Lumumba Faces New Challenge in Kasai Amid Congo-T Katanga tensions
In Elisabethville Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba confronts renewed Kasai province fighting as tribesmen clash with his forces while United Nations plans to assume control of Belgians base at Katanga’s Kanima to prevent its use as invasion ramp. Belgium says only one child limb injury case verified. others reflect earlier mutiny abuses.
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Elisabethville
Patrice Lumumba
Kasai
United Nations
Belgium
Kamina
Katahga
Ruanda-Urundi
Africa
Lumumba
Katanga
Pascual Negalula
Baluba
Bakwanga
Leopoldville
U.S
Jd. Allen Frear
Delaware
Congo
Brussels
Kalonji Appeals To Bunche Over Kasai Turmoil
Kalonji urges UN envoy Ralph Bunche to send neutral troops to southern Kasai to deter Congolese forces. He seeks a Kasai Katanga frontier zone to avoid clashes as fighting grows. Bunche reports a mob beatings incident in Stanleyville injuring Canadian and American personnel.
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Leopoldville
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Congo
Bunche
New York
Reuters
Albert Kalonji
Kasai
Kalonji
Kasai-Katanga
Stanleyville
Oriental Province
Cpl. G. V. Gavel
Grand Bend
Ont
Sigma
A. L. V. Bone
Atikokan
Loganium University Hospital
Carol Schissler Serves A Day As Medicine Hat Mayor
Carol Schissler an 18 year old student becomes mayor for a day in Medicine Hat lifting lawn and garden watering restrictions. She takes office at 9 50 am and ends her term at 5 pm planning a civic holiday for hardworking students while meeting aldermen and city officials.
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Carol Schissler
Mayor Schissler
William Schissler
Prospect Drive
City of
Medicine Hat
Carol
Helen Gibson
J. H. Chaplin
Edmonton
United Kingdom Information Service
Weiner
Veiner
Nixon Hospitalized With Knee Infection During Campaign
The 47 year old vice president was ordered to Walter Reed General Hospital after tests showed a knee infection from a campaign trip collision. Doctors warn of possible infectious arthritis and lasting joint damage if not treated, while both parties express concern as election day nears.
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Kennedy
Nixon
Walter Reed General Hospital
Greensboro
N.C
Rattlesnake Bite Hospitalizes Boy
An 18 year old Redcliff youth Alfred Van Dam was bitten by a rattlesnake in his backyard while reaching into a lumber pile. He was rushed to Medicine Hat Municipal hospital and is in good condition with discharge likely. His parents administered anti snake bite serum before transport.
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Redcliff
Medicine Hat Municipal Hospital
Alfred van Dam
van Dam
London tenants marshal in stand against bailiffs over rent
In London’s St Pancras district tenants at Kennistoun House rally behind barriered courtyards and a green field tent as 38 year old Donald Cook faces eviction for nonpayment of higher rent. The alarm proves false. bailiffs are not arriving. A dozen police keep bystanders moving, while Cook and two tenant leaders plan non violent resistance.
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London
Donald Cook
Cook
Kennistoun House
St. Pancras
Atlantic forest fires devastate provinces as duch burns across
Nova Scotia endures the worst blazes with at least 34 fires and two threatened communities. Newfoundland sees double-digit fires mainly on blueberry grounds while New Brunswick fights 28 blazes with 2000 workers and scattered rains. PEI reports 21 barns and five homes burned, 80 square miles affected, and Sonier evacuated amid shifting winds. A Gaspe fire near St Gabriel de Rimueau threatens homes as wind drives it north, with Grande Riviere active. No injuries reported. Weather forecasters expect little rain and high 80s F temperatures across the region, with multiple small fires forcing evacuations on Lennox Island and Leoville.
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Halifax
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Sonier
sAul
Fracadie
Sheila
Quebec
Gaspe Peninsula
St. Gabriel ‘de ‘Rameau
Grande Riviere
Leoville
P.E.J
Tignish
Dundee
Kings County
Lennox Island
Balcer Defends Cabinet Action on McCorquodale Sentence
Ottawa CP report says Solicitor-General Balcer defended the cabinet’s decision to commute Ronald McCorquodale’s death sentence to life imprisonment on grounds of incurable insanity. He emphasized Canada’s practice against executing the insane and noted the cabinet’s role in mercy decisions, not retrial, while citing parole recommendations and ongoing studies on criminal sexual psychopaths.
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Ottawa
Balcer
Ronald McCorquodale
Calgary
McCorquodale
Canada
J. P. S. Cathcart
Special Justice Department
Selkirk Mental Hospital
Baker
Selkirk ‘Hospital
MacCorquodale
National Parole Board
Justice Department
Royal Commission
J. C. McRuer
Ontario
Alberta
Messengers Suspected In Bombing In Jordan
Investigators say two missing press messengers who escaped to Syria likely planted bombs that killed Premier Hazza Majali. One suspect is in custody. Kamal Shammout, 22, once worked for Egypt's Middle East News Agency before 1957 disturbances. Amman resumes a semblance of normalcy as new government forms under King Hussein.
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Amman
Jordan
Syria
Hazza Majali
Kamal Shammout
Egypt
Middle East
Nasser
United Arab Republic of Egypt
Hussein
Majali
Bahjat el Talhouni
Talhouni
Tregoff Denies Ambush Claim in Finch Murder Trial
Carole Tregoff testified as the defense’s first witness in the retrial of Dr. R. Brenard Finch and himself for the murder of Barbara Finch. She denied any ambush or involvement in the slaying, saying she did not murder or aid in Barbara Finch's death. The defense portrayed Finch as adulterous but not a murderer.
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Los Angeles
Carole Tregoff
Finch - Tregoff
R. Brenard Finch
Carole
Grant Cooper
Finch
Cooper
Miss Tregoff
Barbara
Powder Used Off Dakar to Chase Sharks From Wreck Site
Reuters reports special powder was scattered into the sea off Dakar near a crashed French airliner site to deter sharks while naval divers search for remains. Forty-two bodies were recovered earlier, with only fourteen identified amid extensive damage.
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Dakar
Senegal
Reuters
Naval
Traffic tolls spike in Canada weekend fatalities
A Canadian Press tally from Friday evening to Sunday night records at least 55 deaths in traffic and related incidents across Canada. Ontario leads with 14 traffic deaths, while Quebec has 15, Saskatchewan nine, and British Columbia four. Drownings occur mainly in Quebec and Ontario, with other deaths from a train collision, a hydro tower fall, a farm mishap, and a rock fragment hitting a spectator at a dynamite blast.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Stern warning set for St Marys High School opening
St Louis Separate School Board plans a stern first day message at St Marys High School. Principal Sister Mary Louise will read an indolent student policy urging full effort. students not improving may face permanent suspension though those deemed academically capable are exempt.
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St. Mary’s High School
St. Louis
Mary Louise
Noll
Academi
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