Highway accidents claim many in Canada over Christmas period
The Canadian Press reports a 75 death toll from holiday accidents across Canada during 78 hours from Christmas Eve 6 p.m. to midnight Sunday. Quebec led with 25 fatalities, Ontario 20, with drownings, fires, falls and road crashes contributing to the toll.
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Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Alberta
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Cuban Journalist Expelled After 12 Days In Prison
Reporter James Buchanan was expelled from Cuba after 12 days in prison without charges. He received a 14 year suspended sentence for concealing information about an anti Castro fugitive, a story Buchanan filed on returning to Florida.
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James Buchanan
Cuba
Buchanan
Florida
Associated Press
Inside Fidel Castro's secret police jails in Cuba
Miami Herald reporter James Buchanan recounts his arrest and vivid observations of Cuba under Castro, describing informers long lines and a 14 year old jailed over a mistaken identity, warning that anti Castro repression threatens free speech and press freedom.
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Miami
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Austin Frank Young
Key West
Fla
Castro
Tiger
Batista
Johansson to Meet Patterson in New York Bout Next June
World heavyweight champion Ingemar Johansson agreed to fight Floyd Patterson in New York next June after a conference with a group of New York promoters.
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Stockholm
Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
New York
Calgary Truckers Hurt in Ontario Embankment Crash
Two Calgary truckers were pinned in their cab for 14 hours after a transport plunged down an 85 foot embankment in Ontario. The crash killed three people, and the drivers were trapped overnight before rescue.
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Calgary
Ontario
North Bay
Ont
Death toll in U S hits 583 during holiday weekend
Chicago report notes 583 deaths from December traffic in 78 hours ending midnight Sunday. AP tally breaks down to 471 traffic, 42 fire, 70 other fatalities. Severe weather and icy roads blamed for crashes near Markstay and across Canada bound routes. victims include John Lavoie and his sons Nelson and Denis.
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Chicago
United States
Associated Press
Millions in losses as seven die in Canada fires over Christmas
Across Canada seven people died in four days of Christmas fires, with property losses exceeding 1.5 million dollars. The worst blaze in Halifax killed three dining together in a one storey frame house. Montreal saw a million dollar loss from two old buildings and two others damaged on Christmas Eve. Other fatalities occurred in Quebec, Toronto, Duck Lake near Saskatoon, Pem broke Ontario, Orleans near Ottawa, Fort William, and Vancouver with injuries and rescues reported.
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Markstay
Here
Arthur Flanigan
Roy Glad
Calgary
Montreal
Flanigan
John Lavoie
Noranda
Que
Nelson
Denis
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Sudbury
Leo Fatoric
Elliot Lake
Sylvano Mackis
Lavoies
Canada
Halifax
Edmond
Christie Foy
Quebec
Percy Cooper
Toronto
Duck Lake
Saskatoon
Norbert Cardinal
Alex Stopa
Pembroke
Ont
Orleans
Ottawa
Leo Lavertue
Fort William
Glory Dawn Turner
Vancouver
Family reunion in Christmas gathering in Vancouver
The arrival from Calgary of a family member in Vancouver drew greetings from Mrs Gladys Gibson of Ladner B C and John Johnson. Fred began searching for five brothers and two sisters after their parents died in the late 1920s and the family reunion ended when the four reunited for Christmas.
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Vancouver
Calgary
Del
Gladys Gibson
Ladner
B.C
John Johnson
Fred
Fred Johnson
del Jolly
Disarmament Talks Near but Date Still Undecided
Soviet press signals Khrushchev will push total disarmament at the East–West summit in Paris next year with a date yet to be fixed. Pravda warns against talks without results while Trud calls disarmament key to easing tensions. Western allies expect tough bargaining on date and agenda as Paris talks approach.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
France
Paris
Pravda
Trud
United Nations
NATO Council
Police hunt for killer in Birmingham headless girl case
Police search across Birmingham for a maniac killer who beheaded a woman with a kitchen knife. Authorities warn no woman in Britain is safe as the manhunt—the largest in Midlands history—continues with loudspeaker patrols, cinema alerts, and broadcasts to football crowds.
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Birmingham
England
Britain
Sidney Stephanie Baird
YWCA
Midlands
German Officer's Son Arrested in Brooklyn Rape Attempt
The 19 year old Helmuth Mainardy, son of a West German army officer stationed in Washington with NATO, was arrested early Sunday in Brooklyn charged with attempting to rape a policeman's wife.
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New York
Washington
Brooklyn
Helmuth Mainardy
George Mainardy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Confessor Denies Cook Murder Charge In Alberta Case
A letter signed the guilty one claims Robert Raymond Cook did not kill his father. Cook, 23, was convicted last June of bludgeon shotgun murder in Stettler. he faces the hang date of April 15. An appeal is being prepared for the Alberta Supreme Court.
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Calgary
The
Albertan
Robert Raymond Cook
Cook
Raymond Cook
Stettler
You
Lynne Cove
Miss Cove
RCMP
Edmonton
Giffard Main
Supreme Court of Alberta
California Tugboat Blast Kills and Splits City Evacuates
A tug exploded beside a gas laden barge in Crescent City California flooding the waterfront with gasoline vapor. One man Gordon McCallen missing presumed dead and another burned Lawrence Hanson hospitalized. The barge was unloading fuel when flames severed the tug line and the vessel sank offshore.
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California
Blast L Eaves
Crescent City
Calif
Brookings
Ore
Gordon McCallen
Seattle
Celilo
San Francisco
McCallen
Lawrence Hanson
Pottstown
Wash
Hanson
Coast Guard
Strike Vote Unanimous Voter Rally Sets NY Transit Strike
About 3,500 transit workers backed their leaders by voting to strike New York City subway and bus lines on January 1 at 12:01 a.m. A 38,000 worker total seeks a 15 percent wage rise from $2.04 to $2.72 an hour as Mayor Wagner’s committee tries to broker talks with the union and transit authority.
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NEW York
New York City
Transport Workers Union
Robert Wagner
Hepburn and Stewart Top Performers of 1959 Poll
Audrey Hepburn named best actress for The Nun's Story and James Stewart best actor for Anatomy of a Murder in a Film Daily critics poll. The survey also cited Joseph Welch as best supporting actor Peggy Cass best supporting actress Eddie Hodges best juvenile actor and Sandra Dee best juvenile actress.
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New York
Audrey Hepburn
James Stewart
Film Daily
Miss Hepburn
Stewart
Joseph Welch
Peggy Cass
Eddie Hodges
Sandra Dee
Red Trek Halted In Antarctic Overland Attempt
A Russian expedition halts midway on an overland traverse of Antarctica after reaching U S base at the South Pole on December 26. They planned to push to Lazarev base but will return to Mirny Station. The trek would have surpassed the 2 158 mile route of Sir Vivian Fuchs.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Reuters
U.S
South Pole
Lazarev
Queen Maud Land
Mirny Station
Sir Vivian Fuchs
Man Drowns in Tub in Royal Oak Home
Eugene W. Braunsdorf 61, acquitted in 1950, was found dead Friday in a basement laundry tub at his Royal Oak home. Police say he apparently toppled into the tub and drowned. autopsy ordered to determine exact cause.
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Royal Oak
Mich
Eugene W. Braunsdorf
Detroit
Braunsdorf
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