Indian hospital fire in British Columbia kills 12 children
Trapped in their beds, 12 Indian children die when a two storey frame hospital at the Anahim reserve is destroyed by fire likely started by an explosion. Nun Sister Mary of the Cross is severely burned after rescuing one child. The fire occurred near Williams Lake in Cariboo country.
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Williams Lake
B.C
Anahim
Mary of the Cross
Cariboo
Vancouver
Anahim Hospital
RCMP
Mary
Anaham
Mary Immaculata
Wendy Char
Abil Char
Redstone
Char
Henry Case
Aileen Moyers
Susie Maot
Roy Quilt
Riske
Creek
Ronnie Jim
Susie Billieboy
Canada
Sacred Heart Nursing Home
Indian Affairs Department
Missionary Sisters of Christ the King
Montreal
Gaspe, Que
Sisters of Christ the King
Sister Mary of the Cross
Woolley Estate Sues for 58595.65 in Fatal Crash Claim
Ada Woolley widow of a Medicine Hat area dairy farmer seeks 58595.65 in damages from Floyd Potter over a Jan 18 1957 collision that killed her husband. Court sittings May 26 will include this civil action along with three other civil cases, one criminal action, eight divorces, and several chamber matters.
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Medicine Hat
Ada Woolley
Floyd Potter
Alberta
Lethbridge
James David Perry
Suffield
Forrest L. McCallum
Ralston
William M. Rae
Municipal Corporation of
Alex Gorodetsky
Alex ‘Schank
Harvey Fregin
Bridge St
Supreme Court
A. Y. Spivack
Fregin
James C. Kent
Westminster United Church
Sixth St. SE
Chamber
Maria Annella Diakum
Michael Diakum
Family Relief Act
Katherine Sackman
John
Reuben Fraig
Teresa Fretts
Leonard
Argentine Navy Sinks Unidentified Sub Off Chubut Coast
Argentine navy ships on routine exercises sighted a submerged submarine near Craker on the Atlantic coast about 800 miles south of Buenos Aires. Four depth charges were dropped, oil surfaced, and search was halted after no further trace was found. U.S. Navy said the vessel was not theirs and no American subs were in the area.
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Frondizi
Chubut
Argentina
Craker
Atlantic
Buenos Aires
Puerto Madryn
Washington
U.S. Navy
U.S
Navy
Nike Blast Toll at 10
In Middletown New Jersey investigators examine a Nike base after eight Ajax missiles exploded causing a fiery disaster. Seven to ten people were killed with three injured as the missiles left the launch area and one flight path over populated areas.
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Middletown
N.J
Nike
Hercules
Starkweather Found Guilty
Lincoln jurors convict mass killer Charles Starkweather of first degree murder and set the penalty at death in Nebraska. Eight women and four men deliberated three hours before retiring and resuming talks. Prosecutors sought the death penalty while the defense argued insanity.
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Lincoln, Neb
Charles Starkweather
Nebraska
Eletric
Starkweather
Robert Jensen
Four Year Old Ronnie Presley Gets First Bite After Surgery
In Memphis, Ronnie Presley, four, born with an incomplete esophagus, for the first time tastes ice cream after a groundbreaking operation rebuilt his esophagus. A feeding tube had previously supplied all nourishment through the abdomen. The tube will stay until he adjusts to eating. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Presley of Louisville, Mississippi.
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Memphis, Tenn
Ronnie Presley
Ronnie
S. A. Presley
Louisville
Miss
Lebanon asks UN action over Lebanese UAR crisis
Lebanon pressed for UN Security Council action amid charges against the United Arab Republic. Lebanon envoy Azkoul met delegations including the West and Soviet representative Sobolev to gauge support for a resolution likely to face a Soviet veto.
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United Nations
N.Y
Lebanon
Security Council
United Arab Republic
Karim Azkoul
Nasser
Lo. Uar
Abdul Mawgoud Hassan
United States
Britain
Camille Chamoun
Azkoul
Council
Arkady A. Sobolev
UAR
Algerians Form Rebel Government in Algiers
In Algiers a rightist civilian military junta named the All Algiers Committee of Public Safety proclaimed a government of public safety and demanded Gen. Charles de Gaulle head France. The group vowed to stay in office until de Gaulle returns to Paris and urged unity across French territories to back his leadership. Raoul Salan backed the move calling for a public safety government in France under de Gaulle and stressing the sovereign will of the people.
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Jacques , Massu
Salan
Committee of ‘Public Safety
Pierre ‘Pflimlin
Charles de Gaulle
All - Algeria Committee of Public Safety
Madagascar
French Equatorial Africa
Martinique
de Gaulle
France
Raoul Salan
Algeria
Committees of Public Safety
Pflimlin Pleads For Full Unity Across France
Paris Premier Pierre Pflimlin issued a televised appeal urging all French to stay united under the republic’s laws. He warned against divisions from any faction and said constitutional reforms must come quickly through a constructive vote of censure to avoid a government being toppled without a successor agreed.
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Paris
Reuters
Pierre Pflimlin
Pflimlin
Hidden Treasure Found In Mattress In Hammond
Factory workers found nearly 30000 dollars hidden in a mattress during renovation in Hammond. About 10000 dollars were torn to pieces in a ginning machine. Clarence M. Lemmon, owner of the factory, declined to identify the mattress owner. The money was taken to a bank for safekeeping.
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Hammond
Clarence M. Lemmon
Alberni Fire Under Control
A Vancouver Island fire in Alberni destroyed Bronson's hardware and furniture Anderson's grocery and the Effa electrical store and damaged the Bank of Commerce building. No injuries reported. Damage expected to run into the hundreds of thousands. Fire under control at 8:18 a.m. today.
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Alberni
B.C
Vancouver Island
Bronson’s Hardware and Furniture
Anderson’s
Effa
Bank of Commerce
Tragic fire claims 12 children at Alexis Creek home
WILLIAMS LAKE British Columbia. Nurse Kay Telford reports a fast moving blaze at the Anahim nursing home where 12 Indian children died. Sister Mary Lacrosse attempted rescues then suffered severe burns while eight year old Yubil Char perished alongside his two brothers in the fatal fire.
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Mary
Willimas Lake
Yubil Char
Char
Inferno at Hancock Oil Refinery Kills Two Workers
A massive fire at Hancock Oil Refinery in Long Beach California raged overnight threatening a 860000 gallon tetraethyl lead tank. Two workers James W Edwards and Woodward Langford trapped in burning oil died as explosions rocked the plant.
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Long Beach
Calif
Signal Hill
Hancock Oil Company
Noel Manchester
Long Beach General Hospital
Long Beach Air Force Base
James W. Edwards
Woodward Langford
General Strike Grows in Panama City Riots
In Panama City the National Guard guards key sites as President Ernesto de la Guardia faces a general strike called by rebellious students. Gunfire in rioting at the National University kills eight, including three students. sixty-one are wounded. The three Guard chiefs implicated run the country under a siege like regime, yet the strike continues.
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Panama
National Guard
Panama City
Ernesto de la Guardia
National University
Fall Didn't Kill Princess' Girl
Cardston Alberta four doctors testified at the preliminary murder hearing that Blondie Takau Lowry eight died in Calgary hospital April seven from injuries not caused by a fall. Drs noted head wounds brain swelling brain cell damage and fractures. medical experts say injuries occurred over time not from a single fall.
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Cardston
Alta
Vela Love Lowry
Blondie Takau
Calgary
Lowry
Alberta
Gilbert Lowry
K. Anquist
Calgary General Hospital
Blondie
Anquist
George Elliott
Kittens Born During Nap Disturb Man in Sacramento
David Mann woke from a sofa nap in Sacramento as his cat Lucille gave birth to two kittens on his stomach. Mrs. Mann moved Lucille to a box where two more kittens were born, ending a surprising daytime feline birth.
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Sacramento
Calif
David Mann
Lucille
Mrs. Mann
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