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Mar. 03, 1964 - fight Against Locusts Carried out in London: Hidden away in a top back room in Kendington in London. a small staff of girls are waging war against locust plagues which are devastating areas thousands of miles away. Into this Operations Room flows information from around the globe - reports on locust movements, temperatures, winds etc. Once the course of a swarm is plotted, an alert goes out which is followed up with attack aircraft loaded with chemicals designed to destroy the enemy. The work performed by the Anti Locust Research Centre in London is being applauded by the United Nations as a significant Western contribution to countries of the Eastern World. Photo shows Two research girls plotting the course of Locusts on a map

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Alert Applauded Chemicals Contribution Destroy Devastating Flows Followed Hidden Loaded Locust Locusts Plagues Plotted Plotting Reports Significant Swarm Temperatures Waging Winds

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