Union Accepts Wage Price Offer In British Columbia Fishing Strike
In Vancouver the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union and Indian fishermen backed a two year contract with the Fisheries Association of BC. Salmon fishermen may return to the grounds by Sunday 6 pm, with shore workers and tendermen resuming work as called. The agreement raises sockeye pay and adds monthly increases, retroactive to April 16, amid a two week strike that began July 25.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union
Ind
Native Brotherhood of B.C
The
Fisheries Association of
B.C
Homer Stevens
UFAWU
Sinclair
James Sinclair
Fisheries ' Association
Stevens
Laotian Army Reports Massive North Vietnamese Presence
The Laotian army reports a massive concentration of North Vietnamese troops along the Laos border as jungle fighting continues in Samm Neua province. Hanoi allies are accused of aiming to retake control and undermine the Geneva ceasefire commission, with Laos reporting seven officers and 300 men killed in northern posts.
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Vientiane
Laos
Reuters
International Commission
Indochina
Geneva
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Truce Supervisor Commission
Canada
India
Poland
Sosis
Youth Rumble Foiled by Police Move in Hudson Wis
Police rounded up 62 youths after a planned Minnesota led gathering near Hudson Wisconsin. Sixteen youths aged 18 to 20 pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and faced fines of 107.80 or 30 days in jail. Deputies held 46 juveniles briefly before releasing them to parents.
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Hudson, Wis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Thomas J. O’brien
Norman Anderson
St. Paul
Battered Body Found In Toronto Flat
Anthony Alexander, 45, charged with murder in the death of Charles Alma Watson, 65. Watson was found with a battered face and chest by his daughter Joyce Lambert in the kitchen of their flat after neighbors reported a disturbance. Lambert held as material witness as investigators note heavy drinking and disputes over money among Watson, Lambert, and Alexander who had lived with them for about a year.
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Toronto (Cp
Anthony Alexander
Charles Alma Watson
Impending Royal Birth Stirs Britain and Balmoral
Queen Elizabeth II, 33, spends privacy at Balmoral with Prince Philip and children as Britain anticipates the birth. Headlines and bets swirl on baby name and future titles while political timing shifts around a potential general election and Ghana visit plans.
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Balmoral
Scotland
Balmoral Castle
Victoria
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
the Daily Sketch
Daily Express
Ma’am
The
Daily Mail
George
Albert
James
Andrew
Mary
Elizabeth
Charlotte
News Chronicle
Canada
Ottawa
Craithie
Forest Fires Uncontrolled In Labrador Region
The resources department reported three forest fires in the Paradise Gilbert rivers area of southeastern Labrador burning out of control. No communities were in danger but valuable black spruce is being destroyed. Smaller fires on the Burlington Peninsula were later stated to be under control.
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ST. John’s
Mfld
Resources Department
Labrador
Paradise- Gilbert Rivers
Burlington
Newfoundland
Weekend Warmth Extends Across Southern Alberta
The region stays warm and sunny over the weekend while other parts of the province cloud with showers or thunderstorms tonight. Medicine Hat records a high Sunday near 80 with a tonight low around 55 as winds run light.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat
The Shetlands Keep Waiting
Lerwick town clerk Tom Johnston laments the canceled royal visit as the Queen delays a trip to the Shetland Islands planned for next week. He notes 800 years since a monarch set foot there and questions who will cover preparations and wasted orders amid internal island concerns.
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Serwick
Shetland Islands
Tom Johnston
Johnston
Lerwick
Shetlands
Britain
Spy Radar Is Being Developed by U S Navy
The U S Navy reports progress on a new high frequency ionospheric radar named Project Tepee to detect ballistic missile launches across oceans. The device could shorten warning times and help locate launch sites while monitoring tests in the Atlantic and Pacific.
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Washington
U.S. Navy
William J. Thaler
United States
U.S
Russia
Thaler
Office of Naval’ Research
Navy
South Atlantic
Johnston Island
Pacific
New York Times
Times
U.S. Air Force
Aler
Typhoon Ellen Hits Southern Japan With Fatal Toll
Typhoon Ellen packing 60 mph winds cut a destructive path across southern Japan killing at least nine people injuring eight and damaging hundreds of homes as it swept ashore near Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Ellen
Japan
Manitoba couple among six killed in North Dakota crash
Six people died in a head on collision near Steele North Dakota on Highway No. 10. Victims include Indiana couple Mr and Mrs Dale Richard French of Hammond and Archie Groves of St James Manitoba plus Mrs Sasek and Archie Groves's sister Elsie Groves of London Ontario and Groves's son in law? The Canadians and the Briton visiting the Canadians were killed when two cars collided on a slight incline. Authorities said both cars were on a grade with good visibility and no witnesses.
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C. W. Martin
Seattle
Martin
Steele
Bismarck
Groves
Sasek
Mooregate Street
St. James
Ike Extends Europe Trip
President Eisenhower broadened plans for his Western Europe visit to include talks with Italian Prime Minister Antonio Segni and two NATO officials. He aims to deepen alliance relations amid the Cold War era.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Western
Europe
Antonio Segni
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nine-year-old Bruce Comerford dies after leukemia
Bruce Comerford of Vancouver aged nine died in hospital after a seven month battle with leukemia. He was granted many wishes, including cards and a self loading gun, but his one unmet desire was a helicopter ride. He enjoyed a bicycle ride home and tried to keep playing lacrosse until his illness prevented it.
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Vancouver
Bruce Comerford
Northland
Bruce
Turkey
Lethbridge Man Named to Post
Harry J. Hargrave 50 of Lethbridge Alberta named director of a new agricultural division within the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. The unit will consolidate PFRA work in community pastures and local water development. Headquarters set for Regina. Hargrave has served in federal agriculture since 1932 and as liaison officer at the Lethbridge regional research station.
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Ottawa
Harry J. Hargrave
Lethbridge
Alta
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
PFRA
Raymond H. Youngman
Edward L. Gray
Regina
Hargrave
Medicine Hat
Federal Agriculture Department
Soviet Accuses U S of Using Nuclear Talks as Cover
In Geneva the Soviet Union charged the United States with using talks on a nuclear test ban as a smoke screen to restart tests. The United States denied the claim. Soviet delegate Tsarapkin cited remarks by Senator Anderson and AEC Chairman McCone as evidence of a U S plan to resume after October 31.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
United States
Semyon Tsarapkin
Clinton P. Anderson
Dem. N. M
John A. McCone
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Tsarapkin
McCone
Anderson
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
U. S
James J. Wadsworth
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Calgary Dodgers
Dodgers
Tom Wilcox
Vauxhall Jets
Bill Ray
Athletic Park
Richard Melnyk
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Ver
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Britian
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Buckingham Palace
Ike
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