Goodyear to Build $4.5 Million Tire Plant in Medicine Hat
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Canada announces a $4.5 million tire plant to start construction next week in Medicine Hat. Foundation Company of Canada awarded the contract. earthmoving equipment to appear within days and production planned for September 1960 with about 135 workers initially and payroll exceeding $1 million annually.
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Medicine Hat
L. E. Spencer
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Canada Limited
Toronto Today
Spencer
Foundation Company of Canada
Goodyear
Goodyear Plant Breaks Ground in Medicine Hat
A sod turning ceremony in Crescent Heights marked Goodyear Tire Company’s plan to locate a 75 acre factory site north of the South Saskatchewan River near the CPR line and Trans Canada Highway. Mayor Harry Weiner led the event with council support as executives pledged good-neighbor relations.
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Medicine Hat
Crescent Heights
Goodyear
Goodyear Tire Company
South Saskatchewan River
L. E. Spencer
R. C. Berkinshaw
Weiner
Spencer
Playoff Berth Up For Grasp In Rotary Tournament Clash
The Medicine Hat Rotary Club sets a Thurs 8 p.m. showdown at Athletic Park to decide the final berth in the eight team Rotary baseball tournament between Saskalta Allstars and Southeast ern Alberta Allstars. The winner meets Cold Lake Cardinals in the first round. Southeastern Alberta is managed by Shorty Jeske of Medicine Hat. Saskalta is led by Les Benjamin of Richmound. Other entrants include Vauxhall Jets, Lethbridge White Sox, Calgary Dodgers, Kansas City Monarchs, Kimberley Hobos, and Medicine Hat Superiors.
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Medicine Hat Rotary Club
Saskalta Allstars
Southeastern Alberta Allstars
Athletic Park
Cold Lake Cardinals
Cardinals
Rotary
Medicine Hat
Cold Lake Crew
Shorty Jeske
Les Benjamin
Richmound
Saskalta
Vauxhall Jets
Lethbridge White Sox
Calgary Dodgers
Kansas City Monarchs
Kimberley Hobos
Medicine Hat Superiors
Eisenhower invites Khrushchev to view U S military sites
President Eisenhower said Khrushchev may choose from many U S military installations during his visit. The Soviet leader said he would not attend such tours, emphasizing a peaceful stance. Eisenhower plans to discuss defensive U S bases abroad and aims for a better Western-Russian atmosphere.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
United States
Moscow
U.S
Russia
Soviet Union
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Prime Minister Urges Road Safety in Summer Drive
Prime Minister Diefenbaker appeals to motorists and pedestrians to use care on Canadian highways to reduce needless loss of lives. The Canadian Highway Safety Conference backs the campaign with US and Puerto Rico drives. Last year highway accidents cost 134 lives and 313 million dollars, with 979 lives lost in three summer months.
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Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Canadian Highway Safety Conference
United States
Puerto Rico
Cool Weather Moving East Pressures Medicine Hat Skies
Cool weather and rain moved east overnight soaking Medicine Hat with low temperatures near 50 and rainfall totaling 0.65 inches. The system is forecast to bring cloudier skies to southern Saskatchewan with fresh northerly winds and daytime highs in the 60s on Thursday.
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Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Father of Spy Rejects Belief
BERLIN Reuters The 56 year old father of Communist spy Klaus Fuchs, Professor Emil Fuchs, an East German theology professor, told 250 members of an all German Quaker congress in West Berlin that Jesus is not dead and moves the world even if Marxists do not believe this.
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Berlin
Reuters
Klaus
Fuchs
Emil .Fuchs
West Berlin
Jesus
Radio to Carry World Light Heavyweight Title Fight
Radio officials announced that the Montreal title fight between Yvon Durelle and Archie Moore will be broadcast on the local station tonight at 6 45. The announcement came shortly before press time as fans await the outcome of the bout.
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Montreal
Yvon Durelle
Archie Moore
Argonauts bail out star back in marijuana case
Toronto Argonauts bail out star halfback Dave Mann and six teammates at 3000 each after arrests on illegal marijuana possession in two raids. Mann, a top scorer last season, will dress tonight against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. others face court this morning.
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Toronto
Toronto Argonauts
Dave Mann
Saskatchewan
Roughriders
Dann
RCMP
Jack Kane
Isabel Gail D'Arcy
Mary Harding
Gwendolyn Findlay
Geraldine Chipman
Allen Shorter
Shorter
Newark
Mann
Argos
Chicago Cardinals
Steel Erectors in British Columbia Reach Breakthrough
The Steel Erectors Association of British Columbia and its 550 ironworkers reached a settlement after a two hour meeting in Vancouver. The agreement ends a strike affecting work sites across the province.
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Vancouver
Steel Erectors Association of
British Columbia
Shields
Erectors Association
International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Ironworkers
CSO
Mr. Shields
Union
Northern Construction Company Ltd
B.C. Electric
Bridge River
Here
Northern Construction
The
Steel Association
Nixon Rockefeller duel for 1960 GOP nomination looms
Vice-President Richard Nixon expects Nelson Rockefeller to pursue the 1960 Republican presidential nomination. Rockefeller will decide by November based on private polling and independence appeal. Nixon plans no major campaigning in the near term while Khrushchev visits Washington.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
New York State
Nixon
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
U.S
Khrushchev
Russia
Anti Castro Group Still Holding Out in Central Cuba
AP dispatch notes a small anti-Castro faction remaining at large in Las Villas as authorities round up about 3,000 suspected plotters in Cuba. Maj. Raul Castro denies wounds to Fidel and a Santiago protest is urged against Dominican involvement per Kuchilan reports.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Raul Castro
Armed Forces
Mario Kuchilan
Oone
Fidel
Kuchilan
Las Villas
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Inter- American Foreign Ministers Conference
Santiago
Chile
Luis Buch
Washington
Drew Pearson
Castro
Three Black men convicted of raping white women face execution
In Lagrange Georgia three Black defendants George Alford Jr Clifford Johnson and Brannon Epps were found guilty of raping a 20 year old married woman and her 18 year old cousin. A 12 man jury sentenced them to die in the state electric chair with execution set for October 2 1959 at Reidsville. The men asserted the women consented for money.
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Lagrange, Ga
Georgia
Electric Chair
George Alford Jr
Dayton
Ohio
Clifford Johnson
Brannon Epps
Lagrange
Samuel Boykin
Reidsville
Epps
Alford
Platters Deny Prostitution Aiding Court Charge
Four male members of the Platters and four young women faced charges in Cincinnati as officers raided a downtown hotel. The singers and the girls were granted jury trials for August 28. Bond set at 2000 dollars each. police described nude and partial attire among the party. The Platters members named are David Lynch Jr Tony Williams Herbert Reed and Irvin Robi.
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Cincinnati
Platters
Ed Shott
Palladium
London
David Lynch
U S Planes To Be Moved From France To Germany
U S tactical jet fighter bombers based at Elain in Eastern France will move to Spangdahlem in West Germany on August 20. The entire 49th tactical fighter bomber wing will relocate, part of a plan to move nuclear capable F 100s from France after Paris refused atomic stockpile control. About nine squadrons of F 100s are now stationed at Etain Toul and Chaumont in eastern France.
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Paris
Reuters
United States
Elain
France
Spangdahlem
West Germany
U. S. Air Force
49Th
Britain
U.S
Etain
Toul
Chaumont
Crowd Jeers As Negroes Enter Central High School
At Little Rock Police clashed with segregationists near Central High as two black students, Jefferson Thomas and Elizabeth Eckford, calmly entered the campus to integrate it. Police arrested at least 15 protesters. water hoses were used after arrests, and Governor Faubus urged nonviolence while reaffirming support for using ballots to influence integration.
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Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Jefferson Thomas
Elizabeth Eckford
Central
Orval Faubus
Hall High School
Thomas
Miss Eckford
Gene Smith
Faubus
Smith
Faubus Rally Ends as Segregationists Rally After Speech
Discusses an orderly segregationist rally where chant and crowd pressure followed Governor Faubus. Police guarded attendees as leaders urged backing. protesters moved toward Central High School. The school board coordinated with schools opening that morning and reported normal class progress.
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Cherring
Faubus
Central High School
M. L. Moser
Cook Remanded Further In Alberta Murder Case
Robert Raymond Cook 23, accused of killing seven members of his family in Stettler last June, appeared in Fort Saskatche wan police courts and was remanded to August 20. RCMP expect a preliminary hearing August 24 in Stettler or Red Deer. The family was bludgeoned to death in a grease pit of their garage.
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Edmonton
Robert Raymond Cook
Stettler
W. J. Beaumont
Fort Saskatchewan
RCMP
Cook
Red Deer
Raymond Cook
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