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...rebel force harrying the Colomb-Béchar Express is only one of a number of Algerian guerrilla bands which have long operated in and out of neighboring Morocco and Tunisia. Last week on Algeria's eastern border, a patrol of the French Army's 26th Motorized Infantry Regiment, ambushed by a small band of Algerian guerrillas, chased its attackers 300 yards inside Tunisia. When Tunisian troops tried to intervene, the French killed six Tunisians as well as six Algerians. In response to an indignant protest from the Tunisian government, French Commander in Chief in Algeria, General Raoul...
...Ambassador Smith's visit a crowd of 50,000 went to the funeral of a rebel colonel killed by the Santiago police. The colonel's body was clothed in his military uniform and his casket decked with the rebel flag of Castro's 26th of July Movement. Showing their strength, the guerrilleros swept down from their mountain hideout and attacked military posts at Bueycito and Minas, carried off arms, ammunition and supplies. Then they set two bridges afire on the highway between Bayamo and Manzanillo, and the next day engaged Batista troops at Peladero. In Santiago...
Still single and unengaged, Britain's Princess Margaret celebrated her 26th birthday with her family at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, sat for her portrait in a one-strap evening gown of pink tulle embroidered with flowers and sequins...
...lower at 475.29, but still some 6.48 points higher than the low reached in the May market adjustment. The drop bore little resemblance to the Cardiac Break last September. Few big investors had sold; trading was largely by smaller shareholders. Even so, losses were only a fraction of September 26th's staggering 31 points, and trading volume of 3.6 million shares was half the 7,720,000 shares traded during the Cardiac Break...
...prominent industrialist and member of the Board of Overseers yesterday told 65 graduating NROTC seniors that "your loyalty must go beyond your own service and include the other members of the defense team," at the 26th annual commissioning ceremonies in Paine Hall...