The Herald Sun · Durham, North Carolina · 19 June 1967
CP-1967-008
Under Merciless Sun, River Of Sorrow
Thousands Flee Israelis Into Jordan
Associated Press, Jericho
Transcribed from the clipping
“JERICHO (AP) — All day long under the merciless sun, war’s tragic river of sorrow flowed down toward the—… Israel’s two decades old refugee problem has almost dissolved into King Hussein’s refugee problem… crouched behind a .30 caliber machine gun looking out across the shallow, gurgling river…”
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A strip cut from the top of a page: the headline, the line beneath it and the first lines of three columns, each broken off.
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"Under Merciless Sun, River Of Sorrow," The Herald Sun, 19 June 1967, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1967-008. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1967-008
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