West German Officers Protest Dismissal Of General
West German Army officers protest the sacking of Brigadier General Bernhardt Mueller-Hillebrand as military personnel chief. They demand a full explanation from Defence Minister Franz Josef Strauss and consider formal representations while noting a dispute over Bucksch promotion and civilian authority in military matters.
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BON
Franz Josef Strauss
Strauss
Defence Ministry
Bernhardt Mueller- Hillebrand
Mueller-Hillebrand
Heinrich Bucksch
Mueller - Hillebrand
Gold Robbery Over $15,000 Shocks New York
A shipment of gold valued at about $15,000 was hijacked en route from Idlewild Airport to the US assay office in Manhattan. Pasquale Bosco said a black car halted him on the Long Island Expressway and a gunman took the gold after Bosco was forced to stop in Long Island City. Bosco was handcuffed to the steering wheel and later freed. Police and the assay office could not identify the owner of the gold.
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New York
Idlewild
Manhattan
Air Freight Company
Royal Bank of Canada
Pasquale Bosco
S.J.Y. Air Freight Company
Long Island
Bosco
Long Island City
U.S. Assay Office
Church Jazz Service Draws Mixed Reactions in Manchester
In Manchester at the Church of Our Lady of Mercy and St. Thomas of Canterbury a jazz influenced service featured a trap drummer two guitarists a fiddle player and the church organist alongside the choir. Rev A T Gower Jones called the program a success promising a repeat on Nov 3. Parishioners aged 41 to 73 weighed in praising the new sound while noting preferences for traditional Masses.
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Manchester
England
A. T. Gower- Jones
Church of England
Church of Our Lady of Mercy
St. Thomas of Canterbury
Train Jumped Bridge Killing Twenty in Nigeria
A Nigerian railway train plunged from a broken bridge about 18 miles north of Ibadan after floodwaters battered river embankments. Official reports say 20 people died and 112 were injured as the Lagos to Kano route train fell into the river.
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London
Colonial Office
Ibadan
Lagos
Kano
Nigeria
Medicine Hat Praised as One of Dominion's Friendliest Cities
A Vancouver family praised Medicine Hat in a letter to the NEWS, recounting a summer visit. They enjoyed a breakfast of ham and eggs with coffee, commended the neat, clean waitresses, and vowed to return, calling the city hospitable and lovely.
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Medicine Hat
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Integrating Central High School Sees Calm Ahead
Nine Negro students enter a second week of integrated classes at Central High School in Little Rock with one paratrooper escort. Rioting crowds outside last week are gone, replaced by indifference amid 11 armed troopers in the halls and 300 surrounding the campus. Governor Faubound seeks an emergency session to consider closing or privatizing schools that integrate, potentially shifting control away from federal oversight.
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Little Rock, Ark
Central High School
Agday
Central High
Eisenhower
101St Airborne Division
Little Rock
United States aims to end nuclear tests if Russia consents
United States delegate Henry Cabot Lodge urged the UN disarmament commission that tests continue until the Soviet Union agrees to halt production of atomic and hydrogen weapons. He offered a two year halt if Russia agrees in principle, with ban taking effect immediately. Canada and other allies urged patient negotiations while keeping pressure on Pyongyang—er, Moscow.
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N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Kremlin
Lodge
Free World
Russia
U. S
C. S. A. Ritchie
Canada
Londo
Commission
Britain offers tariff elimination to Canada sparks cool reaction
Canada faces a cool reception as Britain proposes removing all tariffs if Canada reciprocates. Finance Minister Fleming calls the plan having “very formidable difficulties” and not yet formally presented. Ottawa will discuss at Anglo-Canadian talks amid fears of Canadian industries facing British competition.
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Mont Tremblant
Que
Britain
Canada
Fleming
Treasury
Peter Thorneycroft
Diefenbaker
United States
U. K
Ottawa
Exiled Pole Thanks Duplessis For Safekeeping Polish Art
Polish government-in-exile leader Anthony Pajak thanked Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis for storing Polish art treasures in a Quebec cave since World War II. Pajak said the works should stay in Canada until Poland is free and that public exhibition could be considered with the premier’s decision. He arrived for a three day visit.
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Montreal
Anthony Pajak
Quebec
Poland
Quebec City
Duplessis
Russia
Pajak
BC Civil Servants Seek Bargaining Rights
In Victoria BC 2800 federal civil servants vote to press for bargaining rights. Delegates at the district convention of the Amalgamated Civil Servants of Canada urge the national executive to pursue this demand. The group will merge with the Civil Service Association of Ottawa to form a single federation representing federal workers.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Amalgamated Civil Servants of Canada
Wenresee
Canada
Civil Service Association of Ottawa
Liberals Plan Leadership Convention After St Laurent Resigns
The National Liberal Federation executive meets in Ottawa to draft call for a national leadership convention to choose a successor to Opposition Leader St Laurent who announced his impending resignation. Pickersgill attends as Newfoundland representative. last Liberal convention was in 1948 in Ottawa.
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Bernard Dufresne
Ottawa
National Liberal Federation
Liberal
St. Laurent
Pickersgill
Mr. St. Laurent
Executive Council
J. W. Pickersgill
Duncan K. MacTavish
Federation
W. L. Mackenzie King
Mishap Impairs Husband Kissing After Railroad Accident
In Norwalk Ohio a jury awarded Ellis Dotson 16 666 dollars after he was struck by a freight car on December 1 1955 while working as a brakeman. His wife Mildren testified the injury affected his farm work and impeded his speech and kissing ability.
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Norwalk
Ohio
Ellis Dotson
Baltimore and Ohio
Mildren
New York Legislator Seeks Ink Color Change for Tax Seal
A constituent's letter complains his life was made miserable by a suspicious wife due to red smudges on his white shirts and asks the state to change the cigarette tax seal ink color to another shade. The plea underscores how small details of tax markings affect personal relationships and public policy.
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New York
Weather holds warm sunny October for Alberta prairies
The system track from the Gulf of Alaska keeps cold air north, delivering warm sunny weather to Alberta prairies. A cooler spell will enter the Peace River region with patchy cloud from the Pacific by Tuesday, but no major change is expected as October begins dry and temperatures stay well above normal.
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Gulf of Alaska
Canada
Hudson Bay
Prairies
Peace River
Pacific
Alberta
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