Evidence In Cook Hearing Shows Adults Shot to Death
More than 40 witnesses were to be heard as the preliminary hearing of Robert Raymond Cook entered its third day. Pathologist Dr. P. P. W. Davey testified Cook killed his father Raymond Cook Sr and step mother with shotgun blasts while five children were bludgeoned. The case centers on murder charges tied to the grease pit discovery after Cook traded his father’s station wagon for a 1959 convertible.
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Vanier Returns to Canada as Governor General Designate
Maj. Gen. George P. Vanier arrived in Canada aboard the Ivernia to begin duties as the Queen's designate for governor general. The 71 year old spoke of honor and faith, quoted Shakespeare, and said he would be addressed as General or George. He expressed no immediate plans and left his health to the Good Lord.
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Montreal
George P. Vanier
Canada
Cunard
Ivernia
Shakespeare
Gen. Vanier
General
George
Halifax
Massey
le Bon Dieu
Good Lord
Father of 2 Not Charged
In North Bay Ontario a Toronto father Earl 33 will not face charges after taking his two children Nancy 4 and Orwen 7 from their mother Jean Caster 26. The children were last seen Monday night near a store. Police RCAF personnel and civilians searched the area until a telegram from Earl arrived. The mother holds custody by court order.
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Ont
Toronto
Jean Caster
Earl
Nancy
Orwen
RCAF
Caster
Churchill to Dine with Eisenhower at 10 Downing Street
Sir Winston Churchill plans a Monday night dinner in London with President Eisenhower hosted by Prime Minister Macmillan at 10 Downing Street. Churchill, vacationing on the French Riviera, arrives Sunday for a 48 hour visit and may be joined by Sir Anthony Eden and Field Marshal Montgomery, who has criticized Eisenhower's war strategy.
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Reuters
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Eisenhower
Macmillan
Downing Street
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French Riviera
Riviera
Anthony Eden
Viscount. Montgomery
Johnny Copley’s pals give funeral sendoff to gang figure
Londoners recall Johnny Copley once known as Scarface as friends and rivals from the underworld attend his funeral at New Cross. Floral tributes include cars and a roulette wheel. five hundred mourners fill the church, while police pursue five suspects linked to a pub assault after the service.
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London
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Johnny (Scarface) Carter
Harry the Horse
Freddy the Fly
Old Bose
Scarface
New Cross
Old Boie
Authorities deny border clash report near Nathu La
Authorities in Shillong Assam denied a Assam Tribune report claiming 1000 Communist Chinese troops crossed the Indian border at Nathu La Pass and overran an army post inside India, raising the Chinese flag about one mile inside.
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Shillong
Assam
Tibet
Indian Northeast Frontier
Times of India
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Ladakh
Sikkim
Bhutan
China
The
Independent Statesman
Diefenbaker Eyes Sept 1 Decision on Works Plan
Prime Minister Diefenbaker said a decision on Canada’s winter works program should be made by Sept 1. He denied a money freeze and urged banks to meet borrowers’ needs, especially small ones, while noting no current policy change. He cautioned on Western money developments and referenced broader regional tensions in Asia.
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Diefenbaker
Bank of Canada
Bank’ of Canada
Mystery disease puzzles Montreal scientists
Dr Armand Frappier of the University of Montreal says a Farnham Que mystery illness is not loa loa and may be a microfilarial disease. Health officials and Farnham leaders urge calm as investigation continues with no hospital treatment planned for suspects. A Farnham doctor suggested loa loa as a possibility earlier, but confirms the illness remains unclear and non alarmist.
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Farnham
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Frappier
Suc Fortin
Fortin
Harvest Pattern Shifts Across Alberta Crops
Alberta farmers face delayed harvests due to recent rains after a dry spell. C G Bratvold notes rainfall slows field work while southern areas report above average grain yields. Eastern districts show light crops from earlier drought and the Peace River area sees spotty yields despite late moisture. Harvesting expected to widen next week.
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Alberta
C. G. Bratvold
Edmonto
Peace River
Fire devastates Limerick shopping centre in $3 million blaze
A major fire swept a four-story block on O'Connell Street in Limerick destroying the William Todd department store and adjacent buildings. An oil tank explosion fed flames as eleven fire brigades and troops battled the blaze, with only two injuries from flying glass reported.
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O'Connell Street
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King William Street
Weather Update Alberta Sees Cloudy Rain System
A weather system brings cloud and rain to most of Alberta with cooler air from the Arctic following behind. Expect unseasonably cool weather for at least two more days. Medicine Hat forecast lows around 50 and Thursday highs near 60 degrees.
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Arctic
Medicine Hat
Eisenhower greeted as a hero in Bonn
President Eisenhower received a hero’s welcome in Bonn as the first U S president to visit West Germany. He pledged support for West Berlin, met Chancellor Adenauer and West German leaders, and arrived aboard a Boeing 707 after a 9.4 hour flight from Washington.
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London
Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Free Berlin
Wahn
Newfoundland
Christian Herter
Heinrich von Brentano
Fourteen Die in Border Clash in Cameroons
In the Baafoussam region of Bamileke frontier province, fourteen were killed in a clash Sunday night between outlaws and civilian local defence groups. Officials say Ahmadou Ahidjo's government seeks British Cameroons co operation to tighten frontier controls against extremist bands. The fighting raises frontier deaths to sixty eight since late June, tied to clashes blamed on the Camerouns People’s Union amid calls for UN supervised elections before independence.
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Kameng Frontier Division
New Delhi
Times of India
Tibet
China
Gartok
Ladakh
Yarkand
Washgar
Sinkiang
Aksakhin
Pes
Yaounde
Cameroons
Reuters
Ahmadou Ahidjo
Frontier
Ahidjo
Cameroons People’s Union
United Nations
Laos seeks nonmilitary US aid to bolster police forces
The Lao government asked the United States for non military assistance in countering Communist aggression. President Eisenhower said Laos requested money to reinforce police forces. The White House noted Laos received 22.9 million dollars in defense support and technical aid in the year ending June 30.
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