Blockade Seen As Act Of War
WASHINGTON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—President Eisenhower said today a blockade of Communist…
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The wars & local soldiers, 1954
614 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 31
Pre-Civil War Touch In Museum
NEW YORK (O.S.R.).—A farmers' museum in New York State reflects the life of ordinary country people…
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NAIROBI, Dec. 6. Reuter. — A court martial at Nairobi to-day found Private Leslie Arthur Hughes, 27, not guilty…
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WASHINGTON, Tues. (AAP).—Senator Joseph McCarthy today declared open war on his leader, President Eisenhower, for "tolerating" Communists…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Watch on Fat Soldiers
STUTTGART, Dec. 7. Reuter. — Fat men in the United States Seventh Army must now report twice a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Watch On Racia War In S. Africa
NEW YORK, Wed. (A.A.P.): A United, Nations special political committee today a approved an amended resolution on the racial issue in South Africa…
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 A.A.P.-President Eisenhower said the free world's fear of global war had diminished in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Letters To the Editor Soldier's Point Land
I WISH to draw attention to the Policy of Port Stephens Shire Council on the proposed acquisition of naval…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Private Armies In War-Torn Vietnam
SAIGON (O.S.R.): Private armies with strange religions of their own have begun to play an increasingly important part in the politics of Vietnam, key state of Indo-China. They wield great power…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Disabled Soldier Has Secret Of Happiness
LONDON, Mon.: A London disabled ex-servicemen's secret of happiness is that he is lucky to be alive. The voice that answered the phone spoke the most…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wives See Husbands In "Mock" War
CAMP LEJEUNE (North Carolina), (O.S.R.): Twenty-five U.S. Marine's went to "war" recently, watched by their wives and children in a mock assault on a beach. A high-ranking Marine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vatican Wins War On T.V. Shows
ROME, Tues. (O.S.R.): The Vatican has won the "battle of the bedroom" from Italian television. This is the final round…
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LONDON, Dec. 13. — [?] has been in its time, the centre of dope rings, blackmarketeers and gang wars. But there has never been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.S.W. War Service Land Settlement
SYDNEY: Since the War Service Land Settlement Scheme began in New South Wales, 2372…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Petrov Reveals Plan For War Spy Ring
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The "illegal apparatus" the Soviet hoped to set up in Australia was to operate in wartime "when there was no embassy in the country," Vladimir Petrov told the Royal Commission on Espionage to-day…
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NEW YORK, Dec. 15. A.A.P. — Mr. Charles Thomas, Secretary for the Navy, said the threat of global atomic war had diminished and the Communists now appeared to…
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LONDON, Dec. 15. A.A.P. —Lord Colcraine, leader of the recent British Parliamenttary delegation to the Soviet…
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MOSCOW, Fri. (A.A.P.): The Communist Party newspaper "Pravda" yesterday accused Britain of concealing the presence of U.S. atom-bombers and said that U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pushbutton War Gear Grows
How close are we to the age of pushbutton warfare, when a technician seated at his control desk, thousands of miles away, can throw a switch which will bring destruction to the population of a city?…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Alert May Last 50 Years
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. A.A.P. —President Eisenhower said the United States must he strongly prepared for as long as 50 years to fight a big war…
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