Violent Death Toll Marks Dominion Day Week End
A Canadian Press survey tallies at least 57 deaths in Canada during the Dominion Day weekend, with 27 highway fatalities and 16 drownings. US visitors joined the celebrations as border crossings swelled, while accidents, mine fumes, and a lightning strike near Calgary caused additional fatalities. A memorial service and a Cap ital Hill salute marked Confederation’s 83rd anniversary amid sports and resort leisure.
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N.Y
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United States
Ontario
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Quebec
Montreal
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British Columbia
Greenwood
B.C
ALBERTA
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Eva Fenton
Calgary
Albert Park
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Tomahawk
Alta
John T. Shelley
Dominion International League
35000 Are In Favor Of Rail Strike
A Canadian union group reports 35000 members voted in favor of a strike to back wage hour demands on railroads. The two main unions seek a 40 hour week with no pay cut and wage increases, with costs estimated at 840 million yearly. Also covers storm damage across Southern Alberta with wheat, beets, and canning crops affected.
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C.CL
Brotherhood of Express Employees
C.C.L
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American Federation of Labor
C.B.R.E
railways
Alberta
Cardston
United Irrigation District
Magrath
Raymond
New Dayton
Macleod
Frank R. Taylor
Canadian Sugar Factories
Gloomy View From South Korea Amid North Invasion
General Gloomy and other army chiefs warn that Seoul may fall and four Southern divisions face possible capture as the crisis in Korea deepens and enemy forces advance, leaving observers concerned about the immediate outlook.
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Seoul
Bombs and Rockets Hit Frontline Areas in Korea
Associated Press reports US and Australian air raids near Seoul and Han River halted North Korean tanks and trucks. An American sergeant was wounded in a 25 minute strafing of a village near a command post. MacArthur HQ said the invaders made no serious progress despite heavy bombing and rocket fire.
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Seoul
U.S
Douglas MacArthur
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Tokyo
Korea
U.S. Army
Associated Press
OKYO
South Korea
MacArthur
SAVAGE
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Former French premier forms new cabinet after Bidault ouster
Former premier Paul Reynard leads a newly formed cabinet following the Bidault administration's collapse. Reynard and Bidault, both former premiers, are named members, signaling a renewed executive alignment in the French government.
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France
Bidault
Paul Reynard
Queuille Forms New Cabinet in France
Paris July 3 Reuters reports Radi cal Henri Queuille formed a French cabinet with the surprise appointment of Paul Reynaud a former premier as minister for policy in the Far East Reynaud is a resolute advocate of cooperation with the United States and Britain The cabinet also names Georges Bidault as vice premier with the government seen as a drift to the right amid Socialist opposition and the plan for Indo Chinese government relations and a European coal steel merger project continues foreign minister Robert Schuman remains in place
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Reuters
Henri Queuille
Paul Reynaud
Far East
Reynaud
United States
Britain
Dr. Queuille
Korea
Robert Schuman
Mouvement Republicain Populaire
MEP
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Laos
BIDAULT
Georges Bidault
M.R.P
Election Day on Pitcairn Island 1949
On September 21 1949 Pitcairn Island held elections for 200 descendants of the Bounty mutineers. Polls opened at five am and closed at ten am with 80 electors voting. Warren C Christian, descendant of Fletcher Christian, was elected chief magistrate over Parkin Christian. The page also notes a Milwaukee Journal headline on men losing the waistline based on belt size trends from 1946 to 1949.
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SCEMBER
Pitcairn Ifand
Pitcairners
Warren C. Christian
Fletcher Christian
Parkin Christian
Milwaukee Journal
Saigon Editor Lu Khe Is Assassinated
A Vietnamese gunman on a bicycle killed Lu Khe editor of Anh Sang, Saigon’s largest vernacular paper, as he left home for work. This marks the third Vietnamese newspaper journalist slain in two months amid rising regional turmoil linked to orders said to originate from Moscow.
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SAIGON
Indo-China
Reuters
Lu Khe
Anh Sang
Moscow
Asia
Investment in Canadian construction to rise in 1980
Ottawa reports the Trade Department's mid year survey shows investment in new Canadian construction and equipment for 1980 at 3.791 billion dollars, three percent higher than prior estimates and eight percent above last year. The increase is attributed to greater private business investment.
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Trade Department
department
Canada Names Two Observers In Korean Zone
OTTAWA July 3 CP Canada named Lt Col Frank E White DS O of Winnipeg and Wing Commander Harry Makin DF C AFC of Ottawa to serve as military observers with the United Nations commission on Korea. Their nominations go to UN headquarters at Lake Success for air departure to Korea. takeoff date not set. White, 41, is acting director of the Royal Canadian Armored Corps at Ottawa HQ. Makin, 34, a former WWII bomber and pathfinder, is with RCAP Ottawa personnel division.
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Canada
Frank E. White
DS.O
Winnipeg
Harry Makin
DF.C
AFC
United Nations commission on
Korea
departments of
external affairs and
national defence
United Nations
Lake Successrom
Pearson
Col. White
Royal Canadian Armored Corps
army headquarters
Malkin
United Kingdom
RCAP
Train Hits Bus Killing 23 Excursionists in France
Twenty three excursionists were killed when a train struck a bus at a crossing near Bourg-en-Bresse France. Three others were severely hurt. Officials said crossing gates were not down at the time.
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BOURG - EN - BRESSEE
France
Lyon
Agence France-Tyreeve
Extra pound of sugar for Britons announced
Britain will issue an extra one pound of sugar for each person in the family, extending weekly rations. Food Minister Maurice Webb announced the change in Bradford, Yorkshire, stating households will receive 1 1/4 pounds per week instead of the usual 1/2 pound per person.
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BRADFORD
Yorkshire
Enc
Reuters
Britain
Maurice Webb
Lake of the Woods Near Record High in Ontario
Lake of the Woods waters today stood within a foot of the 1916 high as engineers forecast further rise. The spring run off into the Winnipe River has swollen streams and lakes across northwestern Ontario for a month, causing mainly road and lakeside damage with only minor overall impact.
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KENORA
Bertrand Russell predicts ten year third world war
Sydney July 3 Reuters Bertrand Russell in an interview predicts Russia would go to war to avoid losing face in Asia and says the third world war would last ten years If it occurs it would likely start in Europe and Asia more or less simultaneously He notes hydrogen bombs as a future factor and that Russia feels better prepared for active war against America now than later.
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SYDNEY
Australia
Reuters
Bertrand Russell
Russia
Asia
Earl Russell
house of lords
America
Europe
One Killed As Santa Maria Refinery Razed
An oil refinery fire near Santa Maria California resulted from an explosion. One worker was killed and 26 tanks of crude oil and the processing plant were destroyed. Nineteen others were injured, six seriously. Smoke rose over the city as crews could not approach within 160 feet of the blaze. The Suan Ray Oil Company refinery lies on the western outskirts with no nearby homes.
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SANTA MARIA
Calif
l— Ap oil
Suan Ray Oil Company
Fernie Man Killed In Train Crash Near Elko
Harold Thompson 22 of Fernie B C and native of Bondhead Ontario was killed instantly when the speeder he rode collided with a westbound CPR passenger train a mile east of Elko B C An inquest will be held in Fernie Thompson had worked as a telegraph lineman for two years and was to be married. this follows another railway collision earlier in January near Cranbrook that killed two men Corporal Malcolm MacDonald is leading the investigation
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Harold Thompson
Fernie
B.C
Bondhead
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Elko
Thompson
Malcolm MacDonald
East Kootenay
U S Marines Ordered to Japan as Korea Support Grows
Washington announced that United States Marines and Marine air units will be sent to Japan reporting to General MacArthur to bolster forces in Korea. North Korea protested to the United Nations at Lake Success over American intervention and bombardment in Korea.
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