Hungary says hundreds arrested after planned uprising
Budapest reports several hundred arrests last week after threats of another rising. The minister of state named ex police and landowners as the defendants, calling them fascists and saying they were imprisoned. Names of four conspirators, including Count Karoly Khuen-Hedervary and others, were published.
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Budapest
Reuter
Hungary
Gyorgy Marossft
Nep Szabadsar
Yeaterday
Horror Night Floods Rip Through Japanese Cities
The report describes catastrophic floods across Japanese cities including Isuhaya and Omura with 84 coastguardmen aiding rescue efforts. Aerial and ground observers speak of thousands dead, with preliminary U.S. estimates of 1,400 deaths in Isuhaya City and vast property destruction as rainfall records vanish under the disaster.
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Eyte
Sa | Woo
Unura
Ceuy
Citins Aly
Tay
Coastguardemen Strug
Isuhaya
Onura
Onure
Aih
Maye
Omura
Tsahaya
Nagasaki
Trahaya
Woolworths Transport Ban Causes Competing Views
Sydney reports show Woolworths executives giving different accounts of the back ban on goods. The union seeks to force prices on Victorian eggs while Woolworths claims deliveries are unrestricted. Federal TW president calls the ban a farce.
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Sydney
Transport Workers’ Union
Woolworths Ltd
Woolworths
Nsw
Eye! Boal
T. Kelly
Alg. Platt
Plans to Trim British Navy and Armed Services
London reports the Royal Navy will shrink from 120000 to between 100000 and 120040 by 1962 under a new defence program. The government will end compulsory service, offer capital payments up to 6000 for top officers, and reduce army strength by about half from 300000. Navy cuts target 1958-59 with further reductions over five years.
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London
A. P.reuter
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Wold Abe
Arately
Nam
Royal Air Force
RAF Jets Strike Nizwa Fort in Oman Revolt
RAF Venom jets from Sharjah bombed Nizwa Fort, seat of Imam of Oman tribes, damaging fortifications and surrounding huts. Crews warned residents with leaflets, while Cameronian troops arrived. Britain defends Gulf role as Sultan seeks control, amid oil concerns and ongoing air build-up.
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Sharjah
Trucial Coast
P.remer
ILA
Nizwa
Imam of
Nizwa Fort
Rla.f
Sheik Ghalib bin Ali
Cairo
Oman
Azki
Salah Ben Issa
Harty
Burmaimi
Nizla
Sir Bernard Burrows
Bah
RAF
Times
London
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Commons
Persian Gulf
Labour
Emanuel Shinwell
Middle East
Shinwell
McEwen Defends Japan Trade Pact Against Critics
Australia faced criticism over the new Japan trade agreement as Minister for Trade McEwen argued the pact ends preferences for Britain and guarantees equal tariffs. He said the accord stabilises trade with Japan, consolidates existing ties, and opens new export opportunities while safeguards align with tariff policy and the Tariff Board oversight.
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McEwen
Japan
Centinent Ag
Britain
Australia
Tayili Board
Appro l Triate
1 500 Miners March To Bellbird Colliery
1500 miners march to Bellbird colliery amid stay-in strike protests over the mine's closure. Leaders claim government failures to provide employment or rehabilitation for displaced miners.
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Bellbird Colliery
Cessnock
Bellbird
Northern
J. Comerford
Lithgow
Cahill
Aberdare
Industrian
Electricity Commission
Com Passion
Passenger Blown From Plane Over California Desert
A passenger, insured for 125000 dollars, was blown from a Western Air liner at 10000 feet over the Southern California Desert in a mysterious incident. Twelve other passengers and crew survived, with a 28 square foot torn hole in the Convair wing. One passenger named North Helly von Joveller appears among the missing.
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Los Angeles
Pasenger
California
Convair
Thyes
Rvill
North Helly von
Joveller
F. Bins
U K Bus Strike Nears End After Tribunal Award
The Industrial Disputes Tribunal today recommended an extra 11 8 weeks pay for bus workers after unions rejected a 3/ a week rise. A six-union meeting will decide whether to end the seven day stoppage affecting half Britain’s buses. London markets dispute enters second week with 3,800 workers across five markets still idle and clashes with police ongoing.
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Industrial Disputes Tribunal
Britain
London
Parliae Jment
Paess Condemnae Viol
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Imam’s Fort
Rein
Muscat
Miners’ Federation
Parkinson
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