Accused Ex Nazi Laak's Death Ruled Self Destruction
Winnipeg Free Press reports Alex Laak 53, Estonian immigrant and alleged Nazi camp chief by Russians, killed himself eight days after Tass charges. Friends say he feared harm to family in Canada and Estonia, and that he believed dying would spare them while exonerating him.
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Winnipeg
The
Free Press
Alex Laak
Canada
Tass
Estonia
Laak
Reds
Alex
Russia
Design Criticism Clouds Allowance Overpass Plan
Alderman Jack Edwards critiques the Allowance Avenue overpass design while signaling no opposition to the principle of the project. The discussion centers on the overall concept and potential implementation details.
City Moves First Reading On Allowance Ave Overpass Bylaw
City council gave first reading to a bylaw authorizing borrowing up to 250 000 dollars for the Allowance Ave overpass and sent the money bylaw to voters for Oct 19. Alderman Dr Jack Edwards opposed the plan.
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Jack Edwards
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edwards
CPR
Transport Commissioners
Ald. Edwards
Edwars
Flats
Hilda - Schuler
First St
Sixth Ave
Fire rages in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia Shelburne County and Prince Edward Island faced intensified forest fires with hundreds of firefighters and civilians battling blazes near Summerside Alberton and the Shelburne Yarmouth Digby junctions. Fire threats prompted highway closures and evacuations while costs and planning for a city overpass drew council debate.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Summerside
Alberton
Enmore
Bideford
Portage
Conway
Summerside-Alberton
Shelburne County
Shelburne
Yarmouth
Digby
Pageant Parade Opens with 150000 Spectators
Atlantic City officials staged the Miss America pageant opening parade as 150000 fans cheered. Iris Thurlwell of Toronto Miss Canada joined 53 U S entrants plus competitors from Chicago New York and Washington in the colorful procession.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Iris Thurlwell
Toronto
U.S
Chicago
New York
Washington
Soap Powder Jam Feeds Newcastle Washing Chaos
A 15 minute soap powder blizzard caused havoc in Newcastle when a dust extractor jammed at a soap factory. Hundreds of households found washing turning snowy white while both colored and white items were affected by the powder spill.
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Newcastle
England
Reuters
Rain turns city streets to foam and sludge
Soap-coating left streets slick like ice before rain caused a foam flood. Police described a wide area as looking hit by a blizzard while a company spokesman called it an exceptional occurrence.
UN Seizes Airfields and Silences Congo Radio in Power Struggle
In Leopoldville the United Nations took control of key airfields and shut down Congo Radio amid a government dispute between President Kasavubu and Prime Minister Lumumba. The move freezes troop movements, curbs inflammatory broadcasts, and reinforces UN authority as Kasavubu seeks greater UN role and provincial autonomy.
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Southam News Services
Leopoldville
United Nations
Congo
Kasavubu
Moishe Tshombe
Katanga
United Nation
Lumumba
Security Council
Congo Assembly Rejects Lumumba Firing and Kasavubu Edicts
The Congo national assembly voted 59 to 19 to invalidate both President Kasavubu's firing of Prime Minister Lumumba and Lumumba's ouster order. No clear next move emerged as Lumumba sought support from independent African states and the UN. Troops reportedly backed Kasavubu, while Lumumba urged military aid and reopened Congo airports and radio.
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Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Kasavubu
Associated Press
Leopoldville
Kasa‘vubu
Reuters
United Nations
Hurricane Donna Leaves Puerto Rico in Wake of Disaster
Hurricane Donna driven toward the Bahamas with 125 mph winds leaves 116 dead and hundreds missing across Puerto Rico and Caribbean islands. Puerto Rico reports 106 dead and 200 missing. Humacao worst hit with 86 bodies found and 550 injured as Governor Munoz Marin orders emergency measures.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Caribbean
United States
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Leeward
Humacao
Luis Munoz Marin
Ike to address UN meet but unlikely Khrushchev meeting
President Eisenhower said he will speak at the United Nations General Assembly on September 20 but does not expect to meet Soviet Premier Khrushchev there. He cited stringent conditions, including the freeing of the RB-47 crew, before any such encounter could occur.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations General Assembly
Khrushchev
Russia
U.S
Soviet Union
Congo
Congo Republic
Africa
United Nations
National Security Agency
Weather Patchy Harvest Across Prairies With Varied Yields
The Prairie crop report shows excellent progress in Saskatchewan and Manitoba while central and northern Alberta face wet cool conditions slowing harvest. Fodder supplies are adequate and pastures are generally good. Wheat harvests reach 75 percent in Manitoba and 60 percent threshed in Saskatchewan with yields higher than expected.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Bureau of Statistics
British Columbia
Canadians Return Home After Congo Attack Injuries
Two Canadian soldiers injured in a Congo airport beating will fly home to Canada. Cpl. Glendon Gavel of Grand Bend and Sigma Albert Bone of Atikokan are due to arrive at Trenton Ontario at 6 25 p m MDT and will be taken to hospital for routine checks before leave. Gavel goes to London Ontario and Bone to Winnipeg.
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Ottawa
Stanleyville
Canada
Army
Cpl
Glendon Gavel
Grand Bend
Ont
Sigma
Albert Bone
Atikokan
RCAF
Trenton
Gavel
London
Bone
Winnipeg
Airliner Crash Feared Killing 30 on Board
An Aerolineas Argentinas DC-6 flying from Montevideo to Buenos Aires with 24 passengers and six crew plummeted and exploded near the Argentine border. All 30 aboard are feared dead.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Aerolineas Argentinas
Buenos Aires
Vernon citizens seek quicker searches after boy's death
A Vernon British Columbia citizens committee formed to search for 11 year old Donald Oliver asks city council for delegation of authority to start searches immediately after a disappearance. They also want cleanup of nearby Hobo Jungle near Polson Park where the body was found.
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B.C
Donald Oliver
Vernon Kiwanis Club
RCMP
Kiwanis
Ron Gilbert
Council
Polson Park
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