Blanket discovery revives teen shooting suspect search
A hayfield blanket found on Anthony Gallant’s farm near Abram's Village PEI shifts focus in the week long manhunt for a 15 year old armed youth. RCMP plan intensified patrols and a second police dog arrives as residents cope with the chaotic search zone near dense bush and swarms of flies.
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Abram
P.E.I
Anthony Gallant
Joseph Tillman Gallant
RCMP
Sydney
N.S
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
Arthur Argent
Loans Awarded For Shelters
Ottawa reports under the National Housing Act loans of up to 500 will fund radio active fallout shelters in new homes. Works Minister Walker announced in the Commons that CMHC will issue a pamphlet outlining basic basement shelter design standards. Existing-dwelling shelters may be financed with home improvement loans as previously announced.
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Ottawa
Walker
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Diefenbaker
UN delays Congo troop entry as Security Council dates set
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold cancelled plans to send UN forces into Katanga. A new Security Council meeting was scheduled for tonight to consider Congo tensions. Bunche reported Katanga would only accept UN troops by force, prompting a standoff with Tshombe and Katanga police at Elisabethville.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
Katanga
Security Council
Congo
Hammarskjold
Ralph Bunche
Elisabethville
Bunche
Moise Tshombe
New Republic
Tshombe
Ghana
Morocco
Godfried Munongo
UN Security Council
Former Canadian prime minister Meighen dies at 86 in Toronto
Rt Hon Arthur Meighen, who led Canada twice without election, died in his sleep at 86 in Toronto. His wife Lillian Wright and daughter attended, with son Maxwell Meighen arriving after his death. Funeral plans uncertain but a state funeral is likely and burial expected near St Marys, Ontario.
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Toronto
Arthur Meighen
Canada
Maxwell Meighen
Wright
St. Marys
Ont
Meighen
Redcliff to welcome new shopping centre on Broadway Ave
A large Edmonton firm has bought land in downtown Redcliff for a supermarket and shopping area on Broadway Ave near the Town Hall. The project, valued at about 80,000, may begin soon with plans developed in Toronto and site work including water and sewage studies.
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Redcliff
Edmonton
Broadway Ave
Town Hall
Calgary
Toronto
Kefauver Wins Third Term in Tennessee Landslide
Senator Estes Kefauver defeats Judge Andrew Taylor in the Tennessee Democratic primary with 433,097 votes to 218,981. The election centers on civil rights, with turnout showing strong African American participation in Fayette and Haywood counties for the first time since the Civil War, marking a national signal on party integration platforms.
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Nashville, Tenn
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Andrew T. Taylor
Kefauver
Taylor
Senate
Los Angeles
John Kennedy
U.S
Fayette
Haywood
Fayette County
Cuban Resistance Movement Grows But Not Feared says exiled aide
Raul Chibas, former Fidel Castro aide and exiled finance chief, says Cuban resistance is increasing but not strong enough to threaten Castro. He predicts Castro may fall within six months and accuses Castro of drifting toward communism while aligning with Soviet ideas. He left Cuba with his wife by boat to Key West after falling out with Castro.
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Miami
Fla
Raul Chibas
Fidel Castro
United’s States
Cuba
Castro
Chibas
Herald
The
Western Railroad Company
Key West
Moscow
Fidel
Raul Castro
Ex-Lover Shoots Stenographer Then Kills Self
Police say a Toronto stenographer, Denise Morey, 18, was shot in the arm and chest as her former lover, Edward Bigelli, 24, who had been dating her for two years, killed himself after the attack at an insurance building. Bigelli was charged with attempted murder and in serious condition. Morey was reported progressing nicely.
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Toronto
Edward Bigelli
Denise Morey
Thomas Morey
River Battle in Po River Delta Ends in Knife Fight of Fishermen
In Chioggia Italy four Porto Levante rowboats clashed with rival fishermen in the Po River delta. Shots fired left six invaders wounded as police halted the attack leaving the dispute unresolved.
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Chioggia
Italy
Porto Levante
Toronto Teacher's Murder Aided by Divorce Turmoil Probe
Detectives probe the July 9 death of Scotty Pappas a 29 year old teacher to determine motive. Autopsy shows death preceded a freight train strike near Bolton thirty miles northwest and investigators cite a divorce dispute with his wife Wreda 27 and a four hour pre death fight near his North York home.
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Toronto
Socrates Scotty Pappas
Wreda
Pappas
Bolton
Here
North York
Khrushchev Chinese rift widens at July labor conference
A West European Communist who returned from Peking reports stormy scenes as Chinese leaders blocked a Soviet backed motion. He says Khrushchev’s peaceful coexistence ideas were condemned by Chinese officials while Chou En-lai warned capitalism would fail under internal decay. Russian delegation voiced dissatisfaction during sharp criticisms of Khrushchev.
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Carl
Bolang
Stockholm
Peking
Asia
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Lenin
Chou En-lai
Chou
Khrushchev
Tense Clash Between Chou En-lai and Soviet Delegation
At the conference Chou En-lai warned the Soviet delegation as Solovchoy threatened to leave if tone did not change. Asians largely supported China while Indian Communists backed the Soviet side. The meeting ended without tension easing, with Solovchoy seeking a plane and a Chinese jetliner dispatched to resolve the standoff.
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Chou
Solovchoy
Siberian
Irkutsk
Father Holds Secret Talks in Graeme Thorne Case
In Sydney the father of eight year old Graeme Thorne held a secret meeting with a man claiming to know the boy’s whereabouts. Police say Thorne met alone. no details were shared. The boy vanished after leaving Bondi for school on July 7 and a ransom call followed. Thorne had won a lottery prize weeks earlier.
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Sydney
Australia
Reuters
Graeme Thorne
Ronald Walden
Criminal Investigation Branch
Basil Thorne
Walden
Thorne
Bondi
World’s First Atomic Bomb Exploded 15 Years Ago
AP report recalls the 1945 Hiroshima blast and its toll. It notes the 70 000 killed and many injured, the silent memorial at 6 15 p.m. in Hiroshima, and the three surviving crew members on active duty: Brig Gen Paul W Tibbets Jr Lt Col Thomas W Ferebee and Sgt Wyatt E Duzenbury. It also mentions Navy Capt W S Parsons who directed arming and has since died.
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C. Yates McDaniel
Washington
Hiroshima
Finola Gay
United States
Paul W. Tibbets Jr
Strategic Air Command
6Th Air Division
MacDill Air Force Base
Florida
Thomas W. Ferebee
MacDill
Wyatt E. Duzenbury
Barksdale Air Force Base
Shreveport
Navy
W. S. Parsons
Tinian
Japan
Roach Powder Kills Children in Dania
In Dania Florida a lunch prepared by 12 year old Ernest Nuby Jr for his six siblings killed three children and left two seriously ill. Coroners call the deaths accidental. The meal included guava fruit pancake powder onion salt spices and roach powder.
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DANIA
Fla
Ernest ‘Nuby Jr
Jim Spears
Dorothy May
Marilyn Juanita
Charles
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