Daily American Republic · Poplar Bluff, Missouri · 2 November 1956
CP-1956-001
U.N. DEMANDS IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE
Israel Claims Smashing Victory In Ground Action / Gaza City Surrenders To Invading Israeli Forces / VOTES 64-5 FOR END OF HOSTILITIES IN EGYPT
Transcribed from the clipping
The masthead reads: “Daily American Republic. VOL. XLVII—No. 240. POPLAR BLUFF, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1956. PRICE FIVE CENTS.” The banner: “U.N. DEMANDS IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE.” Beneath it: “Israel Claims Smashing Victory In Ground Action.”
The headings across the page read “EGYPTIAN AIR FORCE PUT OUT OF CONDITION,” “Gaza City Surrenders To Invading Israeli Forces” (By Robert Tuckman), “EDEN HUNTS FACE SAVING WAY OUT OF PREDICAMENT” and “VOTES 64-5 FOR END OF HOSTILITIES IN EGYPT.”
Context added by this archive
Invading Israeli Forces, in a front-page headline, in 1956. The date is printed on the masthead.
Cite this clipping
"U.N. DEMANDS IMMEDIATE CEASE FIRE," Daily American Republic, 2 November 1956, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1956-001. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1956-001
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