Prison Riot at Stony Mountain Ends in One Death
A prisoner at Stony Mountain penitentiary was killed when guards fired during a Sunday uprising by inmates who set fires in a cell block and other buildings. Four other convicts were wounded, and guards were beaten but treated and released. RCMP and army reinforced the perimeter as tear gas ended the riot after about three hours.
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Winnipeg
Stony Mountain
Albert Mercier
Canada
Winnipeg General Hospital
Mercier
Harold Johnson
Johnson
Fort Osborne Barracks
RCMP
Des Rosiers
WW. A
Sandy) Taylor
George Dewitt
J. R. Torbet
Des. Rosiers
H. J. Wickey
UN Troops Stand Neutral as Congo Crowds Disperse
In Elisabethville police used tear gas to break up protests against Katanga Premier Tshombe as UN forces, praised for neutrality, took over guard duties from Belgian troops. The scene featured tear gas, armored cars, and arrests, with casualties reported in Jadotville and tensions over Lumumba’s call for African troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabethville, the Congo
Katanga
Elisabethville
Fo Tshombe
Patrice Tumumba
Leopoldville
Tshombe
Cartel Party
Place de l’Etoile
Jadotville
Elisabethvile
United Nations
Pierre Mikepo
Kolwezei
Kamina
Belgium
Addis Ababa
Mali Federation
Lumumba says Congo lost confidence in Dag Hammarskjold
Premier Patrice Lumumba declares in a night letter that the Congolese government and people have lost confidence in UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. He urges the UN Security Council to send a 14 nation commission to enforce July 14 20 and Aug 9 resolutions calling for Belgian troop withdrawal.
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Kivu
Katanga
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Ethiopia
Mali
Lumumba
Ghana
Guinea
Kwame Nkrumah
Sekou Toure
Leopoldville
Reuters
United Nations
UN Security Council
Security Council
Hammarskjold
Moise Tshombe
New York
Alberta Considers Revisions to Property Tax Exemptions
Municipal Affairs Minister Hooke says Alberta may revise property tax exemption laws. The provincial municipal advisory board is reviewing exemptions, prompted by the McNally commission which urged a review of tax exemptions. Exemptions cover farms churches and various religious and charitable properties, with pipelines and power lines highlighted for potential taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Hooke
Alberta
McNally Royal Commission
Calgary
Congo Republic Declares Independence With 101-Gun Salute
Brazzaville announced the Congo Republic's independence at midnight Sunday, separating from the former Belgian Congo. A 101-gun salute marked the new state as dawn broke over the capital.
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Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Africa
Congo River
Belgian Congo
Rights Bill Test For Montrealer On Assault Convictions
A 21 year old Montrealer Yves Beriault appeals a $100 fine under the new Canadian Bill of Rights. Lawyers Kaufman and Polisek argue Municipal Judge Lamarre erred in allowing police entry to a fiancee’s home to restore order after a noise complaint. They say the police acted without Beriault’s consent and violated the right to enjoyment of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Yves Beriauill
Fred Kaufman
T. H
Beriault
Lamarre
Bernault
Six Women Die As Head On Collision Kills Nine
In Wilmont Minnesota six women mothers of 38 children died in a head on crash on a straight highway. The accident also claimed the lives of the husband of one canning worker and two other men with one woman survivor, Mrs. Ernie Lueck. High speed and driving on the wrong side were cited as factors and the cars ended 300 feet apart in opposite ditches.
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Wilmont
Minn
Ernie Lueck
Lueck
John Schroer
Larry Bunkers
Ted Voss
Matt Gerber
John Voss
James Buckner
Robert Joe Buckman
Jack Clark
Buckner
Gerber
Brunet Sworn In as Quebec Provincial Police Chief
Josaphat Brunet former RCMP deputy commissioner was sworn in as head of the Quebec Provincial Police at age 58. He replaces Hilaire Beauregard who retired due to ill health after the Liberal victory on June 22. The government ordered sweeping changes in the force.
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Quebec
Josaphat Brunet
RCMP
Achille Pettigrew
Superior Court
Brunet
Hilaire Beauregard
Quebec Liberal Party
Beauregard
Life photographer attacked by Soviet paper Trud
The Soviet trade union weekly Trud accused Life magazine and photographer Carl Mydans of biased reporting in Russia. Trud claimed Mydans photographed dilapidated houses and distorted faces, while noting he has shot over half a mile of film during his Moscow visit. Life declined to comment.
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Moscow
Trud
Life Magazine
Russia
Carl Mydans
Mydans
Life
New York
False Alarm Situation in Medicine Hat Fire Department Faces Probing
Deputy Chief Jim Middleton says false alarms Sunday morning threaten real emergencies and vows strict action against those who trigger them. Two 1:14 am and 1:26 am calls from Woodman Balmorale and Fifteenth Twenty-Eighth prompted precautions as a grass fire at North West Nitro Chemical Plant Road burned 25 acres with no further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Jim Middleton
Woodman Ave
Balmorale Ave
Fifteenth Ave
North West
Cuba Seizes Freeport Nickel Plant in Cuba
The Cuban government took over Freeport Sulphur's $75 million Moa Bay mining complex after a 25 percent export tax halted operations in March. President Corticos announced intervention without details, while Freeport pledged to pursue legal remedies under Cuban and international law. Moa Bay remains Cuba's largest privately owned mining enterprise.
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Havana
Freeport Sulphur Company
Cuba
Freeport
Moaday Mining Company
Osvaldo Corticos
New York
Moa Bay
Death Toll Reaches 56 In Canadian Weekend Report
A Canadian Press survey tallies 56 accidental deaths over the weekend from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Traffic crashes caused 34 deaths, drownings 19, and three from other mishaps. Ontario led with 23 deaths. Quebec reported five drownings and four traffic deaths.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatcchewan
Alberta
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Meetings Attempt To Halt Strike At Dominion Bridge
Negotiators met in Toronto and Montreal to avert a nation wide walkout by about 4000 United Steelworkers at 11 Dominion Bridge plants. The union seeks wage raises and a national welfare contract covering pensions medical insurance and supplemental unemployment benefits. Current wages range from 1.67 to 1.37 per hour with a 5 cent job class increment.
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Toronto
Montreal
Dominion Bridge Company
Canada
United Steelworkers of America
CSC
Eamon Park
Sault, Ste. Marie
Amherst
N.S
Three Killed in Head-On Crash Near Amisk Alberta
A head-on collision two miles east of Amisk Alberta left three dead and three injured Saturday night. Victims include Mrs Dan Coleman 39 and her daughters 17 and seven from Athabasca. Mr Coleman in serious condition. The other car occupants Mr and Mrs Parkins of Amisk were not seriously hurt. Parkins daughter Mya Parkins in fair condition. All injured taken to a hospital. Amisk about 80 miles southeast of Edmonton.
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Amisk
Alta
Here
Dan Coleman
Coleman
Athabasca
Parking
Amis Parkins
Mya. Parkins
Amish
Edmonton
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Atanga
Carl van Horn
Willabethville
Dag
Independent
Police
Little Cloud
Criminal Code of Canada
Iris Thurlwell
Rosemary Keenan
Bur
Lington
Ont
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