Eighty hydrogen-filled balloons lifted Lieut, Peter Rayner from the earth during a demonstration by a Territorial Army parachute battalion at Leeds, Yorkshire, on Monday. Lieut, Rayner is seen descending to earth after he had been in the air for some time. It took his men and himself 50 hours to inflate the "parachute" balloons. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 258 wordsTOKYO, July 4: Suwon and its strategic airfield were occupied by North Korean troops today, after a battle in which all elements of four or five Communist divisions participated. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 5 Jul 1950, Page 2
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