Koreans Release 26 Passengers After Hijack Drama
At Panmunjom the North releases 26 passengers and crew held since the airliner was seized. The move comes as a U S F-86 downing near the DMZ sparks new tensions. Two American pilots and a German couple aided the flow, with bickering over release receipts delaying the last steps.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North
North Korea
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Air Force
Johannes Henrichs
Willis P. Hobbs
Howard McClellan
Court Remands Juvenile in MacMillan Case
Medicine Hat RCMP say a juvenile girl linked to the Earl MacMillan case was released into her mother's custody after appearing in juvenile court on a delinquent charge. MacMillan, 27, was arrested in Vancouver and flown to Calgary to face fabricating evidence charges.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary
MacMillan
Japan
Seattle
ACT Hockey Big Success
Alberta’s Timmy for the ACT opened the first annual amateur hockey game to aid crippled children. About 1,000 fans attended and the ACT netted around 400 dollars. The NEWS Naturals beat the City Police Blueboys 5 to 4 in the main game. Kinsmen defeated Jaycees 2 to 0 in broomball. Banner given to the Naturals. banner kept by NEWS for a year.
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Alberta
Timmy
Lenard Seaby
A. R. Bull
City Police
Blueboys
News Naturals
Naturals
Dam Collapse Kills Eleven Workers in Alberta Dig
At Riviere des Prairies a steel coffer dam buckled amid ice causing the deaths of 11 men with as many as 18 reported. Three survived with minor injuries as authorities planned divers’ recovery and ice and debris removal before body searches could begin.
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Montreal
Riviere Des Prairies
Paul Dufresne
Dufresne Construction Company
Montreal Island
Laval Des Rapids
Satellite Explorer II launch fails to reach orbit
Sky search teams stand by for Explorer II as officials doubt the satellite achieved orbit. Experts say the final propulsion stage likely did not fire, risking a tumble into distant oceans or continents. JPL officials warn it may take days to confirm the cause.
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Vern Haugland
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Wernher von Braun
Army Space Pro
United States National Committee For the
International Geophysical Year
Porter
William Pickering
JPL
Campaign storm across topics marks federal election
The Canadian election scene features Diefenbaker pledging farmer protection in Chatham while Pearson frames Liberals as Quebec centric and unity driven. Knowles calls for a third party shift as Coldwell and Low attack private oil and gas pipeline power. Labor council pickets in Windsor highlight CCF backing.
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Quebec
Chatham
Ont
Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Montreal
CCF
House of Commons
Liberals
Social Credit
Solon Low
Alberta
M. J. Coldwell
Vancouver
Windsor
Ontario
Labor Council
John
United States
Pearson
Progressive Conservatives
Quebec Student Boycott Begins At Montreal Universitie
A mass student boycott started quietly at five Quebec universities affecting about 20,000 students. At the University of Montreal professors read in empty rooms while roads were blocked with snow. McGill reported 95 percent strike effectiveness as picket lines formed at entrances. No major violence reported beyond two students bruised when a car was stopped at a road barrier.
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Montreal
Quebec
University of Montreal
Mount Royal
McGill University
McGill
Sir George Williams College
Quebec City
Laval University
University of Sherbrooke
Eee
Syria charges King Saud plotted Nasser’s death
Damascus asserts King Saud offered over 60 million dollars to engineer a coup against Egypt and halt the Egypt Syria United Arab Republic union. Col. Serraj says he accepted 5.3 million in bribe cheques then paid them to the UAR and warned Abdel Hakim Amer.
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Damascus
Syria
Saud
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Nasser
Abdel Hamid Serraj
Egypt-Syria United Arab Republic
Abdel Hakim Amer
West Serraj
Assad Ibrahim
Arab Republic
Tunisia
Cairo
Habib Bourguiba
Salah Ben Youssef
Bourguiba
UAR
Hussein
Faisal
Iraq
Miner Held In Stabbing In East Coulee
Carl Budic a 40 year old miner from East Coulee was remanded until March 14 on a murder charge in the stabbing death of neighbor Edward Fisher 45 in Drumheller Alberta Fisher died after a 2 am pronouncement by a doctor following a fight early Wednesday Budic appeared in police court in Drumheller east coulee 16 miles east of the town.
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Drumheller
Alta
Carl Budic
East Coulee
Edward Fisher
Budic
Fisher
King Mohammed V Backs Federation of North Africa
King Mohammed V urged a federation binding Morocco Tunisia and Algeria, calling for a speedy solution to foreign troop presence in Morocco and France to lead with proposals. He seeks an Algerian solution recognizing national aspirations and sovereignty while safeguarding French interests in Algeria.
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Rabat
Morocco
Reuters
Mohammed V
Tunisia
Algeria
Mohammed
France
IKE Receives Summit Note From Bulganin
Soviet Premier Bulganin sent a message to President Eisenhower about a summit conference and inviting Russian citizens to visit the United States. The note was delivered to Dulles by Ambassador Menshikov, with a U.S. note to Moscow to follow on Russia’s proposal for a pre-summit foreign ministers meeting. The United States would welcome a foreign ministers meeting but rejects an advance commitment to a summit and limits on topics.
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Washington
Bulganin
Eisenhower
United States
Dulles
Mikhail Menshikov
Menshikov
State Department
Moscow
Russia
U.S
One Vote May Hold The Key
Elated Redcliff trustees await confirmation on a money bylaw for a new junior high school. The bylaw failed 139 to 188 but a single majority may approve per Alberta School Act. If approved, Redcliff seeks a loan and hires teachers for a $197000 board share with $138000 provincial aid.
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Redcliff
Education Department
George Davison
Medicine Hat
Henry M. Sangster
Edmonton
Public Utilities Board
T. Byrne
Aghing
Sangster
J. H. Cook and Associates
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Baldwin
By Erwin Fricke
Victoria
Saskatchewan
Matt Baldwin
Eigth
Gordon Grimes
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Northern Ontario
Winnipeg
Nova Scotia
Stanley Knowles
Moncton
N.B
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Lennoxville
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