Anglo-French Talks Dominate NATO Briefing in Paris
NATO ministers closed sessions yielded little drama while Paris talks between Prime Minister Macmillan and President de Gaulle captured attention. Delegates stressed unity amid the Cuban crisis and backed strengthening NATO conventional forces to resist a conventional attack without nuclear use.
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Macmillan
de Gaulle
NATO
Atlantic Council
Permanent Council
U.S
Robert McNamara
Dieppe Leader Maj Gen John Roberts Dies at 70
Maj. Gen. John Hamilton Roberts former commander of the Canadian force at Dieppe died at his Dieppe home aged 70. A Pipe Stone Manitoba native, he served in both world wars and led the Dieppe raid on August 19, 1942. He later served as chief administrative officer for the Imperial War Graves Commission in northwest Europe before retiring. He is survived by wife and several children.
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Fauic
Jersey
John Hamilton Roberts
Dieppe
Channel Island
Roberts
Pipe- Stone
Man
Epsom College
England
University School
Victoria
B.C
Upper Canada College
Two Drivers Clash Twice In Lingen Collision
In Lingen West Germany two motorists argued over damage after a first crash near here and left. An hour later they met again and collided a second time. Police said neither was drunk nor an enemy. Estimated damage first crash about 300 dollars, second about 50.
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Lingen
West Germany
Reuters
Rustlers target 500000 bushels of grain on Idaho farms
RCMP report well organized rustlers prey on 500000 bushels of unsold grain stored on unoccupied farms around Dawson Creek British Columbia valued at over 600000 dollars. Some grain stored in barns for six years.
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Dawson Creek
B.C
RCMP
Storm Kills 30 in Europe
A winter storm across Western Europe left more than 30 dead. The German freighter Nautilus sank off the Dutch coast with 23 fatalities, while Britain reported eight deaths from falling trees and buildings. Winds exceeded 100 mph inland, with a 117 mph gust in Scotland.
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London
Europe
English
Britain
Scotland
Diet's Support Solid for Prime Minister Diefenbaker
Ottawa reports cabinet and caucus, plus the Progressive Conservative party, stand behind Prime Minister Diefenbaker. Minister Hees said there is no intention to resign and knows of no resolutions expressing lack of confidence.
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Ottawa
Hees
Progressive Conservative Party
Diefenbaker
Thas
Commons
Macmillan Seeks Skybolt Breakthrough in Nassau Talks
London prime minister Macmillan heads to the Bahamas to meet Kennedy, stating confidence a path through Skybolt and East West tensions will emerge. He notes reassessment after Cuba and says both leaders plan to discuss disarmament, nuclear tests, and regional issues while in Nassau.
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London
Macmillan
Bahamas
Kennedy
Cuba
Skybolt
Asia
Red China
India
Paris
de Gaulle
U.S
Kennedy Macmillan
Diefenbaker
Nassau
Record Highs Hit Across Western Cities
An unseasonably warm day set a Medicine Hat all time high of 64 degrees, 11 above 1939. Calgary and Lethbridge reached 61 degrees, with Calgary’s Dec 15 record at 53 in 1943 and Lethbridge’s at 55 the same year. The weather office forecast a cooldown amid cloudy mild conditions and light winds for Tuesday.
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Medicine
Calgary
Lethbridge
Dominion Weather Office
Medicine Hat
George Cantalini Dies at 77 in Palm Springs
Word comes of the death of George Cantalini 77 president of the Cantalini Hotels in Medicine Hat He died Sunday in Palm Springs Calif Immigrating to Canada from Italy in 1904 he built a hotel empire starting with the Corona Hotel and expanding to Assiniboia Royal Cosmopolitan and other properties Survived by his wife Leona six sons and three daughters with several family members abroad
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George Cantalini
Cantalini Hotels
Medicine Hat
Cantalini
Palm Springs
Calif
Canada
Italy
Lille
Alta
Cross Liquor
Blairmore
Alto
Fernie
Frank
Sick
Assiniboia
Cosmopolitan
Leona
11Th St. S.W
Antonitta Maramarco
Elsa
Georgina Robinson
Santa Claus Gang Manhunt Continues
In Montreal the Santa Claus gang that shot two policemen during a bank robbery last Friday escaped with 126000 in loot. Police report 60000 in cash and traveler's checks remain missing and 26000 in bonds recovered with the getaway car and a Santa suit found. Authorities press on for identities as weekend raids fail to yield clues.
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Montreal
United States
Santa Claus
Bank to Aid Families After Bank Robbery Deaths
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce will pay special assistance to the families of two constables killed in Friday’s Santa Claus gang bank hold up in Montreal. President Neil J. McKinnon informed the widows that each family will receive 60 percent of the husbands’ salaries until the youngest child turns 18.
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Montreal
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Santa Claus
Neil J. McKinnon
Mayor of Medicine Hat May See Salary Hike
A retroactive salary increase from $3,000 to $6,000 per year for the Medicine Hat mayor was recommended by the finance committee and would start Oct. 1. The proposal, discussed in closed sessions, could affect aldermen too. Mayor Harry Weiner travels in Calgary and has redirected $900 of his pay to a community fund.
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Medicine Hat
Finance Committee
Jack Edwards
Harry Weiner
Calgary
Weiner
Filmdom Honors Laughton in Hollywood Tributes
Hollywood figures mourn Charles Laughton age 63 dead from spine cancer after a four month hospital stay. Agnes Moorehead called him a great grizzly bear with a pink heart. Sir Michael Redgrave praised him as a splendid actor in the entertainment industry tribute.
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Hollywood
Calif
Charles Laughton
Laughton
Charles
Agnes Moorhead
Pacific Western to end Regina Saskatoon Prince Albert run
Pacific Western Airlines will end the Regina to Saskatoon to Prince Albert segment of the North Prairie Air Route on December 31. About two employees will be laid off with 25 transferred to new posts. Flight crews station and maintenance staff face layoffs and transfers as government subsidies end and Trans-Canada Air Lines is to operate the route.
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Regina
Pacific Western Airlines
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
North Prairie Air
PWA
Prairie
North Battleford
Edmonton
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Pacific Western
TCA
North Prairie
Airline chiefs react to TCA route takeover decision
Reginal Regina report notes Trans-Canada Air Lines will take over the Regina Saskatoon Prince Albert route after the new year and continue the Southern Prairie Route. Pacific Western Airlines president R H Laidman calls the move extremely disappointing after five years serving residents and absorbing losses of over 1 million dollars. Transair Limited president R D Turner says he is not surprised, but warns this will not be the end.
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Regina
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
R. H. Laidman
Vancouver
Pacific Western Airlines
TCA
Laidman
R. D. Turner
Winnipeg
Transair Limited
Explorer XVI leads new satellite tests as Mariner II reports
NASA reports Explorer XVI in orbit 466 to 733 miles high to study meteoroids and solar cells while Mariner II continues Venus observations. Relay remains crippled, awaiting power gains. studies on shielding and solar cells aim to reveal space debris impacts and spacecraft resilience.
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Washington
U.S
Mariner I
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Agency
Venus
Solar
Relay
NASA
Explorer XVI
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