17 Days Left in Truce Talks for Korean Armistice
In MUNSAN Korea Allied and Communist negotiators face only 17 days to reach an armistice within a 30 day limit. The talks entered their sixth month with demands for immediate prisoner exchanges and disputes over enforcement of a ceasefire. Deadlock and delay mark the process though some officers privately foresee a possible agreement by December 27, the agreed deadline for a buffer zone across Korea.
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Munsan
Korea
38Th
North Korea
Oil pipeline firms withdraw West applications
Ottawa CP Two oil pipeline companies withdraw applications to build lines from Alberta fields to the west coast as the Board of Transport Commissioners opens hearings on five routes to Vancouver. Trans Mountain seeks an Edmonton to Vancouver line on a northern route with an $80,028,000 cost and an 1953 completion target.
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Ottawa
Alberta
West
Independent Pipe Line Company
Westcoast Transmission Company
Board of Transport Commissioners
Alberta-Vancouver
Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Company
Alberta Natural Gas Company
Champion Pipe Line Corporation
Trans-Mountain
Edmonton
Vancouar
Independent
Westcoast
Alberta Natural Gas
Champion
Vancouver
Donald L. Roberts
Canadian Bechtel, Ltd
Heven
Medicine Hat Civic Election Sees Light Turnout
Voters at Medicine Hat's 1951 civic election total roughly 1,000 across nine polling centers, about 10 percent of the 11,004 eligible. Returning officer W. A. Keith reports smooth operation with light morning registration and predicts higher turnout as weather improves. Polls stay open until 8 pm and free transport is available by telephoning 2835. Nine aldermanic candidates include J. W. Douglas, R. C. Gardner, Mrs. L. E. Gust, Ernest Heald, J. P. Marsh, N. E. Marshall, W. E. McCombs, George Oliphant, S. F. Scott.
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Medicine Hat
W. A. Keith
DRO
Jay-Dee
J. W. Douglas
R. C. Gardner
L. E. Gust
Ernest Heald
J. P. Marsh
N. E. Marshall
W. E. McCombs
George Oliphant
S. F. Scott
Lethbridge
UN Body Delays East German View on Free Elections
The United Nations special political committee postponed airing East Germanys views on a proposed survey to gauge readiness for unified free elections in Germany. East German delegation from Berlin said it is not yet ready to present its position, with West German officials noting broad German desire for an inquiry including East Germanys 18 million residents. Anton Ackerman stated the delegation would speak before the committee only when prepared.
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Paris
United Nations
United States
Britain
France
Germany
East Germany
Anton Ackerman
Politburo
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Jakob A. Malik
Orly
Typhoon Hits Philippines Suffering From Volcano
A 125 mile an hour typhoon struck the central Philippines killing at least 14 and leaving thousands homeless. Cebu city suffered the worst damage as many light buildings were wrecked and roofs torn off. Volcanic activity on Hibok Hibok added danger with lava flows and ash.
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Manila
Philippines
Sulu
Associated Press
Frank A. White
Cebu City
Cebu
White
Philippine News Service
Iloilo
Panay Island
Negros Island
Panay
Bacolod
Camiguin Island
Hibok Hibok
G. Hernandez
Felippines Airline
European Leaders Clash Over Pleven Plan And Defence Policy
In Strasbourg Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Van Zeeland and Italian Premier Alcide De Gasperi debated Europe’s defence policy ahead of six power talks on the Pleven plan. Van Zeeland pressed for British participation in a diluted Pleven model, while De Gasperi urged immediate steps toward a political federation to back a unified army.
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Strasbourg
France
Paul van Zeeland
Alcide de Gasperi
Europe
European Consultative Assembly
van Zeeland
de Gasperi
Britain
Western
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
West Germany
Egypt weighs cutting diplomatic ties with Britain after Suez clash
Cairo considers severing relations with Britain in response to British actions in Suez zone and the demolition of an Arab village. The cabinet approved confiscation of Gezira Club lands and ordered discharge of about 250 Britons in Egyptian government posts. Two British soldiers were slain and another wounded in Ismailia amid rising casualties.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Ibrahim Farag Pasha
Suez Canala
Ismalia
Suez
Gezira Sporting Club
Aggresson
Hong Kong Textile Workers Idle Amid Market Pressures
Thousands of textile workers in Hong Kong, a British colony, were idle due to competition from cheap Japanese cotton goods in Southeast Asia and the US embargo on Hong Kong raw cotton. Reduced demand from Pakistan cotton yarn buyers also contributed to unemployment.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong Standard
United States
Pakistan
Cold snap grips Saskatchewan and Alberta regions
Cold air blankets Saskatchewan with subfreezing night temperatures and strong west winds slow Alberta's warmup. Regions including Peace River Edmonton and Coronation sit at the edge of the cold air with invasion risk. Medicine Hat sees mixed sun and continuing mild, west winds 15, lows near 25, highs around 40.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Peace River
Edmonton
Coronation
Medicine Hat
May Set Up Commission To Study Reducing Arms
A high diplomatic source says western powers and Russia agreed to form a disarmament commission to consider east and west plans for arms reduction and atomic controls. The only concrete result of secret talks, with no agreed plan for immediate atomic prohibition, to be set before the UN political committee before Christmas.
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Paris
Russia
Philip Jessup
Selwyn Lloyd
Andrei Vishinsky
Jules Moch
Luis Padilla Nervo
Mexico
Ast
Big Vote Possible Calgary Election
Calgary West by election expected to draw a heavy turnout amid favorable weather and a three way race among Carl Nickle Liberal Dr Frank Buchanan and Arthur Dixon. Last race in 1949 saw 27054 of 38231 cast with Conservatives historically holding the seat. 194? turnout and current numbers noted. Polls open 8 am MST close 5 pm with 44801 eligible voters.
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Calgary
Calgary West
Tising
Carl Olof Nickle
Frank Gordon Buchanan
Arthur Johnson Dixon
Social Credit
A. L. Smith
C. C. Matthews
Social
Mr. Dixon
Smith
R. B. Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Col
D. G. L. Cunnington
Canadian Dollar Near Parity With U S Funds
The Bank of Canada quoted noon rate for United States funds at 1.01 15/16 with Saturday close at 1.02. The pound sterling traded around 2.85 7/16 compared with 2.8554 on Saturday.
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Canada
United States
Bank of Canada
Yugoslav Newspaper Purges Eight Editors
Reuters reports eight Borba editorial staffers, official Yugoslav Communist party newspaper, were purged for pro-Russian activities, according to reliable sources.
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Belgrade
Reuters
Borba
Yugoslav Communist Party
Smilestones Students Penitentiary Journalists Preference
A humorous note suggests journalism students in a penitent setting may end sentences with the word thirty instead of a period reflecting playful punctuation bias.
Rescuers Save Man From Backyard Cave in Pendleton
In Pendleton Oregon rescuers pulled 51 year old Orman Vina Ford from a 15 foot well after a cave in near his home. His son Leon Ford aged 18 spent seven hours in a narrow 4 foot wide shaft bracing walls and aiding the effort before his father was freed.
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Pendleton
Ore
Orman Vina Ford
Ford
Leon
Inflation Hammers U.S. Defence Budget in 1951 Report
The Defence Department warns inflation will worsen the Korean War era rearmament program. About two billion dollars of ten billion authorized procurement were lost to rising prices, with food costs rising for daily rations. Gen. George C. Marshall notes potential rises despite essential national security needs and mentions thermo nuclear weapon research at Eniwetok. The Air Force reports a guided missile for protecting long range bombers.
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Washington (P
Defence Department
Department
George C. Marshall
Eniwetok Island
Pacific
Air Force
Police seize liquor at Vancouver cabarets raid
Vancouver police raided three cabarets and several other premises Saturday night and Sunday, seizing 60 bottles of liquor. Officers said several people will be summoned for possessing liquor in a public place. The Mayling Cabaret Club New Orleans and Narrows Supper Club were raided in North Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B.C
Mayling
New Orleans
The
Narrows
Mrs Roosevelt Answers Catholic Press on Immortality
In Paris Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt rejected claims she doubts immortality. She commented on Tidings criticism from Archbishop McIntyre of Los Angeles and reaffirmed belief in immortality though unsure of its form. She noted a CBS radio program and said she is a fatalist who will face the future with courage.
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Paris
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tidings
Los Angeles
J. Francis A. McIntyre
United Nations’ Commission On Human Rights
Roosevelt
al Antezak
Mrs. Roosevelt
Drunk Pilot in Plane Crash Arrest Triggers Confusion
Dallas Georgia police detained a pilot after a crash. Bob Cabaniss reportedly had no license and provided changing hometown details. He was found with an open parachute in the plane and a forehead gash, claiming confusion about the airport.
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Dallas
Lottie Whites
Bob Cabaniss
UN Troops Repel Red Probing Attacks on Korean Front
UN forces report nine minor Communist probing attempts repelled along the Korean front over yesterday and today. U S Eighth Army says no significant ground activity aside from those skirmishes. A Pyongyang broadcast claims artillery pounding enemy positions and success on eastern fronts. U S Fifth Air Force jets report 10 Red aircraft sighted with no contact, while an F 84 Thunderjet and F 51 Mustang were shot down by ground fire.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
United States
Eighth Army
Radio
Air Force
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