Crash at Fort Churchill Rocket Flight Under Investigation
At Fort Churchill in northern Manitoba military and scientific personnel investigate a failed Aerobee rocket launch. Lt Col L G Smith cites a malfunction in the safety destruction system as the probable cause after the 24 foot rocket traveled 25 seconds and 244 miles from the tower before crashing, with the IGY program continuing and a July 19 next launching planned.
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Fort Churchill
Man
Manitoba
L. G. Smith
U.S. ‘Army Ordinance Corps
U.S
Tandra
United States’ ‘International Geophysical Year
IGY
Smith
Itv
Japan and Australia sign three year trade treaty in Tokyo
Reuters reports Japan and Australia sign a three year trade treaty in Tokyo. Premier Nobusuke Kishi and Australian Trade Minister John McEwen seal an agreement to grant MFN tariff rights and reciprocal non discrimination. Labor's Arthur Calwell criticizes the move as overly favorable to Japan while officials say voluntary restraint provisions are workable.
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Canberra
Reuters
Japan
Australia
Tokyo
Nobusuke
Kishi
John McEwen
Melbourne
Arthur Cal- Well
Federal Labor Party
United States
Canada
Cthey
Churchill Autographs Gift to Diefenbaker
In London, Prime Minister Diefenbaker received a surprise package at his hotel containing two volumes of A History of the English Speaking Peoples, autographed by Sir Winston Churchill. The gift was presented during a luncheon hosted by Diefenbaker.
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London
Diefenbaker
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Reds claim anti aircraft guns down Nationalist jet
Peiping radio said Red China shot down one Sabre fighter and damaged three others over the Swatow area in two days. Nationalist planes reportedly intruded Thursday and Wednesday, with one plane plunging into the sea after being hit.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Peiping
Swatow
Stampede plans running smoothly and progressing
Stampede directors reported plans for the big show are on schedule with committee reports noting completed organizational work and stronger prospects. Ticket sales led by Lorne Tansley showed a $500 day-one advance, while B A Amos announced the new cattle building ready for inspection and a just-laid concrete floor. Over 200 musicians are set for the parade with nine bands signed and a tenth possible, and more than 2 000 posters have been distributed across a wide area.
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Lorne ‘Tansley
Tansley
B.A. Amos
Amos
Jack McLane
Fred McGuinness
Bert Kleis
Bassano
Taber
Gull Lake
Saska
Montana
CBC
Calgary
McGuinness
Bill Swain
Ralston
Medicine Hat
Henry Cavan
Khrushchev accuses ousted leaders in factory speech
In a Leningrad factory meeting Khrushchev denounced exiled leaders Malenkov Molotov and Kaganovich for attempting to change party lines and opposing the Soviet union’s policy of peace. The speech, broadcast by Moscow Radio, marks the first direct public rebuke since their purge.
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London
Likita
Khrushchev
Geogri
Malenkov
Moscow
V.” Molotov
Lazar
Kaganovich
Union
A . Coe
Kremlin
Georgi Malenkov
Lazar Kaganovich
V. M." Molotov
Warsaw
Molotov
Communist Party
Nikita
Khrushi
Ant Molotov
Fessing A
Seiz
Ed Elford Handles Stampede Co Duties Amid July Rush
Ed Elford is secretary treasurer of Medicine Hat Stampede Co Ltd and works full time in July to manage all correspondence and duties for the annual rodeo. He coordinates letters and phone work, a demanding one man job during the busy month.
BC strike averted as fishermen vote looms on price rise
Vancouver reports a province wide lumber strike averted at the eleventh hour as salmon fishermen vote on price increases offered by BC canneries. Civil servant walkout threats linger with union officials saying dismissed shore workers remain under contract until April 1958 and could strike if key conditions are not met. Provincial Secretary Black says essential services will be maintained while talks continue.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
B.C
Linon
Yepinks da
Chums
Wesley ‘Black
B.C. Government Employees Association
Prime Minister Diefenbaker Heads Home After Quiet Commonwealth Meet
The eighth postwar Commonwealth conference ended with a muted communique and unclear achievements. Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker plans a draft for Commonwealth trade expansion and will seek Ottawa support before a possible September meeting of Commonwealth finance ministers. Nehru praised the conferences despite occasional differences, while British press mockingly weighed the session's vigor.
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Alan Harvey
London
Commonwealth
Iinissters
Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Canada
Diefnbaker
The
Daily Mail
Daily Express
Macmillan
Nehru
Heat Wave Kills Ten Across Europe and Britain
AP reports ten deaths in Italy from a week long heat wave as temperatures hit 105 near Bologna and Milan’s 98. Paris and London faced record heat with nights staying above 73. Trains delayed and communications cut across the British Isles while Prague logged a record high night.
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Rome
Italy
Jenel
Bologna
Milan
Europe
Paris
France
British Isles
London
Darmingham
England
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Lions to Tour Medicine Hat by Eastern Business Leaders
A large delegation of Lions International members and wives will visit Medicine Hat on Tuesday after a Canada industrial tour. They arrive Monday night, stay through noon luncheon hosted by the chamber of commerce, tour local plants in the afternoon, and attend a Connaught Golf Club reception and Lions barbecue.
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Medicine Hat
Lions International
Canada
CPR
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Weiner
Ald
Lillian Gust
Chamber
Dominion Glass
Northwest
Nitro-Chemicals
Medicine Hat Brick and Tile
Pmva
Connaught Golf Club
Lions
James C. Miller
Smilestones Cartoon Gag About Spots Blindness Oculist
A humor caption features a doctor and patient bantering about spots in vision. The punch line jokes the patient has not seen an oculist, only spots, reflecting a light medical humor tone.
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Doc
Doukhobor group moves to relocate to Russia
A Sons of Freedom Doukhobor spokesman says the group has completed its relocation application to Moscow. A small delegation will travel to prepare the way, after favorable reception from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa. The move follows long sect history in Canada and disputes over Canadian schools.
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Vancouver
Sons
of Freedom Doukhobor
Russia
Moscow
Bill Mocielski
Freedomite
Ottawa
Mocielski
Kootenay
British Columbia
Sons of Freedom Group
New Denver
B.C
Freedomites
Kootenays
Radio
Canada
Nevada test blast shatters skies with record A bomb
The largest U S atomic explosion to date rocked the Nevada Test Site as Marines 5 700 yards from ground zero advanced through a dust cloud after a blast fueled by a yield well above the 60 kiloton previous record. Observers across a 500 mile radius reported the flare and tremor while fallout was said to be light beyond the test area. Brig Gen Harvey Tschrigi noted Marines were safe when properly dug in.
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G. M. Johnson
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Nevada Test Organization
Hawaii
California
Harvey Tschrigi
4Th Marine Corps Provisional Atomic
One Grand Takes Sewage Trip In New York
An AP report describes Francisco Lopez, a grocer, who admitted dumping $1,500 in a bag into a night-deposit garbage pail. He claimed to have forgotten the act until a sanitation officer questioned him. The incident center on a charge of improper disposal and possible theft.
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RED. Army
Vladimir Shabinsky
New York
Nokolia,Mikhailov
Russia
U.S
Francisco ‘Lopez
Lopez
Me Lopez
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