Yellowknife Promises Unique Summer Attractions
Yellowknife touts a nine hole golf course open at all hours in the endless daylight. The Chamber of Commerce notes rising visitor inquiries from 500 in 1942 to over 1,000 by late spring. Access is via 1 000 mile gravel highway from Edmonton or quick air trips, with fishing lodges nearby and the Old Stope bar famous for 24 hour service in the town's mining days.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ted Horton
Edmonton
Yellowknife
North Ry
Intellectuals Challenge Czech Regime Over Reform Drive
Dissident Czech writers denounce delays in de Stalinization under Antonin Novotny. At two writers unions congresses they call for wide scale probes of Socialist legality abuses during the Stalin era. Slovak poet Ladislav Novomesky demands rehabilitation and memory for victims despite party obstruction.
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Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Novotny
Novotny
Stalin
Karol Bacilek
Bruno Koehler
Central Committee
Bacilek
Slovak Writers’ Union
Kulturny Zivot
Ladislav Novomesky
Novomesky
Clementis
Hamlet Stone Arrives For New Hotel Patio At Montreal Airport
Actor James Bradford known for Hamlet receives a 40 pound two by two foot stepping stone from Kronberg Castle as a gift from Scandinavian Airlines. The stone is destined for the patio of a new hotel near the Montreal airport, part of a project where airlines offer pieces of their heritage.
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Montreal
Prince of
Britain Sets to Expand Fishing Zone to Twelve Miles
Britain moves to raise its offshore limit from three miles to six or twelve miles amid inshore fishermen pressure. Canada contemplates a 12 mile limit as European talks aim for international agreement, with Britain to hold talks this fall. foreign fleets, including Russia and Germany, fish inside Britain’s waters.
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London
Reuters
Britain
Ward Heath
Iceland
Norway
Faroe Islands
Canada
White Sea
Bear Island
Arctic Circle
Russia
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Holiday Tips For Fishermen
Holiday season fishing advice emphasizes pre season prep. Clean and reseat red ferrules check tip tops for cracks inspect winding wear and varnish where needed. Disassemble spinnng reels clean lubricate replace line shorten old line spools and remove corkscrew set from monofilament before rewinding. Check lures points and finish for wear and polish, then varnish.
European Oilmen Seek Canada for Stable Supplies
European oil firms show increased interest in Canadian assets to diversify from Middle East and Africa. Burmah Oil via a Canadian subsidiary paid 9.5 million dollars for Colorado Oil and Gas assets, acquiring 2000 barrels daily output and 250000 non producing acres plus 50000 Athabasca reserves, while Colorado keeps 50 percent of Athabasca. Burmah, a British firm, is a major private shareholder in BP and holds a stake in Shell Transport.
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Calgary
Canada
Burmah Oil Company
Colorado Oil and Gas Corporation
Bureau de Recherche de Petrole
Arctic
D. S. Moore
Phoenix Canada Oil Company Limited
Cornwallis
Bathurst Islands
Burmah Group
Colorado
Athabasca
Burmah
Burma
British Petroleum Company
Shell Transport
Royal Dutch Shell Group
Oil Fields Found in Cuba By Viet Geologists
Havana radio reports that Vietnamese geologists probing Cuba found seven oil fields and new mineral deposits including cobalt and manganese in Oriente and Pinar del Rio provinces and central Cuba.
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Key West
Fla
Cuba
Havana Radio
Oriente
Pinar del Rio
Great Eater The Purple Martin Feeds on the Wing
The purple martin eats almost entirely on the wing and can consume about 2 000 mosquitoes in a 24 hour period, highlighting its remarkable aerial predation.
White Beret For Official Yellowknife Visit
Mayor Ted Horton says the commissioner of the Northwest Territories will be given a white beret when he visits Yellowknife in July to open the Museum of the North. The beret will bear a raven emblem and Horton urges other communities to adopt the headgear with local crests.
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Yellowknife
Ted Horton
Northwest Territories
Horton
Gordon Robertson
Pakistan Builds New Capital Islamabad Far North of Karachi
Pakistan announces construction of a new capital city Islamabad located about 800 miles northeast of Karachi. The plan envisions a modern administrative center to shift government functions from the southern port city to a central location.
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Pakistan
Islamabad
Karachi
Fabray Embraces Light Comedy Role and Joyful Comeback
Nanette Fabray, star of Mr. President, favors light comedy and discusses her training, career shift from drama to comedy, and a personal comeback. She credits husband Ronald MacDougall and a hearing aid for overcoming past divorce and deafness fears while raising son Jamie.
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New York
Nanette Fabray
Macbeth
Gertrude Lawrence
Mary Martin
Red Buttons
Our Gang
Ben Turpin
George Abbott
Miss Fabray
Nan
Ronald Macdougall
Jamie
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Band of
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Rorke
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Ld Cross
Lab Blood Clinic
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Renney
Edgar Allan Poe
Peron
Vera Miles
Yellowkknife
Aci
Chamber of Com
Trinz
Bes
Jin
Theister
Vladimir Clementis
Rudolf Slantwo
Nine Sky
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Slansky
Prague
Ivan Skala
Bratislava
Koehler
Bob Bowers
Toronto
CBC
Bowers
CBE
Quality
Eaton
Ruthdale
Getfoniaz
Dial
T. Eaton Cou
Discover Oil
Phaedra
Anthony Perkins
Origine
Margarita Liberari
Screenpley
Jules Dasein
Margarita Uiserane
Lopert Pictures Corporation
Fabray
L. W. Bright Chiropractor
Graburn
Second Street
Kimmit
Wowarch
Pilden
Metro-Goowyn-Maver
Viacinia
Dink Bogarde
Hero
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Viana Persery
Aurreo Lynch
Gamers
Anonew L Stone
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