Johns Manville May Move Asbestos Operations to Ontario
Canadian Johns Manville announced a new Ontario asbestos discovery that could shift 10 million dollars from Quebec development to a mine near Larder Lake, Ontario. The plan may affect the strike at Asbestos, Quebec, where 2,500 workers seek higher wages, while 700 remain on site. Local officials in Larder Lake expressed surprise at the announcement.
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Montreal
Johns Manville Company
Ontario
Canada
Lewis H. Brown
Larder Lake
Timmins
Ont
Kirkland Lake
Rouyn
Que
Asbestos
Brown
Anthony Bos
Timagani
Archbishop Beran Arrest Expected in Czechoslovakia
Report from Prague says Archbishop Joseph Beran is effectively under house arrest in his palace as authorities seal off contact. Priests and diplomats expect a formal arrest soon after his anti-state sermons and defiance against government moves to control the church. Vatican sources also note pressure on Uniate Church leaders in Romania amid torture efforts.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Joseph Beran
Vatican
Horan
Beran
Vatican City
Romania
Big Army Camp At Wainwright Opens July 3
The largest all arms training camp in Canada will run July 3 to 16 on the outskirts of Wainwright. About 1,000 reserve troops from western Canada are to attend, with 125 headquarters staff preparing the 96 000 acre site. A tank range with moving targets debuts this year. Edmonton officers Lt Col M R Dare Maj D K Robertson Maj A S Ennis Smith Maj Jack Brown and Capt R P F Bruce lead the planning. BC contingent is led by Lt Col R B MacDougall and Maj H F Cotton from Vancouver.
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Wainwright
Canada
Prairie
Edmonton
Western Army Command
Western
M. R. Dare
D. K. Robertson
A. S. Ennis-Smith
Jack Brown
R. PF. Bruce
B.C
R. B.macdougall
H. F. Cotton
Vancouver
Union Rejects Ford Wage-Freeze Offer
United Auto Workers CIO denounces Ford wage-freeze plan as counterfeit security and flight into fantasy. Walter Reuther delivers formal rejection as talks with 106 000 Ford production workers intensify ahead of a July 25 contract expiration.
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Detroit
Ford
United Automobile Workers
C.I.O
Walter Reuther
U A.W
Typhoon Toll Rises in Southern Japan
Rural police today report an official death toll of 143 from Tuesday's typhoon in Southern Japan. Another 206 remain missing, while 840 previously listed as missing were located. Ninety three ferry Aoba Maru passengers and crew remain unaccounted after the vessel foundered in the Inland Sea.
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Tordo
Japan
Rains Come as Manitoba and Alberta See Slight Relief
Light showers fell across prairie regions with Edmonton recording a 0.20 inch rainfall, four times the month’s total. Alberta and Saskatchewan expect more rain, while Manitoba reports better moisture for about two weeks. Calgary Medicine Hat and several towns logged minor totals as forecasts call for more light showers today.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Edmonton
Alberta
Alaska
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Fairview
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Penhold
Drumheller
Coronation
Grande-Prairie
Alberta Oil Revolution described by Nickle at conference
Calgary publisher D. O. Nickle told the Investment Dealers Association of Canada that Alberta's oil and gas industry has at least 2.5 billion dollars in resources with exploration still in early stages. He cited rising spending, expanding drilling, growing acreage under exploration and potential to render Canada petroleum self sufficient within years.
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Edmonton
West
Leduc
Alberta
Nickle
Redwater
Alberta and
Prairie Provinces
Voter Given Three Easy Ways To Spoil His Ballot on Monday
Ottawa reports three simple mistakes spoil ballots on election day. Mark in ink or colored pencil, use a non X symbol, or vote for more than one candidate in a single constituency. The official method is black lead pencil X opposite the chosen name.
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Ottawa
Jules Cas
Tonguay
DRO
Peace Tower
Arabs Released in Israeli Crackdown Action
Reuters reports five hundred of the 800 Arabs arrested this week by Israeli authorities in a drive against a suspected Muslim brotherhood underground movement have been released. Leaders of the movement will be tried under military law.
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Nazareth
Reuters
Pencil Fatality Kills Man in Rockport
Cleveland salesman Dudley Kline, 57, was fatally struck by a pencil in his shirt pocket when a tire jack slipped during a tire change in Rockport Indiana. Coroner Roscoe Medcalf attributed the accidental death to the pencil piercing his heart.
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Rockport
Ind
Cleveland
Dudley Kline
Roscoe Medcalf
Kline
Dutch Airlines Plane Crashes Off Bari Coast Killing Dozens
A four engine KLM plane crashed in the sea near Bari Italy en route from Batavia to Amsterdam. Initial counts ranged from 16 passengers and 12 crew to 30 to 40 dead with 32 reported by a British consul. No survivors were announced.
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Bari
Italy
Royal Dutch Airlines
K.L.M
Reuters
Hague
Barth
Rome
Batavia
Java
Amsterdam
J. C. Pesman
Dr. A. Plesman
Shriners Bring Big Alberta Meet to Medicine Hat
Calgary’s Al Azhar Shriners arrive for a semiannual district ceremonial in Medicine Hat. About 50 candidates will be initiated in the secret rites at the stampede grounds. Shrine City rises in Rotary Park with tents and a main gate as 500 to 800 visiting nobles gather from Winnipeg to Vancouver and beyond.
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Calgary
al Azhar Shriners
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Stampede Grounds
Shrine City
Rotary Park
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Stampede
Freight Increases Soon Says Douglas in Melville
Premier T. C. Douglas told 300 supporters in Melville that freight rates likely will rise after the board of transport commissioners rules on the railways application. He warned against provincial grain marketing schemes and argued provinces lack jurisdiction over elevators and rail cars under the Canadian Grain Act.
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Melville
Sask
T. C. Douglas
Saskatchewan
Board of Transport Commissioners
Douglas
Jim Arthurs
CCF
Gardiner
Manning Foresees Prosperity Ahead For This Province
Premier E C Manning predicts Alberta’s oil capacity of 80000 bpd can meet prairie demand of 65000 bpd and extend marketing to Ontario. He speaks at a Social Credit rally in Medicine Hat and envisions pipelines to the Pacific and tidewater to tap world markets as Alberta diversifies into irrigation and agriculture.
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Alberta
Prairie Zone
E. C. Manning
Medicine Hat
Prairie Provinces
Ontario
Manning
Social Credit
Empress Theatre
U.S
Lakes
Pacific Coast
Tidewater
Dominion
Final Talks Dominate Early Campaign Across Canada
Canadian leaders press toward the June 27 vote with St Laurent in Three Rivers urging Liberal votes for party candidates. Drew speaks in Montreal and promises constitutional fidelity while Coldwell condemns Liberal drought neglect in Saskatoon hot spots. Alberta Premier Manning promotes Social Credit and Gardiner hints at a $60 million irrigation project on the South Saskatchewan river.
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Quebec
St. Laurent
George
CCE
M. J. Coldwell
Saskatchewan
Hosetown-Biggar
Three Rivers
Points
Drew
Montreal
Coldwell
Canada
Broderick
Ottawa
Manning
Alberta
Edmonton
Alistair Stewart
CCF
Winnipeg North
CBC
Winnipeg
Lemberg
Sask
Gardiner
South Saskatchewan
Shrine parade plans described for town streets
Downtown streets prepare for a Shrine convention with fez and scimitar decorations. W. C. Yuill of the city presides over the order for the ceremonial.
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Town Street
W. C. Yuill
Train overturns near Bucay kills seven in Ecuador
A passenger train overturned on a bridge at Bucay Ecuador killing seven people and injuring about 40 others on a Wednesday. Rescue teams worked at the scene as authorities investigated the cause of the crash.
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Quito
Ecuador
Bucay
Convictacts as Guinea Pig in Life Saving Experiments
Louis Boy a 49 year old Sing Sing convict serving life for a 1931 garage cashier murder has volunteered for several medical tests over the years. He helped test malaria drug risks in 1942 and a 1943 influenza vaccine, and most recently underwent a dangerous blood exchange with a leukemia patient’s infected blood to aid a girl’s treatment. the girl died and his fate remains uncertain for months.
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Ossining
N.Y
Sing Sing
Louis Boy
Boy
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roy
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