15 Dec 1960
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1960
Page
1
The report notes a high of 35 and a low of 10 for Friday. In Vancouver the weather is warmer as the photo shows residents cooling off in English Bay, highlighting a coastal contrast.
In a 22 hour address Fidel Castro accused the United States of arming Cuban revolutionists with a powerful new weapon. He spoke at a midnight Electric Workers Union meeting that ousted its leadership and amid claims of restricted entry and pro Castro crowds.
Cuban refugees in Florida say Canada may be barred from Cuba if Castro regime falls. Hector Esteves of the anti Castro group confirms a telegram to Prime Minister Diefenbaker via Abel Mestre of Miami. About 100000 Cuban refugees are reported in Florida.
In Charleston a 10 year old girl Annabelle Wilson faced a cancer diagnosis and with doctors urging amputation of her left leg to save her life. She lost her leg and bicycle last Saturday and now faces a Christmas in the hospital. She asks only for a small silver bedside Christmas tree to display cards from friends.
The Canadian Press reports the prairies rebounded from a brief blizzard with Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba returning to normal weather. Edmontons weather office notes the windstorm moved quickly across the region and temperatures rose to around 35 above in the southern chinook belt and in the 20s elsewhere. Conditions were clear though a bit chilly in Alberta and western Saskatchewan.
A traffic safety committee recommends installing several new signals immediately and next spring. It rejects a plan to divide the old nursery site for a new pool and road work at Division Avenue near the high school and Medical Arts building.
A giant Atlas-Able lunar mission rocket exploded shortly after launch from Cape Canaveral. The 388-pound Moon spacecraft was destroyed and the program ended in a $40 million failure, with future moon launches delayed until next summer. The blast lit the Atlantic skies as debris fell into the sea.
In Addis Ababa street fighting erupts as Crown Prince Asfa Wassen is proclaimed king and Haile Selassie reportedly returns to challenge the coup. Parliament is suspended, machine-guns guard public buildings, and emblems of foreign capital protection are proclaimed. Britain weighs recognition while Ethiopia declares an emergency and arrests cabinet ministers.
A B 52D bomber exploded and burned after a crash landing at Larson AFB Washington during an aerial refueling accident. Ten aboard escaped uninjured or lightly hurt as the left wing was pierced by a KC 135 boom and the aircraft declared a total loss valued at eight million dollars.
A light plane missing since Wednesday morning with three men aboard on a 350 mile flight from Outlook to Brandon Manitoba returned to Outlook today. The men were unhurt and the plane undamaged. The pilot Albert Siemen 24 and passengers Walter Elliot 39 and Ray Poulsen 28 were employees of Kiewit Johnson Poole Construction Company. The search involved aircraft from Moose Jaw Winnipeg RCAF RCMP. The plane had been iced in and forced to land 55 miles east of Outlook.
King Mahendra of Nepal declares emergency and assumes government control ordering the arrest of Premier B P Koirala and other elected officials. The move signals a drastic political shift and immediate suppression of the existing cabinet.
A Hamilton woman, 42, offered to donate a kidney to miner Alan Rose at Toronto General Hospital. She said she would help if it could save his life, noting she and her husband discussed the move and her sister died of kidney trouble. A local urologist said transplants between non-identical people had limited success historically.
King Baudouin of Belgium marries Dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon in Brussels civil and religious rites. The couple then depart for a secret honeymoon aboard a Belgian Air Force DC-6, as Belgium celebrates a rare royal wedding with attendance from European royalty and nobles.
In Brussels Antony Armstrong-Jones, Princess Margaret's commoner husband, spent a tense moment searching long rows for his seat at King Baudouin's wedding. He finally stood apart before a red-coated attendant directed him to a fourth row chair between Princess Elizabeth of Hesse and the groom's mother, while Princess Margaret found hers easily.
In Durban AP reports a white judge sentenced ten Black defendants to death or prison terms for the slaying of South African police at the Cato Manor settlement. The action occurred amid tensions as about five juveniles faced terms.
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