Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 12, 1962, Winnipeg, Manitoba
We wipe free press tuesday june a 196z tells of chinese riots Macao a a refugee from Canton said today Chat several thousand chinese rioted there june 2 when communist authorities refused to allow them to Board a train for the Hong Kong Border. He said armed soldiers broke up the riot but the troops did not fire upon the crowd As claimed earlier by two Prajna Tion Alist newspapers in Hong Kong Lei Yucang 28, said he witnessed the riot from beginning to end. Quite a few were injured in scuffles and fistfights Between rioters and authorities he said. The two pro nationalist Hong Kong newspapers had claimed that troops and police shot into the crowd killing and wound ing several score. Lei reached this portuguese Colony sunday. Famous Spring Geyser noted hot Spring near Reykjavik in Iceland some times throws its Jet of hot water 200 feet in the air. Dog wins Kitchener up after his third escape from a previously break humane society shelter Here husky a three year old Ger Man Shepherd police dog with a highly coloured past has won his wordless Battle. The canine Houdini first escaped from the shelter Friday night and fled for the eighth time Back to the Home of his despairing owner mrs. John Mclntyre. Husky lifted a heavy pen Gate with his head and used.his1 Teeth to open a door and a window. Saturday he escaped again a few hours after the shelter had recovered him from mrs. Mclntyre s his Dis trip ought owner found Nim waiting for her on the. Church Lawn sunday and sagging under this last display of the dog s affection agreed to keep him. Husky built up ,.a reputation for Hij inks after mrs. Mclntyre decided to give him away because she could not keep the rebel off her heels. With fierce determine Battle Tion to follow his mistress husky opened or broke win Dow snapped and slipped collars. She gave him once to a local Famay and once to a farm family near. More Miles away. Yily Woofer returned six time s from the first Home and again from Fergus. His last. Escape from the humane society shelter was accomplished by climbing an eight foot Fence topped by an other two feet of guard wire. National u exams proposed Hamilton up National examinations to determine whether High schol students Are capable of a University education were proposed monday at the annual meeting of the National conference of Canadian universities and colleges. An acc us committee on common Entrance requirements reported that the problem of ,.varying school curricula and matriculation requirements for universities has plagued Cana sians for Many it suggested formation of a Board to set Entrance examinations for final year High school students throughout Canada. The committee headed by or. W. H. Johns president of the University of. Alberta in Edmon ton suggested that the Canadian universities foundation be asked to set up the Board. It recommended a National examination should be based on a program used by the United saving space Oslo Norway is planning a huge parking garage to be built Over Railroad tracks to relieve a critical traffic prob Lem in the downtown part of the capital. States College Entrance examination Board. Last year High school pupils took aptitude tests under the . Program. Or. Johns said the Ontario College of education Success fully gave a Canadian version of the . Tests to about Grade 12 students. This Experiment showed tests can be administered on a National basis to pupils a year. A National High school matriculation curriculum for in trance to Canadian universities is a Long term objective but a common testing program is pos sible in the near future he said Ghana denies subversion in Nigeria Nigeria a Ghana s High commission de Nied monday it has been the Centre of subversion in Nigeria a charge made saturday by foreign minister Jaja Wachuku. George Doe Ghana s High commissioner to Nigeria said his government has neither Means nor desire to subvert the government of Doe told a press conference his statement was being made with the full approval of his government. Wachuku in his statement accused the High commission s office of interfering in the Farmer and Trade Union move ment using Western Nigeria As a base of operations. He did not elaborate. Claim jobless benefits Ottawa persons were claiming unemployment insurance benefits at the end of april the Dominion Bureau of statistics said monday. J this was fewer claim ants than in March and a drop iof from april last year. Priceless relic is stolen Mankato Minn. Apr a Silver German ring believed by its owners to be Martin Luther s wedding ring and termed priceless was stolen from St. Mark s lutheran Church Here sometime sunday night. The ring was taken from a Cabinet in the office of the Church s pastor. Rev. Martin Birkholz by thieves who also opened a Safe in the Church. Birkholz said the ring was Given to the Church about four years ago by mrs Russell Fow Ler an elderly woman of Ger Man descent who said it had been in the family for generations. Birkholz said he had checked documents which describe Luther s wedding ring and it matched them. The ring has a picture of Christ in a Ruby set Ting. Birkholz could set no value on the ring which if authentic would Date to the Early 16th Century. Old Scotland Kinross Shire in Central Scot land was organized As a Sepa rate county in 1260. 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