Robinson defends record in gas export clash
Social Credit candidate Mrs. E G Robinson says she will answer charges but not today as PC candidate Jack Cocks accuses her of failing to oppose Britalta's gas export application to Saskatchewan from Medicine Hat fields. Cocks cites local opposition by the city and chamber of commerce as key to blocking the plan.
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E. G. Robinson
Social Credit
Progressive Conservative
Jack Cocks
Robinson
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
UN moves to ease tensions in Gaza amid clash near Rafah
United Nations officials opened an investigation near Rafah fourteen miles southeast of Gaza after a five minute clash between UAR and Israeli jets. An Israeli spokesman said four MiG 17 jets were driven off over the Negev with no casualties reported. The UN also probes Jordan-UAR border troubles and watches the broader Middle East tensions.
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Gaza
Egypt
United Nations
Middle East
United Arab Republic - Israel Armistice Commission
Rafah
U.A.R
K. A. Donald
U.A
Conference Collapse Fears at Geneva Meet
Western foreign ministers voiced deep concern that the Geneva talks with the Russians could fail without Berlin or summit agreement. Herter and Couve de Murville pressed Gromyko on a stop-gap Berlin accord while Khrushchev’s Hungary interview hardened the mood toward no concession.
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Geneva
Berlin
Andrew H. Berding
Herter
U.S
Christian Herter
Maurice Couve de Murville
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Hungary
Gromyko
Khrushchev
Mikhail Kharlamov
France
Russia
West Berlin
Assault Brings Civil Suit After Conviction
The case follows constable John Flaten's conviction for assault causing bodily harm to Recknagel a one armed man from suburban North Surrey Coast. Flaten received a one year suspended sentence and a $300 bond with no suspension of duty. Recknagel suffered arm and nose injuries after arrest outside a cabaret. Magistrate Hume criticized excessive force and said Flaten was not entitled to arrest. Chief constable Archer and Acting Mayor Caldwell vow to seek explanations and appeal plans proceed via Hugh McGivern.
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John Flaten
Recknagel
North Surrey
Flaten
Douglas Hume
George Archer
Evelyn Caldwell
Police Commission
Hugh McGivern
Hume
Montreal Driver Given One Of Canada’s Longest Sentences
Claude Renaud, 30, sentenced to five years for two counts of criminal negligence in a crash that killed Jean Morel 21 and Ginette Menard 18 on Easter Sunday. Judge Lazure cited speed and alcohol and said Renaud acted with total irresponsibility. Renaud previously served 10 months for a highway fatality near Joliette.
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Montreal
Claude Renaud
Canada
Renaud
Jean Morel
Ginette Menard
Joliette
Que
Wilfred Lazure
Justice Lazure
Freedomite Doukhobors Still Plan Move to Russia
Peter Elasoff says the Freedomite Fraternal Council believes the sect will return to Russia despite government aid doubts. He cites prophesied migration and notes complete arrangements with the Soviet government, with 2,500 of 3,000 members signed up for relocation and possible Liberian relocation as a prior option.
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Freedomite
Russia
Liberia
British Columbia
RCMP
Ottawa
Freedomites
Canada
Elasoff
Somoza Declares Rebels Liquidated After Major Battle
Nicaragua's Gen. Anastasio Somoza reports that rebels from Costa Rica were defeated in a two hour battle on a rain drenched hill 120 miles northeast of Managua. He claims the insurgents ran out of ammunition and asserts the rebellion is decisively turned back.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Luis Somoza
Somoza
Costa Rica
Portuguese police detain two photographers near Margaret pool
Reuters reports two photographers were detained at the Palace of Sao Sebastiao near Sintra as they attempted to photograph Britain’s Princess Margaret in a bathing suit. They were held briefly and released about 30 minutes after she left the pool.
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Sintra
Portugal
Reuters
Britain
Princess Margaret
Palace of
Sao
Sebastiao
Lisbon
Margaret
Four Northwest Nitro Chemicals workers hurt in plant mishap
Four Northwest Nitro Chemicals employees were hospitalized after a plant accident while purging a vessel with nitrogen. Three expected to be released this afternoon and Floyd Gustafson 20 of 144 Twelfth St SE to be discharged Wednesday. Names include Fred Soltermann 26 Richard Cross 23 and Bill Hallas 21.
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Northwest Nitro-Chemicals
Municipal Hospital
Fred Soltermann
Connaught Drive
Richard Cross
Ninth St. NE
Bill Hallas
Elm St
Floyd Gustafson
Twelfth St. SE
Northwest
Mac’s Ambulance
Rain Finally Reaches Medicine Hat Gardens
Medicine Hat received the long promised rain with light precipitation soaking gardens and lawns. A thunderstorm is forecast for this afternoon and evening with little temperature change expected Wednesday. Tonight’s low and tomorrow’s high are 50 and 75 degrees.
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Medicine Hat
France balks at US stockpiling atomic weapons at Atlantic Congress
At an Atlantic Congress in London a French spokesman defended sharing global strategy as Gen Billotte urged joint control. The move triggered a split in delegations with Britain and the US wary while Paris plans limit US atom warhead stockpiles on French soil.
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London
France
United States
Atlantic Congress
Pierre Billettee
Congress
NATO
Billotte
Strategic Air Command
U.S
Russia
George A. Brown
Europe
Brown
Paris
de Gaulle
Geoffrey de Freitas
CBC MPs allege immoral dramas on French network
Two Progressive Conservative MPs accused CBC TV French network of airing immoral dramas and said some producers take money from actors for jobs. CBC officials denied the charges as discussions with the Producers Association continue.
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Ottawa
CBC Today
Commons Broadcasting
CBC
BE le
Bushnell
Noel Dorion
Bellechasse
Cbc-Tv
Marcel Ouimet
Producers Association
Louis Forelin
Montmagny-l'Islet
Liberace Testifies Over British Critics in Libel Case
U S entertainer Liberace told a London court there are many critics with weak stomachs as he testifies in his libel suit against a British newspaper. The Daily Mirror defense reads aloud quotes from London reviews describing his appearance and performances as offensive to critics.
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London
U.S
Liberace
Daily Mirror
William Neil Connor
Evening News
Daily Herald
Piggott Construction Wins South Saskatchewan Dam Embankment Contract
Ottawa contract award of 6,983,457 dollars goes to Piggott Construction Limited of Saskatoon for embankment work on the South Saskatchewan River Dam project as announced by the agriculture department on Monday.
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Ottawa
Piggott Construction Limited
Saskatoon
South Saskatchewan River
Agriculture Department
Britain Rejects Soviet Plan To Revive Laos Armistice Panel
London rejected a Soviet proposal to revive the three power Laos armistice commission. Selwyn Lloyd told Gromyko the idea undermines Laotian sovereignty and Britain will not reconvene the panel. Nehru urged Canada’s Canadian envoy be named to keep pressure for a political settlement. Canada opposed the move.
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Geneva
Reuters
Britain
Laos
Selwyn Lloyd
Gromyko
Russia
China
Far East
Indochina
India
Canada
Poland
New Delhi
Nehru
Diefenbaker
Supervisory Commission
Panthet
House of Commons
Search Continues for Remains of Nine Airmen in Libya
In Wiesbaden AP reports U S investigators press on in a desert search for the remains of nine airmen from a 1943 B-24 mission against Naples. The Lady Be Good was found recently, and investigators say extreme heat and desert privations likely killed the crew.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
U.S
Naples
Bewitched African Girls Sent Home From Mutambara School
Forty African girls were sent home from a Mutambara mission boarding school near Umtali Southern Rhodesia after exhibiting bizarre behavior widely attributed to witchcraft. The director Miss G Otto said the strange fear began 11 days earlier and spread among inmates. No explanation beyond witchcraft was offered.
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Umtali
Southern Rhodesia
G. Otto
Mutambara Mission
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University of Montreal
Torate
F. Cyril James
McGill University
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Pravda
Communist Party
Ming
Fortin
CBC Network
SSRD
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Pathet Lao
North Viet Nam
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