De Gaulle Plans Canada Visit In April Stop
Paris announces President Charles de Gaulle will tour Canada from April 19 to 22 then proceed to the United States for the rest of the month. Ottawa and Montreal schedule tentative talks with Prime Minister Diefenbaker on East West summits NATO and cultural exchanges.
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Paris
Reuters
Charles de Gaulle
Canada
United States
Elysee Palace
de Gaulle
U.S
Great Britain
Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
Quebec City
Vanier
Government House
General de Gaulle
Diefenbaker
Free French
Passengers Escape Injury in Zurich Airport Collision
A Vienna bound Swiss airplane and a delivery van collided as the aircraft took off from Zurich Airport. More than 30 passengers escaped injury while two van occupants were killed as the undercarriage of the Viscount airliner crashed into the van.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Verigin denies reunion plan linked to Doukhobor leadership
Ottawa reports John Verigin says his bid to bring his mother Anna Markova to Canada is strictly a personal matter, not a political move. Officials say Markova may obtain a visa if medical checks pass, with exit visa aid from Russia.
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Ottawa
John Verigin
Anna Markova
Canada
Russia
British Columbia
Sons of Freedom Wing
External Affairs Department
Anna Markva
Peter P. Legabokoff
Iskra
Grand Forks
B.C
Verigin
Stefan Sorokin
Sons of Freedom
South America
Freedomites
Night crash kills 34 on National Airlines flight
National Airlines night coach from New York to Miami crashes near Bolivia North Carolina. Deputy sheriff doubts survivors. Rescue crews scour swampy woods as weather and route details hint at a long search with fuel sufficient to remain aloft until 7:06 a.m.
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Bolivia
N.C
National Airlines
New York
Miami
Randolph
McArthur
New Hanover
Wilmington
Palm Beach
Fla
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Brooklyn Hebrew school fire deemed suspicious
Fire officials labeled a small Brooklyn blaze at a Hebrew school suspicious after a report that three boys were seen nearby before the fire. The incident occurred in the Yeshivath Shearith Hapletah building which recently displayed a red and black swastika. Damage was not extensive.
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New York
Brooklyn
Tugboat Strike Delays London Meat Shipments Ends
A wildcat strike by 680 tugboat men in London delayed thousands of tons of meat and food for two days. Workers walked out to press for deck boy apprentices in their third or fourth year. Employers agreed to supply deck boys from today, union says.
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London
Reuters
Trapped Pilot Rescued After Viscount Plunge at Malta
A Viscount airliner from London crashed into Luga Airport control tower in Malta after its brakes failed. Captain T. A. Biggs was trapped in the cockpit for five hours. 47 passengers and five crew were aboard. one passenger injured. A surgeon attended at the scene after the landing accident.
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Valletta
Malta
Reuters
Luga
European Airways
London
T. A Biggs
Private Radio and TV Stations Asked to Bave Details
Ottawa reports the National Energy Board hearings on natural gas exports opened with Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd failing to compel a company policy statement from President James W. Kerr. The board allowed cross examination if he spoke, leaving Kerr silent as experts testified.
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NEWS
Ottawa
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd
James W. Kerr
National Energy Board
Kerr
Ian McKinnon
Trans-Canada
Energy Board
Alberta
United States
Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd
Westcoast
Washington
Kingsgate
B.C
Alberta Annd Southern Gas Co. Ltd
Alberta Natural Gas Co
Canadian - Montana Pipeline Co
Niagara Gas Transmission Ltd
Niagara Gas
Niagara
Consumers Gas Co Ltd
Cornwall
Ont
New York
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
New York State Natural Gas Corporation
William L. Somerville
Toronto
U.S
McKinnon
James C. Saks
Tan McKinnon
Settlement A Victory For Labor
The United Steelworkers Union wins a major contract settlement. Iron Age notes government pressure forced prices up for steel, likely under $5 a ton, with some under $4. Edgar F. Kaiser of Kaiser Steel is highlighted as pivotal in aligning terms with the Kaiser contract.
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New York
United Steelworkers Union
Iron Age Magazine
Metalworking Weekly
Washington
Edgar F. Kaiser
Kaiser Steel
Kaiser
Strained Ties Between Yugoslavia and Poland Rumored
Persistent rumors in Belgrade claim a strain has grown between Yugoslavia and Poland after the expulsion of two Yugoslav military attaches from Warsaw. Observers cite possible asylum seeking Polish officers and a Polish defection to the United States as related factors. A government spokesman refused to confirm or deny arrivals or links to the attache expulsions.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Reuters
Poland
Warsaw
United States
Thasday
Nikola Prunovic
Maj
Svetozar Pazin
Kidnapped Baby Found Alive in Cemetery
A six month old girl named Karen Morrice, daughter of an RAF serviceman, was found alive Tuesday morning in a cemetery in Newcastle upon Tyne. Edwin Scott, a grave digger, discovered her in a pink sleeping bag placed before a tombstone.
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Newcastle-On - Tyne
England
Karen Morrice
Royal Air Force
Maldive Islands
Indian Ocean
Patricia Morrice
Edwin Scott
Karen
Death Seems Certain for Aboriginal Boy in Perth Hospital
In Perth, doctors say a 15 year old Aboriginal boy, Charlie Yundar, is dying due to tribal witchcraft after a witch doctor stabbed him with sticks during a ritual. He was flown from Derby, 1,200 miles away, but medical experts could not reverse his condition.
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Perth
Australia
Reuters
Charlie Yundar
Derby
Bevan Reported Progressing After Abdominal Operation
London AP says Aneurin Bevan deputy Labour leader is progressing very satisfactorily in his recovery from a major abdominal operation on Dec 29. Earlier bulletins noted post operative complications and anxiety over his condition.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Labor Party
Canada to press private broadcasters to appear before Commons panel
Ottawa reports say a Commons committee backed by the Progressive Conservatives will seek testimony from private radio and television groups this session. The probe, which previously targeted the CBC, may also focus on CBC capital financing needs and a plan to consolidate Toronto operations into one building at an estimated cost of 35 million dollars.
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Ottawa
Canada
CBC
Progressive Conservative Association of Canada
Canadian Association of Broadcasters
Board of Broadcast Governors
Andrew Stewart
Bbg Policy Had Not Then Been Ironed Out. Apparently Because of This, Dr. Stewart
CBC Board of Directors
Fleming
Nowlan
Toronto
Macmillan Begins African Tour
Prime Minister Macmillan arrived in Accra to start a six week study tour of Commonwealth nations in Africa. He travels with Lady Dorothy and will spend five days in Ghana before moving to Lagos, Nigeria, which gains independence in October.
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Accra
Ghana
Reuters
Macmillan
Africa
Maccmillan
Lady Dorothy
Lagos
Nigeria
Kwame Nkrumah
London
Nkruemah
Commonwealth
India
Pakistan
France
Sahara
Federation of Rhodesia
Nyasaland
South Africa
Coal Hearing Dates Set in Regina and Montreal
The Royal Commission on Coal sets initial hearings in Regina on February 2 and 3 with subsequent sessions in Montreal February 9 and 10 and Toronto February 15 and 16. Further meetings will occur in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and British Columbia as the commission probes dwindling markets and employment, led by Justice I C Rand.
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Ottawa
Federal
Royal Commission On Coal
Regina
Montreal
Toronto
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Alberta
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
West
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Shirley Joe
Doukhobor Action
Florida
Richard Randolph
Letzie
H.G. Ratcliff
Little Cloud
London Shipping
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