Lumumba forces withdraw from Bakwanga after clashes in Kasai
Premier Negalula reports Lumumba troops pushed from Bakwanga as fighting continues in Kasai. He accuses Lumumba soldiers of looting, killings, and rape under UN eye. Tunisian UN staff border tensions as 13 African states urge U.N. Congo cooperation while Lumumba defends UN actions.
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Elisabethville
Reuters
Central
Bakwanga
United Nations
Forminiere
Albert Kalonji
Lumumba
Dag Slammarskjold
Leopoldville
Congo
Johns Manville to Build Pipe Plant in Medicine Hat
Canadian Johns Manville Company will invest seven to nine million dollars to establish a pipe manufacturing plant in Medicine Hat. The project to employ 200 to 250 workers with payroll over one million annually. site at 50 acres in Brier Industrial Park near Goodyear’s plant. Initial work includes a warehouse with manufacturing facilities, plans to start next spring.
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Murray Weppler
A. G. Sinclair
Johns Manville Company Limited
Medicine Hat
Sinclair
Harry Weiner
City Hall
Brier
Goodyear
East Berlin Clamps Down as Curtain Rises Five Days
East Germany seals off West Berlin for five days with border barriers at the Brandenburg Gate. West Germans lose access unless they hold East German residence permits while foreigners remain unaffected. Western powers call the move a warning to East Germany and pledge support for West Berlin.
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Berlin
Reuters
Willy Brandt
East Germany
Poland
West Berlin
Benin
Britain
East Berlin
State Department
Washington
Road Death Ends 25 Year Brookings Record
Brookings South Dakota records its first pedestrian death in at least 25 years when R. N. Billings, about 60, was struck by a car on a downtown street. Police say it is the first fatal accident involving a pedestrian in 25 years and the first traffic death in downtown since 1941.
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Brookings
S.D
R. N. Billings
J. J. Connelly
Teachers Lists For Medicine Hat School Divisions Published
The Medicine Hat News will publish teacher lists for three divisions in Thursday’s paper. Alexandra School reports change in start times: Grade 7 at 10 am, Grade 8 at 10:30 am, Grade 9 at 11 am. Herald School starts: Grade 7 at 10 am and Grade 8 at 10:45 am.
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Medicine Hat School
Medicine Hat News
Alexandra
Herald
Alexandra School
1960 Canadian wheat crop seen at 472 million bushels
Ottawa report forecasts a 14 percent rise in the 1960 wheat crop to 472.513 million bushels. Prairie provinces output climbs to 453 million with Saskatchewan at 291 million, Manitoba 59 million, and Alberta 103 million.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Bureau of Statistics
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Bureau
Behind the Scene Months of Effort Behind Cana dian Johns Manville Plant
Medicine Hat officials and Johns Manville spent almost a year in negotiations and study after a chamber letter sparked interest. The process covered research, market surveys, and multiple meetings from September 1959 through January, culminating in a purchase of 50 acres in Brier Park.
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Garth Hopkins
Johns - Manville
New York
Medicine Hat
Brier Park
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
A. R. Fisher
New York City
Company Officials Visit Medicine Hat for Industrial Talks
In February Mr. Roberts and vice president A G Sinclair of Toronto visited Medicine Hat for two days. They toured industrial sites and met local factory owners to gather industrial data. City officials logged questions and provided answers after industrialists returned to their offices.
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J.w.roberts
Roberts
Toronto
Mr. Roberts
Fred McGuinness
Medicine ‘Tat’ Chamber
Mr. McGuinness
Goodyear Tire
Rubber Company
A. G. Sinclair
Medicine Hat
Chamber
Allan Gunter
Gunter
A. T. Legge
Harry Weiner
Johns-Manville
Stockton
California
New York
Sinsclair
Canadian Johns + Manville
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Johns Manville
Howard Heid
Katanga
Kasai
Conference of Independent African States
Frank
Sadok Makkadem
Mongi Slim
Security Council
Algeria
France
Justin Bomboko
Hammarskjold
Africa
First Western
Western Canada
Mexico
Canada
Prairie Points
Regina
Edmonton
Exshaw
Ontario
Quebec
South Africa
Lethbridge
Ray S. Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Weiner
J. W. Roberts
Johns-Manville Corporation
Canadian Pacific Railway
Richard Marsland
Assiniboia Hotel
Little Cloud
B.C
Redcliff
Finn Bridge
Inih
McGuinness
Centre
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