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The wars & local soldiers, 1954

614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 31

War Training Handy In Political Life

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 5

Public speaking is not new to Mrs. Murray Robson, of Sydney, although she had seldom made political speeches till two months ago…

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Jap. War Dead Mission To N.G.

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 20

CANBERRA.—The Commonwealth Government will let a Japanese mission visit Papua and New…

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Soldier Denies Murdering Woman, Says He 'Panicked'

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: A young, serviceman said in Central Criminal Court today he had "panicked" after waking in a private hotel room with a dead, nude woman beside him…

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Acquittal for Soldier

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 13

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Donald Motbey, 23, was acquitted in Central Criminal Court to-day of a charge of having murdered a woman in Mansions House Private Hotel on…

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U.S. Soldiers Aid Orphans

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 10

BAD KREUZNACH (W. Germany).—Soldiers of the United States Seventh Army's second evacuation…

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Soldier Freed On Murder Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Donald Motbey (23), soldier, of Moore Park Rd., Moore Park, was acquitted by a Central…

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'Real' War Exercises For C.M.F. Units

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY: R.A.A.F. aircraft and naval ships would cooperate early next year in a new plan to give…

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Russians Return U.K. Soldiers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 4

BERLIN, Nov. 28. A.A.P. —Seven British soldiers who voluntarily crossed into East Germany a week ago…

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Soldier Stabbed At Camp

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday — A soldier, David Wallace, of the R.A.A.S.C. School, was stabbed in the chest in a…

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She's a war orphan

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 22

ORPHAN.—Puss in boots Beechcote Harmony looking wistful at a cat show in London, is a latter day war orphan. She was born in Nairobi and lost her parents during a Mau Mau raid…

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Cold War May Be Prolonged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. A.A.P.— The former President, Mr. Truman, said to-day that the United States could not very well live in peace with the Soviet Union's present…

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England Criticised Batting 'Worst Since War'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Nov. 29. A.A.P.— England's batting to-day in the first Test at Brisbane was the worst since the war, in the opinion of English critics with the team…

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The Junior Herald Science Notes The Soldier's Friend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 5

A SOLDIER'S best friend is his rifle," has been a military precept for many years, and is evidently not…

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U.s. Opposes War Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 3

NEW YORK, Nov. 30. A.A.P.—The Secretary of State (Mr. Dulles) said the United States should "'exhaust peaceful means of sustaining our international rights rather than resort to war action such as a naval and air blockade of Communist…

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Blockade Of Red China Would Be "War Action"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 December 1954 · page 4

WASHINGTON, Tues. (AAP).—President Eisenhower considers that a naval and air blockade of Communist China would amount to "war action," the White House said today. The White House view…

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The War's Debris

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 2

BERLIN, Thursday (O.S.R.): More than half the bomb rubble which cluttered West…

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The War's Debris

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 1

BERLIN, Thursday (O.S.R.).: More than half bomb rubble which cluttered West…

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War On Diseased Rodents

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 36

NICOSIA (Cyprus).—A j joint attempt to stamp out endemic sylvatic plague, a disease of wild rodents…

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Soldiers, Police In Clash

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 3

SAIGON, Dec. 1. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Four policemen and two soldiers were killed and 11 others wounded when 300…

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No Kiss for Korea Soldier

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 24

LONDON.—An army sergeant, accused at Hull of attempting to commit suicide, said: "When I…

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