Dulles Funeral Draws World Leaders to Washington
Leaders from around the globe gather for the Dulles funeral as his body is moved from home to the Washington National Cathedral. Dulles lies in state for 24 hours before Wednesday services and a procession to Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors and a 19 gun salute.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Washington National Cathedral
Dulles
Arlington National Cemetery
Potomac River
Virginia
Russia
Andrei
Gromyko
Moscow
Southeast Asia
Eisenhower
Arlington
Medicine Hat Honored At Alberta Safety Conference
City of Medicine Hat received recognition for 1654 days without a traffic fatality at the opening of Alberta Safety Conference. Mayor Harry Weiner accepted 5000 car stickers for residents. Greyhound driver Jack Rajala earned an award after driving 1,000,000 accident free miles and carrying 250,000 passengers since 1939. Delegates from across Alberta gathered for the two day event and discussed safety topics before tomorrow’s address by W Arch Bryce.
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Calgary
Medicine Hat
Harry Weiner
Jack Rajala
Lethbridge
Greyhound
Rajala
Alberta
W. Arch Bryce
Plan Changes In Army Setup
Ottawa reports reorganization of the army effective Sept 1. Prairie Command to be eliminated with changes routing Manitoba Saskatchewan and Lakehead areas into Edmonton and Central Commands. Brig Arthur Wrinch to lead new Manitoba area. Brig J E C Pangman to command the Manitoba zone as Megill retires.
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Ottawa
Prairie
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Army Headquarters
William J. Megill
Army
Prairie Command
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Lakehead
Central Command
Oakville
Ont
Regina
Megill
Arthur E. Wrinch
J. E. C. Pangman
General Staff
Prince Philip drenches photographers in Chelsea prank
Prince Philip drenched two press photographers with water at the Chelsea flower show as a demonstration ended. The London Evening Star reported the incident calling it not funny and said other papers’ accounts calling it funny were off the mark. Walter Lockyear and Mark Seymour, accredited by a British news agency, were soaked as water sprayed from hidden devices while Queen Elizabeth visited.
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London
Reuters
Prince Philip
London Evening Star
Star
Walter Lockyear
Mark Seymour
Elizabeth
Chelsea
All News
Philip
Srinkler
Lockyear
Seymour
Star Report
Segregationists Ousted In Little Rock School Board Vote
In a special election three segregationist Little Rock school board members were defeated as voters backed moderates favoring some integration. Governor Faubus backed the recall, tied to protests over teacher firings, with the county board to fill vacancies. Ed McKinley led losses 13347 to 11855.
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Little Rock, Ark
Little Rock
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
Ed McKinley
County Board of Education
Robert W. Laster
Kidnapping scare ends as children found unharmed
Two Toronto children Alana Harris and Ricky Harris, aged 5 and 4, were reported kidnapped in North York but were later located safe with a housekeeper’s niece in Downsview. The miscommunication began when the housekeeper planned a High Park outing but instead took the kids to meet relatives. The mother notified police after learning of the plan.
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Toronto
York
Alana Harris
Ricky
Downsview
Harris
Bertha Whiffen
Jack Harris
Irene Herska
High Park
West End
Grain Poison Isolated By London Scientists
Two London Ontario scientists at the Chemical Institute of Canada report isolating a poison that damages barley. Drs. E. Y. Spencer and R. A. Ludwig of the Science Service Laboratory say the root-rot causing organism led to heavy barley damage and that they determined the poison’s chemical make up.
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Halifax
London
Ont
E. Y. Spencer
R. A. Ludwig
Science Service Laboratory
Chemical Institute of Canada
Eisenhower Seeks Atomic Knowledge Transfers to Four Nations
President Eisenhower sent Congress agreements to share atomic information and non nuclear weapon parts with Canada West Germany The Netherlands and Turkey for training and readiness. The pacts prohibit transfer of actual weapons and require automatic effect in 60 days unless vetoed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Canada
West Germany
Turkey
Netherlands
United States
Paris
NATO
Weather Outlook Brings Rain and Snow to Southern Alberta
Light rain and snow have fallen in southern Alberta over the last day and are due to end this afternoon. More rain is forecast for early Wednesday with cool, cloudy conditions continuing. Medicine Hat expects a low of 35 and a high near 50 Wednesday.
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Alberta
Medicine Hat
Geneva talks open Friday as Big Four move to private sessions
In Geneva the Big Four ministers plan private talks Friday to resume the conference on Germany after a two day recess. The move aims to limit public accounts, reduce officials in the room to about 120, and exclude East and West Germans from discussions as Lloyd chairs the talks in Washington-bound schedule.
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Geneva
Germany
Washington
John Foster Dulles
U. S
Airforce
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Andrei A. Gromyko
Herter
Lloyd
Couve. de Murville
Russia
Valerian Zorin
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
West
Berlin
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Berlin
U.S
Fear of Cancer Linked to Family Killings In Vancouver
A coroner's jury found that Flemming Jensen killed his adoptive parents Bertha and Martin Jensen before taking his own life, with an unfounded fear of cancer cited as a contributing emotional trigger. Bullets from one rifle killed all three. Flemming was their nephew and longtime Danish immigrant.
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Vancouver
Flemming Jensen
Bertha Jensen
Martin Jensen
Percy Easler
Police Crime Detection Laboratory
Flemming
Plastic Bags Labeled a Menace Spark Canadian Firestorm
Canadian safety workers compare plastic bags to poisons after a Windsor Ontario ten month old dies playing with one. U S safety groups report 28 child suffocation deaths in five months. Ontario Chief Coroner calls for a bag ban while firms drop bag use.
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United States
The
United States National Safety Council
U.S
Canada
Windsor
Ont
Ontario
Smirle Lawson
Plastics Division
Canadian Industries Limited
Vancouver
British Columbia Safety Council
Alberta Election Field Grows as Nomination Nears
Edmonton CP reports 189 candidates entered for the June 18 Alberta general election with the slate nearing 200 by June 4. Social Credit leads with 64 official candidates, PC 54, Liberals 43, CCF 24, and four independents. Conservatives have nominees in all but 11 ridings.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Social Credit Party
Roderick A. Macleod
Olds
Social Credit
R. Earl Ansley
Leduc
Progressive Conservative Party
Liberals
CCF
Conservatives
Racial hatred sparks fear of riots in west London slums
In Notting Hill and other west London areas a wave of anti Negro rhetoric has stoked fear of violence. Fascist groups led by Sir Oswald Mosley call for deportations and tighter immigration while events in Trafalgar Square and Notting Hill reflect rising racial tension amid housing shortages.
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London
Oswald Mosley
Britain
Notting Hill
White Defence League
National Labor Party
Trafalgar Square
Colin Jordan
SIU Threatens To Leave CLC Reluctantly
Hal Banks warned at the SIU biennial convention that the Seafarers International Union may exit the Canadian Labour Congress over a jurisdiction dispute with the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Transport and other workers. The CBRT argues for representation of licensed ship crew, challenging the SIU’s claim to SIU control of maritime labor. Banks stressed ongoing friendship with CLC allies whether inside or outside the federation.
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Montreal
Hal Banks
Canadian Labor Congress
SIU
CLC
Banks
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport
National Association of Marine Engineers
CBRT
Calgary Herald Wins Court Access Precedent
Supreme Court of Alberta ordered Magistrate Mack to allow the Herald to inspect court records connected to cases heard on April 2, 1959. Justice Greschuk cited an 18th century English act still in effect in Alberta, reaffirming public access to court records.
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Calgary
Supreme Court of Alberta
E. H. Mack
Claresholm
Alta
Calgary Herald
Peter Greschuk
The
Herald
Southam Publishing Company
Mack
Bill Gold
Justice Greschuk
England
Alberta
Lost Party Rescued in Quebec Wilds After 30 Hours
Six hikers including a 10 year old boy and a mother of three weeks were found near Lac David seven miles from Chibougamau after spending 30 hours without food in tangled boreal forest while attempting a 142 mile trek to Lac Antoinette. Four prospectors in a Canso flying boat spotted them and landed on the lake to feed and evacuate the party. Names listed include Mrs Leon Racicot 21 and her husband 26 and Jean Charles Beaulieu 16. Louis Georges 10 Louis Philippe 14. Pierre Paul Potvin 18.
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Chibougamau
Quebec
Lac Antoinette
Quebec City
Canso
Lac David
Leon Racicot
Jean-Charles Beaulieu
Louis-Georges
Louis - Philippe
Pierre- Paul Potvin
Mice May Be Fired in Polar Orbit Test
Four mice may be blasted into a polar orbit today in a capsule on a Dige coverer satellite. The Air Force has failed twice before due to weather and technical problems. If successful, the capsule will return to earth after 17 orbits and be recovered near Hawaii.
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Calif
U.S. Air Force
Earth
Air Force
Hawaii
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National Energy Board
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Lester Pearson
Commonwealth
Andrew Fountaine
House of Commons
Asia
Fountaine
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