Rain Barrel Fund Drives Stampede Money Jackpot
Med icine Hat Stampede sets a rain funded Barrel Derby at city hall. From April 7 the barrel collects contributions per inch of rain up to July 15 starting with 100 dollars for the first inch and rising by 100 dollars each inch for up to five inches. A July 22 drawing awards the rain fund as of June 15 to the winning ticket holder. Claire Ingram claims a stake in the barrel prize.
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City Hall
Stampede Committee
Claire Ingram
Allowance Ave
Measles Epidemic Kills Twenty Mentally Retarded Children
In Magog Quebec a private home for disabled children reports 20 deaths linked to a measles outbreak. Doctors cite pneumonia and other complications as causes, while saying some deaths were natural due to the children’s conditions. Fifteen others remain isolated but likely to recover.
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Magog
Quc
Canada
Bryant
Elphege Jacques
Farnham
Que
Montreal Social Welfare
Laotian Parley Opens After Delayed Start
The 14 nation Laos conference in Geneva opened after five day delay over representation. Pathet Lao and neutralist backers attended while the Laotian government delegation stayed away citing limited observer status for rivals. A right wing spokesman initially threatened a walkout but then stayed away without new instructions from Vientiane. The U S delegation had insisted the right wing government be the sole attendee.
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Geneva
Laos
Indochina
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phouma
Vientiane
U.S
Spy Case Adjourned in Montreal Preliminary Hearings
The Crown finished its case against Polish immigrant Tomasz Bieronacki 37 on five Official Secrets Act charges. The hearing was adjourned to May 23 for final arguments before Judge V Shorteno to decide if he should be committed for trial. Insp Norman O Jones of the RCMP testified in a secret session.
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Montreal
Tomasz Bieronacki
Canada
V. Shorteno
Biernacki
Norman O. Jones
RCMP
Security and Intelligence Branch
Insp
Jones
Shorteno
Sudden Coup in South Korea Destabilizes Rhee Era
Longtime observer John Randolph notes the South Korean military seized power, ending Syngman Rhee's civilian control. The coup exposes deep fears about the army's influence in Asia and cites lessons from Egypt, Pakistan, and other newly destabilized states.
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Suldan
Iraq
Thailand
Burma
Pakistan
Turkey
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Congo
Korea
Nasser
Ayub Khan
U.S. Command and General Staff School
Kansas
JFK Calls Canada Alliance Key To Peace And Growth
President Kennedy urged a solid U S Canada partnership during his first trip abroad since taking office. In Ottawa he described four aims: economic growth a freer hemisphere Atlantic unity and a peaceful just world. The arrival ceremony featured Governor General Vanier Prime Minister Diefenbaker a 21 gun salute and a guard of honor.
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Canada
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Uplands
Kennedy
Washington
Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Vanier
RCAF
St. John
Que
Rcaf Central Band
Robert Henderson
Medicine Hat
Alta
Guard of Honor
30Th Field Regiment
Royal Canadian Artillery
South Korea coup by army reservists met with limited public support
Seoul faced a dawn seizure of power by army reserve units led by Lt Gen Do Yung Chang. U.S. and South Korean officials urged a return to the legal government under Dr. John Chang. Initial estimates varied from 3,600 to 25,000 revolting troops with front-line forces and air and naval units involved. martial law and censorship were imposed as a tense standoff continued.
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Seoul
South Korea
Reuters
John Chang
United States
Tokyo
Korea
Seh Lh Sunt Thdin
Amerena
Revolutionary Council
Marshall Green
U.S
Po Sun Yun
iMuch
Do Yung Chang
Navy
Korean Speaker Talks With U S Official On Korea Crisis
Kwak Sang Hoon head of South Korea's House of Representatives conferred for an hour with Assistant Secretary of State Walter P. McConnaughy. Kwak said the meeting aimed to explain that Korea's situation forced him to curtail his visit and he would return when air travel is available. He declined to comment on the coup while abroad.
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Washington
Kwak Sang Hoon
House of Representatives
Walter P. McConnaughy
U.S
Korea
Kwak
State Department
McConaughy
South Korea
Skull and Crossbones Forces Mayor to Act
A rock with a skull and crossbones and a threat was dynamited from a perilous hillside perch in Nelson British Columbia. Neighbors had urged action after warning the rock could slip onto the street. Mayor T S Shorthouse had the rock blown up by the works department on Monday clearing the rubble.
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Nelson
B.C
Shorthouse
T. S. Shorthouse
Works Department
City to use commissionaires for downtown parking enforcement
Medicine Hat council backed four commissionaires to patrol parking meters as special constables under police supervision. Aldermen debated adding one more officer, with Ald. Miller arguing for three, citing teen parties and thefts of safes. mayor and others countered budgets and staffing. The four will cost about 7000 a year, with one new officer bringing total to 31.
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Jim Miller
Police Commission
Medicine Hat
Ald. Miller
Ald
Miller
South Railway
Harry Weiner
Jack Edwards
Gordon Sissons
Weiner
Council
Cliff Adam
Police Department
Western Canada
Lethbridge
Khrushchev Replies To Kennedy Message Delivered
Soviet Premier Khrushchev sends a reply to President Kennedy via Ambassador Menshikov at the White House. Menshikov says the message is Khrushchev’s reply to Kennedy’s February missive. Talks of a possible summit after Kennedy’s June state visit to France circulate, but no firm agreement has been reached.
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Mikhail Menshikov
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Menshikov
White House
France
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