Prospector Charged in Hunter Murder Sequel in Gaspe Case
Wilbert Coffin, 39, was ordered to stand trial for the murder of 17 year old Richard Lindsey after a 12 hour preliminary hearing in Peace Quebec. The inquest linked Coffin to the deaths of Lindsey and two other American hunters found near Gaspe along with their remains.
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Peace
Que
Joseph Duguay
Wilbert Coffin
Richard Lindsey
Hollidaysburg
Gaspe Village
Eugene H. Lindsey
Fred Claar
East Freedom
Gospe
Coffin
Perce
Albert Coffin
Montreal
Noel Orion
Rhee vows push north if conference fails
South Korea’s President Syngman Rhee said his forces will push north if the Korean political conference collapses. Reports from Tokyo noted a prisoners special departed for Vancouver carrying 11 Canadian POWs released under truce terms. Other updates covered tremors on Ithaca island and recovery of currency from the Flying Enterprise wreck.
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Pusan
Korea
Reuters
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
North
Tokyo
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
Sharp Slump Hits Oil and Base Metals on Toronto Market
Western oils and base metals fell to two year lows while industrial shares gave up most gains from summer. Uraniums and New Brunswick base metals rallied, led by New Larder U up 40 cents to 2.35 as volume topped 1.44 million shares. New York and Montreal indices slid, with rails at year lows and utilities named the weak sister.
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Gordon Mackinnon
Toronto Stock Exchange
New York
Montreal
Toronto
New Brunswick
New Larder U
Rails
Adenauer says West Germany must decide its future
Chancellor Adenauer challenged Social Democrats who urged delaying West European integration until Germany is reunified. He warned four powers must not decide Germany’s political fate and urged a proactive pro western stance amid campaign in Kiel. Socialist Ollenhauer dismissed Adenauer policy as a fiasco and backed a Europe wide union.
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Bonn
Reuters
West Germany
Western Defence Alliance
Germany
United Nations
Konrad Adenauer
Kiel
Erich Ollenhauer
Duesseldorf
Adenauer
Weather Outlook for Alberta and Saskatchewan Regions
Skies are sunny over Alberta and Saskatchewan today but a northwest weather change will bring clouds to Alberta tonight. Temperatures near normal today, then cooler Sunday with showers in all regions. Medicine Hat expects sunny afternoon with isolated showers this evening. Sunday turns cloudy and cooler with afternoon showers and northwest winds at 15.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Northwest
Medicine
Sixty-hour? No 40-hour week drives SIU strike vote
Four thousand Canadian seamen of the Seafarers' International Union voted on a possible strike over a 40-hour work week and overtime pay. Hal Banks, SIU vice president, warned a strike could come any time but results were not expected until next Friday. Banks said a walkout is unlikely during the mild shipping season and that government seizure could occur if strikes materialize, yet gains from conciliation reports would be sought.
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Montreal
Seafarers’ International Union
Afl-Tlc
Hal C. Banks
Conciliation Board
Canada Steamship Lines
The
Upper Lakes and
Banks
SIU
UN to name nations for Korean peace talks uniting big powers
The UN may invite Red China North Korea and the Soviet Union as Communist representatives for a Korean peace conference set before Oct 28. The United States UK France Australia Canada and others expect to attend with sites under consideration including San Francisco Honolulu Geneva Stockholm. The next session begins Sept 15 after Hammar skjold opposed delaying the gathering.
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Red China
North Korean
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjold
North Korea
United States
Unified Command
San Francisco
Honolulu
Geneva
Switzerland
Britain
Lebanon
Stocksholm
Ceylon
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Nammarskjold
Hammarskjold
U.S. State Department
Korea
Canada
France
Australia
Turkey
Colombia
Philippines
Thailand
Montgomery Defends Canadian 27th Brigade From Criticism
Field Marshal Montgomery rejects claims of poor morale in the Canadian 27th brigade in Germany. He says the brigade is well trained and argues the article by Lionel Shapiro misrepresents Canadians. He cites negativity as harmful to the troops and notes disciplinary improvements since last year.
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Toronto
Viscount Montgomery
Germany
Canada
Maclean’s Magazine
Lionel Shapiro
Lord Montgomery
Shapiro
Europe
Ross Munro
Bill Ross
Korea
Munro
Vancouver
Ross
Nore
Two Day Siege Ends Over Polio Shots In New York
Disgruntled parents including mothers abandoned a two day siege of city offices to gain anti polio gamma globulin shots for their children. Health commissioner Mahoney offered shots to 132 children at a summer camp after state supplies were allocated, down from a demand to inoculate about 450 children.
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New York
Health Department
John F. Mahoney
UN General Assembly Resumes Sept 15 After Session Closure
The United Nations General Assembly wraps its seventh session in New York at 5:52 p.m. EDT. The eighth session is scheduled to begin September 15, with a U.S. backed proposal to push to September 29 rejected for lack of support.
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United Nations, N.Y
UN General Assembly
Glassworkers Approve Strike at Dominion Glass Redcliff
Workers at the Dominion Glass Company in Redcliff vote 289 to 27 to strike if negotiations fail by September 2. About 400 employees seek a 40 hour week, 10 cent hourly raise, and fringe benefits. union plans weekend talks after IMMSW approval.
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Dominion Glass Company
Redcliff
William Longridge
Calgary
International Mine
N. W. Meldrum
Fice
IMMSW
Arbitration Board
Americans Freed From Red Camps Report Brutality Up To Armistice
Returning prisoners describe beatings and torture before the July 27 truce. Among 144 Americans freed today are others captured early in the war. 9,819 Allies have been returned of 12,776 held by Reds. Three Indian guards units move into Panmunjom area. Indian troops, 5,000 strong, to reinforce demilitarized zone.
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Panmunjom
Reuben K. Kimba Jr
Baytown
Tex
Manchuria
Billy B. Foshee
Bowling Green
Air Force
No. 2
Red Exchange
Kaesong
Joint Military Armistice Commission
Blackshear M. Bryan
Korea
Italy Fears Tito May Annex Trieste
Rome reports Premier Pella summoned defence and army chiefs to urgent talks over Tito possibly annexing Trieste by force. Italy warned Belgrade and allied powers against any permanent Yugoslav claim while briefing ambassadors and sending a formal note.
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Rome
Giuseppe Pella
Yugoslavia
Tito
Trieste
Pella
Emilio Paviani
Efisio Marras
U. S
Belgrade
Yugopress
Italy
Adriatic
Hungry Bear Bites Man on Wilderness Trip
Steve Borce of Wilmette Illinois told of a hungry bear that bit his sleeping bag wrapped body on a Starup Lake shore near the Canadian border during a wilderness canoe trip. His companion Joseph Fagan watched as the bear fled. An Ely physician treated scratches and credited the sleeping bag with preventing worse injuries.
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Ely, Minn
Steve Borce
Wilmette
Borce
Joseph Fagan
Starup Lake
Porder
Boree
Ely
Woman Charged With Murder Is Dickens' Descendant
A young woman, unnamed by court order, is charged with murdering Desmond Maynard Dickens, 26, a Rotorua house painter believed descended from Charles Dickens. He was found in the kitchen with a heart wound. the Rotorua court ordered the defendant to stand trial in Auckland.
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Wellington
N. Z
Desmond Maynard Dickens
Charles Dickens
Rotorua
Auckland
Conductors Begin Strike Over Pay Scale Shift
The Order of Railway Conductors announced a planned strike set for Sept 10 affecting 35 000 members as they seek a graduated pay scale based on locomotive power. ORC officials say conductors have fallen below firemen in pay and seek parity with engineers.
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Washington
Maryland
West Virginia
Bell System
Midwest
Southwest
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
T. O. Hughes
ORC
Hughes
James Paddock
Paddock
Marilyn Monroe Returns to Work After Injury
Marilyn Monroe resumes filming after a 10 day layoff. Douglas Spencer nearly severed his right middle finger when a horse bolted during the River of No Return scene. doctors expect normal healing. Monroe previously suffered ankle ligament tears from a river fall.
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Banff
Alta
Douglas Spencer
Spencer
Marilyn Monroe
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Zante
Hawaii
Frisco
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James van Fleet
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