Winnipeg boys build St. Peter schooner for lake voyage
A Winnipeg boys school built the St. Peter a two mast schooner with sleeping space for 10 using spars and hull wood donated by lumber firms. The crew mostly comprises fathers of the pupils and volunteers did all the work. They plan to sail on Lake Winnipeg this summer with no fixed longer trip planned.
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Lake Winnipeg
Norway House
St. Peter
California
St. John’s Anglican Cathedral
Surprise council moves to add jaywalking bylaw
City council delayed a vote on a jaywalking bylaw amendment to Bylaw 995 amid debate over enforcement. Aldermen approved two new crosswalks on Second and Third Streets SE and discussed Sixth Ave crosswalks, while a traffic island and flashing-light plan were sent to committee for study.
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Gordon Sissons
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Government Wins Republic Referendum Plan
CAPETOWN Reuters The Nationalist government won approval in the House of Assembly on Monday night for a referendum to make South Africa a republic.
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Capetown
Reuters
House of Assembly
South Africa
Deportation appeal set to Friday in Rebrin case
Irene Rebrin, a 33 year old University of British Columbia Slavonic languages lecturer born in China, freed on 200 bond, had her deportation order quashed bid adjourned to Friday May 13 after new written arguments and other duties delayed judge Norris.
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Irene Rebrin
Miss Rebrin
T.G. Norris
B.C. Supreme Court
Gordon Dowding
Fulton
Norris
University of British Columbia
China
Canada
Brazil
Ban Liftings Announced on Major Alberta Highways
EDMONTON CP The highway traffic board announced road vans lifted effective 7 am Tuesday May 3 on Highway 2 Jet 3 Fort Macleod to High River Highway 14 Jet 14 to Jet 18 Highway 23 High River to Jet 2 east of High River Highway 41 Jet 14 to Jet 13 Highway 42 Jet 2 to Jet 21 Highway 43 Whitecourt to Valleyview
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Highway Traffic Board
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High River
Whitecourt
Valleyview
Commonwealth PMs avoid formal talks on South Africa at conference
British Commonwealth leaders opted not to include South Africa’s racial policies in formal agenda. They agreed to private discussions outside the chamber while the issue was acknowledged as a historic challenge. Prime ministers from Malaya Canada India Britain Ghana and others pressed for change but favored unofficial dialogue.
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Reuters
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Prince) Abdul Rahman
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Downing Street
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Windsor Castle
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India
Nehru
Britain
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Ghana
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Canada urges action on Soviet trade practices at Paris summit
External Affairs Minister Howard Green urged NATO foreign ministers that stopping Soviet dumping must be on East West talks at the Paris summit. He said Canada wants arms shipping limited and reported to a disarmament committee, with a framework for all nations to promptly disclose arms transfers. Green framed trade as a step toward peaceful resolutions with the Soviet bloc.
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Paris
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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Soviet Union
Europe denounces Chessman execution across continents
European papers condemn the California convict Daryl Chessman after his execution. Protests flare in Quito and Montevideo with youth rallies and embassy incidents. Britain and Italy blast the ruling while Soviet and Austrian media split on justice. Canada reports arrests at Montreal consulate.
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Sydney Sun
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Eisenhower
South America
U.S
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Montreal
Duty Shirked Says Chessman on Capital Punishment
Daryl Chessman, speaking from death row after his execution, argues capital punishment is vengeance not penalty. He reflects on a life fraught with institutional failure, claims his works offered thought, and laments society shirking responsibility while erasing its mistakes.
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Daily Telegraph
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Soviet Union
Germany
ADN
Caryl Chessman
Death Row
Daryl Chessman
Bomarc Work Proceeds Despite US Position Unclear
Defence Minister Pearkes confirmed continued work on the Bomarc site and SAGE installation near North Bay Ontario. The SAGE unit at Trout Lake will proceed as planned regardless of Bomarc developments.
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Pearkes
North Bay
Ont
United States
J.R. Garland
SAGE
Paul Martin
L—Essex East
U.S
It Couldn’t Happen Here Case Declared Impossible in Canada
Ontario Attorney General Kelso Roberts and University of Toronto law dean Cecil Wright said the Daryl Chessman case could not occur in Canada due to swift, approved procedures. They cited rapid appeals, limited delay, and expeditious Crown action, contrasting Coffin’s 1956 charges with Canada’s faster processes.
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Kelso Roberts
Ontario
Cecil Wright
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Daryl Chessman
Canada
Roberts
CBC
Dean Wright
Wilbur Coffin
Gaspe
Chessman
Arthur Maloney
Toronto Parkdale
Victims Speak After Chessman Execution
In Los Angeles AP reports a Chessman execution after brutal sexual attacks. Victim Mary Alice Meza 29 sits in a trance unable to grasp the gas chamber's outcome. Another victim Mrs. Andrew Brennan weeps and longs to forget, while Brennan had just left a polio hospital.
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Caryl Chessman
Mary Alice Meza
Ruth Shaw
Chessman
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