Heads Plus Pets Arrive in Medicine Hat on Royal Visit
The Empress of France family aboard a British couple and their eight pets arrived in Medicine Hat on a Canadian tour. Mr Head took a teaching post for grades 10 to 12 and the family plans to stay, house hunt, and embrace Canadian life after traveling from London via Montreal.
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Liverpool
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Patrick
Sally
David
Angela
Maudie
Billie
Simon
Sarah
Charming
Rosebud
Pees
Twinkle
Cat
Medicine Hat
Canada
Mrs. Head
Mr. Head
England
Madie
William Stevens
CPR
Sir Francis Head
Ontario
Dynamite Killings in Amherstburg Factory Parking Lot
Antonio DiPasquali, 31, an Italian immigrant, was killed when a dynamite device wired to a car ignition exploded as he started the car in the Brunner Mond factory lot. Police label it a vendetta type slaying with experts aiding the probe. a .22 rifle was found under the seat. DiPasquali leaves a wife Palma and five children. the family emigrated from Pescara seven years ago.
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Amherstburg, Ont
Antonio DiPasquali
DiPasquali
Brunner Mond Factory
Bill Wilson
Eric Hooper
Anderdon Township
RCMP
di Pasquali
Paul Meloche
Hooper
Palma
Pescara
Italy
Amherstburg
Detroit River
Windsor
Decrease in Wheat Stocks in Canada Reported
Canada prints a July 31 wheat carryover of 614.764 million bushels, down from last year’s record 729.5 million. Farm-held stocks total 203.9 million, below 319.2 million a year earlier but above the 10-year average. About 93 percent of farm stocks sit on the Prairies. five major grains total carryover about 903.7 million bushels, 19 percent below last year but 62 percent above the 10-year average.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Rainfall Totals Hit 43 Inches in Medicine Hat
The second rainfall this month drenched Medicine Hat with 43 inches, bringing relief from weeks of heat. Temperatures fall to the 80s and are expected to stay near that range through Thursday, with a sunny and warm outlook and a low around 50 tonight.
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Medicine Hat
Eisenhower Vetoes Tariff Boost on Seed Wheat
President Eisenhower vetoed a bill to raise the tariff on treated seed wheat, saying it would violate a Canada trade pact and harm U S farm interests. The action preserves the current 5 percent duty and keeps Canada as the main supplier. Canadian officials praised the veto as protecting farmers and revenue.
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Canada
United States
Department of Agriculture
House of Representatives
Senate
Ottawa
Churchill
Eisen- Ahower
Washington
U.S
Hargrave to Appear Before Edmonton Review Board
P. D. Hargrave, longtime Brooks Horticultural Station superintendent, will appear Tuesday before an independent committee in Edmonton to review his dismissal for unsatisfactory administration. Hargrave is accompanied by lawyer Bruce Mahoney of Brooks, and says he expects a fair hearing as the panel considers next steps and potential visits to Brooks before reporting to the cabinet.
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Brooks Horticultural Station
News This
Edmonton
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Brooks
Hargrave
Brooks Station
Manning
Hargraves
Ukrainian Course For Schools Here
Bonnyville district led the bid to add Ukrainian to Alberta high schools starting fall 1959. Education Minister Aalborg announced the plan as part of expanding language offerings beyond French German and Latin.
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Bonnyville, Alia
Alberta
Aalborg
Bonnyville
W. H. Swift
Edmonton
University of Alberta
Triton Launches in Groton Nuclear Submarine
The 447 foot, 5900 ton Triton was launched in Groton Connecticut. The submarine will be powered by two nuclear reactors delivering more shaft horsepower than any sea going nuclear plant.
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Groton
Elderly Couple Rescued After Seven Days at Sea
Leo Carter, 75, and his wife, 64, of Lion's Head near Owen Sound, survived seven days aboard their 27 foot cruiser Karen with their collie Rover after fog and a miscalculation left them drifting off Balm Beach. They had rationed food and were spotted by Fred Conron of Port Credit. Carter said only 15 minutes of fuel remained when they finally reached shore.
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Lion’s Head
Owen Sound
Karen
Rover
Carter
Carters
Kingston
Trent Canal
Western Island
Mr. Carter
Cape Croaker
Arkansas Board Plans Court Fight Over Integration Delay
The Little Rock school board voted to ask the U.S. Supreme Court for intervention and to seek a stay from the Eighth Circuit overturning a lower court's 24 year delay in admitting Negro students to Central High. Faubus urged actions to resist integration.
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Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Little Rock Central High School
Faubus
Harry J. Lemley
Virgil Blossom
Blossom
Faubus Attacks Eisenhower Over Little Rock Integration
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus blasted President Eisenhower after aides interpreted his Washington remarks as implying possible federal troops again to enforce school integration. Eisenhower defended court orders and urged obedience, while declining to state his personal view on integration.
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Ark
Orval Faubus
Arkansas
Eisenhower
Supreme Court
Washington
Faubus
Violence erupts in Beirut with hotel shooting and post office bombing
In Beirut a submachine gunner killed two men in an exclusive hotel bar area and a terrorist bomb damaged the central post office. At least one victim in the hotel shooting died while others were injured.
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Beirut
Central Post
Ten Missing After Mountain Floods in Italy
In Donodossola Italy, at least ten people are reported missing after landslides and floods in the Valdossola region near the Swiss border. Cottages in San Giovanni were crushed by a landslide triggered by torrential rain. two bodies were recovered. four foreign tourists were seen in a car prior to the slide. an Italian woman and her five children are also missing. the landslide blocked 300 yards of the railroad to the Simpson tunnel, rerouting international rail traffic.
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Donodossola
Italy
Reuters
Valdossola
San Giovanni
Simpson Tunnel
Ole El Toro and the Bull Fled
In Surrey, a 1200 pound bullock charged through fences and chased 16 children as four year old David Butter, weighing 43 pounds, struck at it with a stick. The bullock stamped and fled after the boy repeated his blows as others fled the field.
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Goliath
David Butter
Slyfield Green
Surrey
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Bullock
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