserve peace and freedom of the Western world as they plan discussions on the Berlin crisis.
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Paris
Reuters
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Rusk
London
Transit Talks Open Possibility After Calgary Strike
Calgary officials indicate willingness to use a provincial mediator to help end a transit strike by over 400 drivers over wages. Workers earn about 2.09 dollars per hour and no talks date is set. Union leaders also favor mediation and talks to resolve the dispute.
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Calgary (Cp
Calgary
Canada-wide alert for two escaped Kingston pen inmates
A safety bulletin tags Henry Patrick McBryan of Grand Prairie Alberta and William Michael Turchin of Oshawa Ontario as dangerous fugitives after their escape from Collins Bay Penitentiary near Kingston. US border police join the manhunt as authorities continue to track the pair.
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Toronto
Henry Patrick McBryan
Grand Prairie
Alta
William Michael Turchin
Oshawa
Ont
Collins Bay
Kingston
U.S
New Faces Electors By CHARLES KING
A study of the New Democratic Party shows a blend of moderate and radical views as it positions itself to attract voters who avoided the CCF. Tommy Douglas, John Diefenbaker, and Lester Pearson emerge as pivotal figures in a personality driven contest for power and policy. The NDP shows money and a welfare-state promise, while critics warn of shifting loyalties and a new party image. Three leaders, Stanley Knowles Hazen Argue and Tommy Douglas, are pictured before Douglas’s election as leader.
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Ottawa
Canada
New Democratic Party
CCF
Tommy Douglas
Saskatchewan
John Diefenbaker
Lester Pearson
New Democrats
Diefenbaker
Pearson
Douglas
T. C
Tommy) Douglas
Stanley Knowles
National Committee
The
NDP
Hazen Argue
Inland Villages In Fires Path
Firefighters battled at least 20 wind driven fires across Newfoundland as four new blazes erupted near Melbourne and Brownsdale. An appeal for volunteers went out to fight fires at Bay Bulls Pond and Freshwater and Argentia with one blaze threatening Argentia naval station though base deemed safe. Brownsdale suffered significant destruction with fourteen buildings lost. In British Columbia, a 2000 acre blaze near Prince George prompted evacuations near a sawmill community and threatened Buckhorn Lake farms while another outbreak closed part of the Alaska Highway.
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St, John’s
Nfld
Newfoundland
New Melbourne
Brownsdale
Trinity Bay
Here
St. John's
Bay Bulls Pond
Avalon Peninsula
Freshwater
Argentia
Prince George
B.C
Schlitt Brothers
Buckhorn Lake
Alaska Highway
New Democrats Endorse NATO Stance At Convention
At Ottawa the New Democratic Party overwhelmingly endorsed staying in NATO after five votes at the founding convention. Leader T. C. Douglas and elder statesman M. J. Coldwell urged support for NATO while critics pressed withdrawal. The debate highlighted a split over Canada’s future security and independent policy options.
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Ottawa
New Democratic Party
NATO
T. C. Douglas
M. J. Coldwell
Douglas
Canada
Saskatchewan
Coldwell
Europe
CCF
David Lewis
H. W. Herridge
Kootenay West
Airliner on Fire at Idlewild Airport
A Eastern Air Lines cargo plane caught fire while taxiing for takeoff at Idlewild. The four engine propeller craft was destroyed by the blaze. Two of three crew members were injured after a tire burst in the right main gear during the incident.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
Idlewild
FBI
Francis Crosby
Beardens
Glittering Object In Sky Puzzles Seattle Residents
An unexplained silvery object in the sky puzzled hundreds of viewers in Seattle. Andrew P. Patten of the Seattle Astronomical Society called it likely a plastic weather balloon at about 5,000 feet, while the Weather Bureau said it was not a weather balloon and could be over 100,000 feet. They urged calls to the air force or navy. Boeing had no balloons in the area. A similar object was reported over Spokane at 60,000 feet, believed to be a research balloon dropping instruments over Watertown, South Dakota.
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Seattle
Weather Bureau
Andrew P. Patten
Seattle Astronomical Society
Air Force
Navy
Boeing
Boeing Company
Spokane
Watertown
S.D
Cuba Denies Involvement In Flight Hijacking Probe
A father and son hijacked a Continental jet near El Paso, holding passengers for nine hours. Federal charges were prepared against Leon Bearden and Cody Bearden while FBI and border patrol rescued hostages. Cuba rejected U.S. claims of Havana's role, calling it a pretext for war, as J. Edgar Hoover noted prior Cuban embassy visit.
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EL Paso
Tex
Congress
Cuba
United Nations Security Council
Fridel Castro
U.S
Leonard Gilman
Border Patrol
Bearden
Gilman
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Mexico City
Continental
Los Angeles
Houston
Texas
Richards
Beardens
Fateful Hijacking Stuns Congress and Ends at El Paso
A Continental Airlines jet with 67 passengers and six crew was hijacked by the Bearden duo. After forced landing at El Paso, FBI agents and officers stormed the plane. hostages were released and the weapon-wielding pair were subdued. Congress reacted with heated debate over Cuba involvement.
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Roya
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Little
Charles King
Southam News Services
United States Navy
Argentia Naval Station
Worsyt
Heusinger
Orville Braaten
Coast Capilano
British Columbia
Socialist, International
Yugoslavia
Herridge
B. D. Rickards
Rickards
el Paso International
Vancouver
Norman Simmons
Simmons
Santa Ana
Calif
Crosby
A. S
Mike) Monroney
Dem
Okla
Senate
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