U N to Fast Track Korea Question After Filibuster Ended
The United Nations General Assembly's political committee began extraordinary consideration of Korea after adjourning to end a Soviet bloc filibuster. The resolution would empower UN forces and a commission to supervise unification, rehabilitation, and elections in Korea under General MacArthur.
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Lake Success
N.Y
United Nations Assembly
Suipifice
Andrei ¥. Vishinsky
Russia
R. Urdaneta Arbelaez
Colombia
Vishinsky
Pisek
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
U.N
38Th Parallel
North Korea
MacArthur to Demand Surrender in Seoul Liberation Ceremony
MacArthur prepares to broadcast a surrender demand from Seoul with strong terms and a formal call for North Korea to lay down arms. The broadcast will be in Korean and repeated at noon local time. South Korea readies a liberation ceremony Friday with assurances there will be no reprisal for surrendering forces.
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Tse Ee PG AL A Arabids
MacArthur
Seoul
South Korea pushes UN forces to cross 38th parallel
Pusan radio reports the South Korean assembly unanimously approved a four point message to the United Nations forces. The request includes immediate realization of eight proposals from the U.N. General Assembly and the return of Korean refugees as part of the aid package.
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Tokyo
Pusan
United Nations
38Th Parallel
U.N. General Assembly
South Zoo
Isolated battles continue as forces edge toward 38th parallel
Allied forces press toward the 38th parallel as U S troops advance within 24 miles of it and seek Reds in the Kimpo peninsula. Artillery and air strikes hit Communist positions along the boundary while ships including the Royal Navy cruiser Ceylon and Canadian destroyer Athabaskan bombard targets near Taecong and Kunsan.
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South Korea
Leif Erickson
Chorwon
Red Army
Seoul
United States
Kimpo
Han River
Yellow Sea
U.S. Navy
Ceylon
Taecong
Athabaskan
Kunsan
High Defence Costs Hit Social Security
Ottawa reports that defence spending is rising toward a billion dollars a year, jeopardizing new social security programs and universal old age pensions. The piece notes ongoing Korean War pressures and the likely continuation of higher taxes, with December talks to address taxation and social security in Canada.
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Ottawa
Quebec
U.N
Old Age Security Committee
Korea
United States
Canada
Athabaskan Attacks Red Shore Batteries Near Kun San
The Canadian destroyer Athabaskan bombarded targets near Kun San on the southwest Korean coast. Australian destroyer Bataan joined in the action, one mine was destroyed, and no casualties were reported. Athabaskan previously raided Oran in the Yellow Sea, with 70 communists killed. Other Canadian ships in Korean waters include Sioux and Cayuga.
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Tokyo
Athabaskan
Kun- San
Korea
Navy
Bataan
Kunsan
South Korea
Cmdr
R. P. Welland
McCreary
Man
Oran
Yellow Sea
Athbaskan
Sioux
Paul Taylor
Victoria
Cayuga
J. V. Brock
Winnipeg
Churchill Celebrates Fifty Years in Commons
London reports a golden jubilee dinner planned for Winston Churchill marking half a century since his first 1900 election to the house of commons. He first ran in 1899 and won Oct. 1, 1900, has stood for re election 16 times and served continuously since 1924.
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London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Oldham
Commons
Alaska buffalo roundup slows airfield traffic on runways
Federal roundup of Alaska's 350 wild buffalo near Big Delta aims to reduce nuisance on air base runways and highways. Urban C Nelson and Edward F Chatelain supervise thinning as 23 animals originally transplanted from the United States in 1928 face relocation to Salina after capture in corrals and chutes.
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Big Delta
Fairbanks
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Urban C. Nelson
Edward F. Chatelain
Alaska
United States
Alaska’s
Smilestones Excerpt Reflects Family Roles and Identity
A fragment presents a dialogue where a father questions an "empty title" and a child cites a mother's view of him as head of the house, revealing household dynamics and identity within a family vignette.
Canadian Dollar Nears Parity After Cabinet Meeting
Ottawa reports indicate the cabinet began at 10 30 a m EST to decide foreign exchange rates with possible return to near parity with the US dollar and abolition of remaining import controls. Finance Minister Abbott declined to elaborate as officials signaled gradual removal of restrictions and possible timing could extend to Sunday night.
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Ottawa
United States
Abbott
Canada
Mr. Abbott
Foreign . Exchange Control Board
Reich Police Warn of Communist Plot in Cologne
Cologne police say they have captured plans for 10 000 young Communists to breach barriers in Cologne tomorrow. Anticipated outbreaks across the Ruhr and other West German cities are linked to a broader Soviet aligned campaign. British troops stand by as German police prepare severed defenses and public order actions.
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Cologne
Germany
West Germany
Ruhr
Murder of 18 year old B C school girl near Mission
The nude body of Laura Grant, 18, was found near a Mission highway in the Fraser Valley after she was reported missing. Officers called it rape and murder, with no leads yet. Police searched through the night as a dog unit aided the investigation. The exact cause of death remained undetermined.
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Mission
Vancouver
R.C.M.P
Injured Premier and Mrs Johnson Rest Comfortably
A morning bulletin from St Sacrement hospital in Quebec says Premier Johnson of British Columbia and his wife are in satisfactory condition. They spent a fairly good night resting and may stay a week in hospital after a foggy Quebec Montreal highway collision on the day of the constitutional conference.
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Quebec
St. Sacrement
Johnson
British Columbia
Johnsons
Quebec-Montreal
St. Augustin Village
Victoria
King to open new Parliament session in October
The King will open a new session of parliament on October 31, five days after inaugurating the rebuilt Commons chamber. Parliament will continue its present session when it reassembles on October 17.
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London
Reuters
Commons
Dardenn Shafirton Audition for Famous Canadian School Girls
Eleanor Shafirton of Medicine Hat now living in Fernie B C will audition for the Canadian American School Girls this fall. Shannon daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Shannon left the city four years ago and is a grade nine pupil who plays the trumpet. Three sets of twin calves in the Hereford herd of Fred Bechtold Irvine are considered a district record. Radio in southwest city is again noisy with static near the powerhouse road and Second Street. The first freight train from Calgary brought snow covered cars. Medicine Hat reports a bumper harvest with much canning and storage of vegetables. A local reader seeks a reliable canning method for squash and invites readers to share recipes.
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Alnative
Medicine Hat
Eleanor Shafirton
Fernie
B. G
Shannon
Robert Shannon
International Musical Organization
Medicine ‘Hat
The
Prairies
Miss Shannon
Hereford
Fred Bechtold
Irvine
Mr. Bechtold
Second St
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