16 Car CN Continental Derailment Injures 86 in Manitoba
At Nourse in Manitoba 16 of 20 coaches derailed after the switch opened under the train caused by a tampered switch handle. About 86 injured as 400 passengers rode the Continental from Montreal to Vancouver. Affected cars included express and mail cars. three immigrant cars were aboard. One cook, Fred Pritchard, was burned by scalding water. Investigations ordered. lines expected to reopen soon.
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Winnipeg
Canadian National Railways
Continental
CNR
J. R. McMillan
CNR Western Region
RCMP
Behid
Nourse
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
Canada
Fred Pritchard
Henry Mozil
Tokyo Flood Toll Escalates Across Kyushu Island
Tokyo floods overwhelm Kyushu with 12 more inches of rain after 32 inches the prior week. The disaster area reports 568 dead 3 681 injured and 420 missing as Sendai Kagoshima suffers severe damage. Prime Minister Kishi tours the stricken region delivering relief leaflets and aid.
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Tokyo
Kyushu
Sendai
Kagoshima
Nobusuke Kishi
Medicine Hat Aldermen to Meet Calgary Gas Officials
Medicine Hat aldermen travel to Calgary tomorrow to confer with Britalia Petroleums Ltd and Alberta's Conservation Board on a gas supply contract. The city will seek approval from ratepayers via a plebiscite before final ratification, with a McDaniel Consultants plan as the negotiation basis covering 1958 to 1987 in tiers and a sliding price scale.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary
Britalia Petroleums Ltd
Alberta
Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board
McDaniel Consultants Ltd
James Kidd
Ing
G. W. Govier
The
Conservation Board
McDaniel
Ald
J. C. Starritt
West Coast
D. Broderick
Britalin
Rebel Movement Slows May Face RAF Attacks Again
Britain backs the Sultan of Muscat and Oman in a rebel revolt led by the Imam of Oman. The movement has "completely lost momentum" but RAF jets may resume strikes from bases as Burrows cites rumors of peace feelers and ongoing desert fighting around Nizwa amid Taleb Bin Ali's border actions and weapon transfers.
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Sharjah
Reuters
Oman
RAF
Bernard Burrows
Bahrein
Britain
Muscat
Nizwa
Burrows
Taleb bin Ali
Taleb
Saudi Arabia
Strikers Lock Themselves in Lever Brothers Boiler
A band of Local 32 International Chemical Workers Union strikers barricaded the boiler house at Lever Brothers in Toronto and vowed to stay until wage negotiations resume. Officials would provide food and water. The strike stretched 11 weeks with undetermined participation.
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Toronto
Lever Brothers
International Chemical Workers Union
Pro Reform Parties Win Argentine Vote In Key Election
In Buenos Aires pro reform candidates led by Pedro Aramburu won a strong majority as over 7.5 million ballots counted. The winning reform bloc projected to hold at least 75 seats in the 205 member constituent assembly, defeating anti reform and Peronist factions.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Aramburu
Argentina
Venezuela
People’s Radical Party
Ricardo Balbin
Arturo Frondizi
Raidcals
Balbin
Frondizi
Peronists
Peron
Kissing Bandit Caught in Passaic NJ
Police arrest Stephen Gregich 19 who confessed to stealing kisses from six women over six weeks. Detectives continue questioning after he was picked up Saturday on charges of breaking and entering and assault.
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Passaic
Stephen Gregich
Gregich
John Dulles and Diefenbaker Hold Third Informal Meeting
Canadian Press reports Prime Minister Diefenbaker and U S Secretary of State Dulles kept their weekend talks informal. They met Sunday at 24 Sussex Street and again at a dinner hosted by Ambassador Livingston Merchant. No decisions were anticipated.
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Ottawa
Criefenbaker
U.S
Dulles
Sussex St
Livingston T. Merchant
Rotary Governor Outlines Basis Club Activities
Rotary Governor A J Balfour spoke to the Medicine Hat club detailing Rotarys world mission. He cited 32 clubs in the district and 446 000 members, noting 2 25 million dollars spent on fellowships since 1947. He urged attendance at the Grande Prairie district conference in April 1958 and the 49th Rotary International convention in Dallas next June.
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Rotary
Free World
A. J. Balfour
Grande Prairie
Rotary International
Rotary Club of
Medicine Hat
Balfour
Rotary Ambassadors of Good Will
AU. Balfour
Dallas
Texas
USA
Driver Robbed by Hitch-Hiker in Medicine Hat Incident
Police investigate a second hitch-hiker robbery in two weeks in the Medicine Hat area. A 2 a.m. pickup on the Trans-Canada highway near Suffield saw Donald Gallinger of Estevan report a tired driver swap, then wake to find $40, a black suit and an electric razor missing. The suspect is described as 5'6 with red hair, ruddy complexion, 135 to 140 pounds, wearing grey trousers, a khaki shirt and a grey peaked cap. The car stopped at the foot of Redcliff hill. The case mirrors a prior vacationer assault by a wrench-wielding hitch-hiker.
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Medicine Hat
Donald Gallinger
Estevan, Sask
Suffield
Gallinger
Redcliff Hill
Dulles Expected To Discuss Oman In London Talks
London reports say Secretary Dulles will discuss British actions in Oman during disarmament talks with the United States Britain and other powers. Some papers view the Oman visit as a potential turning point for US UK relations and Gulf affairs.
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London
Reuters
Dulles
Oman
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Canada
London Times
Saudi Arabia
Persian Gulf
Daily Mail
Arabian Sultanate
Manchester Guardian
Daily Telegraph
Middle East
Anglo
Cleveland routs Boston in league baseball showdown
American League game ends with Cleveland scoring 28 runs to Boston's 6. Final line shows Garcia and Hegan for Cleveland with support from Brewer and White. Home runs hit by Clev Wertz and Bos Lepcio.
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Cleveland
Boston
Garcia
Hegan
Brewer
White
Clev—Wertz
Bos
Lepcio
Mexico City Rocked by Severe Earthquake Tragedy
Central Mexico's strongest quake in years devastated Mexico City early Sunday, with at least forty dead and about twenty missing as aftershocks continued through the night. Communications hindered full casualty tallies, while extensive damage reached the Pacific coast region and numerous buildings collapsed trapping residents.
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Mexico
City
Pacific Coast
Red
Cross
Big Babe the elephant goes berserk in Chesterton scene
An elephant named Big Babe escaped her chain at a Chesterton area supermarket promotion and damaged a soybean field. She wandered to a tavern, returned to a filling station, and finally drank water poured by Chesterton firefighters before being returned to the market. Keeper fired after the incident. owner C A Vernon paid 55 dollars for crop damage.
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Chesterton
Ind
Big Babe
Chesterton Fire
C. A. Vernon
St. Louis
Remarkable Memory Displayed By Versatile Italian Historian
Andrea Pontoni, a 43 year old Italian historian visiting Medicine Hat en route to Vancouver, displays extraordinary memory by recalling a list of words in exact order and backwards after hearing them once. Pontoni has earned four doctorates, visited 125 countries, learned six languages, and produced works on philosophy, history, literature, psychology, art, and the Pope. He spent nine years at Monte Cassino, wrote a history of the monastery, and created murals and art exhibitions in multiple cities including Vancouver, Houston, El Paso, New York, and Juarez Bank of Mexico. Pontoni also compiled the first geography of Guatemala from research conducted during a visit to Guatemala.
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Andrea Pontoni
Medicine Hat
Vancouver
Europe
Monte Cassino
Pontoni
Mexico
Houston
el Paso
New York
Bank of Mexico
Juarez
Pont
Beitz Rescued After Canadian Park Riding Accident
Slim Beitz medicin gas superintendent stranded 25 miles from Banff after a riding mishap at Leman Lake in Banff National Park. He suffered broken ribs when he fell from a high horse and was moved by horse, boat, and car to Medicine Hat after air rescue attempts failed due to air density.
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Slim) Beitz
Medicin Gas
W“ Ag
Banff
Ife
Mr. Beitz
Medicine Hat
Leman Lake
Canmore
Fragmentary vintage notice reports a tense domestic exchange
A damaged text fragment shows a conversation where a pretty maid is questioned by Mrs. Baily about an engagement and a husband. The lines suggest a charged scene with social scrutiny and implied public talk.
Edmonton Weather Update and Prairie Disturbance
Shifty weather report notes showers and a disturbance over the Prairies with cloudiness. Temperature and precipitation data from yesterday remain unclear.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Calgar
Lethbridge
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