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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1956
Page
1
Hungarian Premier Imre Nagy urged global aid on Radio Budapest as Russian forces attacked Budapest. MTI and Canadian Press reported Nagy asked Europe and Austria to inform authorities and help, while Budapest endured heavy fire across the city.
London reports the United Kingdom and France set to invade Egypt with plans for ground forces to begin once their air support prepares the offensive. Egypt claimed enemy landings and losses, while Britain and France denied such reports as Eden vowed to compel Israeli withdrawal from the canal region.
The Israeli ambassador Abba Eban said his government would accept the U N ceasefire if Egypt does so. Eden and Churchill voiced confidence the United States would back Britain and France while Cyprus reports claimed destruction of the Egyptian air force. Allies conducted air operations to disrupt Egyptian land routes as canal clashes continued. An Egyptian radio broadcast claimed a southern canal landing was foiled by coast artillery.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had a perforated section of his large intestine removed in an emergency operation at Walter Reed Hospital. Four doctors performed the six hour surgery, with Dulles reported resting comfortably and expected to be out of work for about six weeks. Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr. acted as secretary during the hospitalization.
A brief public notice encourages voters to inform themselves before casting ballots. It emphasizes knowledge in shaping government and urges careful consideration of choices.
In Cairo President Nasser declared Egyptian forces are ready to answer a likely British and French landing in the canal zone and Nile delta. He warned invaders face a grave Egypt and reported 104 Egyptians killed and 40 wounded in air raids while British and French planes were shot down.
British Canberra bombers struck Ismailia rail yards and attacked near Cairo as Allied forces report renewed Egyptian efforts to block the Suez Canal. The communique says Egyptian air power is collapsing with minimal Allied losses and that several ships have been sunk trying to bottle the canal.
British minister of state Anthony Nutting resigns in protest of the London and Paris attack on Egypt. Nutting cited growing disagreement with British Middle East policy and had been a rising diplomat since 1954, having helped end occupation of the Suez Canal zone and led British delegations to U N assemblies.
Canada asked the UN General Assembly to authorize Dag Hammarskjold to draft plans within 48 hours for an emergency international force to police the war torn Middle East. U S delegate Lodge Jr endorsed the proposal and pressed for priority over long range Israel Arab and Suez settlements. Pearson urged immediate reporting within 48 hours after adoption to halt fighting.
The United States asked the United Nations General Assembly to create two negotiating committees to seek a long range settlement of the Israeli Arab conflict and the Suez Canal issue. President Eisenhower instructed U S Chief Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr to present the resolutions aiming at permanent peace and continued canal operation. The text notes the cease fire resolution but omits Britain France and Israel’s rejection.
Israeli patrols pushed to nine miles from the Suez Canal before pulling back as forces secured the Sinai Peninsula. The operation, opening the Gulf of Aqaba to Israel, claimed thousands of Egyptian troops captured and the Gaza Strip cut from Egypt. Israel said it shot down nine Egyptian jets with no losses, and captured a frigate.
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