Riots Rock Rome as Police Brace for More Clashes
In Rome and other Italian cities a wave of leftist protests and general strikes erupts, injuring hundreds and prompting bans on public meetings. Police deploy tear gas and mounted units while lawmakers clash, amid fears of a civil war scenario if the government resigns.
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Rome
Italy
Genoa
Sicily
Emilio Lussu
Senate
Fernando Tambroni
Christian Democrat
Chamber of Labor
Italian Federation of Labor
Civitavecchia
Italian Social Movement
Fascist Party
St. Paul
Tiber River
U S Sugar Cuts Ignite Castro Rage in Havana
Fidel Castro denounced Eisenhower cuts in Cuban sugar imports and urged Latin American nations to back Cuba’s fight against U S oligarchy. He vowed to strike back, announce plans to seize American property, and called for a mass rally in Havana to show unity against Yankee aggression.
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Robert Berrellez
Havana
U.S
Fidel Castro
Castro
Eisenhower
Feisenhower
United States
Casto
Metallurgical Workers Congress
Hisenhower
Cuba
Ezra T. Benson
Washington
Brazil
Philippines
Mexico
Peru
Amando Labayen
Philip
Three Canadians Hurt in Norway Crash
Three Canadians from Saskatchewan were hospitalized after a car plunged off a road near the Swedish border at Oerje. Don ald Keith Coviello 30 a Canadian Armed Forces teacher in Germany and Helen Diana Shanks 24 of Prince Albert suffered multiple injuries and were unconscious. Loraine Iris MacDonald 24 of Kindersley was in good condition with a fractured hip. Police said the car struck a tree then hit a rock and rolled over.
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Oslo
Norway
Saskatchewan
Oerje
Donald Keith Coviello
Germany
Saskatoon
Helen Diana Shanks
Prince Albert
Loraine Iris MacDonald
Moves Considered Following Orders By Eisenhower On Cuba Sugar
Washington AP. The United States is weighing new steps against the Castro government after Eisenhower cut Cuban sugar sales to the U.S. by 706000 tons for the year. The cut, plus a 156000 ton extra quota, costs Cuba about 35000000 in subsidies. Ezra Benson to buy sugar elsewhere as Brazil and the Philippines have surplus. Castro calls the policy hostile and says Cuba shifts more sugar to the communist bloc.
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Ister
United States
Washington
John M. Hightower
Cuba
Eisenhower
U.S
Ezra Taft Benson
Brazil
Philippines
Fidel Castro
UAW Faces Suit Over Alleged Fund Misuse
Two Toledo former union officials sue in U S district court charging misappropriation of 10 to 12 million dollars from the United Auto Workers treasury. Plaintiffs name President Walter Reuther and Secretary-Treasurer Emil Mazey plus the international union as defendants. Mazey calls the suit a nuisance and harassment.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
Toledo
Ohio
UAW
Walter Reuther
Emil Mazey
International Union
Mazey
Randolph Gray
Harold Billheimer
Reuther
Small Plane Lands Safely in Northern Michigan
TRENTON Ont CP says a small amphibious plane, missing after a four hour flight from Gore Bay to Port Arthur, landed safely in Northern Michigan after refuelling from a fishing boat. Pilot owner W W Moffat 40 of Toronto and Clark Tompkins of Fredericton aboard. Air force ordered full search with Dakota para rescue unit and a USAF plane from Selfridge swept the area.
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Trenton
Ont
RCAF
Lake Superior
Michigan
W. W. Moffat
Toronto
Clark Tompkins
Fredericton
Gore Bay
Manitoulin Island
Port Arthur
Air Force
Winnipeg
United States Air Force
Selfridge
Heat Wave Grips Medicine Hat As Temperatures Rise
City residents endure the hottest spell of the year with a 90 degree high on Wednesday and a forecasted 95 degree high for Friday. Temperatures will cool to around 60 at night with light showers possible Friday and again over the weekend.
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Medicine Hat
Hidden bomb shelter used by Benson sect
Police, armed with search warrants, raided the Full Gospel Assembly home in Benson and uncovered a subterranean bomb shelter beneath the master bedroom. Glenn Scott, 36, led the group of about 100 members claiming they were following government civil defense guidance in preparation for a predicted Soviet nuclear attack.
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Scott
Medicine Hat Chamber Seeks Early Air Service Meeting
The Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce will write to Trans-Canada Air Lines requesting an early meeting to improve the air service schedule before Stampede time. Directors approved the letter at a Wednesday meeting and will discuss the issue with Transport Minister George Hees during his Stampede visit July 21.
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Medicine Hat
Airship crash off New Jersey kills one and leaves many missing
A $12 million Navy airship on radar patrol plunged into the Atlantic near Lakehurst after a possible helium line rupture. One crewman died and 17 feared lost. three survivors were rescued as grappling operations begin. The disaster echoes earlier New Jersey airship losses including Akron in 1933 and the Hindenburg in 1937.
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Lakehurst
N.J
Atlantic
New Jersey
Navy
Frank Mikuleuzky
Barnegat Light
Joseph Culligan
Donald L. Shhaumier
Antonio Contreras
Edward B. Turner
Essex
Akron
Atlantic City
Kennedy Drive Crews Strive for First Ballot Nomination
A flurry of pre-meeting activity as Kennedy supporters push for a first ballot win at the Democratic convention. Key states including California Pennsylvania Illinois and New Jersey could tilt the contest, with Kennedy and rivals battling over rules on ballot switching. Brown leads California delegation as Stevenson backers seek to block early switches.
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Los Angeles
John Kennedy
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
California
Ilinois
New Jersey
Biltmore Hotel
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
South
anti-Kennedy Field
Adlai Stevenson
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Massachusetts
Illinois
Stevenson
Edmund Brown
Brown
Violence Strikes Congo Republic Amid Mutinies
Fresh violence hit the Congo Republic with police revolts and prison breaks. Mutinies at Camp Hardy near Thysville prompted evacuations for white civilians as Premier Lumumba and President Kasavubu returned to seek calm. In Stanleyville convicts seized the provincial assembly demanding amnesty.
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Thysville
Leopoldville
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Stanleyville
Police catch two auto thieves within five minutes
Police acted swiftly this morning to seize two 18 year old thieves who stole a 1958 model car from 302 Tenth St SW. The pair from Currie Barracks in Calgary were captured at the cloverleaf on No 1 Highway by Sgt J Witts and Const W Graves and remanded for sentence in Magistrates Court.
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D. H. Oland
Tenth St
Gary MacConnell
Ernest E. Evans
Queen’s Own Rifles’ Regiment
Currie Barracks
Calgary
Oland
No. 1 Highway
Sgt
J. Witts
Const. W. Graves
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Aventine Hill
Moscow
Japan
Italian Communist Party
Sparky
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Vancouver
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Little Cloud
Air Service
Darjeeling
India
Lhasa
Tibet
Makchen Tang
Dalai Lama
Drepung
Chi
Nese
Freedom
Bhutan
Newport
Republic
Congo Republic
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