Alberta Denturists Seek Incorporation in Legislature
Alberta denturists push to form the Alberta Public Denturists Society with a bill presented by Charles Johnston in Edmonton. The move follows a past failed attempt amid dental society objections. The bill aims to advance dental prosthetics in Alberta and mirrors earlier battles over practice scopes.
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Edmonton
Battle of Alberta Denturists
Alberta Public Denturists Society
Charles Johnston
Calgary-Bowness
Denturists Society
Alberta Dental Society
Alberta
Micheal Maccagno
L-Lac la Biche
A. J. Hooke
Hooke
Maccagno
Alberta Public Utilities Board
Montreal police link four gangland killings to hockey pool empire
Homicide detectives tie four slayings to an underworld hockey and baseball pool operation grossing about 25 million dollars yearly. Investigators say strong-arm enforcers carried out the murders as the lottery racket expands with dozens of salesmen in city buildings.
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Montreal
Gaston Archambault
Henri Francoeur
Vincent Lemonde
Andre Gaudreault
Gaudreault
Lemonde
United States
UN Reinforcements Arrive as Congo Tensions Rise
UN troops began arriving in Leopoldville after Sudanese and Canadian forces were expelled from Matadi by the Congolese army. Morocco and Tunisian units reached the coast while India’s 3 000 troops were expected within a week. The UN aims to reoccupy Matadi with about 20 000 troops overall once reinforcements arrive.
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Leopoldville
United Nations
Matadi
Katanga
Tunisia
Congo
India
Kitona
Nareswar Dayal
UN Congo
New York
Dag Hammarskjold
Opposition to Two Gas Proposals Faces City Challenge
Medicine Hat officials oppose two Oil and Gas Conservation Board proposals to be heard March 20 as they warn future gas purchases could cost 311 to 65 million over 30 years for 452 billion cubic feet. The city cites rising rates and seeks the best price structure. options include buying gas in the ground or delivered to a meter station. See city gas, Page 5.
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Civic Gas Committee
Gas Committee
Ald
Gordon Sissons
Medicine Hat
Conservation Board to Get Local Briefs
The Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce and two local industries join the city in opposing Oil and Gas Conservation Board proposals on Medicine Hat and Redcliff natural gas. A public hearing is set for March 20.
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Medicine Hat
Goodyear
Two Leaders Meet Queen At Buckingham Palace
The Queen hosted Nigeria's Alhaji Balewa and Australia's Robert Menzies in separate audiences at Buckingham Palace. They arrived after the royal couple's return from a 20,000 mile tour and are in London for the Commonwealth prime ministers conference.
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London
Reuters
Australia
Nigeria
Alhaji Sir
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Robert Menzies
Buckingham Palace
Prince Philip
India
Pakistan
Nepal
Iran
UN Faces Three Main Issues Amid Doubt and Danger
The United Nations General Assembly resumes its 15th session under a cloud of danger and doubt with Congo budget and disarmament as the three main issues. Western nations battle Russian pressure to weaken the UN and HamMarskhold faces a tough political climate as Adlai Stevenson and Andrei Gromyko’s talks falter. Moscow says it will drop aggression charges over U-2 and RB-47 but the US response signals continued Cold War tensions.
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United Nations
N.Y
United Nations General Assembly
Congo
Dag Hammarskhold
Adlai Stevenson
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
Washington
Mr. Stevenson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Isostia
U.S
Sewage Lagoon Land Purchase Move Tabled by City Council
Two vacationing aldermen absent from the meeting led to the sewage lagoon land acquisition item being tabled to March 20. The unfinished business was deferred to ensure a full council quorum, with Aldermen Osborne and Adam slated to return. The session closed after two and a half hours after a committee discussion on city procedure bylaw.
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Roy Osborne
Cliff Adam
U S Ships Recalled After Congo Mission Change
The United States halted a naval task force bound for Congo after word from the United Nations that the force was not needed. Four ships including a destroyer and two landing ship transports with 500 Marines were redirected from a goodwill visit to Cape Town.
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Washington
United States
Congo
United Nations
Navy
Cape Town
Rocket Ship Reaches 2650 Miles An Hour
Maj. Bob White piloted the X-15 at an estimated 2,650 mph in a warmup for spaceflight. He previously set 2,275 mph on Feb. 7, with nose temperatures rising toward 700 degrees as air friction increased. The engine, capable of 57 000 pounds thrust, was throttled to about two thirds during the test.
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Edwards Afb
Calif
Bob White
White
Peace Talks Reach Secret Truce in Algeria
Paris sources say secret negotiations between the French government and nationalist insurgents produced an agreement to end fighting in Algeria. Details remain undisclosed as officials report a successful outcome.
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Paris
Reuters
Algeria
Elizabeth Taylor in urgent bedside conference as condition worsens
London AP reports Elizabeth Taylor remains gravely ill with pneumonia in both lungs and anemia. Doctors held an urgent bedside conference as a hospital spokesman offered no new updates before 7 pm. The 29 year old star is breathing with an electronic device and throat tube. physicians say her condition fluctuates widely.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Carl Heinz Goldman
Child's Body Identified in Virginia Mystery
The body of 4 year old Deborah Jane Dudley was identified in a mountainous section of southwest Virginia. She was one of five children who died during the Dudley family's 24 year tour with carnival circuits.
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Richmond
Virginia
Deborah Jane Dudley
Kenneth E. Dudley
Canadian Prime Minister Missed Carrickfergus Castle Bathing Caretaker
Ulster residents chuckled at a CBC report that Prime Minister Diefenbaker and George Drew could not view Carrickfergus Castle on the Antrim coast because the caretaker was in his bath. A policeman knocked. no answer. The couple left disappointed.
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Belfast
Carrickfergus Castle
Diefenbaker
George Drew
London
Antrim Coast Road
Carrickfergus
William III
Boyne
Get Away From It All Colony Ends In Galapagos Debacle
Seattle families led by Charles Harrison Jr terminate a Galapagos colonization effort begun in 1959 after selling belongings and enduring harsh conditions. They report crude shanties, no running water or electricity, and losses estimated at about ten thousand dollars per family as they return to Washington.
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Seattle
Galapagos Islands
Charles Harrison Jr
Kenmore
Harrison
Ecuadorian
Galapagos
Alert
United States
Islands
Donald Harrsch
Pacific Island
U.S. Pacific Northwest
Harrsch
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