Israelis Break Five Desert Tank Battles in Sinai Drive
Israeli forces report five tank battles in the Sinai defeat Egyptian units. They claim control of main Suez Canal approaches as cease fire moves toward UN approval. Egyptian MIGs engage. five are shot down while Bir Gafgafa and Mitla Pass figures surface. Nakhi and Thamed falls cited along the Elath to Suez corridor. Jordan declares cease-fire as Israeli forces tighten hold on West Bank and Jerusalem.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Sinai Desert
Egypt
Suez Canal
U.N. Security Council
New York
Moshe Pearlman
Ismailia
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Pearlman
Bir Gafgafa
Mitla Pass
Rumana
Cairo
Nakhi
Elath
Gulf of Aqaba
Nakhlis
Thamed
Nakhl
Paul Kohn
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Sharmel
Jordan
West Bank
Jordan River
Palestine
Old Oy
Jerusalem
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Cer
Sinai Peninsula
Sherm el Sheikh
Ft. Benning
Ft. Knox
U. S
U.S
Gaza Strip
Strait of Tiran
Gideon
Jezreel
Mobility and Spirit Fueled Israeli Victory Over Larger Forces
Pentagon analysts credit Israel with a stunning win using mobility reserves and unity. Israeli forces of 70,000 standing troops and 230,000 reservists faced 400,000 Arab regulars, yet rapid mobilization, aggressive tactics, and cohesive leadership secured a decisive battlefield advantage.
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Washington
Israel
Pentagon
U.S
Korea
Vietnam
Three Ohio Youths Wreck During Chase
Three 17 year old Gallipolis boys were hospitalized after their car struck a utility pole in South Charleston as they fled three men in a sports car who harassed them on U S 60 around 3:00 a m. The youths were en route to Ohio from Kanawha Airport in Charleston. The pursuers fled after the crash.
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South Charleston
W. Va
Escaped WV Women Prisoners Sought After Tuesday Breakout
West Virginia Women's Prison said no word on Andrea Briggs age 23 of Charleston and Martha Jewell age 24 of Wick, Tyler County, who escaped while painting a prison building on Tuesday. Briggs is jailed for forgery and Jewell for breaking and entering, both with 1 to 10 year terms.
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Pence Springs
W. Va
West Virginia
Andrea Briggs
Charleston
Martha Jewell
Wick
Tyler County
Briggs
Jews Use Gideon Tactics in Historic War Lessons
New York dispatch notes Jewish military history from Gideon and Judas Maccabee to modern times. It highlights flash assaults and surprise tactics across ages, citing Haganah and 1948 battles as continuations of biblical strategy.
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U.S
New York
Gideon
Jordan River
B.C
Judas Maccabee
Jordan
Maccabees
Jerusalem
Haganah
Chinese Torture Chamber Report Alleges Red Guard Atrocities
Soviet dispatch claims a Chinese torture school in Peking trains Red Guards in new methods to terror opponents of Mao Zedong. It描述s methods such as jumping onto concrete, knife use, fingernail torture, and setting a teacher on fire, with dozens harmed or killed.
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Peking
Red Guards
Moscow
Mao Tse-fung
Literary Gazette
V. Georgiev
Chairman Mao
Mao
Georgiev
van Minh Hu
Camp Joy Topic At Lions Club Luncheon
Maj. Robert Boyce of the Salvation Army Bluefield will discuss the organization's summer program with emphasis on Camp Joy at Friday's Bluefield Lions Club luncheon at the West Virginian Hotel.
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Robert Boyce
Salvation Army
Bluefield
Bluefeld Lions Club
Archie Phlegar
West Virginian Hotel
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