History of Air Crash Over Mont l'Obiou In Snowstorm
Alpine rescue teams found no survivors among 58 aboard the Canadian Pilgrim, a Rome to Montreal Holy Year pilgrimage airliner. The wreckage lay scattered on Mont l Obiou in France after it collided with the mountain in a blizzard. Thirteen priests, twelve Canadians, and most lay passengers were from Quebec. seven crew were Canadian.
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Rome
Montreal
Guerne France
Mont l’Obiou
hoisore
Paris
Quebec province
AH EGYPT WHY WAST THOU BORN Diary of I Norman Smith in Egypt
Canadian editor I Norman Smith recounts a birthday in Cairo and a tense transit through Saudi Arabia after leaving India. He notes hotel checks, health certificates, airline hassles, and a Constellation flight to Dahran at 129 am. The narrative continues on the back page.
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I. NORMAN SMITH
The Herald
CAIRO
Egypt
India
Bombay
Dahran
Saudi Agabia
Frozen Silence In Korea
A brutal winterfront grips Korea as temperatures hold near six above zero, freezing battlegrounds from Changjin to the Manchuria border. US 1st corps and 7th division units endure Arctic winds, wind-chill approaching 21 below, while American troops receive Arctic gear and parka-clad reinforcements.
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SEOUL
Korea
United States
1st corps
U.S. eighth army
Changjin
U.S. 7th division
Manchuria
Mth
Canadian Chambers Promote Self Help Lighting in Towns
Reports from The Canadian Chamber of Commerce show local business groups urging voluntary effort. In Cranberry Portage Manitoba the village’s main street lacked lighting until Harry Yee, owner of the Chinese Cafe, installed a surplus power system and donated it to illuminate the street.
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Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Cranberry Portage
Manitoba
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Yee
Ricky Sharpe of Munson Wins World Wheat Crown
Thirteen year old Ricky Sharpe of Munson Alberta won the Royal Winter Fair world wheat championship, the first junior to do so since the fair began in 1922. He grew Thatcher wheat on a 314 acre Drumheller area plot and was honored with the Canadian National Railways trophy from Lord Digby. John Eliuk of Hairy Hill Alberta won the Victory oats world championship. Howard Roppel of Rockford won the reserve grand wheat championship.
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ORONTO
Ricky Sharpe
Munson
Alta
Ricky
Drumheller
Amy Kelsey
Erickson
B.C
Canadian National Railways
Lord Digby
Royal Agricultural Society of Britain
P. J. Rock
Rock
ELIUK
John Eliuk
Hairy Hill
Alberta
Howard Roppel
Rockford
Passengers Listed From Crashed Plane
Rome reports agents for the airliner Canadian Pilgrim that crashed last night in southeast France have issued a passenger and crew list. It includes 13 clergymen, 38 laymen, and seven crew members. Clergy named include Mser. J. Alderville Bureau, 47, former Laval University canonical law dean, and others such as Rev. Isidore Drouin, Rev. Paul-Emile Giroux, Rev. Joseph Pelchat, Rev. Antoine Provencher, and Rev. William Vachon from Quebec parishes and missions.
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ROME
France
J. Alderville Bureau
Laval University
Quebec
D.O.T. Storage Garage At Kenyon Field Razed
A fire and explosion destroyed a 30 by 90 foot Department of Transport storage garage at Kenyon Field injuring seven men slightly and causing about 70000 in damages. Nearby buildings and fuel were undamaged. an adjoining structure sustained minor damage. No insurance covered the loss.
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department of transport
Kenyon Field
Campbell Clinic
No. 1
Charles Heaven
W. H. Short
P.FR.A
18th Field Regiment
Octopus Defence First Real Test Of Communist Theory
HAL BOYLE explains how UN forces beat North Korea on the battlefield while North Korean remnants, with Chinese backing, seek to rebuild. US intelligence, citing Gen MacArthur, suggests only about 60,000 NK soldiers remain from a prewar force of ~400,000 as the octopus defence theory is weighed.
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HAL BOYLE
EIGHTH ARMY
KOREA
United Nations
U.N
MacArthur
Fair visitors foil suspected pickpocket at Royal Winter Fair
Two Saskatchewan visitors thwarted a theft at the Royal Winter Fair when Thoroff Soggie and Hubert Gadd detained Joe Rosenfeld after a streetcar scuffle. Soggie, carrying 111 dollars, felt a lift from his hip pocket and, with Gadd, restrained the suspect until police arrived. Rosenfeld, 50, was arrested on a theft charge and allegedly handed over the recovered money.
Turkish Soldier Killed in Korean Train Attack
In Korea near Seoul on Monday a Turkish soldier was killed and two others wounded when guerrillas fired on a troop train. The train did not stop as it moved north toward the battle area, according to Eighth Army spokesmen.
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8th ARMY
Korea
Seoul
Eighth Army
Infertility Could Often Be Cured Says Texas Doctor
St Louis dispatch notes Dr. William F. Mengert of the University of Texas urged doctors to avoid wasting time and money on dubious infertility treatments for childless couples. He said about one third of the five million U.S. couples with fertility problems might be helped by specific surgical and other procedures after case history study. When no clear cause exists and minor defects fail to yield results, couples should be told their infertility is relative rather than pursued with dubious treatments.
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ST. LOUIS
William F. Mengert
University of Texas
United States
Curfew Follows Slaying in Venezuela
ARACAS Venezuela Nov 14 Curfew and suspension of civil liberties were ordered after the shooting death of Acting President Lt Col Carlos Delgado Chalbaud. Delgado head of a three man junta that seized power in 1948. Embassy says he was surrounded and shot by a group led by Rafael Simon Urbina who was arrested with others. State of siege declared. foreigners warned to stay away.
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ARACAS
Venezuela
Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
Delgado
Bogota
Caracas
Rafael Simon Urbina
New York
Mail truck hold-up nets cash in Kitchener
A mail-truck driver reported a gunman held up the downtown Kitchener vehicle and escaped with 11,000 dollars from a mail sack. Police did not release the driver's name. The truck carried 32 mail bags, and one registered-mail bag had been slashed.
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KITCHENER
Ont
Howe Laudatory Of Wheat Agreements In Canada
Trade Minister Howe praised the United Kingdom Canada wheat agreement before the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool delegates. He said the deal allowed Canada to move wheat surpluses into markets annually while U S surpluses accumulated. He noted Marshall Plan funds supported UK purchases of Canadian wheat as Britain's dollar supply dwindled.
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REGINA
Howe
United Kingdom
Canada
Canad
United States
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Britain
Quebec Churches Hold Special Prayers For Pilgrims
Candles burned in scores of Quebec churches as anxious relatives prayed for nearly 50 Roman Catholic pilgrims aboard a DC 4 airliner that crashed in the French Alps. The Canadian Pilgrim carried 51 passengers and seven crew from Rome to Paris on the Holy Year homeward leg, many from Quebec City area. Prime Minister St Laurent, in Montreal, voiced concern for friends possibly on board.
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MONTREAL
Quebec
French Alps
Rome
Paris
Vatican City
St. Laurent
Quebec City
Laval University
St. Gregoire De Montmorency
Wrecked airliner scene described as scattered bodies
Rescue reports from Grenoble say the Canadian Pilgrim DC-4 crashed in the Alps killing 58. First rescuer Valette Desia described pieces of bodies and metal over a 560 yard area, with snow covering the wreckage as the plane struck a rocky face at full power.
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GRENOBLE
France
French Alps
Valette Desia
BRITAIN
LONDON
John Strachey
house of commons
EDMONTON
Tanner
Alberta
Alberta Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board
Calgary
VANCOUVER
British Columbia
Alice Robertson
Surrey
M. Northram
Victoria
TORONTO
George F. Mingotena Halifax
Canada
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan
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