Safer Now Leonard Fleckenstein Survives 17-Foot Fall
Leonard Fleckenstein 9 inspected new Crescent Heights pedestrian overpass railings after a 17 foot fall on April 20. He was hospitalized two days and missed a week of school but recovered fully. Earlier there were two rails with 16 inch and 26 inch gaps. city added two rails reducing gaps to about 12 inches. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Fleckenstein 360 Fourth St NW.
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Leonard Fleckenstein
Crescent Heights
Leonard
John Fleckenstein
Fourth St. NW
Kennedy Khrushchev Vienna talks eyed for June
An official announcement of a Kennedy Khrushchev meeting in Vienna June 3 and 4 is expected soon. White House and State Department details remain quiet but indicate substantial agreement to meet and discuss cold war issues including a treaty to ban nuclear tests.
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Vienna
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Canada
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
White House
State Department
Ottawa
Pierre Salinger
Diefenbaker
Chester Bowles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
Armenia
Georgia
Power Failure Halts Edmonton Transit and Hospitals
A 45 minute power outage in Edmonton disrupted the morning rush. Trolley buses stalled, four radio stations went off air, and police managed intersections without signals. Hospitals relied on emergency units as Misericordia theatre and incubators faced limits. A transit transformer breakdown triggered the downtown substation failure.
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Veiner Invites Ben Gurion to Medicine Hat Visit
Medicine Hat Mayor Harry Veiner invited Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and Mrs Ben Gurion to visit the city during their Canada state trip. The invitation was sent to the Israeli ambassador on Wednesday, with no reply yet. Six years earlier Veiner met Ben Gurion in Israel and discussed sheep ranching.
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Harry Veiner
David Ben Gurion
Medicine Hat
Canada
Weiner
Ben Gurion
Israel
Statesman
South Korean government toppled as junta seizes grip
Rebels force resignation of Premier John Chang and cabinet as the military junta gains full backing of the armed services. Do Yung Chang leads revolutionary council with anti Communist, anti corruption aims and stronger US ties. Thousands greet coup leaders while Seoul papers back the junta.
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South Korea
Reuters
John Chang
Chang
United Nations
Hmself
Ham Lim Lee
Revolutionary Council
Lee
Revolutionary Junta
Do Yung Chang
United States
Gen. Chang
Budget Delayed One Week in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat delays final budget decisions as Edmontons delay on contingency education grants stretches planning. City faces 183 750 funding gap beyond a 32 mill equalized assessment and may raise the mill rate from 50 to 57 if no grant arrives. A special council session likely postponed to late next week awaiting provincial word.
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Medicine Hat
Tom Legge
Edmonton
A.J. Hooke
Visit Ends in Agreement on Communism
President Kennedy wrapped up a state visit to Ottawa with a joint stance alongside Prime Minister Diefenbaker, signaling serious concern over Communist development in the western hemisphere and urging Canada to bolster NATO forces and foreign aid while pursuing a broader North Atlantic strategy. Kennedy pressed Canada to join the Organization of American States, pledging a stronger U S push for peace and regional security as Khrushchev potential talks loom.
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Canada
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Kennedy pleads for OAS entry as Canada weighs its stance
Ottawa cautiously considers joining the 21 nation Organization of American States amid President Kennedy's appeal. Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Kennedy discuss the issue privately and in Parliament, with Kennedy urging Canada to bring in non Latin voices and aid for impoverished countries.
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Kermedy
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Council of the Oas
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North
South America
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Bank Robbery In Cadillac Sask Ends With Capture
A gunman held up the Royal Bank of Canada branch in Cadillac Sask at about 11 am taking around 2000 from the cash drawer. RCMP captured a suspect walking along a country road two hours later, and the money was recovered. No one was injured.
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Cadillac, Sask
RCMP
Royal Bank of Canada
Harvey Davis
Moose Jaw
Swift Current
Sask
Churchill Indisposed Forces Cancellation of Bourguiba Visit
London Reuters reports that Sir Winston Churchill is suffering a mild indisposition. A foreign office spokesman said Churchill has canceled a planned afternoon visit by Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba due to his condition.
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Reuters
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Foreign Office
Churchill
Habib Bour
Quiba
Farmers and farmers cooperate in Medicine Hat rat clean up
Provincial pest control officer Jim Knoblick and city pound inspector John Pickard led a city wide rat extermination drive after 17 rats were found near the Medicine Hat Feeding Co. Farmers provided strong cooperation as bait and traps were set across the 80 acre Rock Creek border farm and Saratoga Park area. Cleanup is expected within four to five days and further action will follow if feed lot cleanliness is not improved.
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Medicine Hat
Jim Knoblick
John Pickard
Mr. Knoblick
Rock Creek
Saratoga Park
Knoblick
Mr. Pickard
Cuba Offers Prisoner Exchange for Bulldozers or Tractors
Premier Fidel Castro proposes trading prisoners captured in the April 17 invasion for 500 bulldozers or a quantity of tractors. If rejected, captives face hard labor rebuilding the damage, with Castro saying they will understand hard work.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro offers new exchanges and food substitutes for Cuba
Fidel Castro on a TV address to a small farmers rally near Havana warned that murderers in captivity would not be exchanged and would face revolutionary tribunals. He tied the idea to the Bay of Pigs defeat and contrasted it with Napoleonic precedent while proposing captives work for sustenance. He also announced dietary substitutions such as rabbit meat and goat milk to replace beef and cow milk.
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Cochinos Bay
Bay of Pigs
Spain
Cuba
Kennedy
Napoleon
Key West
Fla
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Fireworks Bylaw May Be Enforced
Police will apply a 1918 bylaw restricting fireworks within city limits to older youths causing disturbances. The discovery of the old rule prompts enforcement only for serious offenders, while a newer bylaw governs sales to those over 14 before Victoria Day and Dominion Day.
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A. R. Bull
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