08 Jul 1960
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1960
Page
1
West Crescent Heights residents weigh converting named streets to a numbered system. City council approved a two week public reaction window. petitions circulate while officials differ on practicality and post office benefits.
In Leopoldville a mutiny led by Congolese troops pushes to purge white officers and prompts thousands of Belgians to flee to Brazzaville and river boats. Lumumba's office says a group of Europeans attempted his life. a Congolese general will head the army with Lumumba as defence minister.
In Vancouver BC the hot dry spell has left forests tinderbox ready for a major blaze. Interior bush fires surpass 1000 acres as logging and sawmill work pause across central and northern Vancouver Island. Fire crews estimate 1000 workers out of work until hazards ease.
Nairobi and outlying Kikuyu reserves were raided by about 200 policemen in the early hours targeting alleged Mau Mau oath taking rites. Authorities fear a renewed terror campaign after a seven year emergency that killed over 13 000 people. Former detainees were seen being questioned.
An EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE test intercepts a simulated enemy missile. The Bomarc B, 47 feet long, flew 170 miles over the Gulf of Mexico from Santa Rosa Island after a Regulus II target was fired from Venice. It marked the third straight successful flight at Eglin after eight prior Cape Canaveral attempts failed.
In Valdivia, Chile, the army and navy race to evacuate the remaining 40,000 residents as tremors and a month of floods threaten after May quakes. Lake Rinihue sits 66 feet above normal and could breach barriers, risking a flood from the Andes dam.
Saskatoon Saskatchewan College of Physicians and Surgeons will hold its regular council meeting weekend discussions include the future of its campaign against the provincial governments compulsory prepaid medical care plan. Dr George Peacock noted one issue will be the departure of publicist Fred Strong and possible reconstitution of the salaries section of the college. The group has opened information centres in Saskatoon and Regina and plans a brief to the advisory committee on medical care.
OTTAWA CP The Commons passed the principle of a Canadian bill of rights 183 to 0 with all members counted in a night session. Prime Minister Diefenbaker gave a two hour speech accusing Opposition criticisms and offered a committee next session to study the War Measures Act as Pearson pressed for written curbs in the rights bill.
Riots and political clashes continue as Communists and neo-Fascists refuse a 15 day truce to restore order. Tambroni accuses Reds of anti fascist power play while CGIL calls a 10 hour general strike. Five rioters die in Reggio Emilia as violence sparks across northern Italy.
Former Hat man D B Turgeon and three others parachuted from two T 33 jets when the aircraft went out of control at 20 000 feet over the Miami Manitoba district. All four were discharged from hospital after bruises and shock. Witness R Edwin Hunt described seeing four chutes and two explosions as the planes crashed.
Eight year old Graeme Thorne vanished on his way to school in Sydney. A caller claiming the boy’s kidnap demanded £25,000 by 5 p.m. or the boy would be fed to sharks. Basil Thorne, recent £100,000 lottery winner, and detective Larry O Shea were involved as authorities intensified the search. The lottery funded Sydney’s opera house.
London Reuters reports Britain moves Cyprus toward independence with a five page bill declaring Cyprus a republic The plan anticipates proclamation in August possibly the 14th or 21st Negotiations previously delayed the February 19 date over bases British aid and other issues The white paper discloses a formula to transfer the two bases to the new republic upon British withdrawal
A congressional spokesman for the ruling party in Mexico declares firm solidarity with the Cuban people against the United States. Speaker Emilio Sanchez Piedras cites the Cuban quest for liberty and economic independence, while acknowledging the statement reflects the legislature more than the executive.
In Vienna Nikita Khrushchev warned the Communist bloc could sign a separate East German peace treaty in September if West Germany's Parliament holds a West Berlin session in that period. He spoke at a press conference before leaving Austria after a nine day state visit. A Bundestag meeting in West Berlin had been suggested for the fall.
Ottawa reports no Russian oil or cars have entered Canada for domestic use. Nowlan notes discussions with Russia on fair market value for duties, but no imports or duty values fixed yet. He states Canadian-based fair market value from comparable third countries will be used.
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