Western Roundup items from Canada and Idaho
In Sandpoint Idaho jockey Lloyd Cowie from Foremost Alberta slowly improves but remains in critical condition after a car crash that caused a broken neck leg and 11 broken ribs. Vancouver Liberal Leader Arthur Laing contemplates resignation. Calgary plans an upcoming cancer clinic run by the province. Edmonton Journal president Philip S Fisher laid the cornerstone of a new Press building with government representatives present.
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Idaho
Lloyd Cowie
Foremost
Alta
Cowie
Edmonton
Philip S. Fisher
Montreal
Southam Company Ltd
Edmonton Journal
Aoe Len Wing
California student wins $21000 judgment in Vancouver Supreme Court
An 18 year old California student, William Michael Davis, wins a judgment of 21000 dollars plus 24 percent per year interest in Vancouver Supreme Court. He sued through his Oakland mother Irene B Plant against Charles W Nash for three promissory notes once held by his late Vancouver father W T Davis. A separate Victoria note lists a 40000 settlement involving a Penticton girl Glendine Roberta Hatfield now before the court.
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California
Supreme Court
William Michael Davis
Irene B. Plant
Oakland
W. T. Davis
Charles W. Nash
Somoza Dies From Wounds Son Succeeds
PANAMA AP Somoza dies from assassin’s bullets after surgery at Gorgas Hospital in the Panama Canal Zone. His 34 year old son Luis becomes acting president as Nicaragua faces a transition. Anastasio Somoza Jr. heads the army and the family’s rule ends.
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Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Gorgas
Panama Canal Zone
Leon
Managua
Lopez Perez
Somoza
Luis
Congress
Anastasio, Jr
Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
Washington
Ricardo Arias
United States
Romano Reyes
Princess Margaret Tours Port Louis Amid Tight Security
Police used clubs to push back excited Mauritians eager to glimpse Princess Margaret as she stepped ashore from the royal yacht Britannia in Port Louis Mauritius. The crowd settled as her guard and the King's African Rifles band appeared, with a rose-decorated reception awaiting her. A council member urged a boycott over visit costs, but crowds cheered along the route.
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Port Louis
Mauritius
Reuters
Princess Margaret
Indian Ocean
Britannia
King's African Rifles Band
Princess’ Guard of Honor
Margaret
Al Lopez Quits Cleveland Indians Manager Post
Al Lopez resigned today as manager of the Cleveland Indians. The team will finish second again this year in the American League pennant race.
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Cleveland
al Lopez
Cleveland Indians
Crusty Competition in Britain This Weekend
Britain ends bread subsidy and faces crusty competition between giant bakers and small corner-shop bakeries. Inland loaves cost about 11d while port regions charge 10d, with the national loaf around 1s per loaf offshore. Sub subsidy removal ends war price controls, leaving milk as the remaining subsidy and prompting debate on value versus craft.
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Britain
Liverpool
Bristol
Hull
Economist
London Journal
The
Manchester Guardian
Tito’s visit to Russia seen as Khrushchev support
In Belgrade the surprise trip is viewed as a move by President Tito to bolster Nikita Khrushchev against old Stalinists reasserting influence in the Kremlin.
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Belgrade
Tito
Russia
Yugoslavia
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Toronto education chief calls for stricter promotion rules
Dr. C. C. Gouldring told Canadian Education Association delegates that many children stay in school past Grade 7 without benefiting from instruction. He highlighted the need for tougher promotion policies as convention attendees discussed letting districts charge fees for chronic failures and Winnipeg officials considered hiring consultants to pick principals from practicing teachers.
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Winnipeg
C. C. Gouldring
Toronto
Canada
Canadian Education Association
Vancouver
W. C. Lorimer
Fourteen Nations to Attend Suez Canal Users’ Conference
Reuters reports fourteen countries have told Britain they will attend the London conference opening Monday to inaugurate the Suez Canal Users Association. The meeting gathers officials and ship operators to discuss channel use and safety.
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London
Reuters
Britain
Exports Rise for Canadian Wheat in 1955 56 Crop Year
Exports of Canadian wheat including flour rose to about 308.7 million bushels in the 1955 56 crop year, according to the bureau of statistics.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Beaum on t Cemetery Burial for Zaharias and Shrine Plan
The cremation of Mildred Didrikson Zaharias follows private graveside rites at Forest Lawn Park Beaumont. A large monument likely will be built on her burial plot to house trophies and awards, reflecting her status as a multi sport Olympic champion. About 400 paid final tribute at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Houston.
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Houston
Zaharias
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Violence flares in Middle East as border raid raises toll
A young Israeli olive picker was shot dead near the Jordan border. A seven hour reprisal raid by Israeli troops followed, intensifying pressure around Egypt and the Suez Canal. Casualties were reported up to 1300. In New York Secretary-General Hammarskjold pressed for peace, potentially bringing the issue to the Security Council where the United States cast a pivotal vote on the Egyptian charge regarding Suez. Britain and France faced pessimism over UN routes, with Eden and Mollet drafting a common policy as the council reconvenes.
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Holy Land
Egypt
Suez Canal
New York
Hammarskjold
United States
Security Council
Suez
U.S
Britain
France
Russia
Eden
Mollet
Paris
No Regrets Tone From Duke and Duchess on TV Interview
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor say their 20 year marriage has been years of no regrets. They appeared with Edward R. Murrow on Person to Person answering questions about what might have been. They emphasize looking to the future over the past.
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New York
Windsor
Edward VIII
Edward R. Murrow
Murrow
Listowel urges Canadians to study Russia with caution
Countess of Listowel told Medicine Hat Canadian Club the USSR pursues world domination despite calls for peace. She outlined three coexistence principles, warned Russians are ruthless, and said genuine understanding is of the Russians' motives is unlikely. She cited four reasons for ongoing Russian aims and criticized belief in their reform.
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Medicine Hat
Countess of
Reds
Russia
Listowel
Prime Minister Links Expelled Russian Diplomat to Spy Efforts
Prime Minister St Laurent says Gennadi Popov, expelled Russian diplomat, was a suspected NKVD espionage agent attempting to establish spy links in Canada.
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Ottawa
St. Laurent
Gennadi Popov
NKVD
Canada
Master Farm Family award goes to McGillivrays in Alberta
Four Alberta farm families win the 1956 Master Farm Family award Agriculture Minister L C Halmrast announced the winners The McGillivray family of Coaldale the Fraser family of Teepee Creek the Rose family of Ricinus and the Rozmahel family of Viking will receive 1000 dollars an engraved plaque and a name plate for the farmstead entrance The McGillivrays are noted Aberdeen Angus breeders with 390 cultivated acres and a cattle herd of nearly 100 while diversifying with potatoes sugar beets and canning peas.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Wilfred McGillivray
Coaldale
Lethbridge
A. D. Fraser
Teepee Creek
Grande Prairie
Alfred Rose
Ricinus
Rocky Mountain House
John Rozmahel
Viking
L. C. Halmrast
McGillivray
Nova Scotia
Marven
Poznan Riots Trial Highlights National Bloodshed
In Poznan Poland during the June 28 riots 53 were killed and about 2000 injured. Janusz Suwart a 22 year old addressed the court trying him and eight youths for theft and arson at a security headquarters. A second court is hearing three men for murder of a security officer. In total 153 are indicted from the Black Thursday bread riots. The presiding judge urged witnesses to avoid hatred or sympathy for the accused murderers.
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Poland
Reuters
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Eta
Janusz Suwart
Wersaw Celininski
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