Hungarian Revolution remembered as doomed fight for liberty
What began as a protest against a police state exploded on October 23 into rebellion against the People's Democracy. For weeks in 1956 the world watched a valiant people struggle, hoping for help but fearing a wider war as the uprising was suppressed by armed power.
TV Scope of Flying Saucers on Week End TV
AP TV-Radio writer Cynthia Lowry surveys weekend sci fi on CBS and ABC. The piece notes Wild Wild West and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea feature saucer encounters and a nuclear threat, with a serious special We Are Not Alone considering life on other planets. It also critiques The Garry Moore Show and predicts Dick Van Dyke will help next week.
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Harlow Shapley
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Dick van Dyke
Doughboy term origins and Idaho territory population note
The term doughboy evolved from a 17th century dumpling signification to describe Civil War uniforms and infantrymen, later popular in World War I. The Idaho territory boasted only a few dozen white residents in 1866 across a vast 90,0000 square mile area.
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