Laos Crisis Rated Very Serious by Australia
SEATO officials met in Bangkok on Laos crisis while the United States alerted forces. Canberra External Affairs Department called the situation very serious as reports circulated of pro Communist troops winning two key battles in North Laos after Sunday combat.
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Seato Council
Laos
Bangkok
United States
Canberra
External Affairs Department
Bouavan Wnora- Singh
North Vietnam
Seato Council Representaves
United Sates
Australia
Laos Crisis Sparks Global Military Alerts
Reports described the United States alerting an atomic capable force in Okinawa and big air carrier stations at Shaw South Carolina and Stewart Tennessee. A New York Daily News dispatch spoke of a task force rushing to the South China Sea with carriers Lexington and Bensington and 1200 Marines, plus other ships, to aid Laos if needed. SEATO held urgent consultations as Australia warned of possible actions and Lao officials reported battles with pro Communist Lao forces and North Vietnamese regulars near Phongsaly and Xieng Khovang.
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Caroline
Stewart
Tennessee
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Atomic Force
UPA
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U.S
Okinawa
Joint Task Force
Asia
New York
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South China Sea
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Laos
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Britain
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Australia
Thailand
Malaya
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SEATO
R.A.N
Vientiane
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Boun Oum
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Rouvan Narasingh
Phong
Saly
Pathet Lao
Cor Sendents
Xieng Khovang
Phongsaly
Bouvan
Norasingh
Plain of Jars
Mieng Khouane
London Daily Telegraph
Bangkok
Seatoq
Pete Sarasin
Washington
Flooding Cuts Canberra Rail and Road Services
Heavy rains in the Canberra region flood the Molonglo River crossings and cover 600 yards of railway line. Passengers are transferred to buses and trains rerouted to Goulburn and Yass Junction as roads remain impassable and traffic is controlled at Commonwealth Bridge. Weather Bureau forecast calls for showers to ease.
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Canberra
Molonglo
Jerrabomberra
Sydney
Cooma
Goulburn
Yass Junction
Melbourne
King’s Avenue
Lennox and
Scott's
Commonwealth Bridge
Queanbeyan
Royall
Captains Flat
Cooma Road
Boys Killed in Tunnel Cave In Near Creek Bank
Police and construction workers dug for nearly an hour to recover two boys from Everton Park, David John Evans aged 12 and Stephen Ronald McKennar jery aged 15, after earth and clay collapsed on a tunnel they had been digging. Ten others escaped, one buried youth escaping to fetch help. The incident occurred at Enoggera Creek at 11.45 am as a 15 foot high earth bank gave way, with clay and sand blocking the search.
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David John Evans
Hayley Street
Everton Park
Stephen Ronald McKennarjery
Garth Street
Enoggera Creek
Rainy Day Never Came: Foots in Somerset Poverty
London report describes Fred and Rose Foot, living on the edge of poverty in Crewkerne Somerset. A baker donated scraps and meals were scarce with half a kip for dinner. Rose survived Fred, then her will was published revealing 35000 pounds.
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London
Fred
Rose Foot
Crewkerne
Somerset
Rose
Youth Dies In Train Fall In Town Hall Tunnel
Sydney report says Raymond Southall a 15 year old from Goulburn Street Liverpool died after falling from an electric train in the Town Hall Tunnel on the way to Luna Park with two friends. He was dashed against the tunnel wall and received severe injuries. Station staff using strong lights assisted ambulancemen in recovering the body.
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Sydney
Town Hall
Raymond Southall
Goulburn Street
Liverpool
Southall
Luna Park
Wave Of Arrests To Stop Strike In Belgium
Socialist sources report 52 trade unionists arrested in the last 24 hours near Lille to Verviers as a police drive to crush Belgium nationwide strikes. Brussels police confirm several dozen detained, with foreigners among them. four Dunkirk workers were arrested in Antwerp and expelled.
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A.A.P
Belgium
Lille
Verviers
Associated Press
General Workers’ Federation
Eyskens
Sabena
Dunkirk
Antwerp
United Press
Young Socialist Guard
Bubble car drives wrong way in Piccadilly Circus
A bubble car headed into one way traffic in London’s Piccadilly Circus. A Holler man signaled it to stop, a constable grabbed the luggage rack, clung on, and hammering on the roof. The driver halted sixty yards later and locked himself in, finally surrendering after half an hour and was admitted to a mental hospital.
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London
Piccadilly Circus
Water Spout Seen Over Lake George In Thunderstorm
Witnesses report a water spout forming during a heavy storm near Lake George at 4 15 p m yesterday. Motorists along the lakefront observed the column rise into low clouds before gradually dissipating, with the spiral visible to the naked eye.
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