Trans-Canada Cavalcade Feted at Boundary Ceremony
A crowd gathered at the Saskatchewan Alberta boundary to greet the Trans-Canada Cavalcade. Hon. Gordon Taylor unveiled a bronze tablet on a cairn marking the border. The motorcade began in St John’s Aug and will reach Vietona B C then Rogers Pass for Prime Minister Diefenbaker to officiate.
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Saskatchewan-Alberta
Gordon Taylor
Saskatchewan - Alberta
Taylor
Ald
Gordon Sissons
Medicine Hat
St. John’s
Neild
Vietona
B.C
Rogers Pass
Diefenbaker
Hargrave Mitchell Ranch
German border guard escapes into West Berlin in uniform
A Fast German border guard fled into West Berlin today wearing full uniform and taking his weapons. West Berlin police said his colleagues did not fire.
Algerian Coup Attempt Met With Army Backing
In Algiers anti Western guerrilla officers pushed to seize control but the 45,000 strong army in Oran condemned the move and urged civilians to form vigilance committees. Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella planned to return to reassure supporters and rally loyal troops.
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Algiers
Algeria
Oran
Wilayya
Wilaya
Ahmed Ben Bella
Will Awa No. 4
Wilaya No. 5
Army
Ben Bella
Amters
Wilava
Lus
Conspirators Plead Guilty in Medicine Hat Fraud Case
Four men faced conspiracy charges in magistrate court for a bogus advertising scheme aimed at Alberta farmers. Sentences included fines of 1000 and 500 dollars and one year in jail in lieu of a 1000 dollar fine. Crown prosecutors described a scheme offering $339 merchandise for 12 names with upfront payments. Magistrate Spivack condemned it as a growing public cheating trend.
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D. A. McPherson
Toronto
William Scott
Edmonton
Mary Wagner
Gordon Phillips
British Columbia
Medicine Hat
McPherson
Phillips
Wagner
Scott
Lethbridge
James C. Kidd
Q.C
Alberta
A. W. Jones
Scott and
Jones
Alberta Dept. of Industry and Development
Tom Spanos Q.C
Venus Mariner H Off Course Bends Toward Venus
Cape Canaveral NASA reports the Mariner H spacecraft launched for a 109 day Venus mission with an off course trajectory. Despite a serious error engineers hope remote signals can reline its path to within 100000 miles of Venus, or risk a far wider pass and limited science.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Venus
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jack James
Mariner
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mariner H
Soviets Reject Wests Nuclear Test Ban Plan
In Geneva Britain and the United States proposed a treaty to ban atmospheric, underwater, and outer space nuclear tests with on site inspection. The Soviet Union quickly dismissed the plan and signaled rejection of a partial ban excluding underground tests.
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Geneva
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Dérft Tinue
Vasily Kuznetsov
Kuznetsov
Accidents Kill 71 In Canada Weekend Toll
The Canadian Press reports 71 accidental deaths nationwide from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Traffic fatalities totaled 50, with two plane crashes, a railroad crossing collision, a boat crash, and drownings contributing to the weekend tally.
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Canada
Wall Disorders Blamed on Reds
The United States in a note blamed the Soviet Union for shootings and disorders at the Berlin Wall and urged a four power conference to address the issue. The note responds to a Soviet protest over stoning of Soviet troop bases in West Berlin and warns of consequences for allowing brutality in the Soviet sector.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin Wall
Foreign Office
West Berlin
Funeral for East German youth draws 300 mourners
In Berlin 300 East Berliners attended the funeral of Peter Fechter, the 18 year old apprentice shot by border guards after attempting to flee to the West. A secular orator spoke for the municipal funeral commission as religious rites were reportedly forbidden.
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Berlin
Reuters
Peter Fechter
Fechter
Caouette Threatens Crisis Over Austerity Policy
Austerity critic Real Caouette warned in Trois-Rivieres that he would precipitate the worst crisis in the House of Commons if Prime Minister Diefenbaker offers an austerity program on Sept. 27. He spoke at a weekend Social Credit convention with Robert Thompson and J. A. Mongrain.
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Trois-Rivieres
Que
Real Caouette
Social Credit Party
Diefenbaker
Tete
House of Commons
Caouette
Trois - Rivieres
Pierre Boucher
Robert Thompson
J. A. Mongrain
Montreal
Mr. Caouette
Rouyn
Canada
West
Hitler
Mussolini
William Aberhart
Social Credit
Alberta
Pope Pius XI
Thompson
Mr Caouette
Quebec
China
Bennett Fleming Meet Over Columbia River Treaty Talks
Premier Bennett of British Columbia and Justice Minister Fleming held a conference on the Columbia River Development Treaty. Canada has signed but Parliament ratification awaits a financing agreement with delays. The meeting adjourned for Fleming’s caucus and Bennett planned to meet Liberal Leader Pearson after resuming discussions.
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Ottawa
Bennett
British Columbia
Fleming
Canada
U.S
Bennett-Fleming
Legeter B. Pearson
First of a Series Ten Years With Nasser
Special NEWS Service report from Cairo recounts ten-year anniversary celebrations for Gamal Abdel Nasser's United Arab Republic. The piece notes mass rallies, space age rhetoric, the 1952 coup, land reforms, Suez Canal nationalization, and Syria union, with observations on Egypt's pursuit of independence, modernization, and Arab nationalism.
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Christopher Young
Cairo
Fesot
Farouk
Escle
United Arab Republic
Feader
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Egypt
Pyramids
Nile
Moses
Ramses
Cleopatra
Napoleon
Uuliary Proving Ground
Suez Canal
Britain
France
Israel
Syria
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Harry Strom
Cypress
Harry Leinweber
Calgary
B.C -Alberta
Robert Gwinner
Gngitimate
Spanos
A. Y. Spivack
Caquette
Little Cloud
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Maclean
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Bridge City Page
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Pursle
Gombhoauria Square
Ca‘cra
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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