Clash Reported Between Imam Forces and British Troops in Oman
A Cairo based Oman bureau spokesman says Imam of Oman forces clashed twice with British troops near Muscat and withdrew. The Imam allegedly refused a cease fire, demanding the sultan's abdication and oil team withdrawal. The British denial cites no cease fire and no repulse reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Reuters
Oman
Muscat
Nizwa
Ein
el] Garfat
London
Foreign Office
Oman ‘Bureau
1957 Traffic Violations Summary
A fragmented list records 1957 traffic violations including excessive speed careless driving failure to stop impaired ability and other infractions. The OCR shows scattered percentages and numbers but indicates a standard annual tally of infractions by type.
Weather update from Edmonton and Prairies
A band of clouds crossed northern Alberta this morning bringing scattered showers. By noon it lay in northwestern Saskatchewan and moved eastward. Western Prairies remain mostly sunny except for the unsettled area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Prairies
Baseball Scores From Today in Canadian Press Style
The report lists American League and National League box results with incomplete lines and scattered player abbreviations. Notable mentions include Terry, Urban, Cox, Thompson, Brewer, White, and Held for KC, plus Pierce Moss Ford Byrne and Berra for New York, with Chicago and Westrum among others.
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Pressmerican League
Terry
Urban
Cox
Thompson
Brewer
White
L. Terry
Kc-Held
Chicago
New York
Pierce
Moss
Ford
Bucks
Byrne
Berra
Johnson
Antonelli
Gris
Westrum
Elston
Neeman
L. Antonelli
Smilestones Chez Glass-fitter Dialogue
A glass-fitter answers Chez’s question about reading after a new glasses fitting. Chez remarks that reading was previously impossible, marveling at science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chez
Giant Grassfire Near Ralston Burns 380 Square Miles
A lightning sparked blaze near Ralston in the Medicine Hat area burned about 380 square miles from the British Block northward, with Redcliff residents watching the glow at 10 pm. Officials say the fire was contained within its block, no damage reported beyond prairie vegetation, and credit ranchers and the Youngstown special areas group for control efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralston
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Suffield Experimental Station
Dss
Youngstown
Alberta nets record oil lease and gas site revenues
The Alberta Government collected 11,321,059 dollars on Tuesday from oil leases and petroleum gas reservations across the province. Swan Hills reservations led with 5,665,996 dollars, Pembina field parcels brought 3,768,778 dollars, and 885,932 dollars came from wildcat land leases. Mobil Oil paid 3,351,895 dollars for 92,160 acres in Swan Hills, while British American Oil Co. Ltd and Pan American Petroleum Corp. paid 2,314,137 dollars for a similar parcel. The sale boosts fiscal year petroleum revenue toward planned goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Swan Hills
Pembina
Wildcat
British American Oil Co. Ltd
Pan American Petroleum Corporation
Mobil Oil of Canada ,Ltd
Alberta Treasury
Stampede Company Bills Due By July 31
Notice to forward all bills against the Stampede and Exhibition Company to Secretary Ed. Elford City Hall Annex by July 31. After that date the Stampede Company will not be responsible. Signed: President and Directors.
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Stampede and Exhibition Company
Elford
Hall Annex
Stampede Company
Medicine Hat Hospital clears foundation stability concerns
The hospital board received a report by Dean R M Hardy of the University of Alberta confirming no foundation movements or instability risks at the new Medicine Hat Hospital site. Hardy notes movements due to soil or slope issues have not occurred and foresee no future movements. Ald J W Douglas, board chairman, says the board is fully satisfied with the report.
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New
Medicine Hat
R.M. Hardy
Engineering Faculty
University of Alberta
Dean Hardy
Ald J. Www. Douglas
British jets prepared dawn strikes on rebel Oman bases
London reports British RAF planes to bomb rebel positions in Muscat and Oman at dawn. Leaflets dropped over Nizwa and surrounding areas warned tribesmen to end their revolt and withdraw. Rebels did not appear to comply by Tuesday night amid continued warnings.
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London
Sultanate of Muscat
Omah
Arabian Peninsula
Sultan
Said bin Taymur
Oman
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Nizwa
Revolt Suppressed in Tsinghai Province by Security Agents
Peiping radio reported security forces crushed a revolt in remote Tsinghai near Tibet led by intellectuals and capitalists from other parts of China. Police arrested five leaders named Chin, Liang, Wang, and two men called Chiang with incriminating evidence cited.
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Hong “Kong
Reuters
Ithe
Tsinghai
Tibet
Peiping
China
Chin
Liang
Wang
Chiang
Scientists urge focus on ending nuclear threat over new bombs
More than 50 scientists from the Los Alamos chapter of the Federation of American Scientists urge President Eisenhower to halt nuclear tests and pursue disarmament. They cite the need to reduce war risk and question the push for a cleaner bomb, warning that testing may continue if peace aims drift. University of California physicists Lawrence, Teller, and Mills urged a cleaner bomb could be possible in four to five years without tests.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Eisenhower
University of California
Ernest O. Lawrence
Edward Teller
Mark M. Mills
Los Alamos Group
Rebels seize large part of Oman in uprising
Rebels led by exiled imam Ghaleb ben Ali gained control of about 5 000 square miles in southeastern Oman, with reports of Bahla near Nizwa surrounded by rebels. British air forces based in Sarja prepared to strike rebel strongholds if diplomacy failed, while Sir Bernard Burrows warned of armed demonstration and possible lethal action. Britain pledged full support for the sultan and traced outside aid to rebels amid seizure of forts by dissident tribes.
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Oman
Sultanate
Ghaleb ‘Ben ‘Ali
Saudi Arabia
Arabian Peninsula
Cairo
Bahla
Nizwa
Mount' el Fehoud
Sarja
Trucial
Bahrain
Bernard Burrows
Aden
Arabia
Britain
Muscat
Selwyn
Lloyd
RAF
Eight boys held after opening switch to watch train wreck
Eight boys ages eight to ten were seized Tuesday night in Lincoln Illinois after they opened a railroad switch to watch a train turn over. An Illinois Central Freight train halted in time when an alert engineer spotted the open switch. The engineer said the derailment was averted. The boys were released to their parents.
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Lincoln, Tl
Ilinois Central Railroad
Clinton trial verdict unsettles town with racial tensions
In Clinton Tennessee the verdicts convict six men and a woman of criminal contempt for defying a federal desegregation order at Clinton High School. The all white jury, in East Tennessee, follows a tense period after a court-ordered desegregation began last fall amid violence and threats from organized segregationists led by John Kasper.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton
Knoxville
Klux
Ova D.abston
Clinton High School
Tennessee
U.S. Supreme Court
Paul Turner
William Brakebill
Lawrence Brantley
Alonzo Bullock
Clyde Cook
W. H. Till
Mary
Nell Currier
John Kasper
Deep South
North
Ward
Down South
William ‘Shaw
Louisiana
Petrov Feared Victim Of Gangland Killing In Montreal
Montreal police resumed search in the Laurentians for body parts believed to be Larry Petrov missing since July 2. He faced narcotics charges and was sought for questioning in an Outremont bank robbery tied to a large loot. A leg found in Lac Quareau is identified as likely Petrov, fueling questions about the Jan 14 heist that emptied 132 safety deposit boxes with cash and securities. Estimates now reach into the millions, potentially eclipsing the Brinks haul, though officials differ on exact totals.
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Montreal
The
Laurentians
Larry Petrov
Petrov
Outremont
North America
Lac Quareau
Brinks
Boston
la Presse
Outremont Police
Joseph ‘Griffiths
Gazette
RCMP
Danish Ship Leaves Suez With Israel Cargo
The Danish freighter Birgitte Toft departed Suez with rice and other Burmese goods bound for Haifa. An Israeli crew member, Raphael Eylon, was detained by Egyptian authorities after being accused of taking waterway photographs, prompting Israel to protest to the UN Security Council and Dag Hammarskjold.
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Said
Egypt
Birgitte Toft
Suez Canal
Israel
Hans Lolk
Raphael Eylon
Eylon
Cairo
Suez
Iwaifa
Burma
Haifa
Foreign Ministry
Jerusalem
United Nations Security Council
New York
Dag Hammarskjold
Eylom
Canal
Elath
Rangoon
Manning Opens Valve to Start Alberta Gas Flow
Premier E C Manning turned the valve to release gas from three Alberta fields into the Trans-Canada trunk line near Calgary. The event marks a historic step in Canada’s petroleum industry as gas is planned to reach Regina Winnipeg and Prairie cities by early September amid rough roads and official ceremonies.
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Alberta
Trans-Canada
Regina
Manning
E. C. Manning
Calgary
Indust ‘ Pth
Tanner
Cerem
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Daniel MM. “Shapiro
Morton M. Kligerman
Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Centre
Shapiro
Gual
Stampede Co
F/O
Wickson
Cpl
Bob Gilbert
France
English Channel
Croydon
RCAF
NATO Air Division
Metz
Air Force
England
Europe
Defence Research Board of Canada
Wainwright
Alto
Jawaharlal Nehru
Gamal
Nasser
Taig
Hea
Kasper
Eaqnspiracy
Eaton's
Hawthorne
Land Surveyor
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