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The wars & local soldiers, 1955

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Released Soldier on Charge

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1955 · page 1

BERLIN: William T. Marchuk, a U.S. private released by Russia last month, after being held for six years, was…

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Entertainment Unit Of Soldiers’ League

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 February 1955 · page 3

The newly formed Maitland R.S.L. entertainment unit will hold its first officially organised show in Maitland…

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Police Took War Papers, Said Agent

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 February 1955 · page 1

LONDON: Colonel Alexander Scotland, 72, a former British Intelligence agent, said yesterday that Scotland,…

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Says He Will Defy War Office And Go On With Book’s Production

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 February 1955 · page 3

LONDON: Colonel Alexander Scotland has decided to defy the War Office and Scotland Yard by producing a book on his 50 years in counter espionage and military intelligence…

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NJC Anzac Day Race Profit

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 February 1955 · page 3

NEWCASTLE: The chairman of the Newcastle Jockey Club (Mr. W. J. MacLauchlln) said today that profits for the…

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Britain Will Use Atomic Weapons in Event of War Planning Production Of “H” Bomb

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 February 1955 · page 1

LONDON: Britain could, and would, produce a hydrogen bomb, an official British Government report on defence announced yesterday, and in the event of war, Britain would not hesitate to use atomic weapons…

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Woman Wounded By “Soldier”

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 23 February 1955 · page 1

SYDNEY: A woman was shot in the neck today by a youth was “mad keen to be a solider”…

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Britain’s Post-war Jet Fighters

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 24 February 1955 · page 6

LONDON: Since World War II ended in 1945, one British enterprise alone has delivered well, over five thousand…

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War Rumours “Speculation”

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1955 · page 1

WASHINGTON: Reports hat United States military officials in the Far East have warned that war with…

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Soldiers Point Requests

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 10 March 1955 · page 3

At the Port Stephens Shire Council meeting on Tuesday the Soldiers' Point Progress…

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Civil War In South Vietnam

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 March 1955 · page 3

PARIS: Civil war is raging on two fronts in South Vietnam, according to the Paris newspaper “France So[?]r.”…

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Soldier Settlement At Cassilis Six Blocks Open for Application

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 March 1955 · page 12

Six farms Bear Cassilis were thrown open for application under 1she war service land settlement scheme…

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Sweden Uncovers Third Big Communist Spy Ring Sine The War

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 March 1955 · page 1

STOCKHOLM: Swedish police have arrested 10 suspected members of a Communist spy [?]. including two women, on charges of military [?] sad espionage against political refuges for “two rainor…

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To-day’s Leader Free Trade Makes Markets War Dangers Greater Than Few Years Ago, U.S. President Warns

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1955 · page 1

WASHINGTON: President Swight Eisenhower yesterday that he sow no reason why tactical atomic weapons should not be used against strictly military Corsets should the United States become…

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Australia Mali Centre Of Asian Campaign In Even! Of War

Maitland Mercury · Friday 18 March 1955 · page 1

WASHINGTON: .Use Prime Minister (Mr. R. G Menzies) hot recorded “Very substainal” agreement with the United state leaders on the tactical of atomic weapons in the event of open…

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War Service Land Ballot In Rysstone Successful Applicants

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 March 1955 · page 2

The result of a ballot under the war service land settlement scheme for three woolgrowing blocks near Rylstone, was announced recently by the Minister for…

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Boxes Aid Ex-soldiers

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 22 March 1955 · page 2

There is a collection box placed in a prominent position at the Piazza Theatre, Muswellbrook. All proceeds…

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Next war may last 2 weeks

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1955 · page 8

General Curtis Lemsy, officer commanding the United States Strategic Air Command said…

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Hall Of Memory [?] War Memorial

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 4

CANBERRA: Work has been completed on the first section of a huge mosaic which will cover the wall and…

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Government Troops and War Lords’ forces Clash in Troubled South Vietnam

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1955 · page 1

NEW YORK: A week-old struggle for power between Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and opposition war lords in gravely troubled South Vietnam flared into an hour of fighting in Saigon early to-day…

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