Licensing debate over operating games machines in city
Greenacres Vending Enterprises Ltd officials pushed for early approval as dozens of machines arrive for placement in the city. City licence officer Wilf Crossling, following Police Chief A R Bull, delaying until council finance committee reviews legality and need. Edmonton Calgary and Lethbridge have installed similar machines, some with age 18 warning notices. Alderman Jack Edwards cautioned council may withhold a licence despite legal opinions from Greenacres and QC James Kidd. Courts have upheld the machines as legal, though local concerns cite youth gambling risks. Medicine Hat already placed five machines with four withdrawn pending licence decisions.
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Karl Arguson
Greenacres Vending Enterprises Ltd
Lethbridge
Wilf Crossling
A. R. Bull
Eliot G. Macdonald
Niblock
Macdonald
Finance Committee
Edmonton
Calgary
T. J. Clark
Greenacres Vending Enterprises
Clark
Medicine Hat
Roy
Ernie
Gaitskell urges token East German role in Berlin accord
British Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell told reporters in West Berlin that the West should consider token East German participation in an international Berlin agreement. He urged international supervision of road rail and water access and suggested limited East German involvement in air control and goods traffic, while Western troops remain to prevent a possible Communist coup.
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Berlin
Reuters
Hugh Gaitskell
East Germany
Gaitskell
West
Soviet Union
East Berlin
East
Germany
West Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
Katanga Assembly Opens Sessions on Tshombe Pact
Katanga's assembly began closed sessions to study the Kitona pact signed by President Tshombe and Congo Premier Adoula. Members split into foreign affairs and political commissions for secret talks amid Tshombe objections to two provisions.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Foeign
Tshombe
Congo
Cyrile Adoula
Kitona
Assembly
United Nations
Leopoldville
Berlin crisis talks loom after Clay to meet Kennedy
General Lucius D. Clay will fly from West Berlin to Washington to confer with President Kennedy and Secretary Rusk on Berlin issues. He reportedly objected to instructions that limit U.S. command actions in Berlin during potential East German uprisings, while others say differences are minor and aim to ensure coordinated allied response.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
West Berlin
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Berlin
U.S
Clay
Berlin Wall
Buck
WATO
State Department
Albert Watson
Tunisia and France to resume Bizerte talks at government level
President Bourguiba said Tunisia agrees to restart negotiations with France on the Bizerte base and a friendly solution may be in sight. New ministerial talks will start in Paris next week with Tunisian and French officials and follow Rome exploratory discussions.
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Tunis
Reuters
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Bizerte
Paris
Mahi Ladgham
Sadok Mokkadem
Maurice Couve de Murville
Rome
Bourguiba
Mediterranean
France
Indonesia moves to mobilize for West New Guinea invasion
Indonesia readies a general mobilization with about 250000 troops standing by for an invasion of West New Guinea. Sukarno announced Makassar as invasion base and signaled possible peaceful settlement but warned of action if Dutch refused to cede West Irian. Nasution dispatched secret orders to the East Indonesian commander.
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Makassar
Indonesia
Reuters
West New Guinea
Sukarno
Irian Baral
West Irian
Jakarta
Abdul Haris Nasution
Busjiri
Calgary school board seeks council support for U of Alberta land plan
The Calgary public school board invites city council to join protests against the University of Alberta's proposed 6 million dollar land purchase for expansion in Edmonton. Trustees say funds could be better spent on new facilities at the University of Alberta Calgary campus.
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Calgary
Calgary Public School Board
University of Alberta
Edmonton
Congress Party Appeals For Peaceful Settlement
Parliament plan follows Nehru’s address at Patna conference. Congress endorses Goa action against Portugal while urging peaceful settlements for India’s border disputes with China and Pakistan. The move stresses diplomacy and maintains support for government policy to end aggression.
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Patna
India
Reuters
Congress Party
China
Pakistan
Party of India
Portugal
Goa
Diu
Damao
Three Men Charged With Fraud In Saskatoon Case
Regina Court heard three men charged jointly with conspiring to defraud the public in connection with stock sales of Columbia Metals Exploration Company. Thomas C. Fawcett, Walter W. Luboff, and M. G. Shumfatcher are to appear in Saskatoon magistrate court. Fawcett is a former Columbia Metals officer, Luboff a former president, and Shumfatcher the company solicitor.
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Regina (Cp
Regina
M. G. Shumfatcher
Walter W. Luboff
Saskatoon
Thomas C. Fawcett
Ottawa
Norman L. Mathews
Toronto
Columbia Metals Exploration Company
Columbia Metals
Fawcett
Department of Mines and Technical Surveys
Luboff
Columbia
Shumfatcher
Downed Airmen Located in British Columbia Mountains
Two USAF officers from Geiger Air Force Base Spokane parachuted from an F-89 Scorpion during a night training flight in interior British Columbia and were found alive twelve miles southeast of Carmi. An RCAF Albatross located them and a helicopter was attempting rescue with a para-rescue team on standby. Captain Donald Adcock of Kent and Lieut. Larry Grosse of Spokane were named.
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Penticton, B.C
United States Air Force
British Columbia
RCAF
Penticton
Carmi
Here
Geiger Air Force Base
Spokane
Wash
USAF
Donald Adcock
Kent
Larry Grosse
Calwell Calls UN Force for New Guinea Crisis
Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell urged a United Nations force to the New Guinea area to deter Indonesia and the Netherlands. He pressed for an early Australian Parliament debate on foreign affairs and defence and challenged Sir Garfield Barwick’s view that Australia is not threatened.
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Melbourne
Arthur A. Calwel
United Nations
New Guinea
Indonesia
Netherlands
Calwell
Garfield Barwick
Australia
Dutch West New Guinea
Barwick
Sukarno
U S Leaders Assess ICBM Race With Russia
U S intelligence estimated Russia will be about six months behind the United States in fielding an advanced ICBM with first Russian test-ready by early 1963 while the U S Minute Man aims for summer operational status. The Navy reports three Polaris submarines by year end, bringing U S subs to nine with 144 missiles. President Kennedy and military leaders discussed latest estimates in Palm Beach Florida.
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Washington
U.S
Russia
United States
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
West Endorsed Superiority Of Nuclear Striking Power
British Air Secretary Julian Amery declared the West's nuclear striking power is far greater than Russia's. He cited the RAF Bomber Command and USAF Strategic Air Command as the core force and warned Moscow could deliver a nasty knock. He toured Canadair in Montreal and Bomarc Sage near North Bay before a Washington trip.
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Ottawa
Julian Amery
Russia
West
Royal Air Force
Bomber Command
U.S. Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Amery
Britain
United States
RCAF
Canadair Limited
Montreal
North
Farm policy talks bog down in technical details in Brussels
Ministers from six European Common Market nations bicker over a fruit and vegetable trade policy. France seeks access for its agricultural surplus while West Germany pushes safeguards against cheap imports. Debates delay the market’s second stage to January 13.
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Brussels
Reuters
Maurice Couve de Murville
West Germany
France
Edgar Pisani
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Aieu Amusement
Onsiders
Ald
Jack Edwards
Council
James G. Kidd
Kidd
West Far East
Wiel
Nehru
Little
UN Force
Alfred Mueller-Armack
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