Colombia Earthquakes Kill 270, 40,000 Homeless in Seven Towns
The health ministry reported 270 dead in week end quakes across north central Colombia. Arboledas Cucutilla Salazar De La Palmas and surrounding areas were hardest hit with vast damage. Officials rushed troops doctors food and tents while power telegraph lines and roads were disrupted.
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Associated Press
OGOTA
Colombia
health ministry
Cucuta
Arboledas
Cuculla
Salazar
El Siglo
El Tiempo
El Mempo
Arboleda
Invaders Prepare All-Out Attack On Taejon As Tempo Rises
North Korean forces push toward Taejon as 1st and 3rd divisions press from Chonan and Chochiwon. U.S. and allied air power intensifies around-the-clock strikes while enemy armor and reinforcements surge toward the front. Battles flare near Chonan, Umsong, and Chungju with potential for renewed large-scale attacks.
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Invangers
Taejon
Macdarthur
D.T. Nivinday
Chanan
seid Reuters
U.S
Chonan
Chongan
Chochiwon
arca
Chinchon
Lethbridge A C T Band Edged For Second At Stampede
The Lethbridge A C T junior band ceded first place and the Eaton trophy to Swift Current this Monday morning at the Calgary Stampede parade. Judged on marching deportment and music, the local group was edged into second place after winning twice in succession.
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Lethbridge A.C.T
Swift Current
Calgary
Lethbridge
28 Violent Deaths Over Week End
In eastern Canada a CP survey reports at least 28 deaths from violence over the weekend. Ontario and Quebec each recorded 14 fatalities. Causes include 14 drownings, traffic accidents, a lighthouse explosion burn, a train strike, and a fatal horse kick to the chest.
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TORONTO
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Lamprey Threat Hits Great Lakes Fishing Trade
The Ontario Department of Lands and Forests researchers struggle with lampreys harming commercial fishing on the Great Lakes. Lake Huron lake trout catches on the Canadian side have fallen from about 2,000 pounds to 5030 pounds. Lamprey traps capture up to 10,000 pests yearly, but that fails to slow their rise. The department contemplates a commercial use for lampreys, noting a claim that some European races eat them smoked.
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Ontario Department of Lands and Forests
Great Lakes
Canadian
Lake Huron
Jamaica Hit By Shore Battery Fire Near Korea Coast
The cruiser Jamaica, off Korea, was struck by a shore battery shell during a heavy Anglo American bombardment. Five soldiers were killed, one more died of wounds, and four others were injured. The ship was not seriously damaged.
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LONDON
C.P
admiralty
Jamaica
Korea
Press Association
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Red
Yangyang
38th parallel
Prime Minister Opens Calgary Stampede Week
Prime Minister Louis St Laurent opens the Calgary Stampede with a new hat, leading a parade as tens of thousands gather for the week long event. Rain threatens opening day but weather clears, with 120000 Calgarians celebrating Fort Calgary's 1875 founding and a historic stampede start.
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CALGARY
St. Laurent weaay
St. Laurent
wil offiersie
Calgarians
rafn
Fort Calgary
Louis St. Laurent
Royal Canadian Mounted Policemen
Col. J. Maticod
European Cruise Set For August
Ottawa reports Canada will dispatch the aircraft carrier Magnificent with destroyers Huron and Micmac on a late August cruise to European waters. Ca yor, Athabaskan and Sioux now head to Pearl Harbor and may go to Korean waters later. The group will train at Londonderry and visit multiple European ports before Gibraltar on return.
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OTTAWA
Naval headquarters
Magnificent
Huron
Micmac
Cayura
Halifax
Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Portugal
United Kingdom
Gibraltar
London On Strike at Central London Market Feeds Disruption
In London 1500 truck drivers walked out in solidarity with Smithfield meat drivers now in day 16 of a stoppage. About 1415 Londoners did not report for duty while 100 fish haulage workers stopped at Billingsgate. Troops moved in. Attlee and ministers held a cabinet meeting to address transport disruption.
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LONDON
Reuters
Smithfield
Billingsgate
Attlee
Alfred Barnes
Maurice Webb
Hailstorm Leaves Farmers Plowing Under Crops
A severe hail event near Fort St John in early July destroys 5,000 acres of grain, with 450 acres on Howard Atkinson’s 900 acre farm already earmarked for plowing under. Eight miles by four to seven miles affected, wind 50 mph, hail up to walnut size. Eighteen farmers barren of feed. Insurance deemed unnecessary.
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FORT ST. JOHN
D.C
Howard Atkinson
New Napalm Liquid Affected Korean War Battle
Tokyo July 10 reports list numerous casualties among Red ground troops during a weekend assault by allied rockets bombs and machine gun fire. For the first time the jelly like explosive Napalm is used, carried in belly tanks and dropped to spray flaming gasoline on contact.
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TOKYO
21 Killed In French Air Crash
Casablanca Morocco July 16 AP a French passenger plane crashed soon after take off from Casablanca airport killing 21 of 30 aboard Eight survivors suffered critical injuries A burning wreckage fell on a nearby house injuring a mother and child The DC 3 operated by Air Afrique Azur bound Paris to Dakar four crew members died Investigators cite sudden unexplained lights failure then blackout left propeller struck a hill and fire ensued
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CASABLANCA
French Morocco
ames Sundsy
Aigie- Azur
Blue Eagle
Paris
Dakar
Keeper Of Prison Bloodhounds Makes Escape
The keeper of the bloodhounds at the Tennessee state prison escaped yesterday. Charles Lenning, about 30, a trusted inmate serving 12 years for house breaking and larceny, walked away from his post. Guards said the hounds trailed to a dead end as Lenning entered an automobile and went at large.
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NASHVILLE
Tenn
Tennessee state prison
Charles Lenning
Lenning
Edmonton to Orient direct air service announced
Grant McConachie of Canadian Pacific Airlines told Edmonton chamber luncheon the Edmonton to Orient route will be direct within 60 days with Whitehorse as a key stop. CPA seeks Edmonton North Bathford link and expects jets to Tokyo in two years. The Yukon Northbound service marked its 13th anniversary with rapid passenger growth from 22 in year one to 10,000 last year.
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EDMONTON
Alta
Orient
Grant McConachie
Canadian Pacific Airlines
chamber of commerce
McConachie
C.P.A.s
Aklavik
C.P.A
Tokyo
Whitenore
Yukon Southerner Transport
Savage Aussie Air Attack On North Korean Positions
Australian Mustang fighters led allied planes in a heavy strafing and rocket attack on North Korean tanks and infantry driving southward. The raid included 12 rocket runs and sustained machine-gun strafing as planes dove and returned at tree-top height amid cheering from American forces.
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ROY MACARTNEY
KOREA
Reuters
U S Defence Dept Seeks 20000 Draftees At Once
United States defence department requests twenty thousand draftees at the earliest date to meet manpower needs. Selective service to start with twenty five year olds and descend the line.
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U.S. DEFENCE DEPT
WASHINGTON
United States defence department
army
department
CADOMIN CADOMIN
Alta
Cadomin Coal Co
R.C.MLP
Rade Kasanovich
U.S
SOUTH KOREA
Otto P. Weyland
United States
Japan
U.S. CHIEFS OF STAFF
MacARTHUR WASHINGTON
United States army
air force
Tokyo
defence department
Lawton J. Collins
Host S. Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Austria
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Cayuga
Athabaskan
Sioux
Macarthur
Umsong- Chungju
Umsong
Chungju
A.CT
Noranda
D. C. Yates
Gates
simar
P.M
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Fort St. John Fields
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