Man disarmed by RCMP in Brooks after loaded rifle incident
A 28 year old transient man waving a loaded .303 rifle was disarmed by RCMP officers in Brooks, 60 miles west of Medicine Hat. He was committed to Ponoka Mental Institute after a magistrate deemed him insane. He had been staying with his mother in a hotel lobby and had threatened bystanders before police intervened without violence.
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Brooks
Medicine Hat
Ponoka Mental Institute
E. Wade
Ben MacLeod
R. J. Mills
A. J. Black
Anchelenko
Corp. Mills
Const
Black
Moose Jaw
Ponoka
CPR
Corporal Mills
Constable Black
Lumumba Demands UN Exit After Belgian Departure
Congo premier Patrice Lumumba urged Dag Hammarskjold to ensure all Belgian troops leave the Congo within eight days. He accused Belgians of diamond theft in Kasai and said the UN mission should not replace Belgian occupation but remove it. Demonstrations outside a pan African meeting led to police violence and arrests.
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Nigel Ryan
Leopoldville
Congo
Reuters
Patrice Lumumba
United Nations
Lumumba
Dag Hammarskjold
Brazaville
Congo River
Congo Republic
Luluabourg
Brazzaville
Bakwango
Albert Kalonji
Kalonji
Kasai
Ralph Bunche
Cyclist Jensen Dies at Rome Olympics
Danish cyclist Knud Enemark Jensen, 23, collapsed from sun exposure after the 100 km team road race and died later in hospital. Teammate Jorgen Jorgensen suffered sunstroke and was to be released after four days. The Danish squad withdrew from competition immediately.
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Rome
Knud Enemark Jensen
Jensen
Jorgen Jorgensen
U S Breaks With Dominicans
Washington AP reports the United States severed relations with the Dominican Republic today. The State Department announced withdrawal of the U S diplomatic mission at Ciudad Trujillo and called on the Dominican government to recall its mission. The OAS had voted sanctions against the Caribbean island nation last Saturday.
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Washington
United States
Dominican Republic
State Department
Ciudad Trujillo
Organization of American States
Caribbean
Man Refuses County Tree Replacement Bill in Los Angeles
Los Angeles AP report recounts rubbish collector Tony Augustyn disputing a 108.64 bill for replacing a damaged 18-foot eucalyptus with a sapling after his trash truck knocked it down near 5445 W. 118th St. The county lists detailed charges and says the bill is reasonable, with court action likely.
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Los Angeles
Tony Augustyn
Tony
County Parks and Recreation Department
Need for Education on Hutterites in Alberta
Dr John A Hostetler a sociology professor at the University of Alberta told a rural sociology meeting at Pennsylvania State University that public misconceptions about Hutterites underline the need for more study of minority majority relations in Alberta He noted provincial rules restricting new colonies hint at maintaining Hutterite solidarity and explained boundary maintenance as key to keeping the Hutterite social system intact
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University Park
Alberta
University of Alberta
John A. Hostetler
Pennsylvania State University
Ite
Communal Property Board
Hostetler
Cabinet Compiled From Dispatches on McCorquodale Case
Alberta deputy attorney general J E Hart confirmed Ronald H McCorquodale may be returned to a provincial mental hospital after final disposition of his case. McCorquodale’s death sentence was commuted by the federal cabinet, with orders not to release him for life. The 25 year old Calgary man was convicted of the assault murder of 10-year-old Lynne Lefurgey in a Calgary church basement last November. He remains in Lethbridge jail until Supreme Court allows his appeal withdrawal, then will transfer to the federal penitentiary in Prince Albert Saskatchewan.
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Alberta
J. E. Hart
Ronald Harry McCorquodale
McCorquodale
Calgary
Lynne Lee Furgey
Lethbridge
Hart
Supreme Court
Prince Albert
Sask
Whch
Leon Baker
Ottawa
Federal
Parole Board
Fulton
British Columbia
Baker
Walker
Harkness
Calgary North
Harry McCorquodale
Lynne Lefurgey
Diefenbaker
Administration’ of Justice
Ronald H. McCorquodale
Steelworkers Strike Expands in Canada Edmonton Walkout
Edmonton 75 United Steelworkers begin picketing Dominion Bridge plant at 7 am part of a nationwide wage bid. About 4,000 Dominion Bridge workers affected across Canada as talks stall in Toronto and Calgary. Local crews cite national welfare pact while company cites local gains.
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Edmonton
United Steelworkers of America
CSC
Dominion Bridge Company
Dominion Bridge
Canada
Vancouver
Montreal
American Accused of Spying by Soviet Union
London Reuters reports Russia expelled George Winters head of the American Embassy economic section for espionage. Tass linked his case to an earlier expulsion of attache R. A. Langelli in October 1959 and noted a previous move against E. M. Kirton for activities incompatible with diplomatic status.
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London
Reuters
Russia Today
George Winters
Soviet Union
Tass
Winters
R. A. Langelli
Russia
Langelli
U.S
E. M. Kirton
Life Imprisonment Sought for German Engineer Spy
Berlin Reuters reports public prosecutor seeks life with hard labor for Manfred Gerlach 55 a leading German aviation engineer on trial in Dresden for spying. ADN says experts found films and materials he allegedly gave West German intelligence reveal prospects and production of East Germany's aviation industry.
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Berlin
Reuters
Manfred Gerlach
Germany
Dresden
ADN
Gerlach
East Germany
Teenager Shot Near Camp Opposed to Castro
A 16 year old boy named John Francis Keogh was shot in the head outside a camp described by police as a training camp for forces opposed to Fidel Castro. He was in fair condition. Police arrested Raul Lopo Castelles, 21, and En rique Hernandez Acevedo, 19. Thirteen others were charged with vagrancy.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
John Francis Keogh
Raul Lopo Castelles
Enrique Hernandez Acevedo
Hutterites Face Tensions with Government and Isolation
The Hutterites number about 14,000 across 120 colonies in North America, with over 50 Alberta settlements holding roughly 7,200 acres each. The group emphasizes communal property as sacred, supported by social isolation through dress, language, and gender norms. Originating in 16th century Switzerland and Tyrol, they faced near extinction by 1762, later migrating to South Dakota and Canada in 1918.
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North America
Alberta
Ted
Switzerland
Tyrol
Joseph Hutter
Hutterites
South Dakota
Canada
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