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...only total war, but limited war as well, I believe we must make clear to all potential aggressors that we will resist aggression with our quality weapons from the outset. Any lesser posture of deterrence is an open invitation to aggression, and is less than our best effort to avert...
...alarm, the Swiss government invited five nations-the Big Four and India-to hold an immediate summit conference to avert the danger of a third world...
...preoccupied with the Suez problem. Lest Israel press too far, London formally warned the Israeli government that if Jordan is invaded, Britain will go to its aid as an ally. The U.S. let it be known that it would approve the transfer of Iraqi troops into Jordan to help avert possible government collapse and disorder. In the midst of all these military and diplomatic threats and counterthreats, Jordan itself entered the last week of an election campaign. In the refugee-jammed country, anti-West parties stood a good chance to win. Nasser sympathizers already hold key army commands, and young...
...hundred and fifty dining hall workers voted overwhelmingly last night to avert a strike and accept a piece-meal wage formula offered in confidence by the University on Friday. A new contract for 460 union members is expected by the end of the week...
...full membership of the A.F.L. Cooks and Pastry Cooks Association, Local 186, will meet tonight to decide whether or not to avert a threatened strike in the University's dining halls by accepting a compromise wage increase...