Poland to commercialize state radio with ads and DJs
The Polish press and state radio plan to commercialize advertising blending communism with market methods. Newspapers will run ads from fashion to real estate while the state network trials disk jockeys and hopes Western firms pay for spots. The radio aims for ad revenue and strong greetings broadcasts, with disclaimer of responsibility for advertised goods.
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Warsaw
Poland
Soliszewski Brothers
Evening Express
Realmax
Szczecin
Wladyslaw
Hostage Bandit Jailed 15 Years
Ronald Keith Reid, 25, sentenced to 15 years for robbery with violence in a June 17 Calgary supermarket heist. He filed a motion seeking leave to appeal, claiming he did not understand the plea or offense and was induced by hopes of a lighter sentence. Preliminary hearings continue for two co defendants, Arnold Redmond and Edward Beck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Ronald Keith Reid
Reid
Moose -Jaw
George Barnes
Arnold Redmond
Edward Beck
Grade 12 exam results due in August for Alberta students
Grade 12 examination results are expected by the first week of August, with Grade 9 results due the following week. About 9,000 Grade 12 students wrote the exams, and 16,000 to 17,000 took Grade 9 tests. Papers are being marked by 340 teachers from across the province.
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Edmonton
L. G. Frith
Education Department
City Council Reviews Gas Supply Report For Medicine Hat
Council studies a Calgary McDaniel Consultants report on gas export and future supplies. Aldermen discuss fracturing wells to boost deliverability and potential new producing zones while debating a five year buffer and a long term deal with Britalia Petroleum. Mayor Weiner and council members weigh buy versus drill decisions for eight existing wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine ‘Hat
Council
McDaniel, McDaniel Consultants Ltd
Calgary
Medicine Hat and
McDaniel
J. Gs. Kidd
Kidd
Petroleum, and Natural, Gas’ Conservation Board
Manning
Britalia Petroleums Ltd
Weiner
Lloyd Craig
Britalia
Douglas
Ald
Heckbert
Explosion rocks airliner over Mojave Desert
A Western Airlines Convair flying from Las Vegas to Los Angeles suffered a blast 10 000 feet above the Mojave desert. One passenger, S F Binstock of North Hollywood, is missing and presumed dead. The plane made a safe emergency landing at George AFB while authorities launch an FBI inquiry and search the desert for the missing man and wreckage. Three crew members and 12 other passengers, including a baby, were unhurt.
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Los Angeles
California
Mojave Desert
Western Airlines
Convair
Las ‘Vegas
Nev
S.F. Binstock
North Hollywood
Calif
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George U.S. Air Force Base
Victorville
Binstock
No. 39
Minneapolis
Eva
Jema
New
York
Milton Shirk
Western
Scout Jamboree Cablegram From London
A brief cablegram mentions Jim Oldham, a Medicine Hat Scout, attending a jamboree in London. The message reads Arrived and is signed Jim. The note highlights the economy of sending a cablegram from London and its use for the family.
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London
England
Jack Oldham
Jim Oldham
Medicine Hat
Professors Probe Progress on Mechanical Cucumber Harvester
Michigan State University has received a 12000 grant from the cucumber industry for basic research toward a mechanical cucumber harvester. Pickle growers face growing difficulty hiring hand labor for harvesting cucumbers.
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East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State ‘University
Strikers Fight Police as London Markets See Chaos
In London violence flared as 3,800 workers in Covent Garden and nearby depots strike over a job reclassification plan. Pickets halted trucks and damaged cables while police escorted vehicles. one man beat a police chief, a truck driver threatened with a shotgun, and authorities pledged firm action to restore order amid Britain’s worst labor unrest in decades.
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London
Macmillan
Britain
the Commons
Metro- Polis
Covent Garden
Stratford
East End
Smilestones Humor on Rush Hour
A playful exchange centers on the phrase rush hour, with a child asking about its meaning and a parent explaining that traffic slows to a standstill during peak commuting times. The vignette captures a domestic moment in concise dialogue.
Vancouver police roll out new patrol supervision system
Vancouver police chief George Archer announces a new patrol system to curb lawlessness. The city is divided into two sections with three squad areas each, two uniformed inspectors in the field, one staff inspector at headquarters, and staggered squad duty times for constant coverage.
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Vancouver
George ‘Archer
Heat Wave Grips Large U S Regions with Crop Losses
Across the Carolinas to Maine searing drought scorches fruit and vegetable crops with multi million dollar damage. Prices for garden products jump as peaches apples and corn suffer while farmers report dry pastures and stressed livestock. Local agents note no reliable damage totals yet but several counties report losses in the millions.
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Carolinas
Maine
New ‘England
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Jersey
Rhode‘Island
Pennsylvania
Long
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
Harry Beggs
Chester
Dolla
Sheen
Suspect hunt continues in famed bank robbery case
Quebec police and Crown officers seek warrants from the government to locate a man tied to what may be North America’s largest bank robbery. A homicide squad seeks Sirrants, while Petrov, jailed on narcotics charges, is also wanted for questioning in a Jan 14 Montreal bank robbery. Cash and securities disappeared from 132 safety deposit boxes amid tax complication rumors.
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Montreal
Crown
Quebec
North America
Wednes- Ousrean
Latrentiane
Petrov
Baseball score roundup from today’s MLB games
Summary of AL and NL results includes Cleveland 2 Wash 3 with Lemon homer, Chi 2 NY 4 with Donovan homer, KC 3 Boston 5 with Skizas homer, Det 0 Balt 8, and Phila 5 Milw 3 with Aaron homer. Pitchers noted with losses and key HRs listed.
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Cleveland
Garcia
Daley
Hegan
Kemmerer
Courtney
Wash-Lemon
Chicago
New York
Donovan
Battey
Moss
Shantz
Ditmar
Berra
Chi-Donovan
Kansas City
Boston
Bulganin accuses West of stalling disarmament talks
Premier Bulganin accuses Western powers of delaying disarmament in a 6000 word letter to Prime Minister Macmillan. He claims a deal exists between Western governments and Adenauer and calls for mutual withholding of aid to aggressors in Europe while criticizing unsettled issues in Germany.
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Moscow
Bulganin
Konrad‘ ‘Adenauer
Europe
Bulgarin
Macmillan
Adenaur
West Germany
Germany
Kiefler
Adams Faces 15 Charges in Lewes Trial
Dr John Bodkin Adams a 58 year old physician from Eastbourne stands trial in Lewes on 15 charges including larceny cremation forgery and dangerous drugs acts. He was acquitted in a sensational London trial last year over drugging to death Edith Morrell. The new charges were brought in May and a preliminary hearing in Eastbourne ordered the trial.
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Lewes
England
John Bodkin
Adams
Eastbourne
London
Edith Morrell
Dr. Adams
Edmonton Weather Forecast Shows Warm Air and Showers
Weather bulletin from Edmonton notes warm air over the district with highs near eighty and readings in the Peace River region. A disturbance from the fir will spread showers into the river region and western areas by late Friday, with continued sun elsewhere.
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Edmonton
Sai Wan
Alberta
Peace River
Hee Edmonton
Lethbridge
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Mam
Aden
Sultan
Ebry
Nizwa
Tebel
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Bahrein
Jabal
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Shirk
Jim
Milwaukee
Roberts
Farrell
Lopata Spahn
Trowbridge
McMahon
Crandall
Spahn
Milwaukee-Aaron
Russia
John Bodkin Adams
Lewis
Valley Forge
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Arthur Lake
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Sweetnam
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Wennenberg
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