Western wheat delegates descend on Ottawa for culture crisis talks
Thirteen hotels in Ottawa prepare clean sheets for more than 1,000 prairie grain industry visitors from Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta. About 625 delegates from Saskatchewan 210 from Manitoba and 195 from Alberta will meet at the Chateau Laurier Monday to press a brief to Prime Minister Diefenbaker and cabinet. Delegates include farmers storekeepers machine dealers grain elevator operators and clergy. They expect 300,000 supporters in Ottawa. meals for 900 delegates will be provided as the group plans meetings with MPs during their stay through Wednesday.
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Regina
Saskatchewan - “Wheat Pool
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Canada
Grai
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Union Station
Ares
Chateau Laurier
Parliam’nt
Stevens
Diefenbaker
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Farmers’ Unions
Agriculture Federations
Alita
Agph
Chateau
Laurier
Cabinet
East German Peace Treaty Fallout Shapes Berlin Talks
Western observers note Khrushchev hinting at progress in the Berlin dispute while East Germany positions for a separate peace if the West rejects Kremlin terms. The piece outlines economic ties, Soviet aid surpassing reparations, and East German gains in chemicals machinery and optics amid a growing East German showcase.
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Sible
Trai
East Berlin
East
Berlin
East Germany
Kremlin
Germany
Russia
Eisenhower Khrushchev seek unity on Berlin future
President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev appear locked in a contest to show their sides are united on Berlin's future. Eisenhower, facing cancer at State Department, may radio announce foreign policy moves as he consults with Congress leaders pledging bipartisan support for firm but flexible stands against Soviet pressure.
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Warren Rogers Jr
Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Dulles
East Germany
Khrushchev
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House
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Sam Rayburn
House’ of Representatives
Texas
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Hisenhower
Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
A Slow Process Struggle Hits Minneapolis Supermarkets
Minneapolis faced a citywide grocery strike as 242 supermarkets closed after Food Handlers and Meat Cutters Local 653 set up pickets. Only neighborhood stores stayed open and long lines formed at meat counters as workers protest.
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Minneapolis
S. Meat
Minneapolis Retail Food Distributors
Newfoundland approves anti union bills amid strikes
The Newfoundland legislature gave third reading and Royal assent to two measures curbing unions. One decertifies two IWA locals, the other empowers the cabinet to dissolve any union with officers convicted of heinous crimes. Premier Smallwood links the move to the Teamsters, while strikes and protests roll on.
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ST. John’s
Nfld
Newfoundland
International Woodworkers of America
CLC
Smallwood
Teamsters’ Union
IWA
Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company
Grand Fails
H.‘Landon Ladd
Gambo
Grand Falls
House
Hoffa
James Hoffa
The
Teamsters
Car collision injures two near Medicine Hat on Trans Canada Highway
Two occupants of a 1958 Buick escaped serious injury after their car driven by Lee Frandsen collided with a cement abutment on the Trans Canada Highway two miles east of Medicine Hat. Minnie Dick received facial injuries and a broken nose, treated and released. Frandsen had lacerations and bruises, not hospitalized. About $2,000 damage was reported.
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Frandsen
Prospect Drive
Medicine Hat
Miss Minnie Dick
Braemar St
Mac’s
RCMP
Irvine
Dunmore
Flint family of six perishes in smoke filled blaze
A smouldering fire in a four room single story frame home on Flint's east side kills Richard Pelch 29 his wife Audrey 24 and their children Diane 8 Carol 7 Richard 5 and James 3 authorities say all six suffocated from dense smoke but were not burned none survived the fire and the cause remains under investigation
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Diane
Carol
Richard
James
Keller Boss Faces Stranded Car Dilemma in Illinois
A driver found Keller stranded with no gas miles north of Keller's car. Carl Simpson of Kansas picked him up and drove to a Greenup service station. The operator, who knew Keller as boss, noted Keller owns the Greenup shop and about 49 others across five southern Illinois counties.
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Effingham, ‘Ill
Keller
Carl Simpson
Kansas
Greenup
Illinois
Two 14 year olds killed as car hits teens in Winnipeg
Winnipeg police report two 14 year old pedestrians Linton Faith and Linda Johnson died Friday after being struck by a northbound car while walking home from a shoe dance along the Henders Highway on Winnipeg's north outskirts. The victims were thrown about 30 feet. The car did not stop. Bright glass and three bicycles were scattered at the scene.
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Winnipeg (Cp
Linton Faith
Linda Johnson
Henders
Winnipeg
North
Utskirts
Lazy Gardener Shares Bat Friendly Hints from M. Vi Ches
Advice from a reputed horticulturist M. Vi Ches, Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, appears in the today’s news features. Chesnut, a retired radio executive from Winnipeg, discusses long standing gardening interests and his Alberta cultivation insights.
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L Aston
Intervals Agai
M. Vi Ches
The
Royal, Horticultural Society
Chesnut
Winnipeg
Ottawa farm debate highlights distrust of top-down campaigns
Debates reference large scale farming worries as a farmer critic attacks government plans and wheat board policies. Arguments note 3000 acre operators and foreign cheque flows to Miami while defending Progress Conservative farm pledges.
Wild Blizzard Rips Midwest Amid Snowbound Streets
A March blizzard battered Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan with 12 to 22 inch snowfalls and 50 mph winds. Dozens died from heart attacks and accidents as highways blocked and towers toppled. flights and trains delayed while communities faced days of isolation.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
New York
Pennsylvania
Canada
Bowling Green
Ohio
Lancaster
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Illinois Central Railroad
Webster City
Marquette
Snowstorm Grips Eastern Canada With Heavy Snow
A major snowstorm hit eastern Canada bringing extensive snowfall and blocked roads. Ontario faced eight to twelve inches along a band from Sault Ste. Marie to North Bay with wind gusts up to fifty mph. Quebec and the Maritimes also saw heavy snow while cold air followed, easing southern flood risks.
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Canada
Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie
Sudbury
North Bay
Georgian’ Bay
Qwen Sound
Muskoka
Jakes
Quebec
Maritimes
Kapuskasing
Timmins
Drama Choices Known April 2
British adjudicator Richard Ainley says his eight play selection for the Dominion Drama Festival will be announced at a press conference April 12 in Ottawa. He has seen 60 plays and will judge about 18 more in regional festivals across Saint John, Quebec City, Montreal and Kingston between March 10 and April 10.
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Richard Ainley
Dominion
Ottawa
Prince Edward Island
Ainley
Saint John
N.B
Quebec City
Montreal
Kingston
Ont
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