Cold Winds Follow Rain As Crews Restore Power
Arctic winds and freezing rain hit Southern Ontario as Ontario Hydro crews work 20 hour shifts to restore electricity to about 11 400 homes. Orangeville remains the hardest hit with 3 500 homes awaiting power and 2 400+ wire breaks reported around Toronto. Emergency shelters opened in North York and Scarborough as weather and travel difficulties persist.
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North York
Bolton
Maritimes Endure First Winter Blasts and Snow
The Maritimes faced heavy snow with eight inches in Yarmouth and 12 to 14 inches in southern Nova Scotia. Freezing rain and 50 mph winds caused drifting and airline cancellations while highways buckled and shipping stalled. The Itajai freighter anchored offshore in Fundy Bay awaiting docking at Port Williams. No major damage reported.
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New Brunswick
Fire Kills Five in Manitoba Family Tragedy
Five members of one family died when a Manitoba home burned Tuesday night near Dauphin. RCMP withheld names. Firemen found a man, his wife, and three children amid the charred ruins after the blaze raged for hours. The cause remains unknown. A car towed from behind the house was not checked until morning, leading to the discovery of the bodies.
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Computers converse with humans and reveal weather chat
Chicago reports on early computer dialogue. A University of Toronto machine with a 300 word vocabulary talked about the weather and weather forecasts. A Berkeley scientist predicts machines may think alongside humans within a decade.
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Chicago
University of Toronto
Berkely
Newtonville
Mass
Destructive New England Flood Leaves Dozens Homeless
Thousands fled their homes as a northeast storm drove a record 14.3 foot tide along 30 miles of the Greater Boston coast. At least nine deaths were blamed in six states, with more than 700 families evacuated from Hull and nearby towns as rescues continued.
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Quebec Aims to Return Polish Treasures Held Since WWII
Premier Paul Sauve told CBC Press Conference negotiations are under way to return Poland’s art objects and crown jewels valued at about 50 million dollars held by Quebec since they were smuggled out during World War II. He also floated closer Quebec Ottawa cooperation on federal grants and the Trans-Canada Highway program.
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Quebec
Paul Sauve
CBC
Sauve
Poland
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Ottawa
Maurice Duplessis
Duplessis
Dread Day Arrives as TV Sees Viewers in New Device
A new Dyna-Foto-Chrono device by Dr. Charles L. Allen demonstrates a camera and mirrors to capture what TV viewers do during programs. Tests show families, especially mothers, often watch TV at odd hours and multitask, revealing shifting viewer habits and potential ratings implications.
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Washington
Charles L. Allen
Oklahoma State University
Allen
American Marketing Association
Adenauer confronts rising anti Semitism in Germany
Bonn reports two anti Jewish incidents in Cologne and Rheydt with swastikas and threats. an 80 year old concentration camp survivor received a death threat. Neo Nazi activity prompts talk of banning the German Reich party as Adenauer’s government warns against renewed antisemitism amid memories of Nazism.
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Konrad Adenauer
Cologne
Rheydt
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Frankfurt
Issak Hamburger
Adenauer
Reich Party
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Hitler
Bevan On Danger List After Major Abdominal Operation
Aneurin Bevan 62 deputy leader of the opposition Labor party is on the danger list in a London hospital after a major abdominal operation Tuesday. His wife Jennie Lee said he will be nursed carefully for the next few days and the surgeons who operated are specialists in duodenal ulcers.
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Aneurin Bevan
Labor Party
Wrist Watch Warning Issued Across Canada
A federal panel warned up to 150 Canadians may own strontium-90 wrist watches emitting radiation. Health and atomic energy officials urged owners of Rolex GMT Master watches to mail them by registered mail to Rolex Watch Company of Canada in Toronto for testing after similar US finds.
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Rolex Watch Company of Canada
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Toronto
United States
Western Proposal Accepted for East West Summit in Paris
Moscow confirmed Khrushchev agreed to a May 16 summit in Paris after Western powers proposed the date. Gromyko delivered Khrushchev's reply to British, American and French envoys as diplomats discussed a first post Geneva meeting since July 1955.
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Llewellyn "Thompson
Maurice Dejean
Foreign Ministry
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Geneva
Young English Girl Continues Jinty Search in Detroit
Judy Ferren a 17 year old native of Southampton England returns to Detroit to retrace her steps in the hunt for her lost dog Jinty a three year old German shepherd The girl will stay with a Detroit resident while authorities search for the animal and inspect dogs picked up by railwaymen and turned over to the pound earlier this week.
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England
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