Alberta election battle may flare as new legislature convenes
Alberta politics remain bitter after the June 29 vote returned Social Credit to power for a sixth term. Premier Manning faces the largest opposition in 20 years with Liberal J Harper Prowse pressing for an impartial inquiry into campaign charges. The new assembly could revisit loyalty to the treasury branches and potential cabinet reshuffles as sessions begin in August.
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Phil Adler
Edmonton
Alberta
E. C. Manning
J. Harper Prowse
Social Credit Party
Manning
Social Credit
Liberals
Page
Progressive Conservatives
Lucien Maynard
C. E. Gerhart
Lands and Forests
Ivan Casey
Treasury
House
Prowse
Legislative Assembly Act
Cloudy and Cooler Forecast With Highs Near 75
The region sees cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with daytime highs around 75 and overnight lows near 60. Residents should expect mainly overcast conditions and light winds through the day.
Optimism Rises for Geneva Talks Among Big Four Leaders
President Eisenhower Soviet Premier Bulganin and their allies left for Geneva with cautious faith that the summit will produce methods and machinery to tackle major Cold War issues. Eden and Faure joined in hopeful forecasts as foreign ministers began arriving for talks expected to run about six days with potential follow up meetings on disarmament European security German unification and world trade.
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Britain
Eden
Bulgaria
Faure
Congress
Kremlin
Germany
Community Art Class Exhibit Highlighted At Rodeo Week
The annual rodeo exhibition features a large Community Art Class display from a summer outdoor course covering city and district scenery. Dutch painter Jack Muller offers a one man show in the same rear stampede office venue. Tickets and entries are urged. a strong turnout is anticipated with Swift Currant Band among top parade entries.
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Jack Muller
Stampede
Gié Ross Gibson
Belfast Street
Ted Slack
Swift Current
Calgary
Russia weighing in on Canada's asbestos market in Quebec
The Soviet trade mission in Canada probes Canada's asbestos sector as Ot tawa firms report data requests from Alexander Lobatchev. Quebec's Thetford Mines region dominates production, with industry leaders cautious about sharing secrets.
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Russia
Canada
Thetford Mines
Quebec
Ottawa
Alexander T. Lobatchev
Quebec Asbestos Mining Association
QAMA
Mt Temple Inquest Adjourned After Avalanche Tragedy
An inquest into the death of seven boys on Mount Temple was adjourned after American teacher William Oeser testified he saw no danger in allowing 11 youths to climb the final slopes. The party of 16, all Philadelphia Wilderness Club members aged 13 to 16, faced an avalanche at 9,500 feet. two of the four survivors were injured. The hearing, delayed at RCMP request, followed the initial session for American witnesses.
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Banff
Alta
Mount Temple
William Oeser
Baltimore
RCMP
J. S. Wall
Attorney - General’s Department
Oeser
Wilderness Club of
Philadelphia
MT. Temple
To Be Married In An Airplane In Kansas City
Millionaire Edward L Williams known for an international cemetery chain plans a July 30 wedding aboard a chartered airliner. Marian Sutton, 28, is a model and TV actress. About 50 guests will attend as sky writing planes spell Just Married and draw hearts in the sky.
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Kansas City
Edward L
Doc) Williams
Williams
Marian Sutton
Coroner Rules Electrocution Accident in Line Incident
A coroner's jury in Edmonton ruled that Leslie Howard Allbee twenty two of Fort Saskatchewan died accidentally after brushing against a dangling 69 000 volt power line from a broken switch. Allbee had worked nearly five years for Calgary Power Ltd.
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Edmonton
Power Company
Leslie Howard Allbee
Fort Saskatchewan
Allbee
Calgary Power Ltd
Regina Man Heads Investigation Team
A four man RCMP unit led by Inspector M J Y Dube of Regina opens an inquiry into all criminal aspects of testimony from Vancouver police Royal Commission hearings. Assistant Commissioner C E Rivett-Carnac said the probe, ordered by Attorney General Robert Bonner, will involve three Vancouver area municipalities.
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Vancouver
RCMP
M. J. Y. Dube
Regina
Royal Commission
C. E. Rivett-Carnac
British Columbia
Robert Bonner
Inspector Dube
University of New Brunswick
Weather relaxes as city cools from heat wave
The weatherman reports a drop from yesterday's 94 record heat. Today the city records 88 degrees with 38 percent humidity and a humiture around 63, marking relief from the prior extreme conditions.
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T. H. Humiture
Heat wave eases as Edmonton forecasts cooler weekend
Edmonton forecast shows a break in the four day Alberta heat, with thunderstorms expected. Today’s high near 80, after Friday’s 90, the first 90 degree reading since July 26 1959.
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Edmonton
News Bulletins From Editorial Rooms
A 12 hour old baby survived a suspected arson in a New York garbage can. Canada may harvest well but sales look weak due to overseas competition. Over 100 died in Europe from a heat wave. Juan Peron resigns leadership of the Peronista party and declines a third presidential term. Rioting with 26 deaths in Casablanca spreads despite martial law. A Ruth Ellis waxworks effigy sparks turmoil in Blackpool. Canadian wheat board lifts the seed export embargo for rust resistant Selkirk wheat. Two thousand firefighters face Ontario’s worst danger after scattered showers. Canada’s Civil Service Federation may push a general salary rise for federal workers this fall. Fifteen aboard an airliner crash near Nakima Washington survive with minor wing damage. Marilyn Bell plans to resume training next week for the English Channel attempt.
NATO Endorses Western Big Three Summit Plans
NATO ministers unanimously approved plans for the Western Big Three ahead of the Geneva meeting. British Foreign Secretary Macmillan US Secretary Dulles and French Foreign Minister Pinay reported to the council saying there were no points at issue. The session emphasized political consultations among NATO members initiated by Canada in 1954. External Affairs Minister Pearson and Robert Ford represented Canada.
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Paris
NATO Today
Geneva
Macmillan
U.S
Dulles
Pinay
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Germany
NATO
Council
Palais de Chaillot
Canada
Pearson
Robert Ford
Geoffrey
Mid-Town
Western Canada sports notes touch races and races
Bruce Hogle Fred Gibbs enjoy success with six pacers and trotters in Manitoba. Lethbridge writer Don Pilling fans stir about Tigers leadership while Saskatchewan Roughriders confront racial issues in search of their first Negro player. Montreal Canadiens honor Paul Meyer fund after his serious injury. Eddie Dorohy returns to Victoria. Bud Syverson linked with Seattle and Calgary, with Tentative Blues role for Frank Currie.
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Fred Gibbs
Western Canada
Fred
Manitoba
Lethbridge
Don Pilling
Medicine Hat Tigers
Bengals
Wild Bill Hunter
Alex Kaleta
Tigers
Master Donald
Davy Crockett
Kaleta
Tiger
Bill Turner
Butch McDonald
Pete Slobodian
Bennie
Hunter
Moose Jaw
Gas City
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Fred Grant
Buffies
Gabe Patterson
Grant
Patterson
United States
Regina
Roughriders
Edmonton
Annis Stukus
The
Eskimos
Rollie Miles
Saskatchewan
Canada
Montreal Canadiens
Paul Meger
Habs
Montreal Forum
Forum
Canucks
RED Wings
Paul Méyer
Paul
Boston
Bruins
Victoria Cougars
Eddie (Knobby) Dorohoy
Cougars
Billy Reay
Seattle
Bud Syverson
Calgary Stampeders
Bud
Cowboys
Walt Trentini
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J.percy Page
Liberal
Progressive Conservative
CCF
Independent Social Credit
Independent
Elmer E. Roper
Agriculture Committee
L’bridge
Medicine Hat
Third ST
al Ss
Edgar Faure
France
Nuernburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Nikolas 'A
Stalin
Georgi M. Malenkov
Bruce Hogles
AMA
Duncan’s
Hawthorne’s
Doug Oland
Doug
Oland
Pete Sereni
Pete
Athletic Park
Dick Scholten
Pecos
ARES
NYC
Europe
Thetford
Asbestos Corporation
Charles Smith
Regina Man
Humiture
Bulletins
New York
Juan Peron
Peronista Party
Argentina
Casablanca
Ruth Ellis
Blackpool
England
Canadian Wheat Board
Selkirk
Ontario
Civil Service Federation of Canada
Edward R. Murrow
Nakima
Wash
Marilyn Bell
Folkestone
English Channel
Bruce Hogle
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