Kennedy seeks 150,000 reservists to active duty
President Kennedy, citing Communist buildup in Cuba and rising international tension, asks Congress for authority to call 150,000 reservists to active duty. The plan sets a 150,000 man ceiling from all services and cap on service at 12 months.
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Kennedy
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Ken
Nedy
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Senate
House of Representatives
Defence Secretary
Berlin
Pierre Salinger
Edwards to seek re election in Medicine Hat council race
Alderman Jack Edwards announced his plan to run again in the October 17 Medicine Hat municipal election confirming a likely contest for four council seats. He has served since 1958 and chairs the public safety and finance committees. Other declared candidates include T R Osborne Earl Smith Ted Ahorn Gilbert L King and possible challenger to Mayor Weiner Karl Brucker.
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Jack Edwards
Medicine Hat
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Ald
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Cliff Adam
Public and Traffic Safety Committee
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Earl Smith
Ted Anhorn
Gilbert L. King
Karl Brucker
Civic Voters’ Association
Weiner
Helen Gibson
Willard Lutes
J. C. Miller
Gordon Sissons
Brucker
CVA
Don Hawthorne
Ed Sept
Hawthorne
Sept
Deliberate Hay Fire Hits Hutterite Farm Near Wildwood
Fire chief says 8000 bales of hay burned on a farm housing 18 Hutterites while RCMP investigate. Damage about 5000 dollars. Fire broke out Saturday five miles north of Wildwood Alberta as Hutterites care for the Red Willow colony awaiting a provincial decision on a new colony. Fire was contained with 2000 bales saved. Wildwood sits 70 miles west of Edmonton.
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Wildwood
Alta
Dave Headon
Headon
RCMP
Hutterites
Alberta Communal Properties Board
Red Willow
Stettler
Edmonton
Freedomites Halt March In British Columbia
Freedomites or Sons of Freedom Doukhobors call a halt to their mass march toward the Fraser Valley and plan a meeting to decide whether to proceed or return to the Kootenays after staging a large rally outside the Orthodox leader’s home in Grand Forks.
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Grand Forks
B.C
Sons of Freedom
Nuclear Powers Urged To Continue Efforts
Gen. Burns of Canada urged the United States Britain and Russia to maintain push for a treaty banning nuclear tests and to seek agreements preventing spread and accidental war. He spoke at the Geneva talks as they pause for a two month recess and endorsed the no progress report to the UN.
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E. L. M. Burns
Burns
United States
Britain
Russia
UN General Assembly
New York
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Vasily Kuznetsov
Medicine Hat Sees Least Miserable Alberta Weather
Farmers in the Medicine Hat area face swathed grain under a day described as the least miserable in Alberta with no frost overnight and a mild 48 degrees at the airport. Rain and snow mix with wind threaten frost in northern and central Alberta while many regions expect frozen conditions tonight and pockets of heavy snowfall.
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Milove
Clara Frey
Balmoral St
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Peace River
Calgary
Lethbridge
Penhold
Rocky Mountain House
Soblen’s Heart Fails. Anxiety Rises Over Spy’s Condition
London AP reports Dr Robert Soblen remains unconscious with a flagging heart after overdosing on barbiturates en route to deportation to the United States. Security guards watch as officials investigate how he obtained the drugs amid a two month detainment and leukemia related illness.
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London
Robert Soblen
Soblen
United States
Hillingdon Hospital
Home Office
New York
Russia
Maple Creek laborer dies after self-inflicted gunshot
A 117-year-old Maple Creek district laborer Harry Francis died in Maple Creek Hospital at 5 20 am. Coroner Fred Davies released the body for burial and said no inquest will be held. Francis a Sioux Indian resided on the Maple Creek Indian reserve ten miles southeast of town. He was brought to hospital at 3 30 am Thursday by Cpl Ken Campbell of the Maple Creek RCMP detachment. Police said the self inflicted gunshot wound in the forehead occurred at his parents home and a .22 rifle was used. RCMP were advised by an acquaintance. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
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Maple Creek
Harry Francis
Fred Davies
Gull Lake
Francis
Maple
Glassco report urges sweeping overhaul of federal operations
Ottawa reports say the Glassco royal commission recommends major decentralization with department budgets and staff under revamped treasury board. It envisions department corporations, reduced central controls, and potential savings in tens of millions yearly, while Civil Service Commission powers would be trimmed.
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Glassco
Royal Commission On Government
Commission
Gitar
Diefenbaker
Nowlan
Civil Service
Royal Commission
Civil Service Commission
Toronto
J. Grant Glassco
Treasury Board
Diefenbaker Hints Canada Trade Proposals at Commonwealth Talk
Prime Minister Diefenbaker arrived for a Commonwealth prime ministers conference in London and suggested Canada may propose steps to boost Commonwealth trade. He said alternatives to Britain joining the European Common Market exist but declined to detail plans or guarantee drastic changes.
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London
Diefenbaker
Commonewealth
Canada
Britain
RCAF
Ottawa
Health Department Probes Podophyllum Drug Risks in Pregnancy
Canada. Health officials review British report that podophyllum, used in several over the counter laxatives, may cause fetal deformities. U S FDA also examining potential birth defects from the herb. Dr C A Morrell leads the Canadian review. herbal root from American mandrake plant used in laxatives.
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Canadian Health Department
C. A. Morrell
Food and Drug Directorate
Canada
United States
United States Food and Drug Administration
J. E. Cullis
Dorset
England
Lancet
Morrell
Alberta Doctor Links Strontium 90 to Birth Defects Rise
Dr. L. J. le Vann, medical superintendent at the Provincial Training School for Retarded Children in Red Deer, warns Alberta’s rise in infant deformities to 14.1 per thousand since 1959 may be connected to higher Strontium 90 levels from atmospheric nuclear tests. He stresses research is incomplete and will be published in a medical journal. He argues radiation risks are real and that milk and beef could transmit the substance via calcium into bones of unborn children.
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Canada
L. J. le Vann
le Vann
Royal College of Physicians
The
Royal College of
Edinburgh
Mississippi
University of Alberta
Psychiatric Society of Alberta
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