Medicine Hat Airman Among Five Victims In Metz Collision
F O Ross Rayment 25 of Medicine Hat was among five killed when two planes collided near Metz France on Monday night. The RCAF identified four of the dead, including FO Bruce Kirkham 21 of Port Credit Ont Frt Lt William John Rice of London Ont and Mrs William Stonham 33 of Dunnville Ont. Rayment, a Royal Roads graduate, married Janet MacKenzie in 1954 and left behind three daughters. Services set for Friday morning with interment near the airbase.
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Medicine Hat
Ross Rayment
Metz
France
RCAF
Bruce Kirkham
Port Credit
Ont
William John Rice
London
William Stonham
Dunnville
Mary Rayment
Division Ave
FO Rayment
Royal Roads Military College
Medicine Hat Air Cadet Corps
St. Barnabas Church
Royal Roads
University of British Columbia
Janet MacKenzie
T. Roy Osborne
Second St. SW
Kathleen
Nancy
Karen
Gros Tenquin
F-O Rayment
Arthur Rayment
RCMP
Chamber of Commerce
Sqd
Lar. R. A. Vitell
Ldr
Vitell
Rayment
James
Calgary
Bob
Division
Ave. S
Mary
Lorne Thompson
Waterton Lakes
F O Rayment
Air Cadet League of Canada
Fires Rage Across France As Algerian Terror Attacks Rock Nation
In Paris and other cities oil depots burn after Islamist insurgents strike. Four police and at least five attackers die. France imposes security measures with soldiers guarding critical sites while authorities vow swift action against the FLN influenced terrorism.
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David M. Mason
Paris
France
Mediterranean
Algeria
National Liberation Front Fln
Moureplane
Marseilles
Narbonne
Toulouse
Interior Ministry
le Figaro
No Agreement Reached In Wage Dispute At Medicine Hat
Five Local 73 union officials from Lethbridge are in Medicine Hat seeking a wage settlement for Cecil and Royal hotel staff during a second conciliation day. They meet again with hotel representatives Alf Cantalini and Dirk Scholten as talks focus on a rumored 3.50 wage gap.
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Hotel and
Bartenders International Union
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Cecil and Royal Hotels
Anna MacLaren
William Ramage
Dave Adamson
Alex Melvin
Murphy Davis
Alf Cantalini
Dirk Scholten
Gunman kills secretary in Beirut traffic jam
In Beirut an unidentified gunman shot and killed Abdullah Nurallah, secretary of the Lebanese industrialist organization, on a congested street. The incident occurred amid ongoing tensions in the capital.
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Beirut
Abdullah Nurallah
Nationalist Stronghold Trembles Under Communist Bombardment
Canada moved toward enacting a major change in broadcasting with the Board of Broadcast Governors plan. The Liberal opposition pressed concerns. the CCF backed the bill with the Progressive Conservative majority voting it through. The measure aims to create a 15 member regulator governing licensing and network permissions while CBC retains influence.
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Sory Board For Radio and Television
CCF
Nowlan
CBC
Board of Broadcast Governors
CBC Board of Governors
Pearson
Douglas Fisher
Royal Commissions
Walker joins Liberal Race for Alberta leadership
Ralph H. Walker of Raymond district announces he will stand for the Alberta Liberal party leadership. The 34 year old farmer rancher and Calgary oil executive was introduced by Harold G. Long at a Liberal gathering in Lethbridge. His candidacy follows his youth and energy backed push for Edmonton convention on October 30 to succeed J. Harper Prowse.
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Lethbridge
Ralph H. Walker
Raymond
Alberta
Calgary
Liberal Party
Edmonton
J. Harper Prowse
Walker
Mr. Walker
Harold G. Long
University of Alberta
Fay
James H. Walker
Warner
Ralph
Ruth Kitchen
Alberta Young Liberal Association
Ant McLean
Raymond Lions Club
Calgary Chamber of Commerce
Unemployed Detroit man’s $9,998.99 benefit check retracted
Obie Carter, 50, a laid off auto worker and father of three, received a weekly unemployment benefit of $49 but was mailed a $9,998.99 check. He suspected a mistake, but the Michigan Employment Security Commission confirmed the error and recalled the payment.
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Detroit
Obie Carter
Carter
Employment Commission
Mammoth Blast at Taconite Mine in Minnesota
In Babbitt Minnesota a Reserve Mining blast used 625000 pounds of explosives to break over a million tons of taconite rock. The open pit operation produced rock chunks hurled for a half mile and cost about 250000 dollars. The taconite is headed to Silver Bay for processing for roughly a month. The company called it the largest mining explosion in U.S. history by both explosive weight and rock moved.
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Babbitt, Minn
Silver Bay, Minn
U.S
Debating Grows Warmer As Printing Probe Goes On
Ottawa Montreal architect Ernest Cormier testifies amid sharp questioning by Conservative MP David Walker as the Commons public accounts committee probes the 17 million printing bureau project. Cormier says tender calls preceded his estimates and disputes cabinet cost figures while noting potential savings from single contracts.
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Ottawa
Montreal
Ernest Cormier
United Nations
David Walker
Commons Public Accounts Committee
Cormier
Faubus asks legislature to empower school closures over integration
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus urged a state law to empower closing Central High School to block racial integration. The plan would allow a 30 day vote to decide whether to reopen with integration or stay closed. A third measure would let displaced students keep state aid in another district.
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Robert E. Ford
Little Rock, Ark
Orval Faubus
Arkansas State Legislature
Faubus
Central High School
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Central High
Central
Supreme Court
Virgil Blossom
Hall High School
Little Rock
Hiat
Brooks Aldermen Resign in Local Council Turmoil
Letters of resignation from council members C. B. Robertson and Chris H. Anderson were read at the Brooks regular meeting Monday. Four of seven councillors had urged the provincial government to reinstate the former head of the horticultural station who was fired on August 5. The resignations follow a vote not to interfere with the case, and nominations for a new council are set for September 24 with an election on October 8. Neither Robertson nor Anderson are expected to run again. Hargrave awaits Civil Service appeal decision likely to be announced after Anthony Earnshaw returns from vacation. The sub committee finished its investigation Monday.
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C. B. Robertson
Chris H. Anderson
Brooks
Robertson
Anderson
Hargrave
Anthony Earnshaw
Civil Service Association
Record Heat Sparks Alberta Weather Debate
Medicine Hat recorded 93 degrees on Tuesday drawing attention from residents and the weather man who said it is not a record. Calgary and Edmonton posted new Aug 25 highs 86.5 and 87, surpassing prior marks from 1939 and 1932 respectively. Lethbridge reached 91, with Medicine Hat again as the warmest in the province. a late afternoon thunderstorm was forecast and a low near 50 was expected tonight.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Cowtown
Quemoy Bombarded Four Days as Fire Rises
Communist artillery pounded Quemoy and nearby Tan islands for a fourth straight day. The Nationalist defence ministry reported intensified shelling with hundreds of rounds, while reports of MiG defectors sparked Taipei dailies. The U.S. 7th Fleet moved closer to Formosa as 1,600 Marines sailed from Singapore.
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Spencer
Moosa
Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Defence Ministry
Tan Islands
Tan Islets
Liu Hoh Tu
U.S
3Rd Marine Division
Singapore
7Th Fleet
Washington
Government Won't Act In Strike
OTTAWA The federal government will not ask Parliament to intervene to end the British Columbia longshoremen’s strike. Labor Minister Michael Starr urged direct negotiation between the B C Shipping Federation and the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union, citing 23 years of bargaining. The union’s 1,300 members halted five major B C ports last week, threatening jobs while coast shipping remains unaffected. The federation proposed federal arbitration, but Starr urged resumption of ongoing negotiations.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Labor Department
Vancouver
Labor
Michael Starr
B.C. Shipping Federation
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
B.C
Shipping Federation
Starr
G. E. McKee
Federation
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Ccfers
Tories
Alan Harvey
Ottawa CP
Canada
Liberal
Taconite
Bureau
Jack Pickersgill
Liberals
Pickersgill
Pick
Ersgill
School For Medicine Hat Kiddies
Brooks Council
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