Marines landings in Lebanon spark international stir
A 1958 Lebanon landing by U S Marines is traced to a long history of peacetime deployments from Nicaragua Haiti and the Dominican Republic to Shanghai and the Far East. The piece notes battles from Tripoli to Boxer Rebellion and Canal Zone unrest, highlighting enduring U S Marine peacetime activity overseas.
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Tom Henshaw
New York
Lebanon
U. S. Corps of Marines
Nicaragua
Haiti
Dominican Republic
China
Far East
Tripoli
Algiers
U.S. Navy
Shanghai
Canton
Korea
Orient
U.S
Peiping
Latin America
Cuba
Mexico
Panama
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Father Is Sought In Shooting
A mother finds her three young daughters dead from gunshot wounds at their farm near Troy New York. Husband Paul Pelton is missing with a .22 rifle. police search ongoing as coroner notes no direct evidence of his guilt.
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Troy
New York
Margaret Pelton
Connie
Paul
Patricia
Pauline
Elmira
N. Y
Pelton
Gerald Vickery
Hodges Names Bowers and Harmon to State Commissions
Gov. Hodges announced Maj. Gen. Claude T. Bowers of Warrenton to the North Carolina Veterans Commission and Martin Harmon of Kings Mountain to the State Probation Commission. Bowers will fill the Greensboro vacancy for a five year term. Harmon replaces C. B. Holding, term expiring May 28, 1959, and Harmon is editor of the Kings Mountain Herald and UNC graduate.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Claude T. Bowers
Warrenton
North Carolina Veterans Commission
Martin Harmon
Kings Mountain
State Probation Commission
Bowers
30Th Division
National Guard
S. Amos Maynard
Greensboro
Harmon
Kings Mountain Herald
C. B. Holding
Nasser profits from crisis as Middle East tenses
The article traces Gamal Abdel Nasser’s rising power amid regional upheaval. From Yugoslavia to Cairo, Nasser seals gains as Iraq shifts pro Western and U.S. forces mobilize in the Mediterranean. The Suez crisis and Suez Canal nationalization boost his stature among Arab nationalists.
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Associated Press
Middle East
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Yugoslavia
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Syria
Cairo
Nasser
Tito
Iraq
Farouk
U. S
Mediterranean
Lebanon
United States
U. N. Security Council
Crisis
Suez Canal
France
Britain
Canal Zone
Israel
Sinai Peninsula
United Nations
Soviet Union
Yemen
Smith pleads guilty to burglary amid jail hunger complaint
Norman K. Smith told Circuit Court he changed his plea to guilty on a burglary charge because he said he was starving on county jail fare and anxious for a better menu at Southern Michigan Prison.
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Pontiac, Mich
Norman K. Smith
Southern Michigan
Hodges backs guard plan to keep force numbers
Gov. Hodges endorses a substitute plan backed by state adjutant generals to preserve National Guard strength as of July 1. The defense proposal would eliminate IV Corps Artillery and reorganize the 30th Division into a fire battle group, a move Waynick opposes. Hodges also notes the 30th Division received the Croix de Guerre with Palm from France for outstanding service.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Army National Guard
Washington
Department of Defense
North Carolina
IV Corps
Adj
Capus Waynick
North Carolina National Guard
Waynick
Defense Department
National Guard
Paim
Liberation of France Highlights Allied Advance
In the liberation of France from German occupation during World War II, Allied forces push through key regions restoring control and opening routes for further operations. The campaign features coordinated landings, air support, and local resistance backing the push toward Paris and beyond.
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France
Communist Party Leader Denounces Lebanon Troop Dispatch
Eugene Dennis, national secretary of the Communist party, said in a telegram to President Eisenhower that the U.S. troop deployment to Lebanon was an imperialist intervention and urged immediate withdrawal of the forces.
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New York
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Eisenhower
Lebanon
National Committee of the
Dennis
Crew Return To Carrier After Pacific Duty Ends
The crew of the USS Philippine Sea was recalled to the carrier in San Diego hours after its arrival from six months in the western Pacific. Police and sheriff deputies helped relay the word as the Navy cited an extra security precaution amid the international situation.
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San Diego
Calif
Philippine Sea
Hix
Western Pacific
Navy
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