Snowbound Erie Braces For National Guard Aid
A two foot lakefront snowstorm paralyzed Erie Pennsylvania prompting a state of emergency declared by Mayor Arthur Gardner who asked Governor Leader for National Guard help. Roads and air travel halted with Route 5 and 20 clogged and banking and shops closed. Weather officials warned more snow. visibility near zero with 45 mph winds.
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Lake Erie
Erie
Lakeport
Arthur Gardner
George M. Leader
National Guard
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Cleveland
Gardner
Ohio
N.Y
William J. Pope
Erie County
General Electrc Co
Bone-Chilling Blast Sweeps Over Carolinas
A massive Canadian cold front swept the Carolinas over the Thanksgiving weekend, with Mount Mitchell and Clingman’s Peak recording subzero-like lows. Temperatures dropped 20 to 25 degrees, with snowfall and winds of 30 mph, as Raleigh Durham and coastal cities stayed milder.
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Carolinas
Associated Press
Canada
Mount Mitchell
Clingman's Peak
North Carolina
Clingman’s Peak
Canton
N. C
Asheville
Raleigh - Durham
Charleston
Myrtle Beach
New Bern
Charlotte
Greensboro
Greenville
S. C
Columbia
Wilmington
South Carolina
Virginia
Partial Agreement Reported As Budapest Strike Called Off
Budapest radio claimed the Budapest Workers' Council called off the strike after a partial agreement with Soviet backed Premier Janos Kadar. The movement sought withdrawal of Russian troops and Nagy’s return, while workers kept the right to resume action if no progress occurs. The cardinal primate remained a refugee at the U S Embassy in Budapest.
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Vienna
Austria
Budapest Radio
Budapest
Janos Kadar
Imre Nagy
Kadar
Hungary
U.S
Memory and repetition shape our lifelong witness
The piece discusses how memories from childhood pass through repetition of lines and sayings. It argues that recalling both good and bad experiences forms personal ideals and life patterns, urging careful selection of what we tell others to witness for ourselves and for God.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
God
Britain to Withdraw Battalion at Once From Port Said
In Cairo the British commander announced an immediate withdrawal of one battalion from Port Said as the token move promised to U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. French forces have already withdrawn about a third of their landed troops in the Suez area.
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Cairo
Egypt
Britain
Port Said
U.N
Dag Hammarskiold
Sir Charles Keightley
Cyprus
Suez Canal Zone
Keightley
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Canal Zone
Washington
Presidential Inquiry Board
East Gulf Coast
Eisenhower
Atlantic
Gulf
White House
Justice Department
International Longshoremen's Assn
Inquiry Board
New York Federal District Court
Thomas W. Holland
Holland
ILA
Philadelphia
Jacksonville
Fla
New York Shipping Assn
Steamship Trade Assn
Baltimore
Stevadore
Yugoslavia Denies Hearst Jr Visa for Tito Complaint
Belgrade Yugoslavia refused to admit William Randolph Hearst Jr citing insults to President Tito in his newspapers. Hearst, in Bonn, is part of a private group visiting Norway Denmark West Germany and Yugoslavia for a Senate probe into foreign aid programs.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
William Randolph Hearst Jr
New York
Tito
Hearst
Bonn
Germany
Norway
Denmark
West Germany
Senate
Yugoslav Information Service Office
Washington
James Gleason
Sen. Knowland
R-Calif
Clash Looms Over Egypt Troop Withdrawal at UN
The General Assembly edges toward another clash over British French and Israeli troops in Egypt. The United States backs a new Asian African resolution demanding immediate withdrawal and may co sponsor a second measure authorizing Dag Hammarskjold to negotiate Suez clearance while praising his police force setup.
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United Nations
General Assembly
Egypt
United States
U.S
Henry Abot Lodge Jr
Eisenhower
Washington
India
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Suez Canal
Hammarskjold
Britain
France
Israel
Hungary Upset Over Nagy Accomplices Flee Embassy
Yugoslavia protested that Imre Nagy and associates who left the Yugoslav Embassy in Budapest under safety guarantees have not returned home. Vidic warned that failure to return would violate Yugoslav Hungarian relations and international law. Nagy had sought asylum for 18 days with 15 women and 17 children present.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Imre Nagy
Budapest
Nagy
Dobrivoje Vidic
Vidic
Julia Rajk
Laszlo Rajk
Hungary refugees arrive on second Freedom Flight to America
At McGuire Air Force Base a 75 person Hungarian relief flight arrived. among them an eyewitness to Budapest bloodshed. Brig. Gen. Wooten welcomed the group to Camp Kilmer, with two more flights planned and a fourth heading to Milwaukee.
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America
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Budapest
McGuire Air Force Base
Immigration and Welfare Agencies
McGuire
Kilmer
Karoly Wunder
Johan
Gabrielle
Wacs
Vienna
James Scenerei
Sidney C. Wooten
Camden
Immigration and Health
Army
Milwaukee
United States
White House
Ferenc Szucs
Ujpest
Alb
Burma Accepts Chinese Friendship Deal Amid Civil War Pressure
Burma agrees to permit ten Chinese troops to withdraw from Wa states and Kachin while China gains access routes into Tibet and Assam. The move follows U Nu era talks and targets a shift in Burma’s long Civil War tug between local insurgents, 4,000 armed bands, and invading forces. An estimated 4,500 Chinese troops moved into northern Burma amid unrest along a 1200 mile frontier.
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China
Burma
Tibet
Assam
India
Red
U Nu
Kachin
Upper
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Middle East
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Weir
Burns
Naples
Italy
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Pusztasomorja
London
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