Sinking Norweigian Ferry Skagerak Abandons Ship In North Sea
About 160 passengers and crew abandoned a sinking Skagerak off North Jutland during a violent storm. Coastal radio said 121 were rescued as helicopters landed survivors and ambulances waited. Captain Anstein Dvergnes and 10 crew stayed aboard as the 2708 ton vessel listed and deck cargo shifted.
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Hirtshals
Denmark
Reuters
Skagerak
Jutland
Anstein Dvergnes
Kristiansand
Norway
North Jutland
Carl, Dalfin
Hanseatic Liner Burns in New York Harbor Fire
A West German passenger liner the Hanseatic burned in Hudson River harbor at pier 84 New York. Fire officials reported oil fed fire in the engine room spreading to five decks as crews evacuated about 500 crew and 318 passengers. Over 200 firemen fought the blaze with 40 fire apparatus plus Coast Guard cutters and tugs on standby. No injuries reported. ship moored amid heavy smoke after arriving from Cherbourg and once named Empress of Japan.
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New York
Hanseatic
Europe
Canadian Pacific Steamships
Robert O. Lowery
U.S. Coast Guard
Hori
Pier 84
Hudson River
44Th Street
Manhattan
Coast Guard
Cherbourg
France
Glasgow
Scotland
Japan
Pacific
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Dominions
Hamburg-Atlantic Line
Weather record set in Medicine Hat September 2 1948
The article notes a high of 95 degrees in Medicine Hat on September 2 1948. It states other prairie centers reached 92 degrees in Lethbridge and Saskatoon, with Prince Albert and Coronation recording 82 degrees.
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Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Coronation
Apartheid policy to be retained by South Africa
South Africa's Nationalist party vowed to uphold Verwoerd's policies after his assassination. The caucus met in Cape Town to urge continued racial segregation, while plans for a state funeral in Pretoria circulated. The acting premier, Theophilus Donges, eyed the premiership as police probed the killer Tsafendas.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Hendrik Verwoerd
Verwoerd
Donges
Judah
Dimitri Stafendas
Rail workers return as nationwide strike ends
The Canadian National and Canadian Pacific say operations are fully restored coast to coast after Parliament ordered an end to the weeklong rail strike. About 118,000 workers participated in demands for wage hikes and better benefits, with a new interim 18 percent raise set for two years and negotiations to follow by November 15. Mediation by Carl Goldenberg was named, and compulsory arbitration looms if progress stalls.
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CNR
CPR
Carl Goldenberg
Montreal
Angus
Chemical workers appeal to City Council over plant closure
Northwest Nitro Chemical Plant layoffs of 270 workers sparked a council session led by Lloyd Eckroth and Ray Arnott seeking clarity on the plant’s fate. Alderman Earl Smith urged disclosure while Mayor Weiner rejected closure rumors, blaming wage talks and urging both sides to reach a settlement.
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Nitro Chemical
Lloyd Eckroth
Ray Arnott
Council
Ald
Earl Smith
Médicine Hat
Smith
Alberta Western
Harry Weiner
Veiner
Rubey Denies Rail Strike Rumors About Northwest Nitro
A. H. Rubey vice-president of Northwest Chemical Co. Ltd. speaks after meeting with Mayor Harry Weiner to correct rumors about the rail strike impacting Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd. He notes inventories were high and shipments to Canadian and U.S. customers would have occurred without the strike, but the disruption forced temporary stoppage and ongoing uncertain car supply.
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A. H. Rubey
Northwest Chemical Co. Ltd
Harry Weiner
Siniée
Northwest Nitro-Chemicals Ltd
Northwest Nitro
U.S
Northwest
Zambia Demands Tougher Action On Rhodesia Crisis
At the Commonwealth conference Zambia urged stronger measures against the Rhodesian white-minority regime. Foreign Minister Simon Kapwepwe pressed for military action by Britain or the Commonwealth or the UN, outlining three conditions tied to enforcement if sanctions prove ineffective.
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London
Zambia
Rhodesia
Britain
Commonwealth
United Nations
Simon Kapwepwe
Commonwealth Conference
Wilson
Canada
Arnold Smith
Kapwepwe
Smith
Brita
Kenneth Kaunda
Kaunda
Ian Smith
The Bluff Your Way Books Bring Easy Conversational Fakery
A London publisher introduces The Bluffer's Guides a series of paperbacks to help readers appear knowledgeable without study. Martin Seymour-Smith advises on literature and critics, Hemingway Faulkner and pop music, urging flexible opinions, vague terms, and a casual air to sound worldly.
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London
GAP
Peter Wolfe
Itera
Martin Seymour - Smith
Crics
Hemingway
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Albany
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Cholon
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Dong Hoi
Ator Rg
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Ane
Prairies
Badatteehsdensrade
Edmonton
Calgary
Ap-Reuters
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Tsafendakis
Stifianos
Chipendis
Tsafendas
Parliament
John Stanley
the News
Cliff Adam
Weiner
William Faulkner
Faulkner
Wordsworth
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