Pennant Race at a Glance in AL Showdowns
The Indians Yankees and White Sox enter key three game sets. Cleveland hosts Detroit with eight games left, New York welcomes Boston for two series, and Chicago visits Kansas City for three. Remaining schedules and standings show tight races.
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Cleveland Indians
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Indians
Detroit Tigers
Motor City Crew
Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Pinky Higgins
White Sox
Kansas City Athletics
Lou Boudreau
WL Pet
GBL
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Washington
Kansas City
Lawyer accuses Ray Munro of blackmail before royal commission
Vancouver lawyer T G Norris alleges Ray Munro of Flash magazine and his lawyer Neil Fleishman have menaced police officers who later harmed themselves. Norris demands Munro be summoned to the commission to expose him. Norris cites alleged intimidation linked to his daughter and previous police inquiries.
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Vancouver
T. G. Norris
Royal Commission
Ray Munro
Toronto
Flash
Munro
Mr. Norris
Walter Mulligan
Neil Fleishman
Norris
R. H. Tupper
Mulligan
Tupper
Canada
Leishman
Whelan
Harry Whelan
Len Cuthbert
Cuthbert
Adenauer says no policy change with Moscow despite talks
West German Chancellor Adenauer stated that establishing diplomatic relations with Moscow will not alter Bonn's opposition to the East German regime. He noted Moscow's rejection of his claim to represent all of Germany and warned that the Pankow regime speaks for only a minority. He said long negotiations will be needed to unify Germany and that talks would involve Russia and the three Western powers.
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Bonn
Adenauer
West Germany
Moscow
Germany
Pankow
Geneva
East Berlin
East Germany
Russia
Grotewohl
Bulgaria
Tass
Townsend Soon To Get Furlough
Biggin Hill England AP Group Capt Peter Townsend British air attache in Brussels says he will soon spend a leave in Britain. Townsend attended a reunion of 98 Battle of Britain veterans and noted he will return to London in October for some weeks on leave. He did not confirm plans for his holiday location.
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Biggin Hill
England
Peter Townsend
Margaret
Britain
Townsend
Brussels
London
Weather Outlook for Edmonton Saturday Sunny and Warmer
The Edmonton weather forecast calls for a sunny Saturday with a slight rise in temperatures across the western prairies. Highs will edge upward as high pressure builds, bringing clear skies and light winds into the day.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Prince Albert $5 Million Fire Levels Meat Plant
A wind driven blaze at Burns and Co. Ltd. meat packing plant in Prince Albert Sask. destroyed the egg plant and a water tower and threatened other buildings. Firefighters 200 strong faced low water pressure and 30 mph winds with 500 pounds of meat lost and potential losses topping $10 million. One firefighter was treated and released.
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Prince Albert
Robert McKeand Bakas
S. J. McLaughlin
Hydro
Burns
Alfred Turner
CORA Winds Up Annual Convention at Banff
The Canadian Good Roads Association wrapped its three day convention in Banff with calls for federal highway research funding and safety measures. Premier Manning tied transportation to world peace while former defence minister Brooke Claxton urged safer roads and increased safety education. Dr Norman McLeod of Imperial Oil proposed raising federal highway research spending and a joint Canada US commission to set a highway program share. Antonio Talbot of Quebec was elected president, replacing Gordon E Taylor of Edmonton.
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Banff
Alta
Canadian Good Roads Association
Manning
Alberta
Defence
Brooke Claxton
Norman McLeod
Imperial Oil Ltd
Antonio Talbot
Quebec
Gordon E. Taylor
Edmonton
Runaway elephant Vicki spotted near Charlotte area
Vicki the 2,300 pound elephant, missing from an amusement park, was seen near Douglas airport six miles west of central Charlotte after days of pursuit. Police patrols are seeking the animal as owner Jack Partlow and volunteers continue to hunt with bulldozers, corrals, and pit traps laid countryside-wide.
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Charlotte
N.C. Cap
Vicki
Douglas Airport
Jack Partlow
Bombers Hit Rebel Base Near Rio Santiago in Argentina
Reuters reports heavy bombers attacked the rebel held base of the Argentine navy on the river at Santiago as army and naval units clash across key centres. Rebels seized Bahia Blanca port facilities and a radio station, with Puerto Belgrano base nearby also revolting. Fighting rages in Cordoba.
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Buenos Aires
Reuters
Santiago
Bahia Banca
Puerto Belgrano
Bahia Blanca
Cordoba
Associated Press
Peron
Dalmiro Videla Balaguer
Balaguer
Rio Cuarto
Coroba
Arroyo Cle
Entre Rios
Corrientes
Argentina
Prime Minister rejects government built only pipeline
Prime Minister St Laurent said Ottawa would not back a wholly government financed natural gas line. Most of the pipeline would be built by Trans Canada Pipe Lines with Ontario funding the northern leg. Ontario and federal talks continue on a crown company to finance the Ontario portion.
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Ottawa
St. Laurent
Trans-Canada
Pipe Lines Ltd
Ontario
Toronto
Alberta
Trans-Canada Pipe Lines Ltd
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Quebec
Frost
Lakehead
East German Leader Arrives in Moscow for Talks With Kremlin
Premier Otto Grotewohl leads a East German delegation into Moscow to begin negotiations with the Soviet leadership. Walter Ulbricht Otto Nuschke and Lothar Bolz accompany him as Khrushchev Molotov and other officials greet in largely empty streets. The talks follow Adenauer’s negotiations with the West.
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Richard Kasischke
Moscow
Otto Grotewohl
East Germany
Kremlin
Konrad Adenauer
Grotewohl
Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
Otto Nuschke
Lothar Bolz
V. M. Molotov
Nikita Khrushchev
Dep
Uty
Mikhail Pervukhin
Lazar Kaganovich
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
Bulganin
Adenauer
Thss
Soviet Canada Russia to exchange parliamentry delegates
The Soviet bulletin quotes Fisheries Minister Sinclair as hoping Canada and Russia will exchange parliamentary delegations next summer. Also reported were delays in Wilbur Coffin's execution in Gaspe, FDA wheat sanitation rules, FCC hearings on Canadian gas imports, CBC ad rules unchanged, Chile's ambassador to Buenos Aires seeking flight to remove citizens, and polio deaths in Canada totaling twenty by Sept. 10, up from 65 last year.
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Sinclair
Canada
Russia
IWA Asks UN to Convene World Wheat Convention
The International Wheat Council requests the United Nations to convene a world wheat convention in Geneva on October 26 to broaden the discussion of wheat demand and supply. Invitations will go to UN members FAO wheat council nations and GATT members. Britain Argentina Russia Poland and Turkey may attend.
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IWA
Arch MacKenzie
London
International Wheat Council
United Nations
Geneva
Food and Agricultural Organization
Wheat Council
Britain
Argentina
Russia
Poland
Turkey
Canada
Australia
United States
Smilestones: A quarter of a haircut from a saved fifty years ago
A lighthearted note recalls saving 25 cents 40 years ago to now cover a quarter of a haircut, reflecting a playful inflation-themed claim.
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L'bridge
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Cora
Toto
Mademoiselle Toto
Ernest Karoli
Los Angeles
Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus
Ernest
Circus
Rio Santiago
P.M
Bulletins
Wilbur Coffin
Gaspe Peninsula
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
U.S. Federal Power Commission
CBC Board of Governors
Conradio Rios
Chile
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