Canada 1958 wheat crop forecast hits drought hit Prairie
The Canadian Bureau of Statistics forecasts 1958 prairie wheat at 313 million bushels and total wheat at 338.7 million, down about 10 percent from 1957 and 31 percent below the 10 year average, with Saskatchewan hardest hit by drought. Spring yields fall to about 15.5 bushels per acre.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Bureau
Manitoba
Alberta
Negro Boy Slain During Scuffle at Montgomery Restaurant
In Montgomery Alabama a teen named Gus Foster 16 or 17 was shot and killed by two detectives after a scuffle during an attempted arrest at a restaurant. The officers said Foster struck one officer and wrestled another before the fatal shot.
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Montgomery
Ala
Gus Foster
J. C. McKenzie
L. A. Reynolds
Foster
Brown
Reynolds
McKenzie
Shooting Victim Improves in Beirut Cross Fire
Beir ut CP Sgt Ralph Hall, UN observer wounded in a jeep ambush between rebels and government forces, showed slight improvement but remains in critical condition. Hall has a wife and child in Virden Man.
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Beirut
Ralph Hall
Hall
United Nations Observer Force
Virden
Man
Supreme Court delays ruling on Little Rock integration
The Supreme Court postponed a decision on racial mixing in Little Rock Central High School for at least two weeks after hearings. Justices scheduled new arguments for Sept 11 to decide if a 2½ year pause on integration should stand, with key figures like Thurgood Marshall and Robert Butler presenting contrasting views.
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Washington
Little Rock
Supreme Court
Arkansas
Little Rock Central High School
Central High
Thurgood Marshall
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
J. Lee Rankin
United States
Richard C. Butler
Eisenhower
Marshall
Butler
Norfolk School Board Votes to Enroll 17 Negro Students
The Norfolk school board, under a federal court order to end segregation, announced plans to enroll 17 Black students in white schools. Virginia’s resistance program could trigger closure of integrated schools. Gov. Almond was not available for comment.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk School Board
Virginia
Two Russian Dogs Land Safely After 281 Mile Space Journey
Dr Otto Struve advises at the American Physical Society meeting that manned moon missions are unnecessary. He proposes using television to image the moon and telemeter data from a space craft.
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Vancouver
Otto Struve
Leuschner Observatory
Berkeley
Calif
American Physical Society
Struve
Moon
Earth
Dogs Land Safely From Soviet Space Rocket Mission
Moscow radio reported two dogs survived a Soviet one stage rocket flight that reached 281 miles, part of the International Geophysical Year studies. The hermetically sealed cabin carried upper atmosphere instruments and the 1,690 kilogram payload logged normal operations.
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London
Moscow Radio
Soviet Union
Chinese Artillery Rains Shells on Amoy Bay Islands
Chinese Communists intensified the bombardment of the Tan Islets in Amoy Bay, firing about 7,120 shells in an hour, the heaviest during four years of skirmishes in the Formosa Strait. Quemoy saw lighter fire as Nationalist defenses claimed some positions and loudspeaker stations were hit. Washington warned any assault on offshore islands could threaten Far East peace, while a security sweep in Taipei rounded up suspects.
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Taipei
Formosa
Tan Islets
Amoy Bay
Formosa Strait
Amoy
Quemoy
Nationalist
Defence Ministry
Peiping
U.S. State Department
Senate Blocks Estates Tax Act in Key Senate Split
The Senate amended the estates tax bill returning it to the Commons with eight changes. One major amendment to exclude certain annuities from taxation was rejected by Finance Minister Fleming. If the government blocks the amendment the bill could die this session. Separately Indian affairs discussed higher cash rations for indigent Indians. CCF's Frank Howard urged tripling or quadrupling food aid and a royal commission on Indian affairs.
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Senate
Commons
Fleming
Senate Finance Committee
T. D. Leonard
Ontario
Indian Affairs
Fairclough
CCF
Frank Howard
Skeena
British Columbia
Iceland Arrests U K Ship In Beida Bay Standoff
Icelandic gunboat arrests the British trawler Lord Plender in Beida Bay north of Reykjavik as Iceland plans extending fishing limits from four to twelve miles. Coast guard says the ship is within the four mile zone and headlines show Royal Navy escorted trawlers challenging the new limit.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Reuters
Lord Plender
Beida Bay
Here
Britain
Solid Defence By Cormier Stuns Accounts Committee
Ottawa reports say Ernest Cormier defended the National Printing Bureau air conditioning against critics. He cited tests showing the system met design standards and blamed two years of tampering for discomfort. Cormier noted only one refrigeration unit was kept and was poorly operated, and he has not been paid.
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Cormier Stuns
Ottawa
Ernest Cormier
Public Accounts Committee
National Printing Bureau
Cormier
Department of Public Works
Mr. Cormier
Lionel Chevrier
Quebec
Rain Delays Hit Medicine Hat and Western Provinces
Rain totals reach 72 inches in the Medicine Hat district as Alberta and Saskatchewan face delayed harvests. British Columbia forecasters expect heavy showers over Labor Day weekend to ease drought and cool winds, while Saskatchewan sees clouded drying of grain and possible three to seven day harvest delays.
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Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Moon based radar monitor claims world spying system
U S congressman James G Fulton described a moon reflected ion emission system that could monitor activity on Earth. He said the moon acts as an artificial satellite to detect detonations or ICBM launches and could observe behind the Iron Curtain.
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James G. Fulton
Pennsylvania
International Astronautical Federation
Fulton
John T. Hayward
Naval Research’ ‘and Development
House of Representatives Committee For Astronautics and Exploration of
Outer Space
Earth
Moon
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