Marines Land in Lebanon Amid Middle East Crisis
U S Marines, three battalions of the Second Marine Division, landed in Lebanon at the request of President Chamoun to secure airfields as part of U S and U N actions in the Middle East. British support followed with caveats as NATO meets discussed the situation.
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Jordan
Hussein
United States
United Mathias Security Council
Security Council
Itore
Associated Press
London
Foreign Office
Lebanon
United Press International
Beirut
Washington
Europe
Iraq
Middle East
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
U.S
Charnoun
Suez
British Envoy Detained Amid Iraqi Political Turmoil
The ambassador and wife were detained for hours in Baghdad and may be unable to leave the hotel. A new sovereignty council named Brigadier Abdul Karim Kasim as Prime Minister while power is shared with Lt Gen Mazaib El Ribaei and Gen Ahmed Saleh Abdi. The region faces martial law and calls for international help.
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Britain
Paris
NATO Permanent Council
Middle East
Graham
Bagdad
London
Foreign Office
Michael Wright
Skm
Bassy Stir
Jorlan
Wwrl al Said
Hie
Nuri
Faisal
Associated Press
Omar Ali
Radio
Iraq
Sovereignty Council
Abdul Karim Kassem
Sandhurst
Military College
American Associated Press
Cairo
Kassem
Mazaib el Ribaei
Ahmed Saleh Abdi
Martial Law Ribaei
Abdi
Army
Martial Taw
Mohamed
Aref
Interior
Mustafa “Ali Ig
Driver Escapes In Truck Skid At Griffith Street
A motor truck skidded on a wet Bar rally Street in Griffith, mounted the kerb, and struck a fire hydrant. The driver Peter John Berry, 22, of Wentworth Avenue, was unhurt. Department of Works workers repaired the hydrant.
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Barrally Street
Griffith
Eter John Berry
Wentworth Avenue
Department of Works
Budget deficit looms as revenue undershoots estimates
Sir Arthur Fadden reports 1957-58 revenue £1,311,400,000 with £10.3 million short of budget and total expenditure £1,207 million, £4.7 million above estimates. Deficit driven by tax shortfalls, lower income from pay as you earn, customs, payroll tax, but higher excise and sales tax receipts offset some losses.
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Arthur Fadden
Treasury
Commonwealth
Cox
Tracom Dow
Arthur Padden
Faria
Loar Consolidation Reserve and Investment Fund
Arthur Fadden Sania
Consolidated Revenue Fund
New York
National Debt Sinking Fund
Arthur Faden
Parliament
Department of Customs and Excise
Department of Social Services
Sir Arthur Fadden
Churchill Exhibit Comes To Canberra and State Galleries
Sir Winston Churchill paintings will be shown in Canberra and all State capitals after talks by Prime Minister Menzies. Menzies announced arrangements with Sixy Winston, with the works currently touring the United States and Canada. The Canberra display runs August 12 to 17 before touring state national galleries.
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Winston Churchill
Canberra
Menzies
Sixy Winston
United States
Canada
Canberra Queanbeyan Railway Revenue and Expenditure
Revenue for the Canberra Queanbeyan railway in the year was 18 532 pounds, against an estimated 23 000. Expenditure amounted to 51 812 pounds, below the 55 200 forecast. Figures were released yesterday.
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Canberra
Radioactive Strontium 90 Found in Australian Children
Dr J H Green chief of the radio chemistry dept at NSW University of Technology reports strontium 90 in bodies raises leukemia risk. Post mortem bone tests in Sydney hospitals sent to Lamont and Woolwich for international study. He notes dust may take 10 to 25 years to settle and Maralinga blasts did not trigger notable increases.
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Green
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Maralinga
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