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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Division (in which a French and a Dutch battalion had been incorporated) had held a horseshoe salient just south of the town, from which the allied force could rake it with artillery. Early last week, Eighth Army Headquarters announced that the salient was being given up in order to shorten and straighten the allied line. The withdrawal was carried out under artillery and air protection which prevented enemy interference...
...outside of the Communists and fellow travelers, who had any doubts about who the enemy was or that he had to be faced somewhere, some time. In the rainbow shadings of opinion, Herbert Hoover's was closer to the center than some, but those who would cut or shorten U.S. ties overseas recognized a man who was generally on their side, and they exulted at his words...
Keyes D. Metcalf, director of the University Library, said that the increased staff will be paid for out of gifts and tuition. He added, "We have tried to shorten the hours where it would hurt the fewest people...
...most dramatic news of improvement came from Korea. After 83 days of defeat, retreat and dogged defense on the Pusan perimeter, General MacArthur threw a mixed corps of soldiers and marines into an assault on the Communist-held Korean capital of Seoul-a strike which might well shorten the Korean war by months (see WAR IN ASIA). Washington, also, had its Page One reports of a change for the better. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson was fired by an irate President, and General of the Army George Catlett Marshall came out of retirement to succeed...
Miss Karmel's story will be printed to a forthcoming issue of Mademoiselle. She will go to New York next week in shorten her manuscript from its present 15,000 words to the 10,000 requested by the magazine...