Word: primed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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LONDON, Feb. 19--Sir Anthony Eden, 59, who resigned as prime minister last month because of ill health, has suffered two attacks of fever aboard the ship taking him to a New Zealand holiday, government sources reported today...
...Agreed on a meeting between President Eisenhower and France's Premier Guy Mollet, in Washington, Feb. 26 and 27, and a meeting between Ike and Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, in Bermuda (at Ike's suggestion), March 21 through 24. One point up for discussion in Bermuda: a proposal by the financially pressed Macmillan government that 1) the British cut the strength of their four NATO divisions by up to 30,000 men, and 2) the U.S. make up the difference in firepower by supplying guided missiles to the remaining British forces...
...firmly refusing to get out. To the U.N. and to Dwight Eisenhower's plea for "a decent respect for the opinions of mankind," Israel last week answered pointedly that "no guarantees have been obtained yet for definite stoppage of Egypt's belligerence and sea blockade of Israel." Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's Cabinet had decided that until such guarantees are obtained, Israel will defy the world. Said an Israeli spokesman: "We are down to rock bottom. Our stand is vital for Israel's security and there is no further room for retreat...
LONDON, Feb. 13--Prime Minister Macmillan's government won parliamentary approval tonight for reorganization of Britain's defense program to effect economies and switch emphasis to nuclear weapons...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11--President Eisenhower will hold separate conferences with British Prime Minister Macmillan and French Premier Mollet in a bid to warm up chilly relations between this country and its two traditional allies...