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Medicine Hat News

Location

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Date

Jun 14, 1982

Page

5

Israel Invasion of Lebanon Sparks Global Tension

Israel launched a multi front invasion of Lebanon with an estimated 20 000 troops and American fighter planes to crush PLO forces and threaten Syrian positions. The operation dubbed Peace for Galilee provoked wide criticism while risking a broader regional war and Western-Soviet tensions.

Nicosia Cyprus Israel Lebanon Middle East Palestine Liberation Organization United Nations London Galilee PLO Prince Edward Island Menachem Begin Reagan Versailles Damascus-Beirut Bekaa Valley Beirut Begin Prince Saud Al-Faisal Bonn North Atlantic Treaty Organization Jordan Hussein Beauvort Castle Bekaa United States Egypt Anwar Sadat

Remembering Josh Gibson Satchel Paige and racial barriers in baseball

The author reflects on Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige as symbols of how segregation kept Black stars from Major League Baseball until Branch Rickey and Bill Veeck moved to end the policy. He notes fans and press ignored the injustice while owners profited, urging memory of the broader harms beyond the diamond.

Ruth Cobb Hornsby Gehrig Wagner Alexander Johnson Dean DiMaggio Williams Musial Mize Greenberg Blackwell Josh Gibson Aaron Satchel Paige Papa Bell Branch Rickey Bill Veeck Paige Gibson

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James Ferrabee ADF The Arab League Upper Galilee Saad Haddad West Bank Gaza Golan Heights Syria East Jerusalem Iraq Golan Ariel Sharon Libya Iran Saudi Arabia Mediterranean Sea Damour Sidon Lebano Heights Israali Mike Royko U.S Doug Sneed
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