Fires devastate five homes and threaten 20 bed hospital
A major blaze on the northeast coast forces evacuations as five homes burn and a 20 bed hospital faces threat. The fire, part of a months-long series, moves toward Swift Current where residents fled by boat. Don Jamieson’s ranch and hundreds shelter in danger as pumps and trucks rush to the area.
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Swift Current
Newfoundland
Don Jamieson
Montreal
Resources Department of
Bonavista
Carmanville
Frederickton
Davisville
Main Point
Gander
Two Men Burned Escaping Fire Near Duck Mountain
Mike Prokopchuk of Sifton Manitoba and Ron Cox of Dauphin were escaping a forest fire when their jeep collided with an excavator and overturned. Cox broke a leg. both men were rescued and evacuated to Winnipeg for care as Manitoba endures its worst fire season with 98 fires and 640 men fighting flames.
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Sifton
Man
Ron Cox
Dauphin
Duck Mountain
Cox
Dauphin Hospital
Winnipeg
Manitoba Public Works Department
Soil Laboratory
A. W. Braine
Tension Mounts Over Berlin Border Clash and Air Corridor Row
U S Army troops at the West Berlin border used tear gas grenades after a Communist water cannon incident at Friedrichstrasse. Moscow issued a note accusing the Allies of abusing air corridors to Berlin and pressuring for tighter controls on travel and transit.
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Russia
Berlin
West Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
East Germany
East Berlin
Welsh Regiment
Siesmensstadt
Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Algerian Fighting Kills 26 in 24 Hours Terror Wave
A violent 24 hours in Algeria left 26 dead and about 50 injured. Nine Muslims died and 14 were hurt when a truck struck a land mine near Biskra. Right wing terrorists blew 15 bombs nationwide, while FLN rebels killed 13 Muslims and wounded several others in multiple attacks.
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Algiers
Algeria
Biskra
de Gaulle
Bone
Reble
National Liberation Front
FLN
Seven Chicago policemen convicted in burglary conspiracy
An all-woman jury found seven former Summerdale district policemen guilty of conspiracy to commit burglary and to conceal stolen property. Morrison, the chief prosecution witness, testified that loot was hauled away in squad cars. Jury recommended penitentiary terms from one to five years.
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Chicago
Summerdale
Morrison
Lawyer He Didn’t Hire Frustrates Holiday Plan
In Vancouver police court John Kessler a millworker wore a bowler hat an accordion and a jailbird number on his shirt and said he hadn’t hired lawyer T C Campbell. Campbell argued police courts lack authority over zoning charges and the magistrate adjourned for a week to rule on jurisdiction while Kessler faces removal of an up stairs sink and cooking facilities.
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Vancouver
John Kessler
T. C. Campbell
Kessler
Les Bewley
Mr. Campbell
We Campbell
Planes Declared Unfit for Flight Storage Bases Chosen
The Winnipeg Free Press reports the RCAF base at MacDonald, Manitoba, will store more than half of retired jet fighters and trainers, with nearly 150 jets in storage and daily landings from across the fleet. CF-100s are already parked there while Lethbridge, Alberta, serves as a second storage site. The government ordered mutilation of scrap candidates and the CF-100s will be dismantled for parts or sold as inert salvage through Crown Assets. The stance is that the jets are not suitable for flight or NATO mutual aid and will be disposed of by the Crown.
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Free Press
RCAF
MacDonald
Man
Air Force
Lethbridge
Alta
Ottawa
Crown Assets Disposal Corporation
Louis Richard
Defence
Harkness
Commons
Israel
Cuba
Crown
Brother casts doubt on murder tale in 1919 Legge death
Delmar O'Brien, 61, questioned his brother Clifford, 66, about the 1919 Pembroke death of Michael Legge, a tobacco store owner. Coroner ruled accidental after Legge was struck by a train. Clifford faces murder charges, marking a second case linked to the old case after earlier arrests were withdrawn.
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Pembroke
Ont
Delmar O’brien
Michael Legge
Clifford O’brien
Legge
Jegge
Pembroke Observer
Jack Calder
Michael McNeill
Officer Found Not Guilty in Court Martial
Col. William M. Banks, 46, was found not guilty of neglect in the Texas radar tower collapse in the Atlantic Ocean on January 15. The finding awaits the eight-officer board’s approval as the court retains jurisdiction. The disaster caused 28 deaths during a storm off the New Jersey coast.
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N.Y
William M. Banks
Texas
Atlantic Ocean
Jean Rydstrom
New Jersey
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