Christmas Shopping Rush In Battle Scarred Budapest
Budapest endures a bustling yet strained Christmas as curfews loom for midnight services. Shoppers face high prices and scarce quality with long queues for trees, toys, and food while transport remains inadequate. Most trees are scrappy, imports fill shelves, and meat supply is erratic due to war chaos and confiscation fears.
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Budapest
Rakoczi Stret
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Romania
East Germany
Admits Setting Fires in Five Trenton Churches
Mercer County Prosecutor Marion Volpe says a unidentified suspect admitted starting fires in five Trenton churches. The March cathedral blaze at St Mary's RC Cathedral killed three, including Msgr. Crean and two housekeepers. Churches damaged include First Methodist with about $200,000 in damage and another church with $500.
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Trenton
N.J
Mercer County
Marion Volpe
Volpe
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral
Msgr
Richard T. Crean
First Methodist
Kidnapped Santa and reindeer stir LA Christmas tale
In Los Angeles last week a body kidnaped Santa Claus and his reindeer from a front lawn. Cyrus Ligier posted a sign promising thieves stole decorations but could not steal Christmas spirit. The note ends with an awkward cheer: Merry Christmas Everyone.
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Los Angeles
Santa Claus
Cyrus Ligier
Refugee Provides Red Papers to Senate Subcommittee
A Hungarian refugee using the alias Lajos Ruff testified before a Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, delivering documents taken from the home of Matyas Rakosi. Ruff, 25, described as a resistance fighter and former prisoner, said he intends to return to Hungary to challenge Soviet control and cited past imprisonment alongside Cardinal Mindszenty.
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Washington
Senate Subcommittee
Matyas Rakoski
Moscow
Hungary
Lajos Ruff
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Ruff
Matyas Rakosi
Communist Party
Budapest
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Cardinal Mindszenty
U.S
Federal judge bars firm from linking Eisenhower to Snyder beef venture
U S district judge issued a temporary restraining order against Byrd Jacoin and Costa Inc for telemarketing stock pitches tying President Eisenhower to Sergeant Marty Snyder Foods Inc. The SEC says callers claimed Eisenhower endorsed the beef stew and that government purchases were imminent, defrauding investors.
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New York
Eisenhower
Marty Snyder
Edmund L. Palmieri
Byrd, Jacoin and Costa, Inc
Palmieri
Securities and Exchange Commission
Armed Services
SEC
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