Word: broadcasts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...army and political followers, Kassem quietly ordered an estimated dozen of Aref's army buddies taken into custody. Then, repeating his maneuver of last September, when he coupled the promise of land reform with the announcement of Aref's demotion, Kassem softened the late-night radio broadcast of Aref's arrest "for plotting against the national safety" by a timely decree boosting pay for the armed forces and police, alloting free seed for farmers, and promoting to the next class all students who failed last spring's exams...
...alarm over this setback to the government's hopes, General Raoul Salan, French army commander in Algeria, in a special broadcast, promised the Moslems complete freedom in campaigning and full protection in voting. De Gaulle would not listen to the appeals of the hesitant that the elections be postponed. "This is an incident," said he calmly. "There will be others...
...Presumably, Pope John joined his cardinals that night-perhaps he addressed them, perhaps asked their views on some of the problems ahead. Instead of spending the next 24 hours in seclusion as had been expected, he was on the air next day with his first message to the world, broadcast by Vatican Radio in 36 languages. Appealing to "leaders of all nations," he asked...
...Rodeo, broadcast live from its San Francisco visit...
...Lengths. After Dulles departed, the Communists stopped shelling for a while, and Red Defense Minister Peng Teh-huai, in a broadcast beamed at the Free Chinese, announced that shore batteries would hold their fire every other day so that supplies could reach Quemoy. Furthermore, said Peng, the Peking government stood ready to supply Quemoy with "anything" the island lacked. "It is time now to turn from foe into friend," he added...