Emergency Rules Replace Dutch Law Amid War State
Jakarta reports new emergency regulations declare Indonesia and its territorial waters under a state of war. The move extends martial law powers to curb secessionist threats and mirrors Dutch-era rules, while Premier Djuanda says the Netherlands must relinquish West New Guinea or face nationalized Dutch assets compensation.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Djuanda
Netherlands
West New Guinea
West Irian
NATO ministers back rockets for Western Europe plan
The NATO summit council agreed in principle to arm Western Europe with intermediate range rockets and to stockpile American nuclear warheads. They also approved creating a scientific committee to coordinate research among member nations. Canada plans to sponsor 100 NATO doctoral scholars under a $5 million program.
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Bill Boss
Paris
NATO Summit Council Today
Western
Europe
U.S
Equrope
Canada
Norway
Denmark
NATO
Lester B. Pearson
Diefenbaker
Condition Report On Ike Dominates NATO Coverage
At the NATO conference in Paris reporters focus on President Eisenhower's health, with White House physician and Secretary Hagerty saying he is fine. He cancels a dinner, delays his appearance, then attends a session and Coty’s dinner, sharing a table with Coty's daughter Genevieve Egloff.
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Paris
Eisenhower
NATO
Howard M. Snyder
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Dulles
Coty
Genevieve Egloff
Bomb blasts disrupt Kettle Valley line in British Columbia
Two pipe bombs exploded in the Canadian Pacific Kettle Valley route in the Kootenay Valley area causing three foot track damage but no train injuries. A related gas pipeline leak and power pole damage disrupted service briefly as RCMP investigated possible links to historic Sons of Freedom violence.
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Trail
B.C
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kettle Valley
Kootenay
British Columbia
Here
Nelson
RCMP
Sons of Freedom
Freedomite
Ehbit
Vancouver
Beasley
Thrums
West
Weather disturbance moves through Montana into northern regions
A new weather disturbance crosses Montana today and Arctic air pushes south over northern Alberta Saskatchewan Thursday. Temperatures report varies by city with highs around the teens to 30s and lows near the single digits to upper teens. no precipitation noted.
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Montana
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Swift Current
Moose Jaw
Commons urged to speed passage of housing loans bill
Canadian Commons rapid passage of a bill to add 150 million dollars in federal housing loans was urged by Works Minister Howard Green. The measure would also cut minimum down payments on National Housing Act loans and respond to tight mortgage funds as CMHC money largely loans out.
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Alan Donnelly
Ottawa (Cp
Howard Green
The
Commons
Green
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
CCF
NHA
Claude Ellis
Regina
Henri Courtemanche
CMHC
Toronto
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Vancouver
George Hees
Justice
Davie Fulton
Britannia
Labor
Michael Starr
British Troops Kill EOKA Member in Cyprus Village Raid
British patrol attacked a guerrilla hideout in Styllos Cyprus killing 35 year old Theodossis Georgiou an EOKA member. Officers found three pistols and documents in the house as the clash opened during a dawn operation ending with a brief truce period on the island.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Reuters
Styllos
EOKA
Theodossis Georgiou
Georgiou
Demetrakis Christodoulou
Greece
Negro Student Suspended From Integrated Central High
In Little Rock, a Black student at Central High was suspended for three days after allegedly dumping food on two white boys in the cafeteria. Superintendent Virgil Blossom cited temper and accidental blocking of aisles as factors in the incident.
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Little Rock
Integrated Central High School
Virgil T. Blossom
Blossom
Minnie Jean Brown
Jess Mathews
Gangster Giuseppe la Marca Sentenced After Anastasia Death
Palermo prison gates close on Giuseppe la Marca the Mafia figure deported from the United States for the barber chair slaying of Albert Anastasia. He faces a 57 year term for a long list of crimes tied to his postwar activities in Buffalo Rochester Detroit and Los Angeles.
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Palermo
Sicily
Reuters
Ucciardone
Giuseppe la Marca
United States
Albert Anastasia
Exford
Murder, Inc
la Marca
Madonie Mountains
Buffalo
Rochester
Detroit
Los Angeles
Smilestones: bigger mouth makes it easier to fit foot
A playful observation notes that a larger mouth eases the act of placing a foot inside. The remark mixes humor with self aware exaggeration about size and ease.
Famed Writer Dorothy Sayers Dies at 64
Dor othy L. Sayers renowned mystery author and creator of Lord Peter Wimsey died at age 64 in Witham England. She had not written a thriller in over two decades and was working on a three volume translation of Dante's Divine Comedy. Her Oxford background influenced many novels including The Nine Tailors Gaudy Night Clouds of Witness and Unnatural Death. Murder Must Advertise often cited as her most exciting tale.
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Witham
England
Dorothy L. Sayers
Peter Wimsey
Miss Sayers
Oxford
Lord Wimsey
Nine Tailors
Bellona Club
Iranian quake toll tops 1180 with Farsang village hit hard
An AP report from Tehran says the western Iran quake death toll rose to 1180, with Farsang village among the hardest hit at 930 dead from a population of 1800. A radio reporter traveling with Prime Minister Manouchehr Eghbal and two ministers cited six rescues in Farsang and survivors trapped under rubble after six days.
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Tehran
Iran
Farsang
Manouchehr Eghbal
Toronto Christmas Rush: Eight Bank Holdups Reported
Toronto faced a spree of eight holdups in 32 hours with loot exceeding $20,000. A Buffalo-claimed assailant robbed the Toronto Dominion Bank on Yonge Street, while other robberies struck the Bank of Montreal, a suburban Etobicoke home, and various local shops prompting police to note the festive surge in crime.
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Toronto
Albert and Yonge Streets
Toronto- Dominion Bank
Christie and
Dupont Streets
Bank of Montreal
Lewis Kendall
Louis Kohn Sells Hycroft Interest
Medicine Hat businessman Louis Kohn announced the sale of his 50 percent stake in Hycroft China Ltd to Francis J. Halpin of Medicine Hat. Halpin now gains control with his son Earl and daughter Lucille Moyer holding the remaining 50 percent. Terms were not disclosed and Halpin could not comment.
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Louis Kohn
Medicine Hat
Hycroft China Ltd
Francis J. Halpin
Kohn
Halpin
Vancouver
Earl
Lucille Moyer
Hycroft
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Etobicoke
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