U S Senate Approves Columbia River Power Plan
The U S Senate swiftly approves the Columbia River power treaty with Canada. Senator Dworshak notes Canadian delays from British Columbia. Bennett opposes citing impact on Pacific Northwest coal. The committee says the treaty offers greater benefits than acting alone and underscores U S Canadian cooperation. Williston defends BC progress and ratification pace.
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Washington
United States Senate
Columbia
Dworshak
British Columbia
United States
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Bennett
Pacific Northwest
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Spy tells of taking documents from naval research centre
Miss Ethel Gee a 46 year old civilian worker at a British navy weapons research centre testified at a spy trial that she walked out with confidential documents on January 6 from the Portland underwater research facility. She said she placed the papers in an official envelope tucked under her arm after reading a submarine detection questionnaire.
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London
Ethel Gee
Bow Island Farmer Begins Early Spring Seeding
Bow Island farmer Don Fraser started seeding on his land Thursday. A spokesman from Alberta Wheat Py noted the planting is among the earliest, but the soil is cold and the seed may be problematical until conditions warm.
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Don Fraser
Bow Island
Alberta Wheat Py
Commonwealth leaders urge total disarmament and broader talks
In a final communique, 13 Commonwealth leaders call for complete abolition of war means and insist on resuming East West disarmament talks without delay. They favor widening negotiations to include more nations, noting peace concerns the world, while Ayub Khan presses for Communist China’s inclusion.
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Ayub Khan
China
UN Talks Hint at Resuming Disarmament Committees
Belief grows at the United Nations that the United States and Russia near agreement on a committee to resume disarmament negotiations. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko may meet to discuss a possible change in stance on the issue.
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United Nations
United States
Russia
Adlai Ste
Min“Gremyko
Oe Theraar
U.S. to Lose Dhahran Air Base in Saudi Arabia
The United States will relinquish Dhahran Airfield on the Arabian Gulf coast within a year as Saudi Arabia declines to renew the 1962 expiry agreement. Dhahran has served as a key stop for air transport missions, though no combat aircraft have operated from the base.
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Washington
United States
Strategic Dhahran
Asian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
State Department
U.S
Unite States
Dhahran
Middle East
Medicine Hat rink survives Fourteenth Ice Bonspiel chase
This morning at 12 30 the Fourteenth Annual Artificial Ice Bonspiel left Tim Millers foursome as the only Medicine Hat rink still alive for the Canta lini Hotel Grand Challenge Trophy. Full results from Thursday and this morning appear on Pages 7 and 9 with draws for this evening on Page 7.
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Medicine Hat
Tim Miller
St Patrick's Day Sparks Dublin Law Busts and Bus Strife
Dublin on St Patrick's Day sees bar clashes and a backstreet shamrock drink as Irish law relaxations appear temporary. A bus strike across the capital ends with a truce allowing green double deckers to roll through. In New York over a million watch the 2.5 mile St Patrick's Day parade with 120000 marchers and 40 Toronto Irish Regiment participants on Fifth Avenue.
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St. Patrick’s Day
New York
Fifth Avenue
44Th Street
96Th Street
Irish Regiment of Canada
Toronto Irish
Washington Square
110Th Street
Brazil Maintains Western Alignment Despite Neutral Policy
President Janio Quadros told Congress Brazil’s neutralist foreign policy does not signal a break with Western democracies. He affirmed that Brazil’s ideological position remains Western and will not waver.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Janio Quadros
Congress
Brazil
One Grand Headache for Finder of 240000
Douglas William Johnson found a hidden canvas bag with 240000 in unmarked cash and notified the FBI. Brink's returned the money and offered a guard job plus a college scholarship. Johnson rejects fame, faces mixed reactions, and weighs the reward.
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Los Angeles
Douglas William Johnson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Brink’s Incorporated
Johnson
Brink’s
Alberta Legislature Session Sees Social Credit Criticism Rise
After a long budget debate the Alberta legislature held a late night session. Social Credit members from Vegreville Sedgewick and St Albert voiced opposition to seat reallocation while others supported the progress report. Premier Manning delivered three speeches and pressed backbenchers as debate continued.
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BIFON
Alture
Siborne
Artfolio
Calgary
Hirring
Alnd
Colborne
Social Credit
Jack Hillman
Sedgewick
Jack Rabbit
Solomon
Alex Cordey
Vegreville
Keith Everitt
St. Albert
Cordey
Hillman
Everitt
Mike Maccagno
Lac la Biche
Ernest Watkins
Mr. Manning
Diefenbaker Reports Cautious Cold War Easing
Prime Minister Diefenbaker said the international situation has eased since 1960 though Soviet vilification of Washington continues and no long term conciliatory signs appear. He discussed South Africa's move toward a republic and linked its apartheid policy to Commonwealth membership concerns.
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Diefenbaker
Russia
Commons
Commonwealth
Washington
South Africa
Commonwealth Association
Europeans Still Held In Congo
Thirty Europeans released from arrest by Congolese in western Kivu reached Kindu while another 30 face threats from bow armed tribesmen. The released include missionaries. nationalities unknown. UN says Lumumba loyalists control Kivu and Malayan UN troops assist evacuations. Coquilhatville airfield reopens after Mobutu objections to Ethiopian heavy equipment delivery.
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The
Congo
Reuters
Kivu
Kindu
United Nations
Kasongo
Lumumba
Patrice Lumumba
Katanga
Coquilhatville
Equator Province
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Kabalo
Two Arrested in U S Ball Betting Scandal
New York AP report says two men, Aaron Wagman and Joseph Hacken, were arrested in connection with a college basketball betting scandal involving Colgate Connecticut and Seton Hall Dayton games. Wagman faces additional charges of attempting to bribe a detective.
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U.S
New York
Colgate University of Connecticut
Hamilton
N.Y
Seton Hall-Dayton
Madison Square Garden
Peter D. Andreoli
Connecticut
Seton Hall
Aaron Wagman
al Wagner
al] Williams
Joseph Hacken
Wagman
Conservatives Hold All Four Seats in By Elections
London Reuters reports Prime Minister Macmillan's Conservative party easily retained all four parliamentary seats in Thursday by elections. The Liberals failed to overtake Labor for second place in any contest, though they closed to within 55 votes in one race.
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London
Reuters
Macmillan
Conservative Party
Liberal Party
Labor Party
Angolan Colony Terror Attacks Kill Whites Across North
Reuters reports Congolese terrorists raided northern Angola colonies, striking isolated plantations and killing dozens of whites including men women and children along the northern border.
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Reuters
Angola
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