Laurent Faces Threat of Rule by Military Junta
Ottawa reports that Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and his cabinet confront a potential military junta scenario akin to the wartime conscription crisis. Officers’ public statements on defence policy fuel debate that generals may attempt to sway government policy, drawing parallels to W L Mackenzie King era concerns.
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Laurent
Mackenzie Kin
Reginald Hardy
News Ottawa Bureau
Ottawa
Louis St. Laurent
W. L. Mackenzie King
Solon Law
Social Credit
J. L. Plant
Mr. Low
Simonds
Guy Simonds
Roy Slemon
Canada
United States
Ralph Campney
Simond
Campney
Sleman
Reck
W .L. MacKenzie King
King
General Staff
Ford Accepts Principles on Jobless Insurance Talks
Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers discuss supplementing unemployment benefits as part of a possible contract. Sources say Ford has accepted the principle of adding jobless insurance, with two differing reports on how far Ford would go. GM's stance remains unofficial and unclear.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Auto Workers
CIO
Ford
UAW
General Motors Corporation
Detroit Times
General Motors
Britain Faces Rail Strike Looming Over Prosperity
Officials of the Trades Union Congress and Labor Minister Sir Walter Monckton met to discuss the strike, with no progress reported. Traffic moved smoother, buses ran near schedule, and some Devon workers returned after family pressure. Unemployment could rise to about 1,000,000. cabinet members sought ways to keep the nation running without broad worker backlash.
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Tain
Trades Union Congress
Walter Monckton
Britain
London
London Transport
Devon
England
Anthony Eden
Coalition nominates Ben Brown in Didsbury for Alberta vote
In Didsbury Liberals, Progressive Conservatives and CCF nominate Acme farmer Ben Brown to oppose Social Creditor Lawrence Owen in the June 29 Alberta general election. Party leaders suggest running under a Coalition banner if Brown agrees. 130 party representatives attended the nomination meeting.
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Calgary
Alberta
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
CCF
Ers
Didsbury
Ben Brown
Acme Farmer
Lawrence Owen
Carstairs
John Munro
Ray Bell
CCF Association
Brown
Hugh John MacDonald
Social Credit
Howard Hammell
Etzikom Resident Dies After Truck Rollover Near Etzikom
An elderly Etzikom resident, 73 year old John James Nolan, died after the truck he rode in overturned on a side road four miles west of Etzikom. The injured man died before hospital, and an inquest into the death will be held.
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Etzikom
John James Nolan
Nolan
Claude Traxler
Billy Traxler
Tom Muller
RCMP
Ernie Kumms
Lethbridge
New Kuzmack murder trial starts Monday
Lethbridge officials prepare for the new trial of Michael Kuzmack, 49, of Windsor Ontario. Kuzmack previously faced a murder conviction for the knife slaying of his fiancee Minnie Engle and was sentenced to hang, but the Supreme Court of Canada granted him a new trial.
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Lethbridge
Michael Kuzmack
Windsor
Ont
Kuzmack
Minnie Engle
Supreme Court of Canada
Sawchuk Key Figure in Bruins-Red Wings Swap
DETROIT AP The Detroit Red Wings traded goalie Terry Sawchuk to the Boston Bruins in a nine player deal. Detroit sent forwards Marcel Bonin Vic Stasiuk Lorne Davis and Sawchuk for forwards Real Chevrefils Sandford Norm Corcoran defenseman Warren Godfrey and rookie goalie Giles Boisvert.
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Detroit
Detroit Red Wings
Terry Sawchuk
Boston Bruins
Red Wings
Marcel Bonin
Vic Stasiuk
Lorne Davis
Sawchuk
Bruins
Real Chevrefils
Rd Sandford
Norm Corcoran
Dave Creighton
Jerry Toppazini
Johnny McCormack
The
Wings
Sandford
Chevrefils
Glen Hall
Edmonton Flynds
Man charged with attempted murder in hatchet attack
In Toronto police say Walter Czubkowska 58 attacked wife Pauline 50 and daughter Christine with a hatchet over planned marriage and alleged money loss. He reportedly drank cleaning fluid and fatally wounded himself after a five minute struggle with screams.
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Toronto
Walter Czubkowska
Pauline
Christine
Czubkowska
France Tunisia Sign Home Rule Pact For North America Protectorate
The French and Tunisian premiers sign an accord granting home rule to the North America protectorate for the first time since 1881. London papers urge using railway roadbeds after strike distress. A Sask border airstrip opening is set for June 12. The US State Department has no word on Manila reports about Red China possibly releasing 11 U.S. airmen within 24 hours.
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North America
U.S. State Department
Manila
Red China
U.S
Soviet Leaders Head Back After Visit to Yugoslavia
Khrushchev led a six man delegation and did most of the talking as Tito and Bulganin signed a declaration urging peaceful resolution of world problems. The document backed Peiping on Formosa and a seat for Red China in the UN, marking a joint push by Tito and the Soviet Union for Beijing's claims. The U S State Department offered cautious notes, saying the wording was vague and not clearly binding. Moscow radio called the declaration a document of tremen dous international significance.
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Khrushchev
Belgrade
Bulganin
Tito
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Peiping
Chiang Kai-shek
Red China
United Nations
Formosa
Washington
State Department
Moscow Radio
Jubilee Group accuses city of high financing over grant
The Jubilee Group charged civic leaders with high financing tactics after a government grant for the jubilee committee was not fully released. The 12 member executive voted to demand the withheld 571.25 and threatened to suspend operations unless the full 4 571.25 grant is turned over, citing a 25 cent per capita federal contribution. The group alleges the city deposited part and directed 4 000 to the committee, keeping 571.25 for a museum move.
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Alberta
Walter Hilton
Four U S fliers return from Korean War and reunite in Honolulu
Four pilots Lt Col Edwin Heller Wynnewood Pa Capt Harold Fischer Swea City Iowa Lieut Lyle Cameron Lincoln Neb Lieut Roland Parks Omaha Nebo were shot down in North Korea in the early 1950s and held in Manchurian prisons. After weeks of suspense their families flew to Hawaii for a tearful reunion at Hickam Air Force Base.
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Honolulu
U.S
China
U.S. Air Force
Edwin Heller
Wynnewood
Harold E. Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Hong Kong
Hawaii
Air Force
Hickam Air Force Base
Heller
Judith
Parks
Cameron
North Korea
Manchuria
Brave boy rescues friend under ice after skating accident
A boy dives under thawing ice to save a chum, explaining it was necessary because the friend wore his skates during the perilous swim, as voiced in the quiet Exchange with a bystander.
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Hadda
Cost of Living Up Again in April Ottawa Canada
Consumer price index rose 0.3 points to 116.4 in April driven mainly by higher potato prices. Food and shelter sub-indices increased while coal and insurance eased household operations. March rise preceded April, with index remaining below the 1951 peak.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
TLC Rejects Red-Led Unions At Windsor Convention
In Windsor Ontario the Trades and Labour Congress rejected a resolution from Ocean Falls BC to amend the TLC constitution to allow unions led by Communists. The proposal aimed to permit affiliations despite officers or members beliefs but was defeated without discussion. Chairman H T Turner said the motion was vague yet suggested the local sought representation for Communist unions.
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Windsor
Ont
Trades and Labor Congress
TLC
Ocean Falls
B. C
H. T. Turner
Weather outlook for Southern Alberta and Saskatchewan
Scattered showers were reported in Southern Alberta overnight and in Western Saskatchewan this morning. A few more showers are forecast for Saskatchewan and Southern Alberta this afternoon. Warmer air from the northwest will bring sunny skies to most districts by Saturday.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Northwest
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Harold E. Fischer Sr
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