Medicine Hat Route Boosts Truck Load Limit to US Border
Alberta announces an increased payload for trucks traveling from Medicine Hat to Wild Horse via No. 48 and the Trans Canada corridor. The 60 000 pound limit replaces 45 000 pounds on No. 48 easing winter transport and enabling U S buyers to stockpile brick ceramic and fertilizer ahead of the summer building season.
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Medicine Hat
United States
Wildhorse
Elkwater
Eagle Butte
Cypress Hills
Allen Kent
Chamber of Commerce Roads Committee
Taylor
Highways Department
U.S
Two Ships Missing in Typhoon Gilda Wake
Manila AP reports two ships with over 200 aboard feared lost after Typhoon Gilda. The Rizal with 118 on board may have aimed for Masbate, while a motor launch carrying about 100 teachers vanished en route to a school convention. Communications in the damaged area remain down.
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Manila
Philippines
Rizal
Masbate
the Philippines News Service
Samar
Family of Four Found Murdered in Florida Home
A farmer, his wife, and their two young children were found slain in their Osprey home. Clifford Walker 25 Christine 23 Jimmy 4 and Debbie 2 were dead last Saturday. A bloodied bath and drowning hints surfaced as police used bloodhounds to track the killer. Bodies found before dawn by a neighbor.
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Osprey
Fla
Clifford Walker
Christine
Jimmy
Debbie
Reds Invited to Take Part in Group of Summit Meets
Western leaders announce disarmament plans and an East West summit series starting April 27 in Paris inviting Russia to participate. Talks cover NATO draft proposals, an Atlantic framework, and Western unity on Berlin with a proposed rotating set of high level meetings in Paris London Washington or Moscow.
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Reds
Alan Harvey
Paris
Russia
London
Washington
Moscow
Canada
NATO
NATO ‘Permanent Council
Economic Negotiating Commission
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Germany
China
India
Berlin
Khrushchev
New Lieutenant Governor Embarks on Fourth Career
Edmonton 72 year old J Percy Page becomes Alberta’s new lieutenant governor following the death of Bowlen. Page a former teacher and famed Edmonton Grads coach joins public life after 15 years in the legislature and a long coaching career that yielded world and Canadian titles. He pledged to do his best in the vice regal post.
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Edmonton
J. Percy Page
Alberta
Page
James Bowlen
Bowlen
C.J. Ford
Alberta Supreme Court
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Rochester
N. Y
Canada
Queen’s University
Maude Roche
St. Thomas
Ont
Edmonton Grads
Victoria Composite High School
Social Credit
Independent
Mr. Page
The
United Church of Canada
Tragic Bus Crash Near Medicine Hat Claims Teen Life
A 16 year old Medicine Hat girl Sally Julia Dorn was killed when a 1959 auto driven by Miss Stephens rolled over on Highway 48 near Medicine Hat. Her sisters Elizabeth Dorn 17 and Carol Yeeliens 14 were injured and treated in Municipal Hospital. Coroner to hold an inquest. funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Medicine Hat
Sally Julia Dorn
Purmal Subdivision
Elizabeth Dorn
Carol Ye Eeliens
Thirdy St. N
RCMP
E. G. F. Skinner
Irvine
Fred Bollinger
Dorn
Sally Dorn
Pattison Funeral Home
Miss Dorn
Weirdale
R. Romnan
Calgary
Betty
Katie
Helen
States May Lift Sheep Ban
Dr. Ken Wells of Canada's federal veterinary service said several U.S. states have seriously considered lifting import restrictions on Canadian sheep. The scrapie outbreak led to a Canada adopted slaughter program. Montana and California still restrict imports. Wells noted no semen imports from the United Kingdom due to foot and mouth risk. Alberta flocks have seen slaughter and quarantine as the disease affects the brain and spinal cord in sheep and some goats.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Ken Wells
Canada
Federal Veterinary Service
U.S
United States
Montana
California
Wells
Southern P
Alberta
Schieve P Breeders’ Association
United Kingdom
Montreal boy pleads to Castro for release of jailed reporter
Nine year old Anthony Usher of Montreal wrote Cuban Premier Fidel Castro asking for Miami Herald reporter James Buchanan to be freed. The letter, written after Buchanan was jailed in Havana following an interview, was not mailed and was later to be sent with a note explaining the author’s age.
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Miami
Flax
Montreal
Fidel Castro
Miami Herald
James Buchanan
Anthony Usher
Castro
Buchanan
Havana
Frank Young
Usher
Cuba
Young
Tony
Peter J. Usher
Liner Lines Bring 1,300 Through Halifax Weekend
Towering Atlantic seas delayed three ocean liners Berlin Sylvania and Vulcania with 865 passengers on arrival. Italia 427 passengers including many RCAF personnel and families. Sylvania and Berlin docked late after rough seas while Vulcania discharged 656 immigrants. No vessel damage reported.
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Halifax
Berlin
Sylvania
Vulcania
Italia
Southampton
RCAF
Canada
Europe
Cunard
New York
Mishaps Claim Only 15 Lives This Weekend
A Canadian Press survey across Ontario Quebec and Nova Scotia found more than one accidental death in each province this weekend. Fifteen deaths in total occurred from traffic drownings or other weekend accidents with Newfoundland Prince Edward Island New Brunswick Saskatchewan reporting none. Manitoba Alberta and British Columbia each recorded one traffic fatality.
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Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Bus Dou ble Deckers Collision Kills Nine in Tucson
A bus from Los Angeles to New Orleans collided with a cattle truck near Tucson killing nine and injuring 35. Many cattle were killed and scattered as rescuers and soldiers aided survivors. Investigators say the crash is under inquiry and the scene was described as exceptionally bloody.
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Tucson
Ariz
Los Angeles
New Orleans
el Paso
U.S. Highway 80
Grady L. Fowler Jr
John Dudley
Fowler
Joe Garza
Joe Williams
Townsend Married In Brussels
AP reports Prince Townsend married Marie-Luce Jamagne a 20 year old secretary in Brussels The couple announced their engagement October 9 Townsend a 44 year old divorced Anglican faced religious issues over marrying a Roman Catholic The former Mrs Townsend and Princess Margaret both faced church rules in their marriages.
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Brussels
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Marie- Luce Jamagne
Antwerp
Townsend
Marie-Luce
Church of England
Livin
Marie - Luce
Belgium
Rebels Claim Setup of Paraguayan Government in Puerto Stroessner
Paraguayan rebel radio stations declare a rebel government in Puerto Stroessner renamed Puerto 14 de Mayo. They name nine ministers from the Liberal and Fe brerista parties while exile leaders deny ties. Rebels press toward Encar nacion as government claims liquidation of the pocket uprising. Aircraft and arms moves reported as tensions rise near Asuncion and border towns.
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Buenos Aires
Réurers
Puerto Stroessner
Puerto 14 de Mayo
Liberal Party
Febrerista Party
Encarnacion
Paraguay
Argentina
Asuncion
Caracaya
Paraguayan
Chaco
Brites
Alfredo Stroessner
Two U S Sailors Released After Hong Kong Border Mixup
Two American sailors Jerry L Monfrada and Roy D Bazzell both 29 were released by Chinese authorities after overstaying shore leave in Hong Kong and wandering into China. They spent four nights in custody and said they were questioned but not ill treated. Navy officials will decide disposal of the case as consular aides report their account.
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Hong Kong
China
Jerry L. Monfrada
Roy D. Bazzell
Navy
U.S
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J. J. Bowlen
Naval
L. J. Garrett
Geoffrey Walsh
Sally
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