NATO summit spurs call to build missile strength
At the Paris NATO summit Eisenhower urged members to boost military strength in the missiles race with Russia while others pressed to delay basing decisions. Adenauer urged thorough study and readiness to arm with modern weapons as Gerhardsen pushed for cautious stockpiling and NATO unity.
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Paris
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Russia
Eisenhower
NATO
Europe
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Einar Gerhardsen
Norway
LW Ucumolamell Aguilas DU Avl
Gerhardsen
Belgium
Paul-Henri Spaak
Soviet Union
Moscow
Strikers To Move On Mayor's Plan
New York AP says the city's 2,600 Motormen's Benevolent Association members vote on the mayor's back to work proposal amid a strike. Transit Authority predicts 80 percent service with a union election looming to designate bargaining representation. Michael J. Quill's Transport Workers Union appears set to win broad transit support.
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New York Transit
Coney Island
Transit Authority
New York
Robert F. Wagner
Waegner
City Transit Authority
Louis Waldman
Motormen’s Benevolent Association
Wagner
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
MBA
Subway
Edmonton Alberta Weather Outlook for Today and Tuesday
Weather brief cites no major changes with more cloudiness across regions. afternoon highs range from 25 in the north to 30 in the south. Whitecourt dropped to three below and Prince Albert to thirteen below. Noon readings show 31, NW wind, and precipitation nil. Alberta and Saskatchewan lows and highs listed for Calgary Lethbridge Moose Jaw.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Whitecourt
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Csseceee
Calgary
Lethbridge
Swift Current
Trail Sets Three Year Traffic Fatality Record in B C
Trail, an eastern British Columbia city with 11,430 residents, marked three years without a traffic fatality. The last fatal crash occurred on December 15, 1954, making it the best record among BC cities over 10,000 population.
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Trail
B. C
British Columbia
Weekend Accidents Claim 32 Lives Across Canada
A Canadian Press tally from Friday to Sunday shows 32 fatalities across provinces. Ontario reported 12 deaths including 10 traffic linked, British Columbia eight, Quebec five, Alberta four, and Nova Scotia New Brunswick and Manitoba one each. Fire caused three deaths in Alberta and one in Ontario, with three drownings in British Columbia and a four floor fall death. One Alberta death stemmed from a plane crash and one Ontario death from suffocation. Last weekend, ending Safe Driving Week, saw 39 deaths, 19 in traffic.
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Canada
Ontario
British Columbia
Quebec
Alberta
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Saskatchewan
Couple Believed Down In Rented Aircraft Near Mount Thynne
Vancouver CP dispatch reports a small Beech Bonanza rented by Roger Sujir and his wife from Calgary is missing after an apparent crash in the Mount Thynne area of B C. Four RCAF searchers scoured the rugged interior while hopes remained high that the veteran pilot and his wife survived and found solid landing possibilities.
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Vancouver
Calgary
Juliet
B.C
Mount Thynne
Kamloops
RCAF
British Columbia
Roger Susir
DEW Line
Bonanza
Lethbridge
Princeton
Sujir
Coquihalla Pass
CPR
Rocky Gorge
Sajir
Crescent Valley
Kootenay Centre
Aero Club
Safir
U S Push to Beat Russians to the Moon
President Johnson urged a bold U S race to the moon saying the idea is now a practical reality and a few steps could yield a faster path to space. Senate subcommittee hearings included von Braun Teller and other space figures as Moscow News reported Soviet moon aims and forecasts.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Pla
Russia
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
Washington
Aia
Johnson
U.S
Navy
Soviet moon plans: Boomerang and LVM projects
The Moscow News reports two Soviet moon missions Boomerang a fuelless five day return on a moon earth attraction trajectory and LVM Luna Venus Mars a three stage plan starting with an artificial satellite then a mobile lab with TV camera and a lunar research center, with forecasts of human flight within five to ten years.
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Roy Essoyan
Moscow
Moscow News
A. Bakulev
Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences
Chebotarev
Yuri Khlebtsevich
Earth
Moon
Quake Toll in Iran Rises as West Kermanshah Hit hard
Government reports 952 bodies found in the wreckage from Friday's quake in the Kermanshah region as a new tremor strikes at least 17 villages nearby. Officials dispute earlier death counts while thousands endure cold shelter shortages after the disaster.
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Tehran
Iran
Kermanshah
Emmat Montaz
West Iranian
Conservatives Seek Mandatory Price Floors For Nine Commodities
Ottawa reports the new government proposes Parliament approves mandatory price floors for nine key agricultural commodities including cattle hogs sheep butter cheese eggs and non prairie wheat oats and barley. A three member stabilization board would set guaranteed prices and advise farmers groups while wheat oats and barley remain under the Wheat Board.
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Ottawa
Commons
Douglas Harkness
CCF
Hazen Argue
Assiniboia
Harkness
Argue
Diefenbaker
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Wheat Board
Italian soothsayers predict a shaky 1958 in Rome
Italian crystal-ball experts forecast a year of uneasy peace and global tension for 1958. Predictions cite a space race advance by the United States, outbreaks of disasters, and political shifts while foreseeing reconciliation for Bergman and Rossellini and risks to Queen Elizabeth.
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Soviet Russia
United States
Space
Queen Elizabeth
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto Rossellini
Rome
Lelio Alberto
Fabriani
Anthony Eden
Franz Waldner
Russia
Abeth
Unlucky Friday Sidestruck Bus Driver In Toronto Crash
Toronto driver Edward Kelleher, 27, of Gray Coach Lines, swerved to avoid a car that cut him off and the bus overturned on a city street. Police said they were amazed by the mishap and the circumstances surrounding it.
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Edward Kelleher
Toronto
Gray Coach Lines
Kelleher
Three Men Die in Swamp Plane Crash Near Hibbing
The wreckage of a small single engined Cessna with three men aboard was found Sunday in a sparsely settled swamp region about 50 miles west of Duluth Minnesota. Killed were L Miller Wittig 54 Frank Keller 47 and his brother Paul Keller all of Hibbing Minnesota. The men were en route from Minneapolis to Hibbing when the crash occurred.
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Duluth, Minn
Here
Minnesota
L. Miller Wittig
Frank Keller
Paul Keller
Hibbing
Minneapolis
Missing Plane Feared Down Near Hamilton Lake Erie search
Hamilton CP reports two landing wheels found floating in Lake Erie as search teams including 11 aircraft and two U S navy helicopters hunt for a missing twin engine American plane. The last radio from Robert West of West Instrument Co Chicago detected loss of power and rapid descent near Hagersville on a Rochester Detroit route. West commanded a U S Naval Reserve unit in Chicago area with about 4000 flying hours.
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Hamilton
Lake Erie
U.S. Navy
RCAF
Mount Hope
Robert West
West Instrument Company
Chicago
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Hagersville
Rochester
N.Y
Detroit
West
Maj
William West
U.S. Air National Guard
U.S. Naval Reserve
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