Spaceman Titov Returns to Moscow After Space Flight
Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov receives a hero’s welcome in Moscow. At Red Square he pledges peaceful use of space and readiness to serve the Communist state, praising the party and government while Khrushchev hails the flight as a milestone in socialism.
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Ap-Reuters Moscow
Gherman Titov
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Khrushchev
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Tamara
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Saratov
Russia
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West Ready To Talk West Ready To Talk
Western allies plan a Berlin talks proposal within weeks if the Soviet Union does not propose one first. Foreign ministers from the United States Britain France and West Germany briefed NATO on moves amid a Western military buildup. Timing hinges on West German elections and the October Moscow party congress plus the U N General Assembly opening in September.
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Berlin
Germany
NATO Council
U.S
Dean Rusk
Communist Party
Moscow
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Rusk
Pension Rule Suspended at Bank of Canada
The Bank of Canada board suspended a $25 000 annual governor pension rule after former governor Coyne resigned, pending a new policy for future governors. Finance Minister Fleming said the action reverts the pension to $12 000 a year and the matter now requires legal interpretation and future rule design.
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Bank of Canada Board of Directors
Fleming
James E. Coyne
Louis Rasminsky
Coyne
Gales Lash U.K. Coast Rough Seas Delay Troopship
Gales lashed Britain for a second day disrupting ferries to the Continent. The troopship Empire Wansbeck, berthed at Harwich with troops from Germany, was two hours late from The Netherlands due to North Sea conditions. In southern Scotland floods subsided after overnight rain, with midnight rescues in Glasgow as rivers overflowed up to seven feet, forcing families to flee by small boats.
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Reuters
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Harwich
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North Sea
Scotland
Glasgow
New War Threatened in Indochina Laos Talks
The International Control Commission warned in Laos that either side in the Indochina conflict could resort to force if no satisfactory agreement is reached. The commission noted military buildup on both sides and stated it cannot exclude the possibility of war. Meanwhile the 14-nation Laos conference finished its preliminary review of all but one of 19 points for a neutrality declaration.
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Reuters
International Control Commission
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Bus crash injures one and shakes seven boys near Rome
A bus carrying 35 Canadian tourists, mostly boys from the Cadets of Shawinigan Quebec, crashed into a wall near Rome on the way back from Castel Gandolfo. One woman was hospitalized at Albano and seven boys were bruised. Police released few details.
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Pan American Jet Hijacked Lands Safely in Cuba
A Pan American jet with at least 81 aboard was hijacked over Mexico and flown to Havana. Reports say a single man seized control. authorities in the United States monitored the incident as other hijackings from the era recurred. The flight originated in Houston and proceeded via Mexico City toward Guatemala City before landing in Havana.
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Paralyzed giant girl heir to Ontario family mystery
In Collingwood Ontario a 17 year old girl named Carol Hare a seven foot four inch eleven stone giant may be paralyzed for life after a fall on a broken sidewalk. Alfred Hare says doctors report potential permanent paralysis from the neck down though she can swallow and is fed liquids. Carol’s size stems from over secretion of the pituitary gland and has shaped her life since infancy.
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Airplane Wing Kills Man at Gander Airport
A wingtip of a four engine Britannia aircraft struck a loading ramp at Gander Newfoundland killing a man on the ramp.
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Gander
Nfld
Wind helps firefighters tighten grip on massive Prince George fires
Firefighters gain a fighting chance as strong winds ease to aid containment of the Grove fire 25,000 acres northeast of Prince George and the Tsus blaze 31,000 acres east. Water bombers and 750 workers with 59 bulldozers press to suppress remaining hotspots in an extreme hazard district.
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Grove
Fires Devastate Newfoundland Coast Evacuations Widen
Fires driven by gusty winds and heat ravaged a 400 square mile area in northeastern Newfoundland. Dozens of coastal communities including Musgrave Harbor Doating and Ragged Harbor faced large scale evacuations of women and children and evacuees were taken to Gander and ships bound for Fogo Island. Premier Smallwood called the blaze one of the most horrible events in Newfoundland.
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Ragged Habor
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Nonia
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Fogo Ispland
Joseph Smallwood
Stuart Peters
Mother of Slain Husband Granted Bail in Toronto
Marjorie Skiba, 35, released on $15,000 bail after being charged in the knife slaying of her husband Kenneth. She returned home to her two children, with a rare judicial decision noted by Mr. Justice D. R. Morand amid a three-month stay in Don Jail. Kenneth, 16, and Bobby, 3, publicly supported her as she greeted them at the entrance.
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Toronto
Marjorie Skiba
Kenneth
D. R. Morand
Bobby Skiba
Toreento
Don
Bobby
Man Killed On Midway At Peterborough Exhibition
Lewis Hegedus a 21 year old from Prince Albert Saskatchewan was killed Tuesday night at the Peterborough Exhibition after being drawn into the gears of a moving merry go round. Midway operator Frank Conklin was on the Ferris wheel and rushed to assist on the other ride when notified of a malfunction. Police report he was climbing to the top of a merry go round car with several children when a moving bar drew him into the machinery. Workers could not stop the machine in time.
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Peterborough
Ont
Lewis Hegedus
Prince Albert
Sask
Frank Conklin
Sail Hegedus
Seagull Trainer Claims Talking Bird World’s Only
Victoria report says Cecil Hyndman, bird trainer, asserts Itchy the three year old glaucous winged gull speaks with a taped dialogue. Hyndman played the recording in a newspaper office on Tuesday. Itchy’s vocabulary allegedly includes the phrase Come here.
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Victoria
Cecil Hyndman
Itchy
Calgary transit talks threatened by union dispute over transfers
A new row over transferring 100 CTS maintenance workers from the transit union to the civic garage department jeopardizes face to face talks with Calgary city officials. Leo Newman says the move could cut union membership by about 25 percent and may trigger further job cuts, complicating wage discussions set for 2 pm today.
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CTS
Civic Garage
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Newman
Onfy Finance Department
Elderly Woman Delivers Payment to Premier for BC Electric Bill
An unidentified senior woman hand delivered a BC Electric light bill and a cheque for the full amount to Premier Bennett, secretary noting the urgency. Bennett serves as fiscal agent for the crown corporation BC Electric after a legislative move converting it from private utility to Crown status.
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B.C. Electric Company
Premier Bennett
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