Eleven-year-old Elm Street student rescues drowning boy
Michael Ziemann a 12 year old from Elm Street school risked his life to save Thorne Knapp 8 from Seven Persons creek near Kincoulee. A raft broke apart sending five boys into the water with Thorne unable to swim. Michael climbed down the cliff and dragged Thorne to safety holding a log as aid arrived. The rescued boy is recovering at home with no lasting injuries.
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Mike Kapral
Elm Street School
Michael Ziemann
Thorne Knapp
Seven Persons Creek
Kincoulee
Michael
Connaright School
Thorne
H. T. Knapp
Ali Sulz
Kipling Street
Big Military Display Held in Tel Aviv
Israel marked its ninth Independence Day with the largest military show in the nation’s history. Five miles of parades displayed captured Egyptian equipment and new arms as Prime Minister Ben-Gurion warned on Gaza and Gulf navigations while urging mass Jewish migration to the Negev. Border clashes with Syria continued, wounding three Israeli fishermen on the Sea of Galilee.
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Til Aviv
Israel
Tel Aviv
Sinai
David Ben - Gurion
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Ben-Gurion
Negev Desert
Haifa
Sea of Galilee
Naughty Blonde Haunts English Inn Family and Ghosts
The Westwoods of Dudley England petition the Queen for help against nine naughty ghosts haunting their home at the Jolly Corner inn. A Victorian blonde ghost leads a pack of eight male specters causing sleepless nights and wild antics across the house.
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Dudley
England
Westwoods
Eward Westwood
Jolly Cornen
Woreshire Village
Fatality Toll Shows Increase Across Canada
The Canadian Press tally for a sunny weekend reports 44 deaths nationwide from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Ontario had 16 violent deaths, mostly traffic related, including a youth in a street fight and a farmer crushed by a tractor. Quebec recorded 14 deaths, with motor crashes and drownings noted. British Columbia had four fires linked deaths, Manitoba two highway fatalities, Alberta two traffic deaths, New Brunswick two asphyxiations, Nova Scotia a man crushed by ice and a crash victim, Saskatchewan a farmer pinned by a tractor. Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland reported no fatalities.
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Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Manitoba
Alberta
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
Western Roundup: Edmonton Child Killed in Street Crash
Edmonton reports Sherry Jordan six years old died in hospital after being struck by a car on a west-end street. Police say she ran into traffic from behind a parked vehicle. It marks Edmonton's sixth traffic death in 1957. In Commotion Creek B C an unidentified man drowned when his rowboat capsized near Pine River during a river crossing. RCMP investigating. In Dawson Creek B C one man died and three injured when a car rear-ended a parked oil-tank truck on the Alaska highway Mile Two.
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Edmonton
Sherry Jordan
Commotion Creek
B.C
Pine River
Hart Highway
Dawson Creek
RCMP
B. C
Mile Two
Alaska Highway
Thunderstorms Forecast Across Alberta and Saskatchewan
Weather bulletin notes scattered thunderstorm activity planned for Alberta and Saskatchewan this evening as a cooler air mass moves southeastward. It lists yesterday's high 77 and low 49 with no precipitation, noon temperature 72, and winds from the south at 38. Calgary, Lethbridge, Moose Jaw, and Swift Current are shown with high temperatures ranging from 60s to mid 70s.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Sask
Calgary
Lethbridge
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
Ottawa youths remanded in manslaughter case
Four teens faced charges of manslaughter in the death of 17 year old Rene Jodoin after a Friday night fight outside a west central Ottawa church. Rene Delorme 16 and Vincent Tamarit 17 were remanded for one week. two juveniles ages 14 and 15 were remanded to May 14.
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Ottawa (Cp
Rene Jodoin
Ottawa
Rene Delorme
Vincent Tamarit
Glenn Strike
Alan Fraser
Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Lbreton St
Bomb Found On Police Chief Pim's Boat Near Belfast
Police said Sir Richard Pim, Northern Ireland police chief, while cruising with his wife on a lake near Belfast, found a fuse leading from the boat exhaust to an explosive charge hidden in the engine. Military experts dismantled the bomb and said it would have blown the boat to bits. The explosion that warned Pim was not explained.
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Belfast
Richard Pim
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Pim
Here
Snowball Dance Sparks Youth Club Attendance Rise
In Durham England the Vane Tempest Youth Club reports a jump in turnout from 15 to over 100 as they introduce the Snowball dance. Teens kiss and dance in four bar cycles, calling it Slow Slow Kiss Kiss until all are paired for a group kiss dance, provoking few complaints from older observers.
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Durham
Eng
Reuters
Vane Tempest
Italian government crisis ends in resignation talks
Rome reports show Antonio Segni's Christian Democrat government facing collapse as Social Democrats push to quit the coalition. Vice Premier Giuseppe Saragat accuses the coalition of losing reform will and hints at uniting with Pietro Nenni's Socialists under democratic socialist principles and NATO alignment.
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Rome
Italy
Social Democrats
NATO
Christian Democrat
Antonio Segni
Giuseppe Saragat
Pietro Nenni
Socialist International
Ald. Proposes $22 Civic Centre Fund in Medicine Hat
Ald. Ed Heckbert plans to move at the city council meeting to create a civic centre trust fund funded by the $22 provincial oil dividend to be paid this fall. He supports residents contributing the dividend to open the fund and restore amenities comparable to Red Cliff.
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Medicine Hat
Ed Heckbert
Ald
Heckbert
Redcliff
Federal Campaign Locals Shifted by Party Leaders
Four days after the May 1 date, leaders campaign across Canada. Diefenbaker ends Maritime tour and heads to Ottawa for Saskatchewan rallies. Coldwell arrives in Ottawa for Rose Town broadcasts while Social Credit tours British Columbia. St Laurent pleads for Western votes amid Liberal losses. About 1,500 attend a downtown theatre speech in Sec-LOCALES.
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Vic
British Columbia
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
John Diefenbaker
Capital
Moncton
N.B
Campbellton
CCF
Coldwell
Ottawa
CBU
Rosetown-Biggar
Social Credit
Albotsford
St. Laurent
Western Canada
A Vic
Water restrictions start in Medicine Hat this week
Watering limits begin in Medicine Hat on May 8 with odd numbered houses allowed to water on odd days and even numbers on even days. Power Plant Supt. H O Davis and City Engineer J L Carswell present a council recommendation at tonight's meeting. The new waterworks addition, expected next fall, will boost pumping capacity by 50 percent.
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Medicine Hat
H. O. Davis
J. L. Carswell
Rev Meadows Accepts Call To B C Church
After seven years as minister at Fifth Avenue United Church Medicine Hat, Rev Harry A Meadows will become pastor of Chalmers United Church Vancouver. He announced the decision at Sunday service and will terminate here on June 30. He cited completed work and growth at Fifth Avenue and praised the church boards, volunteers, and Miss Helen McGuckin.
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Fifth Avenue United Church
Harry A. Meadows
Chalmers United Church
Vancouver
Meadows
Fifth Avenue Church
Mr. Meadows
Medicine Hat
Fifth Avenue
Helen McGuckin
Meadow
Kiwanis Club
Ministerial Association
Blast Rocks Nelson District as Freedomites Eye Russia
A blast near the CPR line 15 miles west of Nelson, B C, follows a public note that Sons of Freedom Doukhobors seek permission to return to Russia. Nick Kanigan, a Freedomite, says 2 500 supporters await travel and more would go if possible. The group accuses Canada of religious persecution and has long opposed school militarism.
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Vancouver
Nelson
B.C
Sons of Freedom
Nick Kanigan
Dmitri Chuvakin
Ottawa
CPR
Glade
West Kootenays
Soviet Union
Kanigan
Freedomite
Russia
Freedomites
Canada
Dren
New Denver
John Lebedoff
Turkey
Anti-Red Elected Austrian President
Adolf Schaerf, Socialist vice chancellor in the coalition government, was elected president of Austria defeating Dr. Wolfgang Denk. Schaerf won 2,259,097 votes to 2,160,424, becoming the third Socialist president since the war. He takes a six year term following Theodor Koerner's death.
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Vienna
Adolf Schaerf
Austria
Wolfgang Denk
Schaerf
Denk
Theodor Koerner
Koerner
Karl Renner
Riot reported in Polish town near Warsaw
A major riot in Jaro slaw, a garrison town in southwest Poland, drew more than 1,000 police and troops. The Szpandar Mlodych report mentions a military mutiny with Gen. Kuropieska arriving, a military investigations panel, and clashes outside a police station that left several injured and 19 arrested.
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Colin Frost
Warsaw
Jaroslaw
Poland
Szpandar Mlodych
Kuropieska
Army
Nuclear Power Merchandising New British Accomplishment
London report describes Britain selling over the counter nuclear power stations at Tranover Trade Fair with models, blueprints, and finish options. Prices from 40 to 100 million dollars allow full plant delivery or build-it-yourself kits, with designs and know-how offered. British industry markets fuel supply under Anglo Canadian uranium pact terms.
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Jack Stepler
NEWS
London
Britain
Tranover
Barker
News-Chronicle
Times
Calder Halls
Cumberland
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Geo. Chopey
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