Republic born as South Africa proclaims new era
In Pretoria Swart sworn in as president of the new republic amid white celebration and non white protests. Verwoerd remains the power, overseeing apartheid policy as the nation marks a republic birth with clashes and demonstrations outside Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg.
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Pretoria
South Africa
Swart
New Republic
Port Elizabeth
Negro
Johannesburg
Charles R. Swart
Hollywood
Hendrik Verwoerd
Commonwealth
Bonners Ferry Teens Hold Dike With Their Backs
Twenty four Bonners Ferry High School boys formed a human chain in waist deep Kootenai River water to shore up a breached dike. Army engineers credited their courage and teamwork with saving valuable farm land while sandbags were placed to seal the breach.
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Bonners Ferry
Idaho
Kootenai
Holland
Alberta Sets New Minimum Wage Across Provinces
Alberta raises its minimum wage for adults 19 and over in towns of 5000+ population to 85 cents per hour, with 10 cents less in smaller communities. The 44 hour work week is standard in larger towns and 48 hours in smaller areas, plus two weeks vacation or four percent of annual wage. Labor Minister Reierson noted comparability with other provinces and potential Canada-wide high general rate.
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Labor
Raymond Reierson
Canada
Organized Labor
Insect Spraying To Begin In City Parks
The parks department plans spraying this week to curb mosquito larvae after two weeks of habitat treatment in creeks and sloughs. Parks supt Yves Faure said crews would go out if weather cooperates.
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Yves Faure
Parks Committee
City Council
Crescent Heights Playground
Parks
T. W. Cook
Fourteenth St
Parks Department
Public School Board
City Parks Department
The
Recreation Commission
Wreckage Predicted as DC-8 Crash Kills 61
In Portugal a four engine DC-8 with 61 aboard perished after a stormy takeoff from Lisbon bound for the Azores Caracas and Curacao. Wreckage and charred remains extended along a two mile ocean shore area near Mina. Authorities ordered an investigation into the in flight explosion theory.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Atlantic
Azores
Caracas
Curacao
Rome
Madrid
Viasa
KLM
Mina
Airliner limps into Shannon after propeller fault
An American Constellation ferrying 104 people mostly women and children limped back across the Atlantic to Shannon Ireland after one of its four propellers ran wild and could not be feathered. A Pan American jet nearby guided the crippled plane to a safe landing.
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Shannon
Ireland
Atlantic
U.S
Germany
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
KKK Link Sought Amid Violence Probe in Alabama
The justice department pressed to connect the Ku Klux Klan to mob violence against Freedom Riders in Anniston Birmingham and Montgomery as witnesses invoked the fifth amendment. In Montgomery the state appeals court upheld a lunch counter sit-in conviction linking 12 jailed students and 10 fined riders in ongoing civil rights protests.
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Montgomery
Ala
Justice Department
Ito
Freedom Rider
Anniston
Birmingham
U.S
Frank Johnson
Alabama Court of Appeals
Jackson
Miss
Paris Summit Opens Kennedy De Gaulle Talks
Kennedy and de Gaulle begin a nine hour set of talks at the Elysee Palace to cover NATO Berlin Southeast Asia and Laos as preparations build for a Vienna summit with Khrushchev. Crowds cheer as the president arrives and interpreters accompany the session.
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Paris
Kennedy
de Gaulle
West Berlin
U.S
Pierre Salinger
Berlin
Southeast Asia
Geneva
Laos
Rene Jeader
Elysee Palace
NATO
United States
France
Khrushchev
Vienna
Elysees Palace
Trujillo Assassination Report Shocks Dominican Crisis
Reuters reports unconfirmed news that Rafael Trujillo, Dominican Republic dictator since 1930, may have been assassinated. White House said Dean Rusk stay in Washington to monitor the situation while Kennedy coordinates U.S. response. Port au Prince rumors and disrupted communications indicated a tense regional outlook.
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Paris
Reuters
Rafael Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Washington
Salinger
Rusk
U.S
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Trujillo
Ciudad Trujillo
United States
Commons Authorizes Rail Line To Connect Plant
The Commons approved a bill enabling CPR to build 11 miles of track to a Shell Oil gas plant south of Pincher Creek linking to the Southern Alberta line. Sponsored by Lawrence Kindt, the measure ensures a rail outlet for sulfur byproducts producing up to 1,000 tons daily and potentially meeting Canada’s 1956 sulfur demand. The rail line also serves Medicine Hat’s nitro chemical and fertilizer plant.
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Ottawa
Shell Oil Co
Pincher Creek
Commons
House
CPR
Alberta
Senate
Lawrence Kindt
MacLeod
Board of Transport Commissioners
Dr. Kindt
Alberta farmers report strong germination after showers
The Department of Agriculture said crops in Alberta show good germination and early growth aided by showers. Nearly all wheat acreage is planted, with flax and some coarse grains still to seed in southern areas and late barley in the north. Heavy rains in the extreme southwest slow planting.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
Alberta Legion opposes further spread of Hutterite colonies
The Alberta Command of the Canadian Legion voted to continue opposing the spread of Hutterite colonies. Delegates backed two resolutions urging provincial action and education to assimilate Hutterites, but the resolutions committee preferred leaving the matter to farmers and local groups due to cost and feasibility.
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Alberta
Canadian Legion
Resolutions Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Communal Properties Board
Legion
H. J. Hynes
Ways and Means
Census Takers Begin National Door to Door Count
Canada launches a major census with 27 000 enumerators surveying urban and rural areas to compile population by sex age birthplace language and education. In Medicine Hat enumerators will count transient residents tonight while debates over ethnic origin questions and hiring favoritism swirl around the project.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
W.A. Church
Canvays
Census Changes Stir Debate Over Ethnic Origins in Canada
The 26 question census form asks origin and citizenship to separate identity from nationality. Officials stress secrecy and that data serves general statistics only. War service, income, housing and farm production details expand the survey for differing household types.
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North America
Hees
National Revenue Department
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