Diary Of Anne Frank Cast Busy In Dominion Drama Festival
The Diary of Anne Frank cast awaits its turn at the Dominion Drama Festival in Toronto amid rain and rehearsals. They tour Niagara Falls with Southam Newspapers staff, meet theatre figures, and review feedback from judge Michel Saint-Denis as they prep with practice sessions and notes.
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Harald L. Gunderson
Toronto
Anne Frank
Civic Theatre
Niagara Falls
Southam Newspapers
Niagara
Medicine Hat
Gray Coach Lines
King Edward Hotel
Southam
Thomas Gilchrist
Little Theatre
Gordon Fisher
Michel Saint - Denis
Royal Alexandra Theatre
New Theatre Arts Project
DDF
Sudbury
Saint-Denis
Diary
Zuchter
Green Room
City Hall
Osgoode Hall
Law Courts of
Ontario
Hospital For Sick Children
University of Toronto
Lakefront
CNE
Old Fork York
Maple Leaf Stadium
Henry Allergroth
Stratford
Boy Friend Is Lauded By Ontario Theatre Group
The Little Theatre Group from Simcoe in southwestern Ontario received enthusiastic applause for The Boy Friend at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. The production, second in the Dominion Drama Festival, also earned praise from French adjudicator Michel St. Denis who offered mild criticisms of the presentation. Two Halifax groups begin performances today with Henrik Ibsen Ghosts by the Travelling Players and Teach Me How to Cry by Patricia Joudry by the Marktonian Players.
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Toronto
Little Theatre
Simcoe
Ontario
Royal Alexandra Theatre
Michel St. Denis
Halifax
Henrik Ibsen
Players
Marktonian Players
Patricia Joudry
Unemployment in April Falls Faster than Usual in Canada
Canada reports April employment rise at a faster pace than typical, with unemployment dropping by 80 000 to 445 000 as of April 18. Non farm jobs lead the gain, totaling 5 003 000, up from 4 933 000 in March, while farm hiring lags on the prairies.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ularly
Prairies
Atlantic
Prairie
Pearkes Defends Stance on Senate Ambassadorships
Defence minister Pearkes says he has no plans for the Senate or an ambassador post. The 71-year-old, speaking in Victoria, dismisses reports of a Senate seat or a beldam Belgium Netherlands assignment as a pure figment of newspaper people. He plans to retire in Victoria after his Ottawa duties.
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Victoria
Pearkes
Ottawa
Senate
Canada
Belgium
Holland
People
Cautious Moves Slow Berlin Talks Ahead of Summit
In Geneva West Germany and France slow the push for early secret talks with the Soviet Union on Berlin and a possible summer summit. Ministers Couve de Murville and von Brentano urge care, while Herter and Lloyd push for progress. The secret talks may begin in days with few details released.
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Geneva
West Germany
France
Berlin
Big Four Foreign Ministers Conference
Maurice Couve de Murville
Heinrich von Brentano
U.S
Christian Herter
Britain
Selwyn Lloyd
Soviet Union
Couve de Murville
von Brentano
Herter
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Lloyd
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
West
Khrushchev Calls Geneva Plan Unrealistic and Dangerous
In Moscow Khrushchev told 45 American business leaders that the Geneva conference could succeed and that Russia would go far to obtain results. He rejected the Western plan for Germany, mocked the Berlin proposal, warned against fear of communism, and urged Americans to avoid the “big knot” of questions in the plan.
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Moscow
Reuters
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Khrushchev
Russia
United States
North America
Ralph Renick
Miami
Radio-1elevision News Association
Thomas Fleming
Florida
Germany
Berlin
German Democratic Republic
Mars
Jupiter
Soviet Union
39 Killed In Traffic Weekend Across Canada
Victoria Day weekend toll total rose to 63 deaths from boating swimming and traffic and other violent incidents. Ottawa conference predicted 35 traffic deaths while provinces report drownings fires shootings and a train fatality.
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Canadian Highway Safety Conference
Ottawa
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Quebec
Ontario
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Nobleford Man Gets New Post
Lawrence J. Welsh from Nobleford will become assistant district agriculturist at Lethbridge after earning his agriculture degree at the University of Alberta. He succeeds Ralph Trimmer, who was promoted to Claresholm, announced by agriculture minister Halmrast.
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Edmonton
Lawrence J. Welsh
University of Alberta
Lethbridge
Halmrast
Mr. Welsh
Nobleford
Alberta
Ralph Trimmer
Claresholm
Fires Rage In Alberta Over Long Weekend
A rash of new fires broke out in Alberta forests amid hot dry weather. Officials sorted reports from forestry stations with no exact burn count, well over the 25 fires reported Saturday. Whitecourt and Peace River divisions faced the heaviest trouble as a fire knocked out Teletype poles and border fires threatened Alberta from the British Columbia side.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Lands and Forests Department
Whitecourt
Peace River
Peace River Division
British Columbia
City Forms Five Man Parking Committee To Advise Council
Medicine Hat city council unanimously approves a five member civic parking committee to study on street and off street parking. The group includes one alderman city engineer two citizens at large and a Chamber representative with one year terms. The committee will meet monthly and advise on parking facilities meters and a long term program based on a two week downtown survey.
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Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
R. S. McBride
Council
John Cockrill
Helen Gibson
Ald
Jack Edwards
City Traffic Safety Committee
D. S. Hawthorne
Larry King
Allan Gunter
McBride
F. C. Beny
Ald. C
Four Groups of Downtown Parking Facility Users Identified
A survey of downtown parking users classifies them into four groups: employees, frequent short time shoppers, hour long stop takers, and those staying longer than an hour. It notes 33 percent stay about two hours and 29 percent would walk two blocks from their spot, with 630 cars daily for day long parking and 46 more on busy days. Recommendations include time adjustments and fringe-street parking expansion to balance flow near Second and Third Streets.
Opposition Reaches For New Issues in Ontario Campaign
Premier Frost defended himself against accusations of hypocrisy and political thievery as opposition leaders MacDonald and Wintermeyer pressed new issues three weeks before the June 11 provincial election. Frost argued liquor rules have been in place for a decade and warned about astronomical entertainment bills if liquor were served at government events. Wintermeyer mocked the notion of 11 stolen platform planks as a lumber joke while criticizing Seaway facility planning. MacDonald signaled the CCF’s shift from full public ownership to a mixed approach while pledging public ownership of key sectors and a planned, wealth-boosting economy.
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Frost
Ontario
CCF
Donald C. MacDonald
John Wintermeyer
Wintermeyer
St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence Seaway
MacDonald
Toronto
Dulles Receives Medal of Freedom Amid Illness
President Eisenhower awards the Medal of Freedom to John Foster Dulles at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Dulles, gravely ill with cancer and pneumonia complications, is kept comfortable with pain relief as he clings to life and receives the nation’s highest civilian honor.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dulles
America
Japan Crash Kills Three at Ashiya Base
A U S transport plane crashed into the Ashiya air base U S barracks in southern Japan killing three and injuring 14. The C 130 four engined turbo prop was attempting a landing with one engine out after a flight to Iwo Jima.
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Tokyo
Japan
Air Force
Ashiya Air Base
Iwo Jima
Parking Meter Plan for Off Street Lots Explored
A survey proposes metering in Market Square stalls with two hour limits and shopper stickers, half Sixth Ave Lot reserved for trucks, five hour meters for rest with stickers. CPR Lot to install at least two hour meters. Long term ideas include double decked lots, arena removal, nearby property purchase, new street level shopping frontage, and a downtown mall concept. The committee was led by Larry King with Hawthorne Duncan Taylor and McCallum. ex-officio McBride and Lacey.
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Market Square
Sixth Ave
CPR
16 Ordered To Death In Bull Festival Murder
Bombay judge N V Rao sentences 16 men to death for fatally beating three brothers over bull precedence in a festival procession. Jury convicted all, with 12 witnesses detailing the mob assault using sticks. The victims were sons of a village official objecting to a bull’s priority.
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Bombay
India
N. V. Rao
Bomady
Hoffa Denies Strike Threat
Teamsters president James Hoffa denies threatening a nationwide strike over proposed restrictive labor laws. He calls reports distortions of the truth and says there is no strike threat. An AP reporter cites Hoffa as confirming the threat in Brownsville, Texas.
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Houston, Tex
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Houston Chronicle
Brownsville
Tex
Associated Press
Whitey Sawyer
Hoffa
Sawyer
Rio Grande Valley
Cool Weather to Persist Across Prairies
An easterly Arctic air flow from Hudson Bay will keep cool unsettled conditions over the prairies today and tomorrow. Partial cloudiness and showers are forecast for the Lethbridge area. Nights will see clear skies with frost in most districts and temperatures around 50 degrees.
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Hudson Bay
Lethbridge
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