By-elections Shift Voters Split Across Three Parties
In Toronto Trinity Conservative Paul Hellyer wins a Liberal seat marking a Liberal setback in Ottawa. Manitoba Springfield returns Conservative Joseph Slogan as Liberals place a weak second. British Columbia Trail Rossland elects Social Creditor Donald Brothers, edging a Liberal push. CCF excluded in all three.
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Liberal
Social Credit
Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Liberal Party
B.C
Toronto
Trinity
Paul Hellyer
Louis St. Laurent
Manitoba
Springfield
Joseph Slogan
CCF
British Columbia
Trail
Rossland
Donald Brothers
Robert Sommers
Victoria
Springield
Hellyer
Lester Pearson
Paul Martin
Jack Pickersgill
Lionel Chevrier
Douglas Campbell
Anton Weselak
Duff Roblin
Rossland Trail
W. A. C. Bennett
Trail - Rossland
Mrach
Girl,16, Weighed 20 Pounds and Died in Louisville
Wanda Sue Hardy died at 16 in Louisville after years of failure to gain weight. She had whooping cough at 10 months, went blind in one eye soon after, and stopped growing by age three. Her mother cared for her constantly, later suffering a breakdown. the family faced debt.
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Louisville
Wanda Sue Hardy
Spot
Wanda
Hardy
35 Students Escape Fire At Novar Public School
In below zero weather at Novar Ontario about 35 students and two teachers escaped a blazing Novar public school minutes before the frame building was engulfed. Principal Hazel Hill and Mrs Thelma Bielby ordered the children outside after spotting flames from a register. Hill was driven from the building by smoke before the fire department was summoned. Normally 60 pupils attend classes.
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Novar, Ont
Novar
Hazel Hill
North Bay
Thelma Bielby
Six-Man Board Heads Finance Alberta Corporation
A six member board of directors for Alberta's municipal finance corporation was named at a Monday meeting. Elected were C. P. Hayes a former McNally Commission member, John Hodgson a former Edmonton city commissioner, and Mayor E. G. Miller of Olds. Appointed were J. W. Judge, F. G. Stewart, and Dr. Eric Hanson from the University of Alberta.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Municipal Finance Corporation
C. P. Hayes
McNally Royal Commission
John Hodgson
E. G. Miller
Olds
J. W. Judge
F. G. Stewart
Eric Hanson
Department of Political Economy
University of Alberta
Atlantic Pact ministers reject Russian pressure on Berlin
Paris briefing reports that Western foreign ministers dismissed Soviet pressure on Berlin while leaving room for high level talks with the Soviet Union on East West issues. Dulles urged proceeding with confidence despite warnings of ultimatums, and a NATO spokesman commented on the situation.
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Paris
Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Dulles
NATO
Soviet Armed Forces Size and Capabilities Cited by NATO
NATO cites Soviet bloc forces totaling about 4.5 million with 3 million in the Russian Army. It notes 20 000 frontline planes 500 heavy bombers 700 submarines by 1960 and 6 million under arms in Russia and satellites. It highlights rapid strike capability 22 divisions for Western Europe and 2 500 satellite aircraft.
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Paris
Reuters
NATO
Nato-Insurance For Peace
Russia
Western
Europe
Germany
Red Army
Counists
Britain
Stand NATO ministers back Dulles on Berlin talks
Fifteen NATO foreign ministers backed Dulles against Khrushchev's proposals. Dulles called them unacceptable and urged firm stance against unilateral treaty violations while expressing readiness for talks on German reunification. West German officials praised the opening meeting as a success.
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Dulles
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Germany
Felix von Eckhardt
NATO
Berlin
Khrushchev
Heinrich von Brentano
von Brentano
Britain
France
United States
Youth Confesses to Five Murders in California Home
In El Cajon California 16 year old Carl A Eder admitted killing Lois Pendergast age 37 and her four children David 9 Tom 6 Diane 4 Ellen 2 after a dispute over noise. He told police I just flipped and was arrested near Mission Beach.
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EL Cajon
Calif
Carl A. Eder
Eder
Mission Beach
San Diego
Lois Pendergast
David
Tom
Diane
Ellen
Thomas Pendergast
Pendergast
Robert G. McGuire
John E. Donohue
Richard Heyl
Charlie
Charlie Harrison
Khrushchev Attacks Malenkov Molotov Anti-Party Group
Khrushchev used a central committee meeting to accuse the Malenkov Molotov anti party group of causing agricultural failures since 1953. He cited blame on Malenkov for deceiving the party and noted actions against former premier Malenkov Bulganin Molotov Shepilov and Kagadanvich, while Gen. Serov’s future remains unclear.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Callule
Khrushchev
Soviet
Communist Party
Central Committee
Kremlin
Tass
Malenkov
Bulganin
Molotov
Dimitri Shepilov
Lazar Kaganovich
Soviet Union
Ivan Serov
Serov
Love Those Chinooks Weather Scene Persists Across Forecast Region
The forecast from Alberta to Western Saskatchewan shows mild conditions with 40 degrees or higher. Medicine Hat records a low around 30 tonight and a high near 45 on Wednesday as a mild flow continues through the next several days.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hal
Arsonist Fires Garbage Container Behind Fire Hall
Fire officials report an arson fire behind the city fire hall after the city hall janitor emptied paper into the container about 20 minutes earlier. Chief Len Morris notes no cigarette butts were found and a similar pattern follows prior fires as police and fire crews search for the arsonist believed linked to a dozen blazes in two months.
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Len Morris
City Hall
INCO Talks Adjourned For A Day In Toronto
Talks aimed at ending the 84 day INCO strike were adjourned after 90 minutes in Toronto. Union and company negotiators will resume Wednesday morning. Labour Minister Daley summoned both sides and declined to comment on offers or terms.
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Toronto
International Nickel Company
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
Ontario Labor Department
Daley
Louis Fine
Ontario
Mike Solski
Sudbury
Nels Thibault
Fine
H. C. F. Mockridge
Inco
New York Newspapers Struggle as Shutdown Persists
Federal mediator Joseph Finnegan meets again with the Newspaper Mail and Deliverers Union and the Publishers Association of New York City as nine major daily papers remain shut down. Both sides blame each other while the 4500 delivery workers strike over wages and conditions after rejecting a $7 package.
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NEW York
Joseph F. Finnegan
Newspaper Mail and Deliverers Union
Publishers Association of
New York City
Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Publishers Association
Asher Schwartz
Deliverers’ Union
Unemployment in Canada Rises Slower Than Last Year
Canada's unemployment total reached 361 000 by mid November, up 65 000 from a year earlier, but the rise is slower than last year's postwar pace. Prairie job losses offset gains in nonfarm work as service industries expand.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prairies
British Columbia
National Employment Service
Atlantic
Quebec
Ontario
Prairie
Bureau of Statistics
Labor Department
Employment Service
Bureau
The
Statistics Bureau
Parliament Opens January 15 With TV Coverage Planned
Prime Minister Diefenbaker announced the next session of Parliament will open Thursday January 15. He said the government plans a fairly extensive legislative program for the new session. Opening ceremonies will be televised, as in 1957 when the Queen opened Parliament. The last session ran May 12 to Sept 6.
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Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Icebreaker D'Iberville Frees Vessels From Thick Ice Near Montreal
The icebreaker D'Iberville moved 11 ocean vessels trapped in 12 to 15 foot ice packs off Lanoraie near Montreal, aiding progress toward the Atlantic. Canadian ships Westcliffe Hall and Coniscliffe Hall and freighters Transontario and Transmichigan escaped the Lachine Canal, while a fresh ice jam formed on the St. Lawrence River downstream from Montreal Island.
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Montreal
Atlantic
D’iberville
Lanoraie
Lachine Canal
Westcliffe Hall
Coniscliffe Hall
Transontario
Transmichigan
Montreal Island
St. Lawrence River
Train Hits School Bus In Saginaw Bridgeport Crossing
A freight train plowed into a stalled school bus at Bridgeport crossing injuring about 20 children. One pupil, Pat Thayer, 13, suffered a skull fracture while others had cuts and bruises as witnesses recalled the terrifying moment and the driver fled the bus to flag the train.
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Saginaw
Mich
Bridgeport
Pat Thayer
Pat
Iraq to close border with Iran and halt communications
Cairo Reuters reports Iraq will close its border with Iran and stop telecommunications with the country. The move follows Iranian complaints of hostile acts and interference by Iraq amid disputes over Bahrain and regional influence.
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Iraq
Iran
Cairo
Reuters
Baghdad
al Asgar Hekmet
Bahrein
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Oswego
N.Y
Vincent A. Corsall
Charlie King
Ottawa Bureau
Malenkov - Molotov
Convention Hall
Philadelphia
An WY
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