Missionary wife recalls Congo hostage ordeal and killings
Mrs Dolena Burk of Calgary says she survived three days in a room with 27 hostages as rebels killed many whites after a Belgian paratrooper landing. Her husband Rev Chester Burk is missing, believed killed. About 30 white missionaries and families may have died. several rescued including Britons and Italian nuns.
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Leopoldville
Stanleyville
Dolena Burk
Calgary
Toronto
Chester Burk
Fields Mission
Banalia
Banala
Burk
Bafwasende
Moise Tshombe
Brussels
Spring election rumor grips UK politics amid fiscal turmoil
London observers warn a snap spring election may come as Britain faces a weakened pound and a market crisis. Prime Minister Wilson could seek a stronger Labor mandate while Conservatives debate Sir Alec Douglas-Home’s leadership and the party’s direction.
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London
Britain
Wilson
Labor Party
Alec Douglas-Home
Douglas-Home
Hanging vote expected to abolish hanging for murder
London Reuters reports the House of Commons was set to vote by a large majority to end hanging for murder. Observers expect automatic reprieve of death row prisoners once the bill passes second reading and becomes law, with a margin near 100 in a 630 seat chamber.
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London
Reuters
House of Commons
Balcer weighs leaving Conservative ranks amid Quebec pressure
Balcer in Trois-Rivieres hints at exit from the Conservatives after consulting constituents and nine Quebec colleagues in Montreal on January 15. Close ally Paul Martineau warns party impact, while Diefenbaker says no party talks received. Baker refuses comment on differences.
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Balcer
Quebec
Martineau
Diefenbaker
Baker
Mackenzie King
Robert Borden
U.S. Rebukes South Vietnamese Coup Leaders
The United States, via Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor, demanded a quick restoration of the high national council or an equivalent body after a military officers coup dissolved the council and arrested many officials. Taylor warned Lt. Gen Nguyen Khanh that the situation could not stand, while U.S. policy sought civilian rule with military oversight.
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Duanv van Minh
High National Council
Taylor
Khanh
General Staff
Dalat
Edmonton Mayor Hawrelak faces removal bid in Supreme Court
Dr. Roy L. Henderson launched a bid to oust Mayor William Hawrelak of Edmonton alleging disqualification under the City Act due to a city contract with Sun Alta Builders in which Hawrelak held shares. An order to appear was served for Jan. 28 in Supreme Court chambers for a removal hearing.
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Edmonton
William Hawrelak
Roy L. Henderson
Supreme Court
C. C. McLaurin
Trial Division
Supreme Court of Canada
Henderson
Sun- Alta Builders Limited
Hawrelak
Sun Alta
Sun-Alta Builders
Supreme Court frees Violi twins in deportation case
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 6 to 3 that Giuseppe and Rocco Violi were illegally detained in Bordeaux jail for eight months in Montreal under Tremblay's warrant. It directed their release and quashed the deportation orders, ruling the Immigration Minister cannot suspend enforcement after granting probationary periods.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Giuseppe
Rocco Violi
Montreal
Bordeaux
Tremblay
Violi Brothers
Quebec
Rocco
Giuseppe Violi
Ronald Martland
Canada
Commons
Toronto
Joseph Sedgwick
Immigration Appeal Board
Justice Martland
Freighter Smith Voyager Clings to Life at Sea
In a stormy Atlantic rescue, the 7600 ton freighter Smith Voyager List to starboard and sails abandoned by all but the captain and two crew. The cutter Rockaway and the German ship Mathilde Bolten search for survivors as 34 men were rescued and four bodies recovered. One crewman remains missing.
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New York
U.S. Coast Guard
Frederick W. Mohle
Mathilde Bolten
Puerto Ricco
Coast Guard
Rockaway
Bermuda
GM of Canada strike ends after 18 days
About 23,500 employees at five GM plants in Ontario returned to work after a new three year contract was approved. The walkout began December 1 and 3, with unions citing about 59 cents an hour in added value, including 30.77 cents in direct wages and 16.70 cents in pension gains.
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Toronto
General Motors of Canada Limited
Ontario
Medicine Hat Brick announces $300000 Redcliff upgrade
Medicine Hat Brick and Tile Ltd. plans a $300000 modernization of its Redcliff plant to double capacity. A tunnel kiln will be added with construction already underway and slated to finish by mid February, though production is not expected until June. Employment should not rise.
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Medicine Hat Brick and Tile Ltd
Redcliff
Gordon Sissons
Mr. Sissons
Sissons
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