Highways Fatality In Coronation Involves Young Driver
Coronation RCMP identified David Leitch 59 of Coronation and Calgary as the pedestrian killed in a highway crash near here during the weekend. Leitch was struck by a car driven by Robert Gustavson 20 of Coronation. the car with six youths reportedly left control and careened over a 12 foot bank. None of the occupants were injured. In a separate incident near Villeneuve Alberta farmer Albert Halwa 32 had his right leg mangled when his clothing caught in a tractor power takeoff unit. A hired man freed him and they were loading grain 16 miles northwest of Edmonton before hospital transport.
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Coronation
RCMP
David Leitch
Calgary
Here
Leitch
Robert Gustavson
Gustavson
Villeneuve
Alta
Albert Halwa
Halwa
Edmonton
Edmonton suspect committed to Ponoka mental hospital
George Clifford Catt charged with murder in the Hutchinson case has been committed to the Ponoka mental hospital and will not stand trial as scheduled. He was also a suspect in the nearby murder of an Indian woman, pending the Hutchinson outcome.
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Edmonton
George Clifford
Catt
Ponoka
William Hutchinson
Canyon Creek
Hutchinson
Marine Corps to court martial sergeant over drowning recruits
Staff Sgt. Matthew McKeon of Worcester faces manslaughter and other charges after a night march led six recruits into a South Carolina swamp where they drowned. He allegedly drank vodka and warned swimmers would be eaten by sharks. Gen. Randolph Pate disclosed findings and orders to rearrange recruit training during a secret committee briefing.
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Marine Corps
Matthew McKeon
South Carolina
Worcester
Mass
McKeon
Navy
Charles Thomas
Randolph McCall Pate
House of Representatives Armed Services Committee
J. C. Burger
Parris Island
S. C
Pate
Comittee
Judge Advocate General
Thomas
Ribbon Creek
Marines
Stonemasons probe Kent church tomb in Shakespeare claim saga
In St Nicholas church Kent, workers pried open a tomb to seek evidence that Marlowe wrote Shakespeare works. They found a casket under brick and sand with fragments of tile. American critic Hoffman planned further study despite no bodies or coffins seen.
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Chislehurst
England
Shakespeare
Walsingham
St. Nicholas Church
Calvin Hoffman
Christopher Marlowe
Avon
Fear Uprising Of B C Douks
British Columbia’s Doukhobor Sons of Freedom shift from passive resistance to riot threat in Nelson as about 100 members gather. Twenty five women face charges after surrounding Emmett Gulley and tearing his clothes, while authorities arrest 25 and disperse the crowd.
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B. C
British Columbia
Sons of Freedom
Emmett Gulley
New Denver
St. Laurent
Bennett
United Nations
Grand Forks
Freedomite
Gulley
Freedomites
Prairie Weather Continues Cold Drizzle across Prairies
The cold drizzly conditions persisting across the prairies are forecast to continue Wednesday. Snow and rain are expected in some regions with gusty winds.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Weather Bureau
Prisoner Wife Accuses Terror at Home Courtroom Exchange
A courtroom exchange unfolds with a prisoner denying terror while his wife seeks protection. The magistrate questions the man about his alleged private methods as defense and prosecution clash.
Gratifying Response R C Drive Opens Blood Donor Event
Red Cross donors gathered at St Bar nabas Church hall basement for a three day blood drive. Officials said cold and snow did not deter participation and the goal of one thousand donors may be exceeded. Walk ins welcomed at the basement today tomorrow and Thursday.
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Red Cross
St. Barnabas Church Hall
Firehorse A Barkley Dies at 78
Former U S vice president Alben W Barkley collapsed and died at 78 during a Washington and Lee University address on a mock Democratic national convention stage He died of a heart attack with funeral set for Foundry Methodist Church in Lexington and burial in Paducah Kentucky The report notes his long political career and his self description as an old firehorse.
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Lexington
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
United States
Barkley
Washington and Lee University
Robert Munger
Truman
Washington
Foundry Methodist Church
Frederick Brown Harris
Senate
Paducah
Chicago
Congress
Majority Senate
Mosquito Control Program Moves Forward in City
City officials and federal agricultural science service representatives met to launch an immediate fly and mosquito control program. The city will provide manpower and equipment while federal experts train personnel and guide operations led by Mayor Weiner and Aldermen.
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Science Service Division
Federal Department of Agriculture
Weiner
Craig
Douglas
Walker
City hires Reid Walker for fly and mosquito control
City officials hire Reid Walker of 350 6th Street to run the fly and mosquito control program. He will start in mid May after entomological and biological training noted by the Lethbridge lab scientists. Walker has studied entomology and biology and recently finished his second year of medical studies.
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Reid Walker
6Th Street
Lethbridge
Walker
Ottawa Faces Cabinet Move On Trans Canada Pipeline
Prime Minister St Laurent called a special cabinet meeting to discuss the 2200 mile Trans Canada natural gas pipeline. Ontario may extend a key deadline while Ottawa plans to fund about 83 million for two thirds of the northern Ontario route and up to 80 million for the western leg to allow an immediate start.
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St. Laurent
Ontario
Howe
Porter
Toronto Dispatch Today
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd
Trans - Canada
United States
U. S
Federal Power Commission
Baseball Scores From Canadian Press Report
Kansas City and Boston clash with late runs while Detroit and New York split a doubleheader. Gromek, Mantle, Berra homer as Chicago and New York battle, with Hearn and Katt guiding pitching in a tight NL matchup.
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Ford
Berra
Nyk- Mantle
Bauer
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Katt
Hacker
Brosnan
Landrith, L
Chi-Hoak
Alberta Wheat Pool reports delayed seeding due to snow storms
The Alberta Wheat Pool says early April seeding in Southern Alberta will be delayed at least a week by month end snow. Medicine Hat and Lethbridge show progress while regions south of the Hat and east of Lethbridge have 21 percent seeded. North of the CPR line warm dry weather needed before planting resumes.
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Alberta Wheat Pool
THE
News Today
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Nine Die in Farmhouse Fire Near Mont Louis Quebec
A naptha fueled blaze at a wooden frame home near Mont Louis Quebec killed nine people including Marguerite Laflame and most of her children. Arthur Laflame's father Philips Mimeault escaped with burns as siblings Nocdlla Yolande Aliette were away working as domestics.
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Que
Gaspe
Arthur Laflame
St. Lawrence Gulf
Laflamme
Marguerite
Paul-Aime
Charles-Aime
Jean-Marie
Julienne
Pierrette
Marie- Paule
Cecile
Marielle
Mimneault
Fire claim mother and two children in Maine home
In North Searsmport Maine a young mother Margie McIntyre 21 and her two daughters Susan 2 and Lynn Marie 2 months died in a fire that swept their home. Her two other children Sidney 5 and her brother Terry Hall 3 were saved by the mother’s prior actions.
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North Searsport, Me
Margie McIntyre
Susan
Lynn Marie
Sidney
Terry Hall
Tragic Fire Claims Laflamme Family as Home Burns
A Mont Louis volunteer fire department response failed to save Mrs Laflamme and her family after an explosion woke them. She and her father woke to rescue sleeping children but all perished as the house burned to a charred ruin.
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Mont Louis
Wartime Houses Put Up For Purchase By Tenants
Mayor Weiner announced 110 wartime tenants on 10th and 11th Street S W will have first shot at buying the homes they rent starting June 1. G A Miller of the Lethbridge Central Housing and Mortgage Corporation said the government approved plans allow tenants to buy with basements. tenants may also continue renting. The move aims to let long-time renters buy homes they have occupied since the last war.
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Weiner
10Th
11Th Street
S. W
G. A. Miller
Lethbridge
Central Housing and Mortgage Corporation
Tennants
Vast May Day Show Power Across Communist World
A massive May Day display in Moscow Peiping and other capitals showcased new bomber and jet planes, with up to 1.5 million in Peiping and 70 000 in Hanoi. Mao Tse tung and Ho Chi Minh led crowds as portraits of Stalin, Marx, Lenin and Engels appeared in China and Eastern Europe.
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Peiping
Georgi Zhukov
Stalin
Soviet Union
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Lenin
Red China
Mao Tse Tung
Hie
Mao
Engles
Hanoi
Indochina
Viet Nam
Ho Chi-minh
Prague
Wenceslas Square
Els
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Ode to May by Pat Hodgins
Pat Hodgins writes a May Day verse from the editorial office lamenting a gray sky and lingering wintry weather. The poem contrasts April showers with snow and foresees dull spring days despite hopeful notes about May.
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Pat Hodgins
Elizabeth La Fleche convicted in Tudor slaying in Regina
Elizabeth La Fleche was found guilty by a Regina Queen's Bench jury of being an accessory after the fact in the murder of her fifth husband Mike Tudor. She faces sentencing next Wednesday. Residents along the Assiniboine brace for more floods as dike repairs continue. The flood forecast group retreats from most operations as Red River danger wanes. Gen Curtis LeMay calls for billions more for air force funds as Russia's future air atomic power is debated. Two deaths from respiratory disease occur in Old Crow Yukon. Dr Jonas Salk touts durable polio immunity via exposure or inoculation. The UN cease-fire observer plan expands with posts and mobile patrols along the Gaza border.
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Tootsie) la Fleche
Queen’s Bench
Regina
Mike Tudor
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