Brancon police hunt assailants in strike linked attack
Police search for two men who attacked brothers Roland and Harry Cote and Orton Miller amid a Brandon Packers strike. Harry Cote hospitalized with facial wounds, condition good. Miller beaten but not seriously hurt. Assault cited as union related during the 24 day strike.
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Brandon
Brandon Packers Limited
Harry Cote
Dunrea
Man
Roland
United Packinghouse Workers Union
Brandon Packers
Roland Cote
Orton Miller
Flin Flon
Cotes
Miller
James Nicholls
Harry Cole
John Oliver
Alberta MP attacks Hutterite tax exemptions in Commons
In Ottawa, MP Jack Horner accused Hutterite colonies in Western Canada of subsidy by the country and urged taxing them as farmers. He criticized Alberta's retroactive legislation to ease expansion limits on colonies and urged stricter control, citing education and lifestyle concerns.
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Ottawa
Jack H. Horner
Acadia
Canada
Erhart Regier
CCF
Burnaby - Coquitlam
Hornet
Horner
Pollockville
Alberta
Royal Commission of Investigation
Horner Warns Hutterites Move to Saskatchewan
Horner cites Alberta data showing Hutterites control 500000 acres, migrate due to the Communal Propertie Act. He argues their tax status and land purchases favor colonies over non Hutterite farmers, warns of long term Western consolidation and continued land expansion into Saskatchewan.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Horner
Royal Commission
Ottawa
Canada
Verwoerd to Name One Man Inquiries into Sharpeville Langa Riots
South Africa's Prime Minister announced two one man commissions will probe the Sharpeville and Langa shootings with a Supreme Court judge for each area. A judicial inquiry into broader riot causes is under consideration as world protests mount.
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Capetown
South Affrica
Reuters
Hendrik Verwoerd
Sharpeville
Langa
Verwoerd
South Africa
American State Department
Supreme Court
C. G. Hall
Windhoek
Southwest Africa
Hall
London
South Africa House
Macmillan
House of Commons
British Labor Party
Trades Union Congress of
United Kingdom
Labor Party
TUC General Council
U.S
United States
State Department
India
Nehru
Africa
United Nations
New York
Manning Criticizes Bill 95 Hearing In Medicine Hat
Premier E C Manning sharply attacked a Medicine Hat brief opposing Bill 95 citing a provincial industrial tax. Alderman Jim Miller led the city submission before the agriculture committee. The city argued tax hikes of 100 to 200 percent threaten local industry and municipal autonomy, while critics questioned the brief’s accuracy and warned of broader tax implications.
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E. C. Manning
City of
Medicine Hat
Ald
Jim Miller
Agriculture Committee
Assembly
Ald. Miller
A. J. Hooke
Gordon Taylor
Gordon Sissons
Chamber
Fred McGuinness
William Sellhorn
Miller
Edmonton
Calgary
Manning
Ernest Watkins
Glenmore
Watkins
Northwest Nitro Chemicals
Ity
Violence Eases as Pass Protests Rise in South Africa
Violence waned in parts of South Africa while Negroes intensified pass protests. In Cape Town area towns like Langa and Nyanga West, riots left at least 72 dead and many wounded as police used force, with businesses and transit affected. Prime Minister Verwoerd hailed possible commissions to study the crisis as thousands stayed home demanding passes.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Capetown
Vereeniging
Langa
Lara
Nyanga West
Hendrik Verwoerd
Reds Back Global Strict Control for Disarmament
Geneva CP reports Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin affirmed Moscow backs strict international control from the first arms-cutting step through to the end. He rejected Western claims that Russia seeks control only after disarmament begins, noting proposals mirror rival plans for staged world disarmament with differing timelines.
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Geneva
Russia
Valerian Zorin
Zorin
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Canada
France
Italy
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
Alberta considers lowering grazing lease fees in special areas
Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister A. J. Hooke told the legislature that grazing lease rentals in special areas may be cut by revising land carry capacities. About 40 ranchers met, protesting a 100 percent fee rise, with 51 letters received—45 against the increase.
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Edmonton
Alberta
A. J. Hooke
Ernest Watkins
Calgary Glenmore
Hooke
Calgary
Cape Canaveral fails to place Explorer VIII in orbit
The Juno II rocket lifted off successfully at 8:35 a.m. EST but failed about an hour later to place the 35 pound radiation study satellite Explorer VIII into orbit, with NASA officials suspecting an upper stage ignition failure. The mission aimed to study radiation zones up to 33,000 miles from Earth.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Space Agency
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United Packinghouse Workers
America
Brancon
Little Cloud
Government Farm Loan Board
Commons
West
Peace River
World Deplores
Reds
John Pickard
Norway
Northwest
Nitro Chemical
Northwest Nitro Workman
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