Cuba Seizes $1 Billion in U.S. Assets as Castro Regime Rises
Cuban militiamen take control of major American properties including the Cuban Electric Company and a large Allied Investment unit after Fidel Castro's government nationalizes assets. The seizure targets oil, sugar, and telecom interests totaling about one billion dollars with 50 year, two percent bonds to be paid. Moscow praises the move as a blow to American monopolies and U.S. retaliation is tied to sugar imports.
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Richard Valeriani
Havana
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Castro
Soviet Union
Yng Triagen
Raul Roa
Organization of American States
Russia
Latin American Youth Congress
Cuban Electric Company
American and Foreign Power Company of
New York
Island
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Cuban Telephone Company
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Eisenhower
Hull suffers minor burns in boat explosion near Picton
Bobby Hull of the Chicago Black Hawks and four family members escaped a Bay of Quinte boat blast Sunday with first degree burns. A spark ignited leaking gas fumes as they prepared to cruise. Mrs Lena Hull and Carol Cook were treated in Belleville hospital while Hull and his wife had minor injuries.
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Picton
Ont
Bobby Hull
Chicago Black Hawks
Bay of Quinte
Belleville
Cottage Dock
Hull
Belleville Hospital
Lena Hull
Carol Cook
Oshawa
Robert, Sr
del Cook
Cuba Rejects Agenda at OAS Ministers Meeting
The Cuban delegation rejected an agenda for the August 16 OAS foreign ministers meeting. The plan, prepared by a seven nation committee, sought review of inter American cooperation to defend institutions against subversive acts by any governments or agents. Cuban Ambassador Lechuga argued it misrepresents American reality and warns of a U S policy that could push Cuba toward Communism.
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Washington
Cuba
U.S
Organization of American States
Soviet Union
Carlos Lechuga
OAS Council Today
Manhunt Ends As 15-Year-Old Suspect Captured in P E I
In ABRAM'S VILLAGE Prince Edward Island a week long manhunt ended Sunday with the capture of a 15 year old murder suspect armed with a .22 rifle. He surrendered to four RCMP officers and a police dog and was taken to Summerside for arraignment on murder charges in the July 31 killing of 41 year old Joseph Tillman Gallant. The youth slept in a barn before arrest and faces an adult prelim on Friday to decide trial in PEI Supreme Court.
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Abram
P.E.I
Prince Edward Island
RCMP
Andrew Alfonso Arsenault
Summerside
Joseph Tillman Gallant
George R. Mcmahon
Gallant
Arthur Argent
Elmer Gallant
Four Die In Wield Blast Near Broadview Saskatchewan
Four men on a rabbit shooting trip near Broadview Saskatchewan died when a rifle shot ignited an explosion at a shack believed to house dynamite. RCMP say it is unclear if dynamite caused the blast. bodies were found at the scene and nearby.
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Broadview
Sask
Saskatchewan
RCMP
Ivan Frick
George Labossiere
Wakaw
Jean Paul Roy
Melfort
Paul Boutin
Morris Istace
St. Hubert’s Mission
Regina
Wilfred Jorden
Marcel Beaujot
Second Typhoon Slams Formosa After Eight Days
AP reports the second typhoon in eight days strikes Formosa causing one death and a missing woman. Heavy rains toppled houses and forced thousands to higher ground, though damages trail the ferocity of Typhoon Shirley which killed 104 to 145 people last week.
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Taipei
Formosa
Shirley
Death Toll Reaches 43 During Weekend Across Canada
A Canadian Press tally from Friday evening to Monday morning records 43 accidental deaths across Canada. Traffic fatalities total 24, with 11 drownings and seven other deaths including fire and miscellaneous causes. Provinces show varied results led by Quebec with 14 deaths and Ontario with 11.
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Canada
Dominion
Quebec
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Newfoundland
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Bachelor farmer kills self in Russian Roulette game
A 32-year-old bachelor farmer, John Brough, shot himself in his Oven home 175 miles northeast of Calgary during a Russian Roulette game. He died at 1:30 a.m. Saturday from a .38 caliber revolver shell lodged in his brain. Three men were present as Brough played the lethal game, a ritual he reportedly practiced at stag parties for years.
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Oyen
Alta
Calgary
John Brough
Brough
Dag Warns Congo Battle Concerns Peace or War
United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold warned of a choose between peace or war and urged immediate unconditional Belgian withdrawal from the Congo including Katanga. He spoke at the UN Security Council opening urging a resolution applying to Katanga and all its parts.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Katanga
United Nations
Security Council
Council
Qobservers
Patrice Lumumba
Hammarskjold
Ceylon
Tunisia
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Russia
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
Moscow
Pravda
Lumumba
Jean Kibwe
The
CCF Leadership Battle Between Stewart and Argue
Regina CP report on the Canadian CCF leadership fight with M. J. Coldwell wavering on stepping down at the national convention. Hazen Argue and Alistair Stewart vie for the top post as party factions size up support from Ontario, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan delegates.
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Ken Kelly Regina
CCF
M. J. Coldwell
Coldwell
Council
Hazen Argue
Commons
Mr. Coldwell
Argue
Alistair Stewart
Winnipeg
T. C
Tommy) Dougeas
National Council
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
Socialist Party
Stewart
Saskatchewan Ccf
Ontario
Winnipeg North
British Columbia
Murdo Martin
Timmins
Mr. Stewart
Larger Phone Books Are Now in Effect
The new South Alberta telephone directory became effective Sunday and 8,000 Medicine Hat subscribers should be using the book today. It covers Medicine Hat, Lethbridge and 148 south Alberta communities in 216 pages with 48 Medicine Hat yellow pages. The 1959 edition had 122 pages and 33 surrounding communities. Subscribers are urged to check city number changes.
Explosions Quiet North to South Alberta Shocks Residents
A mystery blast shook South Alberta extending about 100 miles from Etzikom to Raymond before 8 am. Residents in Raymond and Sterling reported two to three bangs followed by an earth tremor, with furniture rattled and pictures toppled in Sterling. Officials offered no explanation and gas authorities offered no light on the incident.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Etzikom
Raymond
Sterling
Teens Riot Across Two Swedish Towns Injuring Police
In Stockholm and Karsskoga rioting teens clashed with authorities. Hundreds gathered as police reported more than 50 arrests, 45 in Karsskoga, including three nakedly dressed girls, while in Gallo three drunks were seized and 70 youths attacked officers with improvised weapons.
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Stocknolm
Sweden
Karsskoga
Gallo
Six Die As Light Plane Crashes In Storm Near Chester
In Chester Illinois six people were killed when a light private plane crashed during a violent storm Saturday night. Victims include William Pilkington 30 of Tujunga California a CALTECH jet propulsion lab supervisor and circuit designer for the Explorer satellite and pilot Jack Dinerstein 30 formerly with JPL now with Pacific Air Service at Van Nuys California. Also killed are Pilkington's wife Rosella 31 and their children Kari 4 Glenn 3 and Dale 20 months. Coroner assumes lightning struck the craft with two witnesses seeing the plane intact before the flash.
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Chester, Ill
Chester
William Pilkington
Tujunga
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jack Dinerstein
Jet Propulsion Lab
Pacific
Prank Turns Into Tragedy In Dunking Death
In South Bend Indiana five Indiana national guardsmen were arrested on manslaughter charges after a dunking ceremony went wrong. Walter Van Vickie cried I cant swim as he was carried toward the St Joseph River. The guardsmen threw him in and four others jumped in to rescue him but he was swept away and found in 12 feet of water. The group had camped near the river with about 900 soldiers returning from summer drills.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana National
Indiana National Guard
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