Douglas Favored In Saskatchewan Vote As Liberals Rally
Regina reports Premier Tommy Douglas with a strong lead but Liberal Ross Thatcher presses the race amid a rising Liberal tide. Social Credit may hold balance if Douglas loses a clear majority, with 54 seats at stake in the June vote.
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Regina
Tommy Douglas
Ross Thatcher
Douglas
Social Credit Party
Social Credit
Thatcher
CCF
Liberals
Alberta
B.C
Break Even Election Predicted In Saskatchewan
Regina analyst predicts the CCF government under Premier T. C. Douglas will break even in the Saskatchewan election with about 36 seats. He cites public distrust of Liberal Ross Thatcher and a doctors campaign against state medicine as influencing factors and notes staged Liberal rallies seen as calculated rather than spontaneous.
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Regina
Athabaska
CCF
T. C. Douglas
Ross Thatcher
Thatcher
Liberals
No Radioactive Effects Expected at Bomarc Site
Air Force spokesmen said a small amount of radiation from a Bomarc-A missile fire near McGuire AFB New Jersey came from thorium treated magnesium in the missile, not the warhead. Radiation was confined to the launching pen and dissipated quickly. investigation continues with AEC, defense, and New Jersey health officials monitoring.
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Mcguire Air Force Base
N.J
Air Force
Atomic Energy Commission
Defence Department
New Jersey Department of Health
John A. Looser
Bomarc
James H. Taylor
Military Air Transport Service Public Information Office
Here
United States Air Force
Washington
House of Representatives
Eisenhower
Canada
Fulbright backs ratification of new US Japan treaty
Senator J William Fulbright chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee voiced full support for Senate ratification of the new US Japanese security treaty. He said President Eisenhower will likely visit Tokyo June 19 unless Tokyo requests a delay. Senator Russell B Long said the president should decide, hoping for assurances against a repeat of Communist tactics toward Nixon in Venezuela.
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Washington
J. William Fulbright
United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
Japan
Arkansas Democrat
Tokyo
Russell B. Long
Dem
Nixon
Venezuela
Parakeet Petey Faces Changeover on Grandview Drive
Victoria dispatch reports parakeet Petey Parsons living at 1906 Grandview Drive as Saanich council plans to rename Grandview Drive to Ash Street. Petey’s owners, Art and Mrs Parsons, describe the bird as distressed by the street change and joke about a municipal showdown.
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Victoria
Petey Parsons
Petey
Municipal Council
Post Office Department
Art Parsons
Wascana
Pete
Grandview Drive
Fisherman in Search Party Dies After He Lost Hoist
In British Columbia a 23 year old fisherman taking part in the Cecil Rawlings search died when the hoist cable snapped while raising him to a helicopter. Jim Creed of Brentwood was among about 100 volunteers at Nitinat Valley 70 miles northwest of Victoria. Creed, related by marriage to Rawlings, died after a 70 foot fall during the attempted rescue. Officials noted Rawlings may still be alive in the bush after a plane crash last May and remains missing.
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Victoria
Nitinat
Here
Jim Creed
Brentwood
Creed
Cecil Rawlings
Rawling
Rawlings
P. T. Mathews
Decomposed Body in Trunk Found at Argentia Post
RCMP report an autopsy was conducted on a partly decomposed young woman found Tuesday in a trunk at Argentia express office. The body, described as a blonde in her 20s, was discovered by railway worker Thomas Donovan amid blankets and clothing. Toronto police have taken over the investigation. The trunk had shipped from Toronto May 4 to Argentia, a naval base.
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ST. John’s
Nfld
Cnr’s Express
Argentia
RCMP
Thomas Donovan
Williams
Toronto
Here
CNR
North Sydney
N.S
D. O. Bartram
Donovan
Broadway Plays Indefinitely Postponed Amid Contract Deadlock
New York AP reports Broadway producers announce all fall season productions are indefinitely postponed. The League of New York Theatres cites unresolved contract talks with Actors Equity, with 43 shows totaling about 8 million dollars at stake. No negotiation restart date set as 22 stage productions remain closed. Burton Zorn counters union wage and pension demands.
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New York
League of New York Theatres
Actors Equity
Angus Duncan
League
Burton A. Zorn
Idaho Chamber Delegation Visits Medicine Hat
A 25 member Cour D'Alene Idaho Chamber of Commerce delegation part of a three day Canadian goodwill tour visited Medicine Hat for a luncheon with the local chamber. They arrived at Fourth Street HQ at 10 am and took a bus tour of Crescent Heights Hycroft China and stampede grounds led by Mayor Perry A. Christianson and Chamber President Robert G. Templin. The group then stopped at Lethbridge and planned future visits to Calgary and Cranbrook before returning Thursday night.
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Chamber of Commerce
Medicine Hat
Cour D'Alene
Idaho
Idaho Chamber
Fourth St
New Crescent Heights
Stampede Grounds
Hycroft China
Cour D’alene
Perry A. Christianson
Chamber
Robert G. Templin
Lethbridge
Calgary
Cranbrook
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London
John Couche
Alice Hanzel
Sec — Liberals
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Fred J. Allen
Saskatoon
Martin Kelln
Amr River
Tommy
Liberal
Progressive Conservative
North America
House of Commons
Martin Pederson
Socred
Weyburn
William Beeching
Norah Jarbeau
Notukeu- Willowbunch
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
RCAF
Little Cloud
U.S
Cour D’alene, Idaho
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