Paris Protest Strike Halts Transit and Bans Private Flights
A 30 minute protest strike by students and various unions in Paris halted subways buses and shutdown factories and offices in protest of extremist violence linked to a pro peace meeting attack. The government banned private plane flights and reinforced security as talks on Algeria near Evian continued.
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Paris
Reuters
Movement For Peace
Paris University
France
Algeria
de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
Evian
Lawyer Inspects Scene in Medicine Hat Case
Calgary lawyer A M Harradence spent 25 minutes Sunday inspecting the scene of the crime in Medicine Hat to prepare an appeal against Bill Plotsky’s conviction. He visited the police station and examined a bloodstain location as he gathers facts for the April 16 hearing.
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Calgary
A. M. Harrad
Bill Plotsky
Medicine Hat
Plotsky
Jim Gehring
Gehring
James Gehring
Collision Injures Youth in Hit-and-Run
Medicine Hat youth Thomas Munro 19 from 1187 Dominion St was injured in a hit and run crash and taken to General Hospital. He suffered a concussion and multiple injuries after being struck by a car driven by Raymond McKay 28 on Woodman Ave and Bridge St. Police estimate $200 damage to the McKay auto.
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P Young
General Hospital
Thomas Munro
Dominion St
Raymond J. McKay
Belfast St
Munro
McKay
Woodman Ave
Bridge St
Nine Canadians implicated in Indo China smuggling
Prime Minister Diefenbaker told the Commons that nine Canadians with the international truce supervision commissions in Indo China aided in smuggling gold and opium. Seven were military and two were External Affairs clerks. disciplinary steps were taken and two clerks were recalled and to be dismissed. He denied claims that narcotics came from Indochina to Canada.
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Ottawa
Indo-China
Diefenbaker
International Truce Supervisory Commissions
Indochina
External Affairs Department
Canada
Erica Regier
CCF
Burnaby - Coquitlam
North American
Truce Commissions
Regier
British Columbia
Russians Won't Hand Nuclear Arms Without Support
London dispatch reports Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko says Moscow is ready not to transfer nuclear weapons to other nations if the United States Britain and France commit to the same. He urged non nuclear states to avoid producing or hosting atomic arms. The remarks accompany a UN letter praising a solemn disarmament undertaking.
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Reuters
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United States
Britain
France
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
U Thant
United Nations
Tass
U.S
City Woman Found Dead In Private Garage
A Medicine Hat woman Mrs Mary Terlson 30 of 112 11th St N E was found dead in a private garage at her home Sunday morning by her husband at 1125 a m Police Chief A R Bull said death was from carbon monoxide poisoning No inquest will be held Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p m at Cooks Funeral Chapel with Rev Harold McKay officiating Interment at Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Survivors include her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Schreiner of Medicine Hat and a sister Francis May Mrs D Smith of Regina
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Medicine Hat
Mary Terlson
11Th St. N.E
Dean Terlson
A. R. Bull
Terlson
Frank Schreiner
Francis May
D. Smith
Regina
Cook
Harold McKay
Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens
Salted Formula Kills Six Babies at City Hospital
In Binghamton New York six babies died and ten more sickened at Binghamton General Hospital after salt contaminated formula was used instead of sugar. A nurse filled the salt can from a sugar container and was suspended. Investigators consider salt poisoning the definite likely cause with four patients in critical condition and the deaths spanning ages three days to eight months.
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Binghamton
N.Y
Binghamton General Hospital
Lillie Colvin
Stephen Smyk
Use Of Troops Indicated As Terrorism Damper
In Nelson BC the attorney general suggested troops could be moved into southeastern British Columbia to dampen terrorism attributed to Freedomite Doukhobors. The plan involves federal provincial cooperation and possible RCMP actions as investigations continue into a power tower bombing and other terrorist acts.
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Nelson
B.C
Robert Bonner
British Columbia
Bonner
RCMP
Kootenays
Sons of Freedom
Freedomite
Traffic Kills 19 In Weekend Canadian Toll
The Canadian Press reports 19 people died in road crashes over the weekend, from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, with nine fatalities in Ontario as part of 27 accidental deaths nationwide.
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Canada
Ontario
Bombing disrupts British Columbia power tower hit area
A suspected Doukhobor bombing damaged a 366 foot power tower 70 miles east of Trail BC paralyzing industry. About 900 workers across Kimberley Riondel areas lose jobs as utilities fail. Coal and cement plants cut output. two month repair window with long term economic damage feared. Local residents express worry over further attacks.
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Trail
B.C
Here
British Columbia
Consolidated Mining and Smelting
Kimberley
Riondel
Rusk and Gromyko Meet in Geneva on Berlin Talks
In Geneva American Secretary of State Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko spent three hours discussing Berlin and disarmament but produced no settlement. British Foreign Secretary Home temporarily stepped aside to favor Western unity.
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Rusk
Gromyko
Berlin
Home
Lord Home
Britain
United States
West Berlin
West Germany
U.S
Central Pacific
Wats
Kremlin
Gromyka
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