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1 LONDON, Fri. (D.M.W.C.). — Specialists
| round a screened bed in Southampton Hospital
fought last night to save the life of an American
hoy aged fout after a dramatic air and sea mercy
inissfion.
j British and American
forces combined to help
fpavid Oliver, who was
Stricken with polio aboard
fin American transport
pyhich radioed an S.O.S.
por an iron lung,
o The lung was rushed to
'4n airport where it was
!3icked up by a British
Navy helicopter and flown
i;S0 miles to the ship.
Ja Despite pounding seas, a
©ritish naval officer landed
j|n the deck of the trans
port, and the lung followed
pi two sections and was
Igjrimediately assembled.
|1 David was placed inside
lie lung and later a ten-
. a er took him, his mother
'$ nd his sister to South-
i,| mpton.
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| CHICAGO, Fri. (UP.).—
| n increased radiation
ount made in Chicago had
1 idicated that' Russia had
ig jcently exploded a hydro-
I en bomb, Armour Re-
« jarch Foundation scien-
| sts said yesterday.
j PLASTIC PIPE
1 AKRON (I.N.S.). — New
I ightweight plastic pipe has
?J>een developed to help re
lieve industry of a six-bil-
ilion dollar bill caused by
,|:orrosion from weather
land chemicals. Engineers
$Lt B. F. Goodrich say the
cjnew plastic pipe will not
.Tot, rust or corrode, and
Jayill outlast steel, copper,
ffcast iron and stainless steel
spipe .in many uses. It is
piesigned for use indoors.
| mtflbors arid underground.
igHAIR WEPBING
<! LOS ANGELES (A.P.).—
J Vhen James L. Madigan
>: md Socorro Gomez were
married at the Church of
1 she Immaculate Heart of
'"Mary, both rolled to the
altar in wheel-chairs. Both
are 27.' Madigan's brother
'Joseph (24), the best man,
was also in a wheel-chair,
as was the maid of honor,
Miss Rita Vigil (30). Joseph
fwas paralysed by the same
jnerve disease as James,
find Miss Vigil has been
paralysed since birth.
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SURRRNDEItRlBoLD ENBERG (A.P.).—
"" — Former Nazi General Otto
Remer today surrendered after an 18 months' hunt
by police. Remer, leader of the new Nazi Party, dis
appeared in March last year shortly before he was
due to start a three months' prison sentence for de
faming members of the anti-Nazi Resistance. Police
said Remer reported at Oldenberg Gabl today to start
his -sentence, but was immediately freed.
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WALKOVER BERLIN (AP.).— The East
German Communist re
gime has published its list of 400 unopposed candi
dates for the forthcoming Parliamentary elections.
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"MOD. CONS " CAUGHNAW A G A (Que-
bee) (AP.).— Chief And
rew Paull said here that a Blackfeet Indian reserve
near Calgary boasts of "the best gaol in the world."
Spring mattresses and running water are among the
attractions, he told .80 Canadian chiefs at an Indian
convention. It was 'built, he' explained, after a mem
ber of the tribe told a meeting: "If Indians are going
to have gaols, let's make them comfortable."
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SOVEREIGNTY NEW YORK (A.P.).— Mr. .
— : — Selwyn Lloyd, the British
Minister of State, told reporters here he .hoped the
United Nations Assembly would not discuss the Cyp
rus dispute between Britain and Greece. Arriving
to head the British Unitevd Nations delegation, Mr.
Lloyd said, however, the United Nations had the right
to discuss sovereignty over British territory.
TO FARMERS VATICAN CITY (AP.).—
— — — The Pope has urged Can
adian farmers' to stay working on the land and "not
to abdicate the nobility of their profession to become
lost in the' city." His appeal to farmers came in a
letter to the Bishop of Montreal made public hero.
JAF TANKERS NEW YORK (A.P.).—
. . . . . Japan is to build two
super-tankers costing more than £3,500,000 for a
United States firm, it was disclosed here. The, Tide-:
water Associates Oil Company announced . that each
45,000-ton ship will be able to carry 12,600 galons of
petrol products.
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39&®gf. FALL CHAMONIX (F r a n c e)
— — ( A.P.) . — Giuseppe Origlio
(24) slipped and plunged 3960 feet to his death while
working on a cable car line up to the Aiguille. Du
.Midi in the Massif of Mont Blanc.
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FATAL ERROR CASALE (Italy) (AP.).—
-"i Angela Rossi returned to
her home in Casale from a trip to Sicily and found
a notice pinned on her: door saying that' she was dead.
She discovered that a telegram which she sent from
Sicily, reading, "Angela leaves today," was delivered
as, "Angela died today."
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CIVILISATION NEW YORK (B.UP.).—
— "T — — Bus lines in New York,
where passengers deposit their money in a coin box
by the driver, as they enter, are installing transparent
plastic boxes now. Too many passengers have been
putting in washers, slugs and. false coins." ,
.TELEPHONES
NEW YORK (I.N.S.) .—
The United States . has
51,000,000 telephones, one
for every three persons.
This is 57 per cent of the
world's telephones. Ameri
cans use the " telephone
188,000,000 times a day.
HORNET'S NEST
CADILLAC, Mich (U.P.).
— Harold Tripp was repair
ing his mother's home,
which had been damaged
by a serious fire, when he
found a hornet's nest.
Tripp figured the best way
to get rid of the nest was
to set it on fire. The fire
spread, burning a hole in
the wall of the house. j
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