Eisenhower demands concrete gains before Berlin summit
President Eisenhower vows to reject a summit if Russia moves to hand East Berlin to the East Germans or signs a separate peace with East Germany. State Secretary Herter outlines U.S. positions ahead of the Geneva foreign ministers conference, stressing a reunited Germany, arms control, and a secure Berlin. He urged firm negotiations and warned unilateral Soviet moves would derail talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
East Berlin
East Germany
Geneva
Christian A. Herter
Heter
Berlin
Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Germany
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Herter
Winston Churchill
Newly Elected Officials Weather First Challenge
In Sudbury Ontario unrest marked a leadership shake as President Don Gillis and allies defeated a dissident old guard led by Mike Solski. A riotous union meeting drew 1,000 miners inside and 1,000 outside as accusations of book tampering and a possible lawsuit clouded the vote. Poirier was injured in a scuffle during the confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudbury, Ont
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ind
Don Gillis
Mike Solski
International Nickel Company of Canada
Gillis
Weir Reid
Poirier
Mr. Gillis
Poiter
Britain to Send Jets and Tanks to Iraq
A British government source said London will supply Iraq with jet bombers and Centurion tanks to deter Premier Kassem from seeking Russian military aid. The informant noted U.S. approval of the arms aid, despite Kassem's growing Communist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Iraq
Kassem
U. S
Churchill Ends Visit with Ike at White House
Sir Winston Churchill completed his White House stay and traveled to the British Embassy for an overnight visit. President Eisenhower personally escorted him to the limousine as Mrs. Eisenhower watched from the portico. The president called it a great honor and offered farewell wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winston Churchill
White House
President Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Medicine Hat Census Shows Population Rise
Medicine Hat reports a population of 21 739, up 670 in the past year for a 3 percent rise. The census, compiled under clerk Dick Dietrich, notes 13 576 adults making up 62 percent, with results used to determine municipal grants and voter lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Treasury Office
Dick Dietrich
Coed Heroine Fights Shark Attack To Save Classmate
In San Francisco at Baker Beach near the Golden Gate Bridge 18 year old San Francisco State College students Albert Kogler and Shirley O Neill faced a shark attack. O Neill swam 50 yards to pull Kogler ashore while he muttered that it was a shark. He died two and a half hours later from shock and loss of blood with deep injuries to the neck back and arms. O Neill later described the event noting a heavy dark body surfaced and she tied a fishermans line to her waist to return to the water hoping to save him. She treated for shock and went home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Kogler
Shirley O’neill
Baker Beach
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco State College
Kogler
Albert
Miss O'Neill
Reading clinics target 1300 in Toronto schools
Telegram reports Toronto Board of Education ran remedial classes for 1,300 children who failed along the way. The piece notes improvements in reading over 15 years and cites rising juvenile reading in city libraries while warning that if even 10 percent fail to read properly, the system has failed to that extent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Reading Remedial Gaps Cited by Toronto Expert
Canada’s top remedial reading expert cites lack of maturity and rushed progression as core reasons for reading failure. Miss Phyllis Todd of Toronto’s program argues boys and girls may need different initial texts due to divergent concepts learners bring to school. The first reading texts are discussed as foundational steps in building literacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Phyllis Todd
Toronto
Strontium-90 Levels Rise in Canada Officials Say No Alarm
Ottawa Health Minister Monteith reported rising strontium-90 levels in Canada from milk powder samples taken April to December 1958 but emphasized no basis for alarm. He noted levels remain below international standards and urged continued dairy use while expanding fallout analyses and radiation studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Monteith
Canada
The
Commons
Mr. Monteith
Paul Martin
L—Essex East
H. W. Herridge
CCF
Kootenay West
Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Walkerton
Ont
London
Granby
Megantic
la Durantye
Chicoutimi
Quebec
Moncton
Sussex
Florenceville
New Brunswick
Charlottetown
la Durante
Large Lindsay Fire Leaves 26 Homeless
A $1,000,000 blaze destroyed an old three storey business and apartment block in Lindsay Ontario leaving 26 people homeless. The fire raged six hours in the downtown area near the fire hall with 75 firefighters from surrounding centres. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay,ont
Peterborough
Arnold Watson
Cambridge
Kent Streets
Sam Konkin jailed for bomb conspiracy in British Columbia
Vernon BC Sam Konkin 29 a Doukhobor was sentenced to two years after being convicted on two of five bomb conspiracy charges He faced acquittal on three counts The case followed a wave of bombings in the Okanagan Valley The judge said the crimes showed deliberate hostility to society and ordered a retrial on one count when applicable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assize
Konkin
Okanagan
British Columbia
A. Kelowna
Armstrong
Kelowna
Kettle Valley
McCullough
Ronkin
J. O. Wilson
Steel leaders defend industry in wage talks
Union president David J. McDonald and U.S. Steel chief negotiator R Conrad Cooper clashed over strategy as talks aimed at wage hikes and fringe benefits continued before June 30 contract expirations. Cooper denied profit sharing plans and a lockout while noting private negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Conrad Cooper
U.s.steel Corporation
David J. McDonald
Cooper
Arthur J. Goldberg
McDonald
Beef Support Is Raised 30 Cents
Ottawa announces higher beef support price and continued lamb supports. L. W. Pearsall, Agricultural Stabilization Board chairman, says beef at 17.80 per hundredweight for good live steers on the Toronto market in the year from April 1. Lambs remain at 19.55, unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Pearsall
Agricultural Stabilization Board
Toronto
Canada
Quarles Dies at 64 Former Deputy Defense Chief Passes
Washington AP Deputy defense secretary Donald A. Quarles died in his sleep age 64. Born July 30, 1894 in Van Buren Arkansas he had not been ill recently. Quarles served as second ranking defense official since 1957 and had been mentioned as a potential successor to Defence Secretary McElroy. He previously was assistant secretary of defense for research and development in 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Donald A. Quarles
Quarles
Air Force
van Buren Ark
Defence
Sertary
Nil McElroy
Eisenhower
Weather forecast for Medicine Hat predicts 75 degree high
Yesterday reached 73 while 70 had been the warmest so far. The weatherman expects a high of 75 today with clear skies and brief clouds Saturday. Low tonight around 40, tomorrow’s high near 65 with little temperature change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Readers Pose a Problem in Reading Among Young Girls
An American convention on reading argued boys should start school a year later, but public opinion rejected it. Experts emphasize maturity in learning to read, noting boys lag behind girls. Toronto schools split pupils by reading level, with praise for progress and cautions about home influence and parental pressure. METRO SITUATION notes rising library circulation and improving reading habits from 1930 to 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Miss Todd
METRO
D. S. Mewhort
Metropolitan Toronto
International Reading Association
Metro Toronto
Also Mentioned on This Page
Toronto Association For Peace
Pearkes
Tke
Inco
Mine- Mills
Canadian Congress of Labor
Churchill
Ike
Co - Ed
San Francisco
Pacific
Jack Hutton
Freedomite
Steel
New York
Steel Industry
Steelworkers Union
D. Quarles
James Dad
John Stuart Mill
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!