De Gaulle Hints New Measures After Salan Verdict
Paris reports President de Gaulle approving new measures to repress subversion in response to the Salan verdict. Information Minister Peyrefitte says the ruling may weaken order and police, with details and possible abolition of the military court to be announced soon. Salan begins life term at Fresnes prison amid talk of Algeria self rule referendum set for July 1.
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Paris
Reuters
de Gaulle
Raoul Salan
Alain Peyrefitte
Salan
Secret Army
Satan
Peyrefitte
Algeria
Fresnes
O.A.S
Moslem mobs clash as new Algerian force acts in Algiers
Algiers reports the first action by the Moslem National Liberation Front police against a mob near the vegetable market as European terrorists fire from a car wounding a Moslem. In the city terror claims rise with 20 killed and nine wounded. Moslem policemen prepare to take over many stations ahead of July 1 self-determination.
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Algiers
Hussein Dey
Algeria
Gripers and Terrors Open Campaign With Baseball Game
Liberal David McDonald and Progressive Conservative W H A Thomas will lead teams in a baseball match in Komoka to inaugurate a village park. Arthur B Stewart of the NDP is slated to referee. The squads are named the Terrible Tories and the Griping Grits.
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Komoka
Ont
Middlesex West
London
David McDonald
W.H. A. Thomas
Arthur B. Stewart
New Democratic Party
Astronaut Safe After Space Capsule Sighting and Rescue
Malcom Carpenter was sighted in a life raft after reentry from a Mercury capsule. Navy planes and liferafts coordinated a rescue while communications remained briefly out due to ionized atmosphere and an overshoot of the landing point.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malcolm Scott Carpenter
John A. Powers
Mercury
Carpenter
Intrepid
Grand Turk Island
Shortgrass Area To Be Surveyed By Alberta Experts
Alberta Premier E C Manning announced a four man on the spot survey of drought hit southeastern areas. The team includes B A Wood E R Sterling J A Campbell and a senior lands inspector from municipal affairs to join in Lethbridge. No action was planned yet but officials seek first hand information for possible relief.
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Edmonton
Alberta
E. C. Manning
B. A. Wood
Provincial Lands and Forests Department
E. R. Sterling
Lands and Forests Utilization Committee
Provincial Agriculture Department
J. A. Campbell
Lands and Forests Department
Lethbridge
Department of Municipal Affairs
Hays Project Settlers Can Consolidate Debts
Ted Brunsden announces a 25 year consolidation plan for about 150 Hays project settlers with PFRA loans. The move, backed by Canada’s agriculture minister, aims to ease annual disbursements for housing fencing livestock and improvements and help settlers discharge municipal tax debts.
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Hays Project
PFRA
C. S. Douglas
Bow River
Ted Brunsden
Brooks
Medicine Hat
Canada
Brunsden
Taber
Hays
Saskatchewan
Small Turnout Seen In Federal Election Mood Puzzles Voters
Special News Service reports apathy may bring the largest number of candidates yet the smallest turnout in percent terms for the June 18 federal election. Charles Lynch notes Diefenbaker’s tour drew few people, despite a warm reception among students at a Bill of Rights presentation and a St Boniface coffee event.
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Charles Lynch
Special News Service
Winnipeg
Mr. Diefenbaker
Toronto
Medicine Hat Receives Refugee Help Offer to Hong Kong Family
MP E W Brunsden reports a confidential organization offers to bring the first Hong Kong refugee family to Medicine Hat. The plan covers transport, settling in, and community integration until self support, contingent on an expulsion order. Ottawa has been contacted to facilitate the proposal.
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Hong Kong
Brunsden
Ottawa
Medicine Hat
Britain to Send RAF Squadron to Thailand
Prime Minister Macmillan announced in the House of Commons that Britain is sending an RAF squadron to Thailand at the Thai government's request. Arrangements for the squadron's reception are being discussed with Thai authorities.
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London
Macmillan
Britain
Thailand
House of Commons
Payments Permanent in Diefenbaker Plan for Prairie Farmers
Prime Minister Diefen baker signaled that Prairie acreage payments will become permanent. The emergency program currently provides about $42 million annually to drought affected western farmers and would be continued.
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Saskatoon
Diefenbaker
U S Stance in Laos Hinges on Vietminh Pullout
A Washington source says the United States will stay only if Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh fighters withdraw from Laos. With about 5,000 guerrillas vs a few hundred advisers, Americans say Vietminh defeat royal Laotian forces, raising questions on Moscow's influence and the pace of U S policy in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
United States
Laos
Ho Chi Minh
U.S
Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
Souvanna Phounia
Moscow
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