United States Accuses USSR of Suppressing Freedoms at UN
At a UN General Assembly session Ambassador Adlai Stevenson condemned Soviet suppression of freedoms while blaming Moscow for limiting self governance in Poland Hungary East Germany and other nations. He contrasted Soviet behavior with France aiding decolonization and urged negotiations over the France Tunisia dispute. Morozov defended Soviet policy and pressed for French withdrawal from Tunisia.
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United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
Adlai Stevenson
UN General Assembly
Platon D. Morozov
Stevenson
Morozov
France
U.S
Poland
Hungary
East Germany
Tunisia
Britain
Bizerte
Fraud Trial Ordered Against Former Quebec Liquor Police Agent
Dell-Ray Laforest a 31 year old former special agent of the dis banded Quebec liquor police is sent to trial on charges of defrauding the government of 46000 dollars. He faces trial with step father Rosario Lemire and Leopold Perreault as accomplices in a fraud totaling over 500000 dollars. Judge Achille Pettigrew ordered the case to proceed and Laforest is to appear on Oct 10 with bail set at 5000 cash or 10000 property bond.
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Quebec
Dell-Ray Laforest
Laforest
Rosario Lemire
Leopold Perreault
Force
Achille Pettigrew
Escape Bid All in Vain
Prisoner Pierre Beauchesne 24 leaped from the dock in Montreal court and clung to a window ledge for 15 minutes. Fire department ladder trucks removed him to safety as a crowd gathered below. He was returned to jail after the thwarted escape.
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Montreal
Pierre Beauchesne
Missing Flier Safe at Dauphin
The RCAF reports Douglas Jost a 21-year-old Calgary man who disappeared after renting a Winnipeg Flying Club plane walked into Dauphin Hospital claiming he crashed. He said the crash occurred between Clear Lake and Dauphin as search efforts continued with forest fire smoke complicating the case.
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Winnipeg
RCAF
Douglas Jost
Calgary
Winnipeg Flying Club
Dauphin
Man
Air Force
Clear
Brandon
Pas
Jost
RCMP
Flying Club
Calgary Transit System appoints three unpaid commissioners
Calgary city council named Ernest Hookway Edgar Davis and Ed O Connor as the new unpaid transit commissioners to guide policy for the reorganized system. Decisions will be subject to council approval until changes to the city act are made.
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Calgary
Ernest Hookway
Edgar Davis
Ed O’connor
Fires Threaten Prince George Timber Region From CP
A BC forest fire burning for a month southeast of Prince George has surged, attacking two small sawmills and threatening nearby houses. Fire crews fought multiple fronts as winds fueled new blazes across 40 000 acres with 41 fires reported in the district. Weather showers offered no relief as crews focus on a Yukon border blaze and a Little Rancheria River fire endangering prime spruce stands.
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Prince George
B.C
Sur Oy Brothers
Prost Lake
Jiart Northern Forest
Cay
Prince Rupert
Terrid Jones
Smithers
Yukon
Ziman
Little Rancheria
Tsus
Gander Airport Closes As Newfoundland Forest Fire Rages
Forest fire near Gander Newfoundland forced the closure of Gander International Airport at 3 30 p m local time. The blaze lay about four miles east of the town of 5500 and crossed the Trans Canada Highway, prompting RCMP escorted convoy movement and renewed highway blockages.
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ST. John's
Mld
Gander
Newfoundland
RCMP
Chamber Brief Opposes TCA Dropping Air Run
Medicine Hat council weighs a reply to the federal request for briefs on TCA plans to retire the DC-3. City engineer Allen Gunter will draft a council report after meetings with planning officials, outlining airport capacity, need for longer runways, and possible new or enlarged facilities to replace DC-3s.
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TCA
Allen Gunter
Medicine Hat
Federal Department of Transport
Chambers of Commerce
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Manny Raber
Chamber
Gunter
Kkoy Balston
Canada
Calgary
Medicine Hat Calgary
Lethbridge
Regina
East Berliners Cheer West German Chancellor
Crowds in East Berlin cheered Konrad Adenauer as he toured the border area from Bonn. Communist loudspeakers taunted him while police kept back residents near Brunnenstrasse and the Brandenburg Gate. West Berliners thronged the streets waving to the chancellor amid tense border scenes.
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Reuters-Apcellor
Berlin
Adenauer
Swinemuenderstrasse
Potsdamer Platz
Hong Kong cholera outbreak brought under control
Hong Kong officials say the cholera crisis is easing as more than half the population is vaccinated and only two new cases appeared in the last 24 hours. The total outbreak since last Wednesday reaches 38 cases with four deaths, while 500000 cubic centimetres of vaccine arrived from several countries in the past 48 hours.
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Hong Kong
United States
Britain
India
Australia
Sarawak
Lethbridge Man Killed in Waterton Park Crash
Oscar Lundgard, 56, of Lethbridge died when his sportscar left the highway at a curve near Waterton Park. His son Donald, 24, of Edmonton was treated for shock. Police said they do not know who was driving.
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Waterton Park
Alta
Oscar Lundgard
Lethbridge
Here
Donald
Edmonton
Ottawa Will Not Rebuild SES Research Structure
The defence research board said it will not rebuild the $150,000 Suffield research shed destroyed in a June windstorm near Medicine Hat. Most work was complete when the shed collapsed and the experiments were being discontinued.
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Ottawa
Defence Research Board
Suffield
Walsh appointed Canada’s army chief in Ottawa delay
Maj Gen Geoffrey Walsh 52, commander Western Command Edmonton, promoted to chief of the general staff to begin Oct 1 in Ottawa, succeeding Lt Gen Samuel Findlay Clark. Clark becomes NCC chair with a 32 000 annual pay. Walsh famed as wartime engineer. Clark known as a technical officer.
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Ottawa
Geoffrey Walsh
Haseen
Canada
Walsh
Western Command
Edmonton
Diclenbrake
Samuel Findlay Clark
Clark
Winnipeg
Fin
National Conitil Commission
Mmn
Spitzbergen
China
1St Canadian
North Pole
Regal Canadian Engineers
Cher
Sicily
North America
United States
Whitehorse
Yukon
Alan K. Hay
NCC
University of Manitoba
University of Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
2Nd Canadian Corps
General Staff
Fire Destroys Plant and Closely Adjacent Buildings in Quebec
A four hour general alarm blaze in Lowertown Quebec destroyed an ice cream plant, a two story apartment, and a porcelain and enamel factory. Over 200 firefighters fought the flames, two families were left homeless, dozens evacuated, and no injuries were reported. Nearby buildings suffered heavy damage.
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Quebec
Lowertown
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