Han River Crossing Well Planned
Don Whitehead reports the U S Marines crossing the Han river at dawn near Seoul. Amid shellfire and cautious advance, Maj. Mike Erhlich’s Fifth Regiment units pushed toward the river, while a sergeant and three rabbits in a box mascot moments later helped ease frightened civilians, signaling a rising Marine foothold.
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Associated Press
Don Whitehead
U. S
Han River
Seoul
Tokyo
U. 8 S
Mike Erhlich
San Diego
Fifth Regiment
Erhlich
Robert D. Taplett
San Francisco
Mike
S-3
Leutenant
Msgt
Anthony Kent
South Third’ St
Salina
Kas
Kent
Han
West Berliners Aid Soviet Zone With Books
West Germans launch a drive to flood the Soviet zone with good books. The Bureau for Cultural Help is organized with leaders including Mayor Ernst Reuter and Eugen Kogon to counter Communist messaging and ease brain fatigue from propaganda.
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Berlin
Ernst Reuter
West Berlin
Eugen Kogon
Mystery Sword Found At Barton Fields Canterbury Museum Seeks Help
An iron object about three feet long with a rounded handle and eleven pounds weight was found at E. A. Johnson's Barton Fields cottage during alterations. Bristol Antiquarian Society president A. H. Russell called it an ancient sword, though others disagreed. A local boy later offered a similar nine pound object found nearby. Builders say the items are not tolls from their trade.
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Canterbury
England
Canterbury Museum
Barton Fields
E. A. Johnson
A. H. Russell
Bristol Antiquarian Society
Road hog ruins car on highway collision
A 450 pound hog was struck by a motorist on a highway, causing extensive damage to the car. The hog was killed in the collision.
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Pada
Fly Killer Gamexene Under Scrutiny By Navy Doctors
CAIRO A- Flies adapt to gamaxene too says Captain James J. Sapero who heads the Navy medical research unit in Cairo Tests on multiple generations of flies show that DDT immunity weakness may also apply to gamexene, challenging its touted edge over DDT.
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Cairo
U. S. Navy
James J. Sapero
Navy
Tropical garden charms Newdale with citrus indoors
In Newdale Manitoba a local woman grows a tropical indoor garden in her home. Mrs Morris Lavery tends a twelve foot orange tree that bore two ripe oranges and a lemon tree that last year produced a gigantic lemon eleven inches in circumference.
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Minnedosa
Manitoba
Newdale
Here
Morris Lavery
Sapero unit seeks a better fly killer after declining effectiveness
A steady decrease in effectiveness shows flies adapting to current methods. Sapero's research unit is now seeking a more efficient fly killer to restore control.
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Sapero
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