Dominion Bridge strike cripples plants across Canada
Workers at Dominion Bridge Company plants from Toronto to Montreal walked out in a widespread dispute with United Steelworkers of America over a master contract and wage scales. The Toronto and Montreal actions threaten 4 000 employees and may spread to other plants nationwide as negotiations stall and a July Edmonton report lingers.
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Dominion Bridge Company
Toronto
Montreal
Canada
United Steelworkers of America
CSC
Dominion Bridge
Amherst
N.S
Lachine
Que
Ottawa
Sault Ste. Marie Ont
Winnipeg
Selkirk
Man
Regina
Edmonton
Calgary
British Columbia
Eamon Park
E. R. Graydon
Edmonton Conciliation Board
Branch
Sault Ste. Marie
Toronto Conciliation Board
Longue Pointe
Law Opens Juvenile Murder Hearing to Public in Canada
Summerside Prince Edward Island magistrate ruled that the preliminary hearing for 15 year old Andrew Alfonso Arsenault in the murder case of Joseph Tillman Gallant must be public, citing Canada's new Bill of Rights over the Criminal Code provision for private hearings.
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Abram’s Village
P.ei
Joseph Tillman Gallant
Riot at Stony Mountain Prison Leaves One Dead and Four Hurt
Warden Chavie Des Rosiers reports seven ringleaders used barbiturates during a weekend riot at Stony Mountain Penitentiary. One prisoner, Albert Mercier alias Alphonse Perin, was killed by a single shot near the dome. four others injured. About 30 inmates joined the three hour disturbance. 14,000 dollars in damage occurred. The seven troublemakers are in solitary as investigations proceed. coroner's inquest not expected for a week. Stony Mountain is 14 miles north of Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Stony Mountain
Here
Dome
Albert Mercier
Alphonse Perin
Des Rosiers
Mercier
Winnipeg
J. M. Goodwin
Teulon
Man
Suffield Blast Postponed Due to Wind Conditions
Unfavorable wind conditions force a 24 hour postponement of the Defence Research Board TNT detonation at Suffield. The 40,000 pounds of TNT was set for 10 pm Thursday, with winds at 20 miles per hour from the southwest at 2 pm. The test site lies 20 miles northeast of Suffield.
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Defence Research Board
Suffield
Strikers Plan Mass Meeting Over Queen Elizabeth Walkout
In Southampton a showdown looms between Britain’s official Seamen Union and wildcat strikers aiming to force a 1300 crew from the 83,000 ton Queen Elizabeth to walk out. London dock workers press for a 100 percent strike while leaflets oppose the walkout.
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London
Reuters
Southampton
Britain
Official Seamens Union
Wildcat
New York
Priest Feit Surrenders As Court Case Moves Forward
Rev. John B. Feit, a Roman Catholic priest charged with assault to rape, surrendered and posted a $10,000 bond signed by two priests and a construction executive. Maria Guerra, 20, a Pan American College student, described the March 23 incident at Sacred Heart Church and fought back, while Feit proclaimed his innocence and denied fugitive status.
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San Antonio
Tex
John B. Feit
Father Feit
Maria America Guerra
Pan-American College
Edinburg
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
UN Officials Held as Lumumba Cracks Down in Leopoldville
In Leopoldville Premier Lumumba's crackdown targets foreigners and UN staff. Police detain several UN personnel while claiming some officers are Belgians in UN disguise. Bunche negotiates release of two UN officers as Belgian troops depart Katanga tensions rise.
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Bernard Dufresne
Leopoldsville
The
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Leopoldville
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Royal
Bill Routliffe
Montreal
Ndolo
Kitona
Lumumba
Gaston Dieu
Sabena
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Security Council
Ance
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Hammarskjold
Elisabethville
Ghana
Guinea
Belgium
UN Congo
Moroccco
Tunisia
Ethiopia
United Arab Republic
Sudan
Ceylon
Liberia
Mali
Burma
India
Four Said Dead In Plane Crash At Lorna Lake
Pacific Western Airlines reports four men believed dead after a Beaver float plane crashed while taking off at Lorna Lake about 200 miles northeast of Vancouver. Missing pilot Lieut. L J Verreneau and AB William D Yeyler. rescued co pilot John A Rowland and Charles K Wilkens.
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Vancouver
Pacific Western Airlines
Lorna Lake
PWA
L. J. Verreneau
Contrecoeur
Que
William D. Yeyler
Toronto
John A. Rowland
Cobourg
Ont
Charles
Lou Iverson
PVA
Federal Department of Transport
Young Boy Graeme Thorne Kidnapping Ends in Death
In Sydney eight year old Graeme Thorne the son of lottery winner Basil Thorne was found dead in Seaforth after a ransom demand for 25000 pounds. He vanished on July 7 while walking to school and items from his bag were located near the discovery site.
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Sydney
Australia
Graeme Thorne
Seaforth
Graeme
Basil Thorne
Woman Painted Green After After-Hours Bar Outing
A 20 year old Montreal woman Miss T Mackinson filed a police complaint after three men she knew allegedly painted her green during a night out. She was found on the steps of Royal Victoria Hospital at dawn covered in green paint and later scrubbed clean.
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Montreal
Miss T. Mackinson
Royal Victoria Hospital
Fire Destroys Farmhouse Near Bow Island
A mid afternoon blaze near Bow Island destroyed a two storey farm home in the Conquerville district. Mr and Mrs Henry Reuber lost their home and most possessions but no one was hurt. The loss is estimated over 10000 dollars with some insurance. Reuber saved some furniture before flames enveloped the house. He saw smoke from the chimney about 3 pm and ran to the house. a basement door opened to a sheet of flame.
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Bow Island
Henry Reuber
Conquerville
Tony Schlachter
Reuber
Four Deputies Suspended In Memphis Burglary Case
Four deputy sheriffs in Memphis are suspended after a Black man accused them of trying to frame him on a burglary charge. Sheriff M A Hinds named Sgt Earl Birle, Sgt W H Sellers, deputy Gordon Armour, and deputy Sam H Hall Jr as the officers involved.
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Memphis, Tenn
M. A. Hinds
F. H. Mitchell
Hinds
Earl Birle
W. H. Sellers
Gordon Armour
Sam H. Hall Jr
Fire Burns Home Near Conquerville Damages Reubers’ Farm
Mrs Reuber shopped in Bow Island as a fire broke out near Conquerville. Flames spread fast due to lack of water and a fast-moving heater fire. Neighbors from miles away helped but Bow Island’s lone fire truck couldn’t leave town. Reubers plan to rebuild and now live with their daughter in Bow Island.
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Bow Island
Reubers
Conquerville
Mrs
Sailor's Wife Held on Manslaughter Charge
In New London Connecticut a sailor's 20 month old daughter died after being slapped for crying. Mrs Joan Little was held on a manslaughter charge after the infant, Barleng, died from shock following the blow. Autopsy results were not available at arrivals.
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New London
Conn
Joan Little
John
Barleng
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