Rotary Baseball Tourney Opens at Athletic Park
Sen ator Gershaw throws out first ball to open the Rotary Baseball tournament at Athletic Park. Lethbridge White Sox pitcher Steve Schott offers tips to Gershaw as eight teams including Vauxhall Jets and Medicine Hat vie for top prize. Action began today with finals Saturday at 8 p.m.
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F. W. Gershaw
Lethbridge White Sox
Steve Schott
Rotary Club
Dick Dixon
Ator Gershaw
Athletic Park
Schott
White Sox
Ex-Con Who Enjoys Killing Held In Three Slayings
Islip New York AP report states Francis H. Bloeth, 27, a former convict who said he took pleasure in killing, is held in three robberies that ended in slayings. Victims included Hans Hackman and Lawrence Kirchner, with Irene Currier also killed. Information notes Bloeth’s confession after his wife’s pleas and details of gun sales by Robert Walsh.
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Islip
N.Y
Francis H. Bloeth
Bloeth
John P. Cohalan
Suffolk County
Long Island
Jane
Walsh
Irene Currier
Westhampton
Lawrence Kirchner
Lake Ronkonkoma
Mary Bloeth
Four youths plead guilty in Maine break-in case
In Fort Kent Maine a state police probe linked a restaurant break-in to four teens Ronald Morneault 18 Alfred Dube 20 Ernest Roy 18 and Donald St Germaine 20 They pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and were held for superior court action Police said they stole eight pounds of pistachio nuts and ate them on the way home The pistachio shells pointed to Morneaults driveway
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Fort Kent
Ronald Morneault
Alfred Dube
Ernest Roy
Donald St. Germaine
Morneault
Defection Surges as Laos Royal Army Loses 106 Soldiers
In Vientiane Reuters reports more than 100 pro Communist soldiers defected from the Royal Lao Army.106 members of the 1st Pathet Lao Battalion left a camp south of Luang Prabang unarmed and headed toward the North Viet Nam frontier. The event follows earlier defectors and prompts anti Communist leaders to denounce aggression and press for UN non intervention. A 3,000 Laotians mass meeting urged the prime minister to respond.
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Vientiane
Laos
Reuters
Pathet Lao
Luang Prabang
Viet Nam
Biengkhouang
Pathet. Lao
Royal
Committee For the Defence of National Interests
United Nations
China
North
German man committed for trial in London murder case
Guenter Fritz Podola, a 30 year old German, was committed for trial at the Old Bailey on September 8 for the murder of Detective Sergeant Raymond Purdy. The case, heard in magistrates court, follows a July 13 shooting during a police arrest in London.
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London
Reuters
Guenter Fritz Podola
Old Bailey Court
Canada
Podola
Raymond Purdy
Typhoon Georgia Leaves Japan Toll and Turmoil
Typhoon Georgia ripped through central Honshu causing 38 deaths 51 missing and 179 injured. National police reported 593 homes destroyed 11 ships sunk and 3 damaged with 69 914 people displaced across flooded farmland and towns near Tokyo. The storm spawned off Iwo Jima and brought torrential rains.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Japan
Iwo Jima
Rain Expected in Medicine Hat District Saturday
A light shower is forecast for the Medicine Hat district on Saturday afternoon and evening. Skies clear today and Saturday morning with cooler temperatures. Lows near 50 tonight and highs around 70 on Saturday.
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Medicine Hat
Faubus Ready To Call Troops In Integration Crisis
Governor Faubus said he would use state police and the Arkansas National Guard if needed amid token integration at Hall High School. Three Negro students entered the school peacefully as tensions rose with segregationist protests near Central High School. Daisy Bates accused authorities of intimidation and urged President Eisenhower to respond. the White House and Attorney General were to decide on the telegram.
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Little Rock, Ark
Orval E. Faubus
State Police
Arkansas National Guard
Faubus
Hall High School
Little Rock
National Guard
Daisy Bates
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Central High School
Four Killed In Cuban Plane Capture Near Trinidad
Cuban army says an arms laden plane carrying anti Castro counter revolutionaries was ambushed on landing at Trinidad. Four people died in the gun battle. two plane occupants and two Castro soldiers were killed. The aircraft was piloted by Lt Col Antonio Soto who previously ferried Batista to the Dominican Republic.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Dominican Republic
Trinidad
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Antonio Soto
Batista
Castro
Rafael L. Trujillo
Titan missile explodes during first full powered test
Cape Canaveral reports a 91 foot Tanger Titan ICBM exploded on its launch pad as countdown ended. About 60 technicians in the blockhouse 50 yards away escaped injury. The test aimed to ignite the 37 foot second stage and would have been the largest US rocket ever launched if successful.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
United States
Armed Raider Shot Near Jordanian Border in Israel
An Israeli army spokesman said an armed marauder was shot and killed near the Jordanian border during a night exchange of fire with patrols. The assailant raised a rifle as he was challenged, and investigators found signs the body had been dragged toward the border.
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Tel. Aviv
Israel
Reuters
Austria Hit By Floods Devastates Regions and Inns
Flood waters swept across Austria tearing away bridges and blocking roads as nine Austrians were killed in two days. Salzburg Upper Austria and Lower Austria were hardest hit with tourists stranded in hotels and campsites while Vienna faced rising Danube and widespread flooding.
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Vienna
Reuters
Austria
Salzburg
Upper Austria
Lower Austria
Danube
Radar Line Defended by Campney in Vancouver
Ralph Campney former Liberal defence minister defends the mid Canada warning line saying it was a proper move after long study and expert approval He counters Group Captain Charles Limbrick who calls it a colossal blunder and a waste of money noting time and evolving knowledge affected views.
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Vancouver
Ralph Campney
Liberal
mid-Canada
Campney
Corporation
Charles Limbrick
RCAF
Ottawa
House Passes Labor Reform Bill in 303 to 125 Vote
The U S House approved a labor management reforms bill by 303 to 125, sending it to the Senate for a conference with the differing April version. President Eisenhower pressed for strong controls, while northern and eastern Democrats backed softer language. The Senate fate rests on potential conference talks and compromise.
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House
Eisenhower
Senate
White House
Conference of Representatives
Labor
Eisenhower Backs House Labor Bill as Reform Step
From Gettysburg headquarters Eisenhower hailed the House passed labor reform bill as offering real hope that Congress will pass a strong measure. He praised it for addressing abuses highlighted by the Senate rackets committee led by Sen. McClellan. AFL-CIO President Meany condemned it as anti-labor punishment. The measure, backed by the administration, targets reform per Eisenhower’s appeal.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
House
Congress
Senate
John L. McClellan
Kennedy Says Landrum Griffin Bill Compromise Difficult
Democratic Senator John F Kennedy, chief sponsor of the Landrum Griffin bill, warns that a Senate House compromise may be hard to reach. He notes the measure, already passed by the Senate, faces tough negotiation over bans on secondary boycotts and hot cargo clauses and new union reporting and dispute rules.
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Secretary of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
Landrum-Griffin
Federal Labor Board
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Disease Kills One Albertian 15 Polio Deaths Recorded This Year
Canada reports fifteen polio deaths Jan 1 to Aug 8 with Quebec bearing five. Epi division notes 87 new cases last week, 224 total to Aug 8, up from 46 last year. Montreal area reports 206 cases and 13 deaths. deaths spread across Quebec Northwest Territories Ontario and other provinces.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Canada
Health Department
Montreal
Northwest Territories
Ontario
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Yukon
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House of Representatives
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Law
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