King Returns to Quell Belgian Riots Amid Austerity Protests
King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola arrived from Seville to help calm riots as 15 000 demonstrators flooded Brussels against austerity measures. Police and troops lined government quarter amid clashes near a movie theatre showing the royal wedding.
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Brussels
Duin
Kola
Seville
General Workers Federation
Spain
NATO
Pierre Harmel
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Germany
Harmel
Antwerp
Socialist Party
Leo Collard
Cuba Trade Strains Seen From U S Pressure on Canada
El Mundo reports the United States is pressuring Canada to align its Cuba trade policy. It cites Canadian skepticism about Cuba ties and notes Ottawa’s reluctance to bypass the U S embargo by re exporting American goods. Canada emphasizes selling its own products instead.
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Havana
Reuters
el Mundo
U.S. State Department
Canada
U.S
Cuba
State Department
United States
Weatherman Projects Mild Start for Medicine Hat District
The weatherman backs his earlier forecast for mild conditions as 1961 begins. Temperatures are expected to range from 25 to 40 with a light possible Friday snow. Warm daytime winds and freezing nights in parts of the province create a cycle of slushy roads and ice.
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Medicine Hat
The Habit Comes Young
London officials blame shopkeepers and lax parents for early smoking among Middlesex youths. A survey of 2,500 children aged nine to 17 found illegal sales under 16 easy, with reports of single cigarettes and even half cigaret sales.
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London
Reuters
W. G. Penn
Middlesex County
Family Doctor
Middlesex
Penn
Noted Seer Predicts Meg Will Have Baby
London AP reports astrologer Francesco Waldner, who has made past forecasts, predicts Princess Margaret will have a baby in 1961 a boy likely. The prediction appears in Woman's Mirror with prior forecasts of Margaret’s marriage and Iran’s Queen Farah’s son. Waldner also hints Antony Armstrong-Jones’ late July actions could trigger surprise and discussion without elaboration.
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London
Margaret
Francesco Waldner
Woman’s Mirror
Waldner
Farah
Iran
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Commission Endorses Return to Three Rs in B C Schools
The Chant royal commission on education urges a complete BC school system revision focusing on the three Rs and vocational paths. It recommends junior and senior vocational schools, a collegiate academy, and a technology institute as university alternatives, plus centralized teacher salary bargaining and longer school years. It calls for 6,000 new classrooms and 700 schools by 1975, broader planning, more homework, and preserved religious instruction.
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H. L. Jones
Victoria
British Columbia
Chant Royal Commission
Institute of Advanced Technology
Commission
Prof
Chant
Arts and
Peterson
John E. Liersch
Riley P. Walrod
B.C
Twin kidney transplant gives mother hope in Boston
Canadian mother of 12 year old Johanna Nightingale gains hope after Lana Nightingale donates a kidney in an identical twin transplant at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Doctors expect several days to determine kidney function with a Friday bulletin anticipated. If functioning, Johanna will have her diseased kidneys removed in a subsequent operation.
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Boston
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Peter Bent Brigham
Lana Nightingale
Johanna
Steinbach
Man
Jobless After Fire Hits Delco Furniture Plant
Farnham Quebec reports over 150 workers left idle after a three hour blaze that heavily damaged the Delco Furniture Company factory. The one story building, completed last year at a cost of 300000 dollars, suffered interior destruction. Origin of the fire remains undetermined with no official damage estimate yet.
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Farnham
Que
Delco Furniture Company
Montreal
Fire kills 12 in Quebec family home blaze
In Noyan Quebec a 48-year-old mother and 11 of her 15 children died when a one‑story wooden house burned at 3 a.m. Abel Vosburgh, the father, said he found the fire and tried to rescue the family. He carried burn injuries while investigators blamed an oil stove explosion. The dead include Doris 19 Ray 17 Richard 35 Phyllis 18 Kathleen 10 Audrey 9 Beverley 7 Robert 4 Caroline 4 Leo 1 and Dwayne 6 months.
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Noyan
Que
Abel Vosburgh
Vosburgh
Richard
Phyllis
Lawrence ‘Taylor
Taylor
Alborg
Montreal
Anly
Quebec
Doreen Schoolcraft
Clarenceville
Vosburghs
Mr. Vosburgh
Doris
Ray
Katherine
Audrey
Beverley
Robert
Caroline
Leo
Dwayne
Baby Budget Shrinks Canadian Dollar to Size
Ottawa report notes Finance Minister Fleming's budget reduces the Canadian dollar's value. By week’s end foreign exchange markets show the loonie hovering near parity with brief dips below and above the U S dollar as traders and banks reassess capital flows and end-month transactions.
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Ottawa
Fleming
Canada
United States
Premiu
New York
U.S
City Police Mystified By Gas Alarm On First Street
Medicine Hat police investigated a gas-filled house report after a caller described a choking voice from a First Street residence. Five officers with three cars, aided by firemen and residents, checked every house in all four wards. nothing was found and no missing person reported. News and radio carried word of the incident.
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Medicine Hat City
First St
E. F. Sinclair
Fourth St
New Year's Eve Revelry In Canada Varies By City
The Canadian Press reports New Year’s celebrations range from $5 a couple dances to $40 floor shows across Canada. Toronto and Vancouver lead in activity. Montreal faces curfews limiting clubs though hotels offer dances at about $11 per couple. Across the country, entertainment, dining, and liquor options remain fairly normal with police roadblocks possibly keeping some at home in Vancouver while downtown clubs expect strong crowds.
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Canada
Toronto
Vancouver
Montreal
Royal York Hotel
Four Hurt In Propane Explosion At Bayonne Plant
An explosion at Sun Gas Products Corporation near New York Bay in Bayonne New Jersey injured four men, with one in critical condition. Firefighters contained the blaze as police evacuated a five block radius and a truck driver, Earl Lewis, and two Bayonne residents were among the injured.
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Bayonne
N.J
Sun Gas Products Corporation
New York Bay
Stanley Buchalski
Chester
N.Y
Billy Rowan
Earl Lewis
Port Dervis
Harold McCarter
Buchalski
Lewis
UN Denies Massacre Claim In Katanga Congo Train
Reuters reporting from Leopoldville says UN officials deny a Baluba massacre of train passengers in Katanga. They confirm no direct train attack, but three passengers were abducted and killed during an overnight stop at Luena. Col Henry Byrne leads the investigation.
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Leopoldville
Reuters
United Nations
Congo
Katanga
Henry Byrne
Luena
Milk Run Likely Safe for One Year Says Winnipeg Paper
The Free Press reports Trans Canada Air Lines is expected to keep the Calgary winnipeg prairie milk run for at least 12 months. DC-3 pilots on the route have been told their jobs are secure for a year. TCA seeks to drop the service due to losses. Three bidders—Trans air Limited, Pacific Western Airlines, and a Wallace Hanaway led firm—enter the race. Transport Baker mentions two bidders in a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce note.
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Winnipeg
The
Free Press
Trans Canada Air Lines
Calgary
TCA
Transair Limited
Pacific Western Airlines
Wallace Hanaway
Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
Transport Baker
Trans- Air
PWA
RCAF Officers Bailled on T 33 Jet Trainer Crash
Unclear text reports RCAF officers bailed on a T 33 jet trainer crash about 300 miles southeast of Marville base. The base is the headquarters of Air Division in France. Details are fragmented and uncertain.
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Metz
France
RCAF
Southea
Marville Base
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