Surprise Resignation Stuns Tory Cabinet Shakeup in Britain
Peter Thorneycroft resigns as chancellor over spending, triggering cabinet changes. Derek Heathcoat-Amory becomes chancellor as Macmillan defends his government amid Labor attacks and a looming Commonwealth tour. Others reassigned include Enoch Powell and Nigel Birch within a reshuffled treasury team.
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London
Peter Thorneycroft
Macmillan
Treasury
Thorneycroft
Derick Heathcoat- Amory
Pound Thorneycroft
Hugh Gaitskell
Gaitskell
Lord Hailsham
Heathcoat - Amory
Enoch Powell
Nigel Birch
Romanian Red, P. Groza Dies in Romania
London AP report notes the death of Romanian President Petru Groza at 72 after illness since last November. He led Romania under Communist control as a nominal figurehead while real power rested with Gheorghiu-Dej and the Romanian Workers Party.
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Moscow
Petru Groza
Romania
Bucharest
Groza
Vienna
Stalin
Andrei Vishinsky
Michael
Reds
Gheorghe Gheorghiu - Dej
Romanian Workers (Communist) Party
Weather Outlook for Western Prairies Elevates Cloud Spread
A weak disturbance moving eastward across B C spreads more clouds across all regions today. On Wednesday the western prairies will see variable cloud with afternoon temperatures about fifteen to twenty degrees above normal.
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Edmonton
B.C
Prairies
Medicine Hat Library Board Seats Filled
Five vacancies on the Medicine Hat library board were filled when city council named 1958 nominees to replace retiring members. Ed Elford Catherine Baillie Peter Sereni and Edna Skinner received three two and one year terms respectively with George Davison continuing on the board and Mayor Harry Weiner remaining ex officio.
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Medicine Hat
George Davison
Harry Weiner
University of Alberta Alumni Association
Ed Elford
University Women’s Club and
Women’s Literary Club
Edna Skinner
Kiwanis Club
Peter Sereni
Catherine Baillie
Fred McGuinness
Business and Professional Women’s Club
University Women’s Club
Alberta Teachers Association
McGuinness
Chamber of Commerce
John Dobson
Lillian Gust
Freight Rate Boost Suspended by Government
The government suspended a 3.6 percent freight rate increase until March 1 to hear provincial appeals. Simultaneously railways planned a Supreme Court of Canada appeal. Prime Minister Diefenbaker ordered the pause to allow eight provinces and railways time to assemble cases before a final cabinet decision.
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Ottawa
Supreme Court of Canada
Diefenbaker
Board of Transport Commissioners
Supreme Court
Ben Gurion Forms New Coalition to End Crisis
Israel's Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, age 72, forms a new coalition after a split among five parties. He secures pledges to avoid public appeals against cabinet decisions and imposes tighter party discipline following a prior dispute over arms purchases and security.
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Jerusalem
Reuters
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Abduth Havoda
West Germany
Chamber Reaffirms Gas Boost Protest
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce protests two cent gas price hike for industrial users effective Jan 1. In a council read letter the industrial and civic affairs committee warns higher costs amid weak marketing and rising unemployment threaten 1958 prospects. The chamber asks cancellation or indefinite deferment of the increase and notes 1957 fuel imports and local price structures.
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City of Medicine
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Civic Gas Com
Mittee
Medicine Hat
R. H. A. Lacey
Industrial and Civic Affairs Committee
Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Royal birthday ball charms with cha cha beat at Kensington Palace
Nearly 200 guests attended Princess Alexandra's belated twenty first birthday ball with Prince Philip as her dance partner. The event featured Latin music and ample champagne in the Kensington Palace music room. Princess Margaret missed the celebration due to a cold, marking another recent absence from royal engagements. The guest list included Queen Elizabeth and Alexandra's cousin, and rumors linked the Marquess of Hamilton to the princess.
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London
Reuters
Alexandra
Duke of Kent
Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth
Margaret
Kensington Palace
Moyra Hamilton
Marquess of Hamilton
Vancouver teen launches West Vannik rocket in backyard
The 16 year old John Percival of Vancouver built a 6 foot DIY rocket from plumbers pipe baking soda and chemicals. It soared 10 000 feet to set a potential Canadian or world amateur record and was funded by a $5 per head syndicate formed at his high school.
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John Percival
Vancouver
John
B.C
West Vannik
Fuchs and Hillary Clash Over Pole Push
Dr. Vivian Fuchs and his British team advance toward the South Pole amid disagreement with Sir Edmund Hillary over whether to continue past the pole. Hillary urges stopping at the pole to avoid danger. Fuchs plans to press on toward Depot 700 and Scott Base.
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Wellington
N.Z
Reuters
Vivian Fuchs
South Pole
Sir Edmund Hillary
Fuchs
Antarctic
Pole
Hillary
New Zealand
Mount Everest
Scott
Mcmurdo Sound
Antarctica
Four Ships Caught In Raging Seas Off Holland
Four ships in the North Sea faced a gale as they radioed for help. The Dutch coaster Capella feared sunk with nine crew. rescue efforts found lifeboat waterlogged and two bodies. Dike patrols watched high water as wind eased and alerts were withdrawn. The French freighter Croton drifted ashore northwest of IJmuiden.
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the Hague
Reuters
North Sea
Holland
Ijmuiden
Texel
Four Die as Navy Plane Crashes at Virginia Beach
A United States Navy patrol plane with one engine out crashed into a seashore resort area in Norfolk killing four crew members. Twelve crew were aboard. eight survived as the Mercator struck cottages, three destroyed and three damaged. The plane and house burns. three bodies recovered. search for the fourth ongoing.
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Norfolk, Va
Navy
Kremlin Silent Test Failure Sparks Space Race Speculation
Reports claim Russia tested a man carrying rocket reaching 186 miles, with a passenger returning to Earth. The Kremlin stayed silent fueling questions about the mission’s success and the traveler’s identity as observers compare to the U.S. X-15 plans and Kincheloe’s prior altitude record.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
Earth
Space
Moscow News Denies Reports Of Rocket Launch
Moscow news officials deny western reports of a Soviet man carrying rocket launch. Radio Moscow director Ivanov told CFCF that no Russian sources carried the claims and no official announcement is expected. The reports said the rocket rose 186 miles and returned the passenger to Earth.
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Montreal
Radio Moscow
Moscow
Ivanov
Richard Johnson
CFCF
Herebs
Russia
Earth
Johnson
Associated Press
United Press
Soviet Union
Soviet Cuts Troops by 300000 in Latest Army Reductions
MOSCOW AP report says Russia will withdraw and disband 58,000 troops in Hungary and East Germany as part of a 300,000 man reduction. Kuznetsov announced cuts start immediately and may lower forces below 3,000,000. He urged NATO to match the move and floated a possible East-West nonaggression pact.
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Harold K. Miles
Moscow
Russia
Hungary
East Germany
Kuznetsov
Union
NATO
Soviet Union
Macmillan
Britain
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Ukraine
Kremlin
Soviet Bloc
U. S
Khrushchev
Supreme Soviet
Venezuelan revolt crushed quickly by government forces
Police in Caracas report rebel bombings as Venezuelan air force units revolt. President Perez Jimenez says the brief skirmish lasted only hours. Insurgents lose Maracay garrison 50 miles west of Caracas and Caracas bar racks. Los Teques falls later as Gen Hugo Fuentes is arrested amid mutiny.
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Caracas
Perez Jimenez
Maracay
Los Teques
Hugo Fuentes
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