Earth Shifts Riverbank Near Medicine Hat
A massive accordion like shift along the South Saskatchewan River near Medicine Hat has altered the shoreline over about half a mile. Victor Bondarenko witnessed the upheaval and described cliffs, ponds, and boulders, noting a river deepening and bank rises up to three feet. Authorities cited a possible blast or sonic boom but offered no definitive cause.
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Bob Tate
South Saskatchewan River
Medicine Hat
Victor Bondarenko
Eleventh St. SE
Suffield Experimental Station
Bondarenko
Mr. Bondarenko
Racial violence erupts in Jacksonville during tense weekend
In Jacksonville Florida emergency police powers were declared after two days of clashes. Police arrested 138 people as bricks and firebombs were hurled at stores and gas stations. A NAACP youth council meeting urged federal investigation while sit ins were canceled and calls for dialogue continued.
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Jacksonville
Fla
W. A. Miller
Miller
Hayden Burns
Eisenhower
Justice Department
Playgrounds Capers Set For Tuesday Show
The 1960 edition of Play ground Capers will be held at Arena Gardens Tuesday at 7 30 pm. Ten supervised playgrounds take part in the annual show sponsored by the recreation commission with a crafts display by children at 7 30 and a variety program at 8 pm. No admission charge and all are invited. Acts include Kin Park rhythm band Crestwood puppet show Kin Coulee hula dance Central commercials and tumbling Second St pantomime Old Nursery singing group Hargrave fashion show Crescent Heights variety Lions choral group.
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Kin Park
Crestwood
Kin Coulee
Central
Second St. Pantomine
Old Nursery
Hargrave
Crescent Heights
Lions
Canadians and UN officials enraged by Congo clash
Gen Carl Von Horn, UN commander in the Congo, ordered around 300 troops to guard a plane bringing wounded Canadians and Americans to Leopoldville after a Friday night attack by Congolese troops and civilians in Stanleyville. Patrice Lumumba faced protests as Ralph Bunche called the incident a grave violation and Ottawa voiced concern with Canadian and U.S. protests ongoing.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Carl von Horn
United Nations
Congo
von Horn
Stanleyville
Trenton
Ont
Patrice Lumumba
Ralph Bunche
Agree
Bomb Explodes in Jordan Premier Majali Office Fatality Scores
Amman reports say Premier Hazza Majali was killed by a time bomb in his office with ten dead and fifty injured. A second blast hit the director general of publications as curfews and troop patrols followed. Unconfirmed reports link foreign ministry officials to casualties amid regional tensions and a truce effort.
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London
Hazza Majali
Jordan
Amman
Majali
Amman Radio
Foreign Ministry
Joland
Damascus
Syria
Nasser Ben Jamil
Hussein
United Arab Republic
Way of
Lebanon
U.A.R
Nasser
Shtaura
Palestine
UN forces tighten grip as Katanga crisis looms
Reuters reports UN troops securing routes into Katanga to avert civil war with Congolese Army advances. Belgian, Ethiopian forces occupy frontier towns as Kalonji proclaims war and calls volunteers to oust Lumumba forces amid tense Bakwanga and Luluabourg movements.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
Reuters
United Nations
Katanga
Matey
Patrice “Lumumba
Roger Gheysen
Bakwanga
Albert Kalonji
Kasi
Lumumba
Luluabourg
Kasai
Iaan Berendsen
UN Eastern Command
UN Ethopian
Kaniama
Luputa
Kalonji
Moise Tshombe
Vehicle Crash at Dominion Glass Park Damages Fence
Redcliff Police seek the driver of a car that caused 300 in damage at 11 45 p m Saturday when it rammed through a fence and into a trailer housing the guard s office at the Dominion Glass Company parking lot. A man and a woman passenger were in the car parked at a bus stop and were asked to move by the guard.
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Redcliff
Dominion Glass Company
Man and woman swap seats before car crashes through fence
A man exits the driver side and lets his female companion drive. She accelerates the car through a fence into a trailer. He then returns to the wheel and they drive away.
Plane crashes off Senegal coast during storm
An Air France four engine Constellation with 63 aboard crashed while attempting landing in rain near Dakar. Thirty bodies recovered, five hours later all 63 feared dead. The Paris to Abidjan flight carried 55 passengers and eight crew. four children among casualties. Rescuers search in heavy seas with ships and helicopters.
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Dakar
Sengal
Reuters
Air France
Paris
Abidjan
Ivory Coast
OAS Rebuffs Cuba as Cuba Walks Out
In San Jose Costa Rica the OAS ministers condemned Soviet and Chinese use of Cuba as a springboard into the Americas. A Cuban resolution to stop US actions against Castro was defeated 19 to 1. Raul Roa and the Cuban delegation left the conference while talks trimmed the declaration by removing direct Cuba references.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Organization of American States
Soviet Union
China
Cuba
Americas
United States
Fidel Castro
Raul Roa
Woman Killed in Park Fall at Glacier National Park
Mrs. Samuel Mayall, 52, of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, slipped and fell 50 feet to her death while viewing Mc Donald Falls in Glacier National Park. Her husband Samuel and two sons Donald and David witnessed the accident. County coroner Sol Katron said there will be no inquest.
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West Glacier
Mont
Samuel Mayall
Moose Jaw
Sask
Glacier National Park
Digging for Gold in Rome Tests Olympic Spirit
Ottawa columnist Andy O'Brien notes the 1960 Olympic team faces harsher heat than Klondike gold hunters and mocks the era of professional amateurs. He highlights lengthy training, preolympics events, vast entailed costs, and the pressure on Canadian athletes to win elite medals in Rome.
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Andy O'Brien
Rome
Seven Hills of
Klondike
London
Melbourne
Cortina d’Ampezzo
Squaw Valley
Diefenbaker
Olympic Village
Canadian Press recap of Monday sports results
Ernie Meissner of Vancouver finished fifth in the men's springboard diving. Yachting Tan Bruce from Wakefield placed third in the Finn class first trials. Margaret Iwasaki of Vancouver was third in her butterfly heat but failed to qualify on time. Irene MacDonald of Kelowna led the women to a final with a ninth place in the opening round of the 10 metre platform.
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Ernie Meissner
Vancouver
Tan Bruce
Wakefield
Que
Margaret Iwasaki
Irene MacDonald
Kelowna
B.C
Tentlike Coat Starts Bu
London AP brief notes a quirky fashion trend as a tentlike coat gains attention in social circles though details are sparse and the report reads as a light, incomplete fragment from an ongoing style chatter.
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U.S
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Manning
National Social Credit Party
Téadek
Solon Low
R. N. Thompson
Low
Oas
Park Fall
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Cicero
Tiber
Maxentius
Roman Forum
Fort Dix
N.J
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Czechoslovakia
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Thailand
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Tillsonburg
Stadio Olympico
Russia
Kremlin
Canada
Seven Hills
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