Canadian doctors warned on potential clotting from contraceptives
Ottawa reports that doctors and druggists will receive a warning letter about possible blood clotting as a side effect of the oral contraceptives Enovid and Orthonavum. The warning notes no proven causation yet and cites U.S. and Britain fatalities, with Orthonavum newly marketed in Canada and no reported side effects.
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Canada
C. A. Morrell
Federal Health Department
Food and Drug Division
United States
Britain
Uss
U.S
Morrell
Ortho-Pharmaceutical (Canada) Limited
City and Farmers Plan Thursday Parking Meeting
City officials and farmers representatives will convene Thursday to discuss parking at Market Square. Alderman Gordon Sissons will preside, with Aldermen J. C. Miller and Jack Edwards attending, along with farmers Anders Anderson Ted Eiserman and T Stehr.
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Gordon Sissons
Sissons
Market Square
J. C. Miller
Jack Edwards
Farmers’ Groups
Anders Anderson
Ted Eiserman
T. Stehr
Marilyn Monroe Funeral Quiet Crowd Delivers Private Farewell
Hollywood AP reports 50 police and 50 guards restricted kin to a 23-person guest list for Marilyn Monroe’s funeral. Monroe lay in an open bronze casket in a West Los Angeles mortuary chapel, as mourners gathered outside the wall and near the four-acre cemetery site awaiting rites at 1 p.m. PDT.
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Hollywood
Marilyn Monroe
Los Angeles
Miss Monroe
Marilyn
Art Evans Reviews Movies The Sacred Trust And Box Office
A humor saturated critique on movie reviewing norms and industry gifts. The author recalls a principled yet contradictory critic persona and stresses that good films endure beyond publicity and camel metaphors, praising The Music Man as delightful and noting TV cannot replace the cinema experience.
Court Frees Sons Leaders In 38 Day Doukhobor Trial
A British Columbia court dismissed conspiracy charges against 70 Doukhobor Freedomite leaders after a 38 day hearing costing 100000. Most freed. 11 convicted, awaiting sentences. Remaining discussions on sect’s future and possible relocations continue. Ma Duncan executed in San Quentin gas chamber after hiring killers of her daughter in law Olga Duncan.
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Ma) Duncan
Duncan
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Louis Moya
Olga
Dauphin
Luis Moya
Olga Duncan
Vas
Baldonado
Frank
Katanga Defies Pressure in Secession Crisis
Katanga regime resists mounting pressure to end secession as Congo imposes travel, commerce and communications sanctions. The United Nations backs travel bans and requires all flights to Katanga to land at Leopoldville for immigration clearance, tightening border controls.
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Leopoldville
Reuters
Katanga
Congo
United Nations
Undercover Effort Brings 34 To Trial
In Vancouver a six month undercover RCMP operation led by Const. James Hunt resulted in 34 people charged with trafficking narcotics and goofballs. Twenty suspects were arrested. a further 12 were sought. Ten of the charged were already in prison for other offences.
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RCMP
Canada
James Hunt
Hunt
East End
Deadline on Spy's Return Set at Friday Midnight
London reports the British government extended the deadline for El Al to return fugitive spy Robert Soblen to the United States to midnight Friday. Soblen, 61, faces life in prison in the United States and is ill with leukemia. His lawyers say only a presidential pardon can save him.
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Israel
el al
Robert Soblen
United States
Soblen
New York
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Brixton
Kennedy
Dr. Soblen
United States May Cut Nuclear Test Ban Control Posts
The United States proposes slashing global nuclear test ban control posts from 180 to about 80. Arthur Dean announced at the multilateral disarmament talks that the 1958 scientists’ findings would be updated after new US British studies on detection advances. He discussed the plan privately with Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin.
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Geneva
Reuters
United States
Arthur Dean
U.S
Valerian Zorin
Dean
Britain hunts American Nazi leader amid protests
London police examined Britain for George Lincoln Rockwell after his arrival drew intensified public demonstrations and anger over his visit. Rockwell, head of the American Nazi movement, faced growing opposition as authorities traced his movements across the country.
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London
Reuters
Scotland Yard
Britain
George Lincoln Rockwell
Forger Impersonates Ottawa Minister In Quebec City Scam
A man posing as Transport Minister Leon Balcer used charm and a talked out persona to pass counterfeit checks and phony orders across Quebec City and Ottawa. Real Balcer condemns the impersonation as police hunt the faker. Scarcity of details about his identity and whereabouts remains.
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Ottawa
Leon Balcer
Quebec City
Leon Bakcer
Bakcer
Second A Test Reported
The Soviet Union conducted another atmospheric nuclear test in central Siberia, the Atomic Energy Commission said. The detonation was in the low kiloton range, equating to only a few thousand tons of TNT.
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Washington
Soviet Union
Atomic Energy Commission
Siberia
Premiers Conference Ends with Possible Welfare Reform
Canadian provincial premiers wrapped up a two day meeting in Victoria with potential changes to social assistance rules to require employable welfare recipients to work, possible auto insurance changes, and stricter cross border tax enforcement. Leaders noted similar challenges across provinces and emphasized no plan to challenge Ottawa, which funds about half of social assistance.
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Canada
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Quebec
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Lesage
City
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Ottawa
Duff Roblin
Manitoba
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