Berserk U.S. Airman Kills At U K Beach Rampage
At Manston England a U S Air Force airman named Napoleon Green killed three people and wounded nine before killing himself near Broadstairs beach. The incident drew thousands to watch as authorities chased him, with U S and British police involved. The beach was cordoned off and the search continued after the gunman used a car to flee the base.
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U.S
Manston
England
Reuters
U. S
South of England
Napoleon Green
USAF
Green
Broadstairs Beach
U.S. Air Force
Broadstairs
Margaret
Kent
London
France to call up 60,000 reservists for North Africa crisis
Paris reports Premier Faure confirming a plan to mobilize 50 000 to 60 000 army reservists to bolster security forces in Morocco and Algeria. Six fresh battalions may be dispatched to Algeria as clashes kill hundreds and trigger renewed Franco Morroccan tensions amid calls for a regency council.
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Paris
Reuters
France
Edgar Faure
Rene Coty
Aix-les-Bains
Algeria
Rottern
Morocco
Defence Ministry
Mohammed Ben Yussef
Faure
Mohammed Ben Moulay Arafa
Ben Moulay Arafa
Mohammed Ben Youssef
Mediterranean
Atlas Mountains
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals to Employ 300 Hatters in New Plant
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals starts a multi million dollar fertilizer plant in Medicine Hat with 300 permanent hires of the 330 staff. Production to begin January 1957 serving prairie provinces and western states. Debentures totaling 8.5 million dollars offer $50 notes with five common shares per unit and 100 free shares per $1000 debenture. Plant basics include ammonia nitrate and two ammonia phosphate fertilizers sourced from nitrogen gas water sulphur and phosphate rock.
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U.S
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd
United States
Medicine Hat
Prairie Provinces
Washington
Oregon
Montana
North and
South Dakota
Idaho
Minnesota
Wyoming
Nelson Bradley
Northwest
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals
Commercial
Alberta government gains big from petroleum rights sale
Alberta authorities realized 1.459 million dollars from a major sale of petroleum and natural gas rights with Imperial Oil paying 417263.51 for a 4502 acre parcel northwest of Drumheller. Other briefs note cycling nurse Louise Sutherland’s world tour, council bylaw hearings, and local accidents.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Imperial Oil
Drumheller
Egypt Pulls Out of Gaza Talks Over Border Clashes
Cairo reports Premier Nasser says Egypt withdraws from negotiations with Israel on Gaza border tension after Monday’s attack that killed three Egyptian soldiers and wounded eight. He notified UN officials and demanded guarantees against Israeli attacks to reopen talks.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Israel
Gaza
Nasser
E. L. M. Burns
Canada
United Nations Palestine
Dag Hammarskjold
Lawyers Attack Ex-RCMP's Report At Royal Commission
Vancouver hearing hears five year old undercover report cleared police leadership of corruption. Former RCMP sergeant Terry Parsloe admits omitting 1700 dollars income on tax forms used for the investigation. The commission reopens after illness and questions probe funding and naming of sources.
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Bruce Levett
Vancouver
Tupper Royal Commission
Terry Parsloe
RCMP
Parsloe
Charles Thompson
Gordon Wismer
Len Cuthbert
Walter Mulligan
G. L. Murray
Flash
Toronto
Powell River Co
Underworld
Neil Fleishman
Ray Munro
Parslee
Murray
Mr. Pars
Government urged to aid deserving young farmers in Alberta
Edmonton CP report notes Alberta legislature approved a Liberal motion urging consideration of a program to assist deserving young farmers. The motion, backed by Agriculture Minister Halmrast, supports loans and state aid to help new entrants establish on farms, with proposals for up to 10,000 dollars at low interest for 20 to 25 years.
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Alberta Federation of Agriculture
Farmers’ Union of Alberta
AFA
Roy C. Marler
Edmonton
Alberta
Halmrast
Arthur Soetaert
L—St. Albert
RCMP officer may accompany Pearson to Russia this fall
Editorial room bulletin notes an RCMP officer may join External Affairs Minister Pearson on a fall trip to Russia. Key details about travel arrangements were not confirmed.
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RCMP
Pearson
Russia
Weather Quiet Across Alberta and Saskatchewan
Sunny weather will prevail over Alberta and Saskatchewan today with no marked change expected for Thursday.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Definite Holiday Proclaimed in Hat for Golden Jubilee
Mayor Harry Veiner will issue a proclamation declaring Wednesday August 31 a civic holiday in Medicine Hat to honor Alberta's Golden Jubilee. The date shift follows a request by the Chamber of Commerce and the Retail Merchants' Association. City Hall reported many calls about the holiday and stores will open Thursday as usual.
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Harry Veiner
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Veiner
Chamber of Commerce
Retail Merchants’ Association
City
Bill Keith
Birth of Child Not Harmed by Alcohol
EDMONTON CP says Dr. Elon Greenberg of Yale reports alcoholism is a disease not transmitted by reproductive cells. He notes prenatal effects possible from the mother's illness but not from conception, and cites no inherited link to fertility. He mentions blackouts as a significant indicator of alcoholism.
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Edmonton
Elon Greenberg
Yale University
Greenberg
Alberta Alcoholism Conference
Willmar State Hospital
Willmar
Minn
Call to develop Lakehead ports amid coast shipping talks
A Canadian royal commission heard Manitoba argue that Fort William and Port Arthur facilities are obsolete for ocean ships and hinder benefits from the St Lawrence seaway. The Manitoba brief urged development of Lakehead ports and opposed further shipping restrictions to spread lower freight costs nationwide. A second Manitoba witness supported the view as hearings proceed with Sept. 8 and 9 sessions planned.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Lakehead
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
St. Lawrence
W. F. Spence
Ontario Supreme Court
Harold Mayer
University of Chicago
Fort William
Port Arthur
Mayer
Great Lakes
E. Solomon
D. W
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Dennis McAffer
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French West Africa
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Western Briefs
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Duneden
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Cayley
Olds Hospital
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PNK
Calgary
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Progressive Conservative Party
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National Party
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Camrose School Board
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