Eisenhower says it is ridiculous to fear Soviet strength
Washington reports note Gen. Eisenhower tells Senate subcommittee that free world resources rival the iron curtain and should dispel fright. Senator Lester Hunt warns against letting this view lull Congress, while urging faster availability of American arms to Europe.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Lester Hunt
Dem
Wyo
Armed Services Committee
North Atlantic
Congress
Hisenhower
Senate Foreign
Eisenhower
Soviet Bloc
Hunt
Europe
Train Car Collision Kills 3 Near Calgary
Week end highway toll rises with at least six killed in the west. At Carseland Alta a 47 car CPR freight train struck a car carrying Leslie Simm 42 his son Alen 9 and Robert Allan all of Bowness Alta. The trio were fishing when hit at a level crossing.
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Edmonton
Carseland
Alta
Canadian -Pacific Railway
Leslie Simm
Alen
Robert Allan
Bowness
Calgary
G. R. Price
Port Arthur
AH Nystrom
Sweden
Amil Frakas
Tehran Pessimistic Over Oil Nationalization Talks
Tehran officials expressed pessimism over oil nationalization negotiations with Britain as London delayed presenting a settlement draft. Richard Stokes planned to outline a proposal after meeting with the Shah, while Iranian officials cautioned that recent delays reduce optimism for a satisfactory Iranian response.
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Tehran
Richard Stokes
Stokes
Kazem Hassibi
Foreign Office
Iranian Oil Nationalization Board
Allayar Saleh
Anglo Iranian Oil Company
Anglo-Iranian
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Polish Navy Mutineers Take Refuge in Sweden
Sweden invited twelve Polish navy mutineers who seized their mine sweeper and steered it to Ystad on August 2. The Swedish government rejected Poland’s request to arrest them, avoiding extradition.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Hadregfarrison
Ystad
Poland
Second Chilly Wave Forecast For Southern Alberta
The meteorologist notes a mix of warm pockets and widespread chill across the prairies. Lethbridge Medicine Hat region stayed cooler with 63 degrees amid 80 degree normals, rainfall totaling .69 inch in early August, and crops benefiting from cooler weather. Fort Norman reached 86 inside the Arctic corridor, while Aklavik and Yellowknife posted 84 and 82 as BC air ushers in more cool air.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Arctic
Lethbridge Medicine Hat
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Fort Norman
Arctic Circle
Aklavik
MacKenzie River
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Prince Albert
Sask
Peace Talks Stall Over Buffer Zone Demands
North Korea’s Lt. Gen Nam refused to modify demands for a buffer zone along the 38th parallel. He stated progress hinges on UN changes and criticized the UN communiqué as unsatisfactory.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Nam 1
Red Pyongyang
U.N
Nam II
Pyongyang
Nam
38Th ‘Parallel
Kaesong
British Doctors Deny Using Patients as Human Guinea Pigs
The British medical journal Practitioner questions patient consent in experiments and cites Nazi vivisection as a warning. Doctors deny using patients as laboratory animals and emphasize that patient trust and welfare must not be sacrificed for knowledge gains.
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London
Med- Cut Association
35-Pound Sturgeon Jumps Into Boat
Rene LaFrance, 14, of Pembroke Ontario and his seven year old brother Ronnie were cruising the Ottawa river when a 45 inch long 35 pound sturgeon leaped into their boat. No fishing line was used. Other boatmen heard the screams and confirmed the incident.
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Ottawa (Cp
Rene LaFrance
Pembroke
Ont
Ronnie
Ottawa River
Western Style Boeing Irks Reds at Football Match
Berlin reports say East German sports fans booed Moscow Dynamo and the referee at a youth festival football match. Neue Deutschland quoted spectators as denouncing Dynamo and the official as the Russians dominated with two wins, the latest match ending in a scoreless first half before Moscow’s officiating drew loud protests.
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Boeing Irks Reds
Berlin
East Berlin
Moscow
Dynamo
Neue Deutschland
Christian Democrat
Neue Zeit
Sermon Opens Drive In Worship at Boston Church
Rev. Dr. Ernest Lyman Mills launched a Sunday worship series at a Boston drive in theatre drawing about 300 attendees. Congregants heard the sermon over car speakers that usually deliver movie dialogue and music.
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Boston
Ernest Lyman Mills
Red Praise Parade Outdoes Nazis in Berlin Hail Stalin
In Berlin a million Communist youths ended a screaming parade praising Stalin as fuehrer and wise teacher. The youths pledged loyalty to the Soviet leader and opposed Western imperialists as they left the streets hoarse and exhausted.
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Berlin
Stalin
Hitler
Russia
Moonlight Helps Rescue Sportsman From Quebec Bush
Rupert T. Zickle, a wealthy Westchester sportsman, was rescued after being accidentally shot in the abdomen. Two aircraft reached Lake areas near the Sakaigan Hunting and Fishing Club, about 90 miles north of Montreal, to aid him. Doctors and pilots spent 24 hours in the trek through three miles of virgin bush to reach and evacuate the injured man at night.
Australia selects British .280 rifle for army use
Australia will adopt the British .280 calibre rifle after joint Atlantic Pact standardization talks. Army Minister Josiah Francis announced the decision at a training camp near Brisbane, noting cooperation with Britain on development as the US Canada and others pursue a separate .300 calibre standard. Defence Minister Emanuel Shinwell said Britain will proceed with pre production plans for the rifle.
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Brisbane
Australia
Reuters
Josiah Francis
Francis
Here
Britain
United States
Canada
Washington
Defence
Emanuel Shinwell
Smilestones: Pot ter’s earnings highlight maker’s credit
A casual remark praises Mr. Potter as a man who makes things noting he earned $50,000 last year. The quote underscores value placed on craftsmanship and productive work in the community.
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Mr. Potter
Ecuador Protests Border Incidents
Quito charges Peru with aggression on the disputed frontier and vows not to be deterred from asserting Ecuadorian claims. A foreign ministry note says Peruvian troops attacked two Ecuadoran outposts last week, while Peru denies the charges blaming drunken Ecuadoran troops.
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Quito
Ecuador
Peru
Americas
Chinchipe
New Burns Dressing Aids Atom Wound Care
Davis and Geck, Inc. unveiled a aureomycin dressing for burns described as an important step in medical preparations for atomic warfare. The gauze bandage impregnated with aureomycin in an ointment base targets large numbers with serious infected burns and helps prevent infections in minor burns.
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New York
Davis and Geck, Inc
British warships visit cancelled in Egypt
CAIRO Reuters reports a proposed visit by British warships to Egyptian ports has been cancelled, according to a British embassy spokesman. Wellington New Zealand party bids for re election Sept 1 on a tax cut and benefits platform. Budapest protests Yugoslav border violations. Cranbrook bans logging and public works hours to 5 am to 1 pm for fire prevention. Rome earthquakes shake central and southern Italy. Ancona residents flee. Kodiak Alaska missing four engine navy patrol bomber with 12 crew. fourth disappearance along Alaska and British Columbia coasts since July 21. Calgary plumbers get 25 cent hourly raise from Aug 1 after arbitration led by W J Snaddon.
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Cairo
Reuters
Wellington
Nationalist
New Zealand
Kodiak
Alaska
British Columbia
Southern Pine war games open at Fort Bragg
Exercise Southern Pine begins at Fort Bragg with about 110000 troops and airmen in a two week manoeuvre, the largest U S field training test since World War II.
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Fort Bragg
N.C
U.S
Catholics Now Bear Brunt Of Red China Persecution
Catholics bear the brunt of Red China persecution as missionaries are jailed or under house arrest. Reports cite Msgr Cuthbert O Gara and Rev Harold Rigney among jailed clergy, with many bishops priests and nuns also imprisoned or held.
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Red
China
Hong Kong
Peiping
Reform Church
Cuthbert O’gara
Ottawa
Yuanling
Harold Rigney
Chicago
Rigney
Catholic Fujen University
Olic
Catholic Church
Anthony Riberi
Monaco
Italy
Nanking
Francis Ford
Kaying
Kwantung Province
Canton
O’gara
Russian to Send Four Man Delegation to San Francisco Peace Talks
Washington reports Russia will send deputy foreign minister Andre Gromyko to head a four man delegation to the Japanese peace treaty conference opening in San Francisco on September 4. Other members include Alexander Panyushkin G N Zarubin and S A Golinski. Moscow has not stated whether it will sign the draft treaty and has criticized the pact as a US tactic to bind Japan to Washington.
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Washington
Russia
United States
San Francisco
State Department
Andre Gromyko
Moscow
Michael J. McDermott
Japan
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Gromyko
Alexander S. Panyushkin
G. N. Zarubin
Britain
S. A. Golinski
Russian Foreign Office
US Planes Continue Supply Line Attacks in Korea
United States Fifth Air Force flew nearly 300 sorties striking Communist troops and targets across railways roads and bridges. They reported 65 enemy casualties 75 supply buildings four bridges and three boats. The Eighth Army noted small patrol actions as Allied chiefs warn of a possible major offensive if armistice talks fail. Two British patrol frigates shifted to shell Red positions near Kaesong as New Zealand Hawea and Australia Murchison observed.
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U.S. Eighth Army
Korea
United States
Fifth Air Force
Kaesong
U.N
Han
New Zealand
Hawea
Australia
Murchison
Clothes Theft Solves Jewelry Robbery
New York police recount a burglary case where Cornelius Hinson awoke in a parked car in underwear after a night out. He found jewelry in a raincoat, turned it to police, and was booked for receiving stolen property. The car owner Frederick Lehsch faces burglary charges.
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New York
Cornelius Hinson
Brooklyn
Hinson
Frederick Lehsch
Lehsch
Tanker A. C. Dodge Grounded Near Alexander Bay
The 987 ton tanker A. C. Dodge ran aground early today in the St Lawrence River about three miles from Alexander Bay. It carries gasoline and is spilling fuel into the river with warnings issued for other vessels to keep clear. The crew remains onboard and no further details are yet available.
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Halifax
A. C. Dodge
St. Lauwrence River
Alexander Bay
RCAF
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