UN Casualties Reported In Congolese Fighting
Fighting between UN troops and pro Lumumba forces at Manono in northern Katanga injures several UN soldiers. Moroccan contingent member wounded in a separate incident when pro Lumumba forces fired on a UN plane. Katanga resumes military freedom after ending UN neutralization pact as Tshombe orders 6,000 troops on alert.
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Elisabethville
Reuters
United Nations
Manono
Katanga
Tpo Lumumba
Gold Mine High Grading Costs Timmins Area
In Timmins Ontario the practice of high grading rich ore costs local mines about 1.25 million dollars yearly. Cash from illicit ore moves through Montreal racket bosses to the Orient, with police noting 700 thousand dollars in cash last year. Highgraders and buyers operate across the Porcupine camp. miners receive 18 to 28 dollars per ounce, while official price sits at 35 and black market prices rise to 67. Police recently seized 939 dollars worth of high grade ore in a raid, amid varied smuggling methods including forced stripping and clothing changes above ground.
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Timmins, Ont
Orient
Montreal
India
Highsrade
Missing Helga Kaserer Surfaces in Toronto Police Search
Toronto police persist in questioning teens and screening hundreds of tips as 13-year-old Helga Kaserer, missing for two weeks after leaving home following a quarrel, remains unlocated in the Toronto area. Investigators compare her case with earlier disappearances of Marion McDonnell and Mabel Crumback, suspected in a sex slaying and a weekend disappearance, respectively.
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Toronto
Helga Kaserer
Helga
Marion McDonnell
Jimmy Wilson
Scarborough
Marion
Mabel Crumback
York Tevoahin
Swimmer Bet Ends with Emergency Rescue at Vancouver Pool
Two elderly men swam in a park indoor pool. they bet who could stay under water longest. George Palmer, 72, outlasted the other man until the pool manager intervened, performed artificial respiration, and Palmer was taken to hospital in satisfactory condition.
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Vancouver (Cp
Vancouver Park
George Palmer
Belgium Austerity Bill Wins Approval
The Belgian Chamber of Representatives approved the government austerity bill amid 24 days of Socialist led protests. It now awaits King Baudouin signature after Senate approval, with a vote tally of 125 to 90 and one abstention. Premier Gaston Eyskens collapsed briefly during proceedings and is resting.
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Brussels
Reuters
Chamber of Representatives
Baudouin
Senate
Paul Struye
Jean van Houtte
Laeken Palace
Gaston Eyskens
Eyskens
Uruguayan council expels Cuban envoy over agitators
Uruguay's nine member governing council voted 5 to 4 to expel the Cuban ambassador and the Soviet embassy's first secretary for involvement in pro Castro demonstrations and street clashes. The move follows a tense political debate over diplomatic relations with Fidel Castro's regime.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
J*idel Castro
Commission to rule on Bowness crossing bid
The board of transport commissioners will meet February 9 in Calgary to hear a bid by the town of Bowness Alberta for construction of a through way at a CPR highway crossing in the Lapeia subdivision where Highway No. 8 meets the CPR line.
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Ottawa
Board of Transport Commissioner
Calgary
Bowness
Alta
Lapeia Subdivision
Autopsy links fire death to Mrs Vosburgh in Quebec shack
In Noyan Quebec the autopsy found Mrs Mlavorie Vosburgh 48 was dead before the December 29 blaze that destroyed the shanty. Her son Abel Vosburgh 63 is held without bail as the sole survivor and police probe the incident while exhumations and a coroner's inquest unfold.
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Montreal
Mlaviorie Vosburgh
Noyan
Que
Hremen
Erie
Mar Brunet
Husgand Teld
Abel Voshureh
Tire
Montreat
Pelee
Tesabhai Bennet
Vosburei
Abel Vaseburgh
Vasburgh Ds
Ile
Abel Vosburgh
Vosburgh
Wies
Alberta assigns inquiry into Lethbridge subdivision order
Premier J. C. Manning named R. A. Edmanson of Calgary to conduct a formal inquiry into the city of Lethbridge administration. Edmanson, a former district court judge, will probe the July 13, 1959 city council subdivision priority resolution amid a challenge by contractor Arthur J. L. Batty and his counsel H. S. Prowse claiming no justification for the priority exists.
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Lethbridge
Jx. C. Manning
Alberta
Seneral
Rov AE
Arthur JL. Batty
H.S. Prowse
Railways Extend Free Travel Passes Amid Inquiry
A railway source says free travel passes will continue for federal MPs provincial legislators and certain government officials until the Covid Commission on transportation reports. The arrangement also covers dependents and some senior staff, with passes for journalists and other railway employees to be revoked.
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Opvawa
Covil Comission On
Thdis
CPR
Cone
Revair Commission
Laos Air Blitzes Rebel Positions North of Vientiane
Lao government forces using four newly acquired U S planes bombarded rebel artillery 70 miles north of Vientiane for a third straight day. Western sources report no signs of allied air support from the Soviet bloc or China.
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Vientiane
China
Viet Nam
Pathet Lav
United States
Contractor Sentenced and Officials Probe in York Township
In Toronto area coverage, builder Mannie Baber was found guilty of perjury amid a 190 inquiry and given a suspended sentence. Residents urge Ontario's Attorney General to appeal the acquittal of Magistrate Fredail and lawyer Harold Linden on bribery charges tied to a building permit dispute in York Township.
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Toronto
COTY
Mannie Baber Toiay
Abbas
York Township
Proberts
Ontario
Robert Porsonl
Fredail
Harold Linden
Owl
Officials Refute Gas Statements In Medicine Hat
Three city officials contradicted Social Credit candidate Marty Leinweber on exporting gas. Alderman Gordoun Sissons cited board concerns and prior tests in Medicine Hat as evidence of surplus gas not yet confirmed for exports. City engineer Allan Gunter and Alderman Jim Miller added that deeper gas levels exist but are small and unlikely to meet 30 year city needs.
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Social Credit
Marty Leinweber
Ald
Gordoun Sissons
Leinweber
Jaycee
Nish
Ald. Sissons
Conservation Board
Ated
Medicine Hat
Calvary
Sissons
Nus
Tie Board
Ael Sissons
Allan Gunter
California Standard
Gunter
Jim Miller
Calgary
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Cal
Medicine Hat Junior Chamber of Commerce
Moise Tshombe
Myad
Tshombe
Patrice Lumumba
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Dan
Wright
Gerry Noble
St. Ste. Redcliff
Rabbit
Baele
Tim Creery
Southam News Bureau
Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Davie Fulton
Arnold Heeney
U.S
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Interior
Elmer Bennett
Leising
Fulton
Bloor House
Presidential Area House
Pennsylvania
Syern
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Bennett
Mandaroy Interiagr
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Walter
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