Huron under repair in Atlantic as aid ships rush
Two naval ships and an RCAF plane sped to the damaged Canadian destroyer Huron, flooded in one fore peak but not in danger, with Saguenay and Buckingham heading to assist and Neptune aircraft guiding rendezvous amid gale conditions offshore Halifax.
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Halifax
RCAF
Huron
Atlantic
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Cmdr
William Howe
Port Arthur
Ont
C. D.howe
Howe
Saguenay
Buckingham
Neptune
Greenwood
N.S
Barber Shops Charged Under City By Law
Police report shows a number of city beauty parlors and barbers charged after a bylaw passed in August required closing on Mondays. Police Chief A H Bull stated visits found contraventions and warned of charges if they stayed open. He did not reveal exact numbers. The probe began after a beauty parlor operator complained to police.
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A. H. Bull
New York Newspaper Strike Sees $20 Million Loss
Publishers and striking deliverymen met for the first time in five days as talks explored new settlement ideas. Losses in New York's 13 day newspaper shutdown reached 20 million dollars with much irretrievable. The $7 weekly wage package over two years remains on the table while strikers demand shorter hours an extra holiday and absenteeism protections.
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NEW York
Walter A. Maggiolo
Asher Schwartz
Newspaper
Mail and Deliverers Union
New York Newspaper Guild
Storm Deaths Mount After Unprecedented Rio Downpour
Floods and landslides across Rio de Janeiro killed at least 40 people as an all night rainstorm battered the city. Police reported thousands injured or left homeless, many in flimsy huts on the outskirts.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Reuters
Kai-shek to not seek re election as president in 1960
Chiang Kai-shek announced he will not run again after his current term ends May 19 1960. He told the mainland recovery planning board that the constitution should stand and that democracy nationalism and social wellbeing guide a future push to recover the mainland without abandoning force. He warned of a mainland revolt and said Taiwan forces would counter attack if turmoil grows.
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Taipei
Formosa
Reuters
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Mainland Recovery Planning Board
National Assembly
Chiang
Kuomintang
Nationalist
Taiwan
Four Die as Gas Truck Explodes in Brownfield Texas
A truck carrying bottled gas collided with a pickup, causing a multi‑car blast that killed the driver, two firefighters, and a spectator. About 160 people were injured or burned, with some 45 still hospitalized. Fire crews and townspeople battled flames as debris flew and windows shattered across the town of 7,000.
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Brownfield, Tex
West Texas
Philip Thompson
Mild Christmas Weather Expected Across Prairies
Outlook calls for above normal temperatures across Alberta and western Saskatchewan with sunny skies and light winds. The Medicine Hat area is not forecast to see snow for Christmas as temperatures rise, with Monday’s low around 20 and daytime highs near 45 degrees.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Prime Minister Diefenbaker Heads Home for Christmas
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Diefenbaker left Ottawa by train after a five hour cabinet meeting aimed at shaping the parliamentary agenda for the January session. He said he had nothing to report and will return to Ottawa for more cabinet sessions next week.
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Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Saskatoon
Cave-in Kills Belgian Girl Near Netherland Frontier
A cave-in at a Belgian mushroom bed in Zichen-Zussen-Bolder near the Netherlands frontier killed one girl and trapped 16 workers. Rescue teams pulled out 34 workers, 10 hospitalized, with fears the remaining 16 including the farm owner could not be saved as earth and clay collapsed across nearly 10 acres of beds.
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Tongres
Belgium
Reuters
Zichen- Zussen-Bolder
Netherlands
Bungling Bandits Nabbed After Robbery Chase
In York Township two men entered a construction office and robbed President Collin Grant of 24 pay envelopes containing 22.22 in silver. about 4,000 dollars in bills remained. A 13 year old boy recovered the shotgun and followed as a 12 man posse pursued. Douglas Critch and Metro Pretula, aged 28 and 24, were charged with armed robbery.
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Toronto
York Township
Collin Grant
Douglas Critch
Metro Pretula
Santa Claus founder Charles W. Howard hospitalized
Charles W. Howard 62 founder of the Santa Claus School was admitted to Albion hospital with exhaustion from overwork amid the Christmas rush.
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Albion
N.Y
Santa Claus
Charles W. Howard
Fatal Shooting Near Victoria Leads to Manslaughter Charge
A six year old boy Arnie Schut was shot Sunday on a central Saanich farm. A neighbor was charged Monday with manslaughter claiming he mistook the child for a dog. The Schut family are residents of the farm.
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Victoria (Cp
Arnie Schut
Dick Schut
Saanich
Florida judge rules school segregation law unconstitutional
Federal Judge Joseph P. Lieb ruled that Florida's school segregation law violates the U.S. Constitution. He found the pupil assignment statute remains valid until proven unconstitutional and noted it has not been challenged in court. The ruling followed admissions that segregation provisions clearly violate federal constitutional standards.
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Miami
Fla
Joseph P. Lieb
Florida
Theodore Gibson
United States
Eisenhower Extends Oil Import Quotas for Two Months
President Eisenhower approved a two month extension of the voluntary U S oil import program quotas. The Pacific coast limit remains 221100 barrels daily and the rest of the United States 718000 barrels daily through February 28. Canada may not protest the short term extension.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
U.S
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Pacific Coast
Clark Remanded for Sentence on Government Funds Charge
CALGARY CP George Roy Clark former Alberta Treasury Department agent at Empress was remanded Monday to Wednesday for sentence on a charge of taking 3423 dollars in government funds.
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Calgary
George Roy Clark
Alberta Treasury Department
Empress
Eight-year-old Pete Murray Boxed by His Father On Train
In London, eight-year-old Pete Murray allegedly drew a public safety item on 10-year-old Prince Charles aboard a train to Sandringham. Pete’s father Louis Murray boxed his ear after the incident, as a security guard restrained him. Charles waved back, smiling with orangeade in hand.
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London
Reuters
Pete Murray
Patees City
Prince Charles
Daily Sketch
Pete
Charles
Prince
Sandringham
Norfolk
Liverpool Street
Louis Murray
Kansas City
Bishops Stortford
No Signal From Balloon Missing Atlantic flyer
London AP reports radio amateurs again cannot receive signals from the British balloon Small World with four passengers drifting toward the Caribbean. Coast guardsmen and radio watchers fear the radio may have failed or the craft may have gone down at sea on its 10 day voyage.
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London
Small World
Atlantic
Caribbean
Land
Britain
Explosion at Montreal tenement kills four Polish residents
Officials probe an east-end Montreal explosion that demolished a two storey building on Gascon Avenue. Four people died including John Blaczkowski 42 and three children Nellie 5 Danuska 4 Lucie Goralczyk 2. A severly burned mother Raczkowski 37 and two others were hospitalized. Civil defence sought clothing for displaced families.
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Montreal
Quebec Natural Gas Corporation
Corporation
Gascon Avenue
John Blaczkowski
Nellie
Danuska
Lucie Goralczyk
Raczkowski
Stanley Goralczyk
Henry
Goralczyks
Poland
INCO Mines End Picket Line After Strike Settlement
Sudbury CP report says International Nickel Company mines and smelter plant are free of union pickets for the first time since September. Local 598 members voted 7 439 to 701 to approve a contract terms from Toronto talks, with dues rising to 4 50 a month. Crews cleared INCO facilities of strike supplies as executives discussed reopening. some workers return Boxing Day, majority January 2.
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Sudbury
International Nickel Company
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
Mike Solski
Port Colborne
Ont
Toronto
INCO
Irvine Weekend Break-In at Alberta Pacific Grain Elevator
RCMP probe a break-in at the Alberta Pacific Grain elevator in Irvine over the weekend. Eight grain tickets were stolen, workable by the bearer and cashable. Entry gained through the rear door. discovery made Monday morning by agent Carl Ackerman when opening the office.
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RCMP
Alberta Pacific
Irvine
Carl Ackerman
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