Australian MPs Visit Burma Siam Death Railway Cemetery
A 12 member Australian parliamentary delegation led by Postmaster General C. W. Davidson toured the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery by the River Kwai near Bangkok while on a Southeast Asia fact finding tour. The group, which arrived last Saturday, is to proceed to Rangoon on Thursday.
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Red President Linked With UN Vice Ring
The Journal American reports the Profumo scandal prompted the U S Attorney to reopen the case of Miss Novotny and Harry Alan Towers. Novotny fled probation as a call girl aboard the Queen Mary. Towers, in Prague on bail, faced federal charges for bringing her to the United States. The paper notes Novotny claimed Czech President was her uncle. Donati said he withheld details to avoid politicizing the vice case.
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Australians honor fallen on River Kwai pilgrimage
Australian troops from Bangkok visited a war cemetery about 100 miles west of Bangkok to pay respects to 7,000 Allied and 3,868 British dead. Lt Col A B Stretton said it was the first official Australian visit. a wreath was laid by Private G F McNamara. The site notes 16,000 POW deaths on the Thai Burma railway and a new steel bridge now spans the Kwai near the old site.
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Drought Grips Vast U.S. Area From Alabama to Idaho
A broad drought stretches from Alabama to Idaho causing hundreds of millions in losses. In Vicksburg Mississippi the drought is described as the worst in a century.
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