Pay Boost Announced For Canadian Forces
Ottawa reports a total $30 million pay rise for regular and reserve forces retroactive to May 4 1957. Trades pay increases of 20 percent accompany basic pay boosts, lifting pay across ranks up to colonel and equivalent, with specific annual increases ranging from 24 to 900 and monthly rates rising for privates, seamen, and noncommissioned officers.
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Ottawa
Defence
Pearkes
Reseres
Navy
RCAF
Air Force
Weekend Mishaps Kill 37 Canadians
The Canadian Press reports 37 deaths over a weekend across Canada with 24 highway fatalities, 14 drownings, and four other accidents. Ontario had 18 deaths including two highway crashes near Sault Ste. Marie. A trio from Cutler Reserve and two Sault Ste. Marie residents died in separate crashes on Highway 17. Quebec tallied 11 fatalities, while BC had three and NB Manitoba Nova Scotia Newfoundland and Saskatchewan one each. Alberta and Prince Edward Island reported no fatalities.
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Canada
Ontario
Highway
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Bill Meawasige
Wesley Commando
Victor Day
Cutler
James Springbett
Robert Porter
Quebec
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prince Edward Island
Weather shifts as cool front reaches Alberta and Saskatchewan
A low pressure system over Lake Athabasca brings cooler air to Alberta with northwesterly winds and 70s temperatures. Saskatchewan remains hot in the 80s but will drop about 15 degrees by Tuesday as showers and thunderstorms move in signaling a cooling change.
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Edmonton
Lake Athabaska
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Moose Jaw
RCMP Grants Salary Increases Across Ranks in Canada
The RCMP announced pay raises across ranks from troopers at $2,340 to deputy commissioners at $13,720 annually. Third-year inspectors will rise to $8,280, inspectors to $8,280, superintendents to $9,360, and deputy commissioners to $13,720. NCOs gain $420 to $6,120 for company sergeants majors and $480 to $5,460 for sergeants majors and staff sergeants.
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Ottawa
RCMP
China Names Three Ministers Admit Political Faults in Confessions
Three rightist cabinet ministers issued public confessions during the National People's Congress session. Chang Po Chin admitted a deadful political state and promised a fuller future confession, Lo Lung Chi listed eight faults tied to Western education, while Chang Nai Chi denied major charges but admitted minor errors. Observers expect ideological cleansing rather than purges as the congress aims to condemn rightists and bolster Communist control.
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Peiping
Reuters
China
National People’s Congress
Fol
Chang Po Chin
Lo Lung Chi
SO_S
Chang Nai Chi
Gas rate raise protested at Medicine Hat council meeting
Spokesmen from Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce industrial committee will appeal to the city council to reconsider a by law raising the industrial gas rate. The brief cites dependency on natural gas, lack of public notice, and calls for a public open discussion to establish a firm gas policy.
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Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Sissons
Edmonton
Eastates
Council
Corporation of
City of
Medicine Hat
Industrial Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Vancouver arsonist thwarted by alert housewife
A Vancouver housewife scared off a shouting arsonist early Saturday as he tried to burn an empty shed. She alerted the fire department after seeing matches and a partially burned newspaper in the shed. Police suspect multiple arson attempts in the area and traced a red sports car near several blazes.
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Vancouver
H. Hendry
Kitsilano
Police Probe Arson Possibility
Fire Chief Len Morris said two weekend fires are decidedly suspicious and have been handed to city police for investigation. A barn at 13 Ninth St. N-E in Medicine Hat owned by Althea Lokier burned inside but was controlled within an hour after roughly 9:20 p.m. Saturday.
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Len Morris
Althea Lokier
Ninth St. N-E
Medicine Hat
Stampede Tuesday Entries at Market Square and City Hall Annex
Stampede announces Tuesday events from 9 am to 5 pm with home economics entries at Market Square Building and contestant livestock entries at Stam pede office City Hall Annex 1st St Information Number 6 3979.
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Market Square Building
City “Hall
1St St
Spain to restore monarchy after Franco rule
Madrid Reuters reports the Spanish Parliament heard plans for a traditional Catholic monarchy upon Franco's death or exit. Luis Carrero Blanco said the throne would serve the regime, with Prince Juan Carlos seen as the next king yet to be educated in Portugal. A 37 member commission may back the restoration despite Falange opposition.
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Madrid
Reuters
Spain
Francisco Franco
Luis Carrero Blanco
Franco
Juan Carlos
Alfonso XI
Portugal
Saragossa
Falange Party
Church, Industry
Falange
Carrero Blaco
Iis
Carrero Blanco
Tot Uses Gun to Wake Mommy in Morning Shooting
John Hurley Jr. aged 3 climbed to a dresser and pulled a 38 revolver from a strongbox kept by his policeman father. The weapon fired, injuring Mrs. Hurley’s right hand. she was listed in good condition at a hospital.
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New York
John Hurley Jr
Giant British telescope to reveal universe to mankind
In Jodrell Bank England engineers unveil a colossal radio telescope built for Manchester University and the DSIR. The 800 ton bowl on a 350 foot track rotates to focus radio waves from stars up to a billion light years away, promising a view of the universe’s birth as a radar and optical complement.
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Werful
Manchester University
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Explorer's paradox on torches and jungle beasts
A noted explorer and big game hunter muses on whether a torch can protect a person in the jungle. He answers that effectiveness hinges on how fast one carries the torch, implying speed matters more than the flame itself.
Regina Siamese Twins Born Prematurely at Regina Hospital
Dr F H Munkley reports the Regina twins joined at the abdomen were born Friday one month early to Pauline Zaharik. weighing eight pounds 43 ounces. Doctors say they may share a vital organ making separation difficult and a procedure not planned for weeks. The mother is a Regina cafeteria proprietor. The infants have two previously separated twin siblings who died years ago.
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Regina
F. H. Munkley
Pauline Zaharik
A. Regina
Parade marshal Dawson Fawcett drives Medicine Hat Stampede displays
Dawson Fawcett leads the Stampede Parade committee in Medicine Hat with Emerson Porter and Alan Kent handling entries floats and all parade duties The Thursday morning street show features a special 4 H clubs section and prize money matching other rodeos Fawcett also piloted a new oil judging system to boost public interest in the entries and overall show dynamics.
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Dawson Fawcett
Medicine Hat
Dawson
Emerson Porter
Alan Kent
A. Big
Dawse
Fawcett
Ployee
Gardner Motors
Lake claims second drowning victim at Coulee
A 24 year old Saskatchewan man Allan Johnson drowned near Rattlesnake Coulee while aboard a motor boat with three friends. Dragging efforts ran from early morning until 1:30 pm with no success due to 35 to 40 foot depths and heavy weed beds. Survivors were not strong swimmers.
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Coulee
Saskatchewan
Allan Johnson
Johnson
RCMP
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