Verwoerd Defends Racial Policies in South Africa
South Africa's Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd returned from the Commonwealth conference to rallying crowds of white supporters in Johannesburg. He claimed Africans and Asians were taking over the Commonwealth and defended apartheid as he announced plans to become a republic on May 31. Police arrested 10 Negro leaders to head off protests against the withdrawal.
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Reuters
Hendrik Verwoerd
Commonwealth
Verwoerd
London
South Africa
Family of Nations
Jan Smuts
John Diefenbaker
Britain
United Kingdom
Veroerd
Elizabeth Taylor Walks in Hospital Room
London AP reports actress Elizabeth Taylor is well enough to get out of bed and walk around her hospital room after pneumonia. Producer Walter Wanger confirms she got up for the first time yesterday while recovering from filming Cleopatra.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Walter Wanger
Waanger
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UN and Stanleyville Forces Reach Kasongo in Witchcraft Campaign
A joint UN Congolese column of 150 UN Malay troops and 50 Congolese soldiers reached Kasongo after 24 hours on Operation Distress to confront witchcraft gangs in Kivu. They reported all is well as around 30 white missionaries and plantation owners are believed still in Kasongo.
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Leopoldville
United Nations
Stanleyville
Kasongo
Kivu
Kindu
Antoine Gizenga
Gizenga
$65 Million Army Camp Had Plenty Of Frills
The House foreign affairs committee released a report criticizing a $65 million Pakistan army camp funded by U.S. aid. It cited frilly bathrooms, unused hot water systems, and walk-in refrigerators for meat prepared and eaten on site, despite Defence Department objections claiming harm to the military aid program.
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Washington
House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
U.S
Defence Department
Congolese to Oppose UN Goods
Interior Minister Albert Delvaux said the Congo will set customs barriers against United Nations supplies. He accused UN shipments at Matadi of including narcotics and alcohol smuggling after the port confrontation earlier this month.
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Leopoldville
Reuters
Cting
Albert Delvaux
United Nations
Congo
Rturn
Matadi
Delvaux
Portugal Sends Troops to Angola After Attacks
Lisbon ordered troop reinforcements to be flown to the Portuguese colony of Angola after terrorist raids in Luanda. The dispatch, quoting Angola governor general Alvaro Damilla Tavares, said reinforcements are already arriving as attackers, many from the Congo border, killed dozens of whites in raids on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Lisbon
Reuters
Portugal
Angola
Lusitania
Luanda
Alvaro Damilla Tavares
Congo
Drive for Power Hoffa Faces Crossroads of Power
James Hoffa, 48, head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, seeks re election at Miami Beach on July 3. He and two associates are charged by court monitors and indicted for mail fraud and misrepresentation of real estate in a Florida land scheme. Some 40 000 Canadian Teamsters may influence the outcome.
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Tim Creery
Washington
James Riddle Hoffa
North America
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
America
Jimmy Hoffa
Mark
Hoffa
Miami Beach
U.S. Justice Department
Lao Rebels Advance Near Vientiane and Xieng Khouang
Gen. Duane Rathikone reports Pathet Lao forces pushing from Sala Phou Koun toward Vang Vieng with rebels 10 miles north of that city. Southern front sees Tha Vieng recaptured near Xieng Khouang. 350 government soldiers wounded. SEATO warns rebels have strengthened and threaten Southeast Asia.
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Laos
Duane Rathikone
Royal
Pathet Lao
Rathikone
Sala Phou Koun
Luang Prabang
Vang Vieng
Tha Vieng
Xieng Khouang
Plain of Jars
Bangkok
Thailand
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Free Nations
Southeast Asia
Riot Starts In Rhodesia at National Democratic Meeting
An open air African nationalist gathering in Bulawayo drew about 30 000 people Sunday. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd causing panic and fence destruction. Three Negro policemen and two spectators were injured. Joshua Nkomo praised Patrice Lumumba before the outbreak.
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Bulawayo
Southern Rhodesia
National Democratic Party
Joshua Nkomo
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Gable’s Widow Delivers First Child in Hollywood
In Hollywood, Clark Gable’s widow Kay Gable gave birth to an eight-pound boy by Caesarean section at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital. The baby and Mrs. Gable were reported in good condition. Gable died at the same hospital last November 16 from a heart attack. The infant is Gable’s first child. his widow has a son and a daughter from a prior marriage.
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Hollywood (Ap
Clark Gable
Kay Gable
Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital
Gable
Five Babies Die at Regina Hospital After Formula Error
Regina Saskatchewan capital region hospital nurseries saw five infant deaths over the weekend after boracic acid was mistakenly used in a feeding formula. Sister Rita Fortier of Grey Nuns Hospital called the tragedy an unforgivable mistake and ordered an immediate investigation.
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Regina
Rita Fortier
Grey Nuns’ Hospital
Parents blame hospital after babies sickened die from formula mix
Regina CP parents Steve Kuostiuk and George Beck accuse Grey Nuns Hospital of neglect after five infant deaths linked to thoracic acid poisoned formula. Autopsy of one baby shows heart damage. 22 of 45 babies fed formula, 20 breastfed. Hospital silent on sympathy or cause. See POLICE page 12.
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Steve Kuostiuk
George Beck
Siy
Mr. Beck
Snihia Jdody Teck
Mareh VI
Reina
Debbie Mace Schleger
Fred Schleger
Regina
Ronald William Sestuk
Steve Kotiak
Resina
Suzanne Gail Badley
James Badley
Robin Bruce Pearce
Albert TL Pearce
Revina
J. A. Dupont
Sun
Oblates to Join Crescent Heights School Staff
The Oblates of Mary Immaculate are expected to join the McCoy separate school in Crescent Heights after taking pastoral charge of Christ the King parish in Medicine Hat. A five-member community is required to open school teaching roles in Medicine Hat Separate School District No. 21, with potential priest appointments to teach grades discussed over the past year.
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Oblate Fathers of Mary Immaculate
McCoy
Crescent Heights
Christ the King
Medicine Hat
Schoals
Alberta hearing on gas market sharing in Medicine Hat
The Alberta Oil and Gas Conservation Board heard two groups seek export permits for natural gas in Medicine Hat. The first group, led by Bailey Selburn Oil and Gas Limited and partners, opposed market sharing and argued that gas drainage from Bailey Selburn holdings harms City of Medicine Hat reserves. Witnesses described drainage rates and proposed above normal production to mitigate losses, while the city and local industries prepared to oppose the applications in the afternoon session.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta Oil and Gas Conservation Board
Medicine Hat Court House
Bailey Seleburn Oil and Gas Limited
B.if, Petroleums (Alberta
California Standard Company
Charter Oil and Gas Limeited
Crowfoot Exploration Limesited
Selbay Exploration Limited
J. Merrill Wright
City of Medicine Hat
Howard R. Low
Bailey Selburn
Low
James G. Kidd
W. A. Finley
Friley
Kidd
S. J. Dorst
California Standard
John R. McKenzie
Crowfoot Exploration Limited
Consolidated Mic Mac Oils Limited
Mayfair Oil and Gas Limited
Richfield Oil Corporation
Adenauer Supported by West German Municipal Votes
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s Christian Democrats gained a prestige boost from municipal elections in Lower Saxony and North Rhine Westphalia. The CDU topped NRW and gained seven percent in Lower Saxony while the Social Democrats held steady overall. National elections loom in six months.
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Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Lower Saxony
North Rhine
Westphalia
Ruhr
Social Democrats
North Rhine-Westphalia
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Party
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Shirley Gable
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