Municipal hospital plebiscite halves city plan vote
The Lethbridge burgesses approve the municipal hospital district plan at $1-a-day hospitalization by a narrow margin 815 to 734 over the Gale hospital board proposal. Only about 1,553 of 5,532 eligible voters cast ballots with four spoiled. Final results awaited by city council. possible second plebiscite or implementation of the Gale plan.
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U.S. Forces Hold Kum River Bridgehead After Probed North Korean Infiltration
North Korean infiltrators dressed as U S soldiers and civilians forced back U S troops on the Kum river left flank near Taejon. The communist bridgehead on the south bank remained intact after heavy losses from ground fire and aerial strafing. U S losses were light among personnel. 1 000 to 2 000 Reds crossed the river and four tanks were knocked out on ferries.
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Associated Press
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Halifax Inspector Macdonell Reassigned to Lethbridge
Halifax July 15. Transfer of Inspector Courtland B. Macdonell who commands the Halifax subdivision of the R C M P to Lethbridge Alta was announced by Assistant Commissioner G M Curleigh. He has led Halifax since April 1947 and will leave next Wednesday for his new post succeeding Inspector F A Regan who moved from Lethbridge to Calgary.
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Calgary
Margaret Chase Smith Seeks Vice Presidential Run
Newsweek says Margaret Chase Smith, Maine Republican Senator, is the party’s vice presidential pick in a dramatic chapter of American politics. The feature recounts her family roots in Skowhegan, Maine, from a barber father to a sash factory grandfather. A young Smith worked at a local five and dime to buy lace shoes for a party dress, illustrating early ambition.
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Newsweek magazine
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AP and UP correspondents banned from Korea front
AP and UP correspondents Tom Lambert and Pete Kalischer were told they could not return to the South Korea front by Col. M. P. Echols and faced bans over dispatches deemed to give aid and comfort to the enemy. Officials in Washington said there was no security or accuracy issue with their reports. Both reporters had been front-line players and were briefly warned, then allowed to return.
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Franconia Strikes Rocks Off Quebec in Sinking Outbreak
The 20,000 ton liner Franconia ran aground near Isle of Orleans causing underwater hull punctures. 850 passengers and 400 crew aboard as divers work amid swift St Lawrence currents. A salvage tug Tra verse was due, while a ces hearing by transport dept was to open aboard the ship.
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Major Hill to go over Niagara Falls in barrel
Niagara Falls Ontario July 15. Bookmakers quote six to one that Major Hill will die if he proceeds with his plan to ride a 12 foot by 725 pound steel barrel over Niagara Falls tomorrow. The 32 year old river pilot says he will do it and later mock critics. Ontario minister Daley warns of fines for park violations and Hill says his trip will not break park rules for the Horseshoe Falls drop.
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Air Lift To Korea Outpaces Berlin Lift Says Troops
In Tokyo reporters observe the Korean air lift moving rapidly with C-47s and C-4s arriving regularly. Sgt. McHenry praises the effort and credits fighter pilots amid damaged enemy railways. US intends broader rearmament in NATO per New York Times dispatch. Task force Yoke readies in Pearl Harbor with Canadian destroyers joining a UN effort. Chiefs of staff return from Korea with optimistic outlook on air lift momentum.
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Governor General visits Calgary Stampede amid weather
Viscount Alexander and family arrived in Calgary for the Stampede as rain shortened attendance. The governor general will close the event Saturday after a day of duties including investiture of RCAP members and awards to veterans. Prime Minister St Laurent opened the Stampede this year.
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Adventists elect Canadian as vice president at world conference
In San Francisco on July 57 the Seventh Day Adventists Priday elected H L Ruds a Canadian, former president of the Canadian Union Conference of Oshawa Ontario, as vice-president at the 46th quadrennial world conference.
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Canadian Union conference
Oshawa
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PARIS
Robert M. Batlet
Dunkerque
Emile Bartin
Norway
Trygve Lie Appeal For Ground Troops In Korea
The external affairs department said the appeal by United Nations secretary-general Trygve Lie for more Korea aid is under government study. It hints at Canada sending ground troops in addition to three destroyers already dispatched, with Lie seeking combat forces from 52 nations. Trade Minister Howe is overseeing the review.
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No Basis Suspect Sabotage in Gosport Fire
Admiral Sir Algernon Willis said there is no reason to suspect sabotage after a preliminary on the spot inquiry into last night's Gosport Harbor blasts. Nine ammunition barges were destroyed, a loading jetty wrecked, three railroad ammo trucks damaged, and doors and windows shattered.
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England
Reuters
Algernon Willis
Gosport
Royal Navy
Red tanks and infantry swarm across Kum River
News dispatches report Communist tanks and infantry battling American defenders around Taejon as bridgeheads are seized at three points in a wide arc. Also notes a corrected communique on division placements and other international events including naval leadership in France, a salvage operation near Orleans, Ecuadorian gov't victory over a revolt, and a Brandon flood crest forecast.
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