Lightning fires erupt across Maple Creek region
A cracking electrical storm set prairie fires alight in Maple Creek area. Fires burned about 150 acres on a pasture north of Cow Town with a 7:30 p.m. start on Tuesday and a 2:30 a.m. continuation Wednesday. Nearby Cypress Hills Park saw six grassland fires quelled by rain, while Elkwater Park remained fire-free as patrols watched for further danger.
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Maple Creek
Ken Bowles
Jerry Sleming
Bud Anderson
Andy Salus
Salas
Salus
Medicine Hat
Two Planes Crash Leaves Dozens Injured in Nevada and England
In Nevada a DC-3 carrying 35 people crash landed on a desert lake 10 miles southeast of Tonopah. Twenty passengers and three crew were injured. at least two crew members were seriously hurt. In England a BAC-111 jet on a test flight crashed near Salisbury with initial reports of no injuries.
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Tonopah
Nev
Burbank
Calif
Hawthorne
Desert
Federal Aviation Agency
Salisbury
England
Reuters
British Aircraft Corporation
Riseley to stand trial for attempted murder in Medicine Hat
Leonard Mark Riseley of Medicine Hat will appear in Medicine Hat Supreme Court before Mr. Justice H. C. Farthing on September 21 facing an attempted murder charge. The April 29 incident at the Exhibition and Stampede grounds involved a shot at Riseley’s estranged wife. Elliott Macdonald defends Riseley with J. G. Kidd QC for the crown. forty jurors will be subpoenaed and six will be empanelled at 2 p.m. on September 21.
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Leonard Mark Riseley
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Supreme Court
H. C. Farthing
Riseley
Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede
Elliott Macdonald
J. G. Kidd
Dominion Glass workers vote on contract with small wage rise
Workers at Dominion Glass Co Ltd voted on a proposed two year contract that would raise wages by about 18 cents an hour overall. The agreement provides a 9 cent increase retroactive to June 16 1964 and a 4 cent increase on June 16 1965 plus improved benefits and broader bereavement pay. This followed three meetings between the company union committee and the provincial conciliation officer Lionel Norris Jones.
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Dominion Glass, Co. Ltd
Redcliff Company
United Glass and Ceramic Workers For North America
Lewis Toole
W. J. Sellhorn
Dominion Glass
Selihorn
Toole
Lionel Norris-Jones
Mr. Toole
Sleeping sickness suspected in farmer death in Saskatoon
REGINA CP A Yorkton district farmer died in University Hospital in Saskatoon Wednesday night as tests are conducted to determine if sleeping sickness virus caused the death. Dr F S Lawson said current tests point to a virus causing brain inflammation, not yet confirming sleeping sickness. The farmer's name was not released.
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Regina
York- 4On
University Hospital
Saskatoon
F. S. Lawson
Yorkton
Lawson
Saskatchewan weighs Cypress Hills park plan with Alberta
Regina reports Saskatoon minister J W Churchman says it remains to be seen if Saskatchewan will make land available for a cross border Cypress Hills national park. The province studies land use patterns and notes current grazing and resource activity would be restricted if the area becomes a national park.
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Regina
J. W. Churchman
Saskatchewan
Alberta-Saskatchewan
Cypress Hills
Churchman
Alberta
Laing
Wood Buffalo National Park
Cypress Hills Park
Leaders hold follow up meeting on parliamentary stalemate
Ottawa reports a 70 minute gathering of party leaders to reconvene Friday. optimism grows that a compromise on the flag issue could emerge as Douglas and Thompson push for settlements while Diefenbaker refrains from comment. Pearson's office expects a concluding statement after Friday’s 11 30 a m EDT session.
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Ottawa
Diefenbaker
New Democratic
Douglas
Social Credit
Thompson
Pearson
Creditiste
Caouette
Richard O’hagan
1000-Foot Parachute Failure Ends Safely for Airman
In Pensacola Florida an airman Michael D Leonard of Lawler Iowa fell about 1000 feet after his parachutes tangled. He walked after landing but was kept on a stretcher for examination. Doctors found no broken bones or concussion and the scratch on his knee was small. Lieut HardyLebel credited training condition and calmness for saving his life noting the chute tangles reduced the fall by about 15 percent.
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Pensacola
Fla
Air Force
Michael D. Leonard
Lawler
Iowa
Hardy Lebel
48Th Pararescue
Lebel
Leonard
Three youths arrested after mailbox bombing in Calgary
Calgary police say three youths aged 16, 17 and 19 were arrested Wednesday night in connection with a bombing of a mailbox at 45th Street and Spruce Drive S.W. They were to appear in court today to face charges.
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Calgary
45Th St
Spruce Drive
S.W
Soviets Open to Broad Nuclear Ban Treaty at Geneva
Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin said Moscow is prepared to sign a general ban on the use of nuclear weapons if other states join. Ethiopian envoy Mikael Imru urged drafting a world conference to outlaw nuclear use, while Western delegates called the idea impractical and unsafe. General Burns of Canada argued for elimination of weapons, not bare declarations, and U S delegate Clare Timberlake said the proposal remains unacceptable to the United States.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Mikael Imru
United Nations General Assembly
Imra
United States
Russia
Tsarapkin
Imro
U.S
Clare Timberlake
Beatles Draw Frenzy at Cow Palace in San Francisco
A 17 000 plus crowd at the Cow Palace roared as the Beatles performed 11 songs under guard. Sheriff Earl Whitemore called it the biggest spectacle yet noting teen fans aged 12 to 15. The show followed other acts before the quartet appeared unannounced and sparked wild shrieks throughout the hour long set.
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San Francisco
Cow Palace
Britain
Earl Whitemore
San Mateo County
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
UN considers early Cyprus peace force withdrawal
UN Secretary General U Thant warned the Cyprus peace force may leave before September 26 if donors do not commit 2 million dollars more. The 12.73 million dollar six month operation is funded by nine nations and includes 6500 personnel. Mediation head Sakari Tuomioja, hospitalized after a stroke, had given a glimmer of hope for talks with Greece and Turkey.
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United Nations
U Thant
Cyprus
Thant
Tuomioja
UN Delta Force clears three Turkish posts in Nicosia raid
A multinational UN Delta Force led by Maj. John Beament moved into northern Nicosia and dismantled three sandbagged Turkish positions within twenty minutes without firing a shot. Finnish troops formed the bulk with Danish and Canadian units providing support in the operation.
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Nicosia
United Nations
Nicosia Zone
Delta Force
John Beament
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Three Brothers Die Trying to Save Sister in Creek
In Cornwall New York a 12 year old girl Dolores Perrone slipped into Woodbury Creek. Her four siblings John Jr 13 Tony 10 Rocco 5 and Dolores leaped in to save her. All four drowned. Laura Conklin 12 gave the account. Cornwall lies in southern New York.
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Cornwall
N.Y
Woodbury Creek
John Perrone
John Jr
Dolores
Tony
Rocco
Laura Conklin
New York State
Great flag debate likened to a bull fight in Ottawa
In Ottawa the Pearson Diefenbaker clash is described as a bullfight with two toreadors and no bull. The piece portrays Pearson as ahead in the Commons, aims to turn public opinion with a pension plan, and questions whether the debate will end before winter.
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Ottawa
Pearson
Diefenbaker
Commons
House of Commons
J. Waldo Monteith
C. D
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