Panties Stir Paris Tennis as Political Crisis Unfolds
In Paris amid a civil-military crisis, tennis player Karol Fageros wears gold lame panties to surprise fans and defeat Collet Monnet. The stunt draws photographers and questions whether politics distracts spectators from the match, while Fageros notes Wimbledon barred similar attire.
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Paris
France
Karol Fageros
Miami
Fla
Palais Bourbon
National Assembly
Karol
Miss Fageros
Collet Monnet
Hospital Still Plagued By Shortage of Nurses
Medicine Hat municipal hospital faces ongoing nurse shortages with six resignations in a month and only three replacements. The board plans a full investigation into staff relations as it battles to fill 38 more nurses to reopen the unused fifth floor and provide proper patient care. Current staff includes 51 registered nurses, six certified nurse aides, and 29 ward aides for about 160 patients.
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Elizabeth Bietsch
Noreen Flanagan
Medicine Hat School of Nursing
Six Feared Dead In Missile Blast At Nike Base
A Nike guided missile base in Middletown New Jersey suffered multiple detonations. Police report six killed and 12 wounded as smoke rose from two locations. Eyewitnesses described shattered buildings and a second blast four minutes after the first.
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Middletown
N.J
Nike
New York
Raritan Bay
Henry Lutz Jr
Lutz
Vincent Meyers
Teen Rival Fatally Shoots Couple in Albion Neb
In Albion Nebraska an honor student Kermit Keeshan 17 shot and killed Jerry Sherwood 18 and Diane Zaruba 17 then attempted suicide. Keeshan’s father William a former county attorney and mayor, and the suspect is in hospital. Sherwood and Zaruba were killed at the rooming house where Diane stayed.
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Albion
Neb
Kermit Keeshan
William
Keeshan
Jerry Sherwood
Diane Zaruba
Sherwood
Diane
Five Die in Panama Riot Escalates with Martial Law
In Panama City five people were killed and at least 61 wounded as national guardsmen fired on rioters including students and hoodlums. The government declared a five day state of siege modified martial law and blamed snipers amid clashes downtown and at two hospitals where many wounded were treated.
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Panama
Panama City
New Fighting in Lebanon Sparks UN Protest
The government said it would complain to the United Nations Security Council about massive interference by the United Arab Republic of Syria and Egypt. Cabinet leaders announced the move after a meeting. Fighting flared around Baalbeck between government forces and a splinter Mostem sect group on Wednesday.
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Beirut
Lebanon
United Nations Security Council
United Arab Republic
Syria
Egypt
Mostem
Baalbeck
Glass and Tacks Fight Among Vancouver Teens
Police broke up a brawl Tuesday between two 13 year old girls at a Vancouver school as about 40 onlookers urged them on. One girl was cut by broken glass after wielding a jagged weapon. the other denied intending to use a knife. Authorities turned the girls over to their parents for discipline.
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Vancouver
No Engagement For Princess Margaret And Townsend
Buckingham Palace denied a Tribune de Geneve report of a possible engagement between Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend. The palace said the 1955 decision not to marry remains unaltered and emphasized the couple have not changed their status.
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London
Reuters
Margaret
Peter Townsend
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Richard Colville
Elizabeth
Tribune de Geneve
Geneva
Townsend
Clarence House
Vision of North faces opposition fire in Commons
Prime Minister Diefenbaker's plan for northern development drew fire in the Commons as MPs from various parties mocked the vision. Murdo Martin noted no PC were elected in Northern Ontario and likened the vision to the Northern Lights. Liberal J. W. Pickersgill ridiculed it as blinding, and Hugh M. Horner dismissed Pickersgill's remarks as wasteful.
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Ottawa
Minster Diefenbaker
Northern Development
Murdo Martin
CCF
Timmins
Ontario
J. W. Pickersgill
Bonavista-Twillingate
Hugh M. Horner
Jasper Edson
Pickersgill
Veterans Health Insurance Plan Extends Covers For War Veterans
Canada to pay premiums to include war veterans allowances recipients under provincial hospital plans. About 55 000 needy veterans and dependents will gain hospital care paid by the plan, with medical costs still covered by veterans affairs. Provinces expected to run federal provincial plans by July 1 with half cost funded nationally. Departments retain responsibility for pensionable disability treatment and departmental hospital beds remain available.
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Ottawa
Brooks
Veterans Affairs Department
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland
H. W. Herridge
CCF
Kootenay West
Cardinal Improves After Stroke Visit From Church Leaders
Rome Reuters reports Cardinal Samuel Stritch, semi-paralyzed after a stroke last Monday, showed marked improvement this morning. The 70-year-old cardinal is at a clinic where his right arm was amputated nearly a month ago, visited by Paul Emile Cardinal Leger and Archbishop Giovanni Panico.
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Rome
Reuters
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Ralph Bergen
Paul - Emile Cardinal Leger
Montreal
Giovanni Panico
Blaze Damages Three Businesses in Rosetown Fire
A $400000 fire in Rosetown Saskatchewan destroyed Thompson's auto body shop the Regal Cafe and Monarch Lumber and threatened others. The blaze began in the lumber yard around 5 am and spread rapidly aided by a stiff breeze. Two men in a nearby apartment escaped as windows shattered. No injuries were reported.
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Rosetown
Saskatchewan
Swift Current
Thompson
Regal Cafe
Monarch Lumber
Lumber Company
Japanese Premier Nobusuke Kishi Wins Early Returns
Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi and 12 Liberal Democrat members plus two Socialists gain early seats in Japan's seventh postwar election. Among the 12 Liberal Democrats, three are new to the 467 seat lower chamber. turnout nears 40 million with expected Liberal Democrat return to power.
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Tokyo
Nobusuke Kishi
Liberal- Democratic Party
Japan
Kishi
Bourguiba says French planes bomb Gafsa airport in Tunisia
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba reports that French aircraft bombed Gafsa airport and that Tunisian and French forces clashed near Remada. He urges withdrawal of French troops, cites threats from Algeria, and notes hostage-like incidents and protests between the two nations.
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Habib Bourguiba
Gafsa
Bourguiba
Remada
France
Tunisia
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
Rémada
Algeria
Pflimlin pushes constitutional reform to steady French govt
Premier Pflimlin speeds constitutional amendments to empower the executive and curb cabinet turnover in Paris. A new French military chief plans a mission to Algiers to bring Gaullist generals under Paris control as Algiers envoy arrives.
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Paris
Pierre Pflimlin
National Assembly
Pflimlin
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Assembly
de Gaulle
Algeria
Henri Lorillot
Mediterranean
Lorillot
Raoul Salan
Satan
Champs-Elysees
Salan
Wayne, Shuster Get Emcee Job on Ed Sullivan Show
Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster of Toronto will host the Ed Sullivan show starting June 1. Sullivan will be abroad filming Brussels World Fair segments. The Canadian duo, debuting May 4, signed a one year contract to appear on 26 programs.
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New York
Johnny Wayne
Frank Shuster
Toronto
Ed Sullivan
Columbia Broadcasting System
Sullivan
Brussels
Co education Running Youth in Ontario Church Talks
Kingston report shows Rev. T Harvey Good urges separate sex schools to curb mixed education he says distracts youth. He criticizes Anglican Sunday school methods urging older children to attend services to foster worship and deeper church involvement.
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Ont
Anglican Diocese of
Ontario
T. Harvey Good
St. Paul’s Church
Good
Synod
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