Riots continue in Seoul as crowd threatens Vice President home
Rioters clash with police near Lee Ki Poong's residence in Seoul as 10 000 demonstrators demand Rhee resign. Three students killed, many injured from machine gun and rifle fire. Troops with tanks deployed. earlier, 41 Liberal Party members seceded, leaving a fractured parliament and ongoing bid for cabinet formation.
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Seoul
A.A.P
Reuter
Lee Ki Poong
Mr. Lee
South Korea
Liberal Party
National Assembly
Rhee
Supreme Court
United Press
U.S
Huh
Manam Volcano Erupts With Lava Flows And Dense Smoke
Reports from Madang say Manam volcano on the island is active with two lava flows reaching the apron. Dense smoke rises thousands of feet as avalanches occur. lava continues in the north valley and the crater glows at night. Authorities seek further contact with the island.
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Madang
Maram
Maing
Wei
Main Crater
Manam
Quake Devastates Lar and Gerash Areas in Iran
Persian towns Lar and Gerash suffer near total destruction after a powerful quake. Government airlifts aid while troops aid search for hundreds of missing and dead. Early death toll estimates range from two to four thousand, with hundreds of bodies recovered, many of them children.
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Lar
Garah
American
Associated Press
Gerash
Persian Red Cross
Teheran Journal
Many Homes Lost in Derwent Valley Floods
Hobart reports a severe Derwent Valley flood with at least twelve farm worker homes and eight huts destroyed at Bushy Park owned by W Terry. Salvage and relief operate across the valley while Hobart businesses clear mud and prepare to reopen. Damage in the state’s south and Hobart centre exceeds £4 million.
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Hobart
Derwent Valley
W. Terry
Bushy Park
Record Crowd At Commonwealth Anzac Ceremony
A record crowd attended the Commonwealth Anzac observance in Canberra with 10 000 at the War Memorial and 1 000 at the Dawn service. Ex servicemen led the march to the Stone of Remembrance as wreaths were laid by dignitaries including Lord Dunrossil and Lady Dunrossil.
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Lord Dunrossil
Canberra
R.S.L
War Memorial
New Zealand
Gallipoli
Anzac Park
Army
Navy
Air Force
Lady Dunrossil
Dunrossil
Anzac
Freeth
Jones
J. R. Fraser
M.P
Mr. Calwell
The
Australian War Memorial
Sir Edmund Herring
Imperial League of Australia
K. V. Newman
Ex-Naval Men's Association of Australia
H. H. Handley
Air Force Association of Australia
J. C. Mitchell
Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women
M. Harrison
Legacy Clubs of Australia
A. W. Paul
War Widows' Guild of Australia
Senate
K. A. Laught
House of Representatives
A. R
Browning
United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
William Oliver
Canada
J. A. Doupan
Union of South Africa
A. M. Hamilton
India
Shri ‘Samar Sen
Pakistan
J. G. Kharas
Ceylon
B. F. Perera
Federation of Malaya
Dato Gunn Lay Teik
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
A. Brown
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S. Korea
Mi Oh
Syneman Rhee
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