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The wars & local soldiers, 1957

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Apex Club of Penrith Prisoner-of-war's Experiences (By Publicity Officer)

Nepean Times · Thursday 16 May 1957 · page 7

On Tuesday, April 30, the 120th dinner meeting of the club was held at the Log Cabin Hotel. The chairman for the evening…

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"Deter" the Warmongers Imperialists are preparing for atomic war

Tribune · Wednesday 22 May 1957 · page 3

The policy of the US Government of stationing atomic squads around the borders of the Socialist countries is an open admission of the aggressive war aims that it pursues. THIS [?] in the [?]…

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Was P.O.W. in World War I Basil Reddan Passes on

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 May 1957 · page 8

Member of a well known and respected Penrith family was Mr. Basil Reddan, who died at his residence, 277 High Street,…

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Soviet Union is not war-minded

Tribune · Wednesday 29 May 1957 · page 8

NEW YORK.--A former US Ambassador to Moscow, Mr. George Keenan, has declared that "at no time since the end of World War II…

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Risk of New War Moves in Menzies' Trip

Tribune · Wednesday 29 May 1957 · page 12

ONE of the dangers arising from Menzies' current trip to London is that he may commit Australia to even greater armed…

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Loan Council States cut short to teed war program

Tribune · Wednesday 29 May 1957 · page 10

CANBERRA: The Loan Council end Premiers' Conference haggling last week illuminates once more the calamitous mismanagement of our national funds by the…

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R.S.L. Anzac Essay Competition

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 May 1957 · page 1

Entries in the R.S.L. annual "essay-writing competition close with the secretary on Friday, May 31. The subject this year…

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'Brink-of-war' men warned Khrushchov interviews NY Times

Tribune · Wednesday 5 June 1957 · page 4

Dangers of continuing the atomic arms race were stressed by Soviet Communist Party First Secretary N. S. Khrushchov, in an interview on May 10 with, Mr. Turner Catledge, managing editor of the New…

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Egypt Renews Guerilla War (Special Cable to “Jewish Times”

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 7 June 1957 · page 10

JERUSALEM, Wed.: The latest spate of mining incidents along the Gaza Strip and borders…

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Nursed Israeli soldiers

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 7 June 1957 · page 2

A Melbourne girl who visited Israel for a holiday last November, found herself in a Tel Aviv hospital nursing Israeli soldiers injured in the victorious…

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Films War and Peace

Tribune · Wednesday 12 June 1957 · page 8

LOVE of life, that shines through Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace, is also the main quality of the…

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Letter To The Editor Rate Cut Need For Soldier Pensioners

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 12 June 1957 · page 17

A Merrylands resident, in a letter to the Editor, asks what Parramatta City Council…

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War Criminal Gets Pension, Compensation

Tribune · Wednesday 19 June 1957 · page 6

ADMIRAL Raeder, the Nazi war criminal, has received, fo "compensation" from West Gen authorities for the imprisonment…

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Anzac Essay Competition Promoted by R.S.L.

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 June 1957 · page 1

The annual essay competition conducted state-wide by the R.S.S.A.I.L.A., was held as usual in Penrith district, the local…

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U.S. Puppets Call for War Mass support for Soviet arms offer

Tribune · Wednesday 26 June 1957 · page 1

WAR clouds darkened this week as the US puppet rulers in Korea and…

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Soldier Pensioners

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 June 1957 · page 16

Sir,—Holroyd Council's reply to Merrylands R.S.L. Sub-Branch could have been clarified had the…

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R.S.L. Anzac Essay Competition

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 June 1957 · page 6

Herewith is one of the prizewinning essays in the Anzac competition conducted by Penrith Sub-branch of the R.S.L…

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Anzac Avenue Widening Proposal

The Biz · Wednesday 3 July 1957 · page 15

The chief municipal engineer reported to Fairfield Council:-- "Council earlier this year resolved to widen Anzac Avenue 12 feet…

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Guildford Soldier Killed in Jungle War

The Biz · Wednesday 3 July 1957 · page 11

A Singapore message announced that on June 24 two Australian soldiers died in a savage, jungle battle with…

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Education --War Casualty

Tribune · Wednesday 3 July 1957 · page 7

ONE of the most notable contributions made by our young Australian nation to the…

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