U S Remembers Hungary 1956 Uprising Third Anniversary
The United States marks the third anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian uprising with a State Department statement honoring those who died and those living under Soviet rule. The House Un-American Activities Committee reports Hungarians have lost hope of independence, citing interviews with exiled leaders Kovago and Kiraly.
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Washington
U. S
State Department
Husuahy Vuidpvath
Wit DiatTment
House Un-American Activities Committee
Comet airliner disintegrates in Maryland storm
The Civil Aeronautics Board reports a Viscount turbo prop crashed near Chase Maryland on May 12 after encountering violent turbulence from a thunderstorm. Thirty one people were killed. Weather warnings reportedly not relayed to the crew.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Maryland
Chase
Baltimore
New York City
Atlanta
Criti- Capital
Laurens County Mother Fatally Shoots Child
A Laurens County woman who had just given birth three weeks earlier killed her 2 year old adopted daughter Gwendolyn Boyter with a borrowed .22 pump rifle. The child cried Mama as the firearm was fired and died almost instantly. Investigators described the mother as incoherent.
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Laurens, S.C
Laurens County
Ain Boyter
Gwendolyn Boyter
Boyters
Gwendolyn
Living costs hit new record high in latest index rise
Washington reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics index reached 125.2 percent of the 1947 49 average as costs rise across major budget items. Wage earners gain small boosts while housing energy and furnishings push prices higher amid inflation concerns.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hershey S. Riley
BLS
Sunshine Eludes Ike In Georgia
President Eisenhower, vacationing in Augusta, played golf despite persistent overcast skies and chilly air. He teed off at Augusta National Course as the sun remained hidden, with a comfortable 64 degree temperature marking the morning rounds.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Augusta
Eisenhower
Augusta National Course
City Fathers End Public Bath Era in Baltimore
Baltimore shifts away from the public bath tradition due to cash shortages. Since 1900 the Walters baths provided showers to residents without facilities, funded by Henry Walters and later city support. Bath use declined severely by 1958, with revenues of 8 thousand dollars against personnel costs of 78 thousand, signaling the end of the era.
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Baltimore, Md
Baltimore
Thomas M. Bendenkoff
Henry Walters Walters
Sec
Ond
Walters
Afterburner Invention May End Smog Battle in L A
Los Angeles air officials tout an afterburner exhaust device invented by nuclear scientist Smith Griswold as capable of returning smog to pre-1940 levels. Ridgeway describes a catalystless system that burns hydrocarbons at 1500 degrees, replacing the muffler and possibly the heater. If adopted, the device could be installed on existing cars and may cost under 125 dollars with 80 to 90 percent emissions reduction.
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Los Angeles
Smith Griswold
Air Pollution Control District
Board of Supervisors
California
Griswold
Stuart Ridgeway
Ridgeway
Mice Ree
1011st Day As Judges Weigh Steel Strike Ruling
Philadelphia reports the steel strike reaches its 1011th day as three federal judges hear appeals on a back to work injunction. The union argues the injunction would end the strike for 80 days. the government says it protects health and safety and the economy.
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Philadelphia
Promptea Vy
Taft- Hartley
America
John Wees
Herbert F
India accuses China of deadly attack in Ladakh
New Delhi officials say Chinese forces attacked an Indian patrol in Ladakh Kashmir wounding three and killing 17 with many missing. China reportedly holds parts of a border tract linking Tibet and western China. India protests to Peiping over the incident.
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New Delhi
India
Red China
Ladakh
Kashmir
Peiping
Tibet
China
Michigan Tightens Finances Amid Cash Crunch
Michigan officials cut nonessential travel and hiring as a cash crisis looms after the state Supreme Court voids a 1 percent use tax that would have raised about 10 million dollars and narrowed an 80 million dollar deficit. The court ruled the tax resembled a sales tax increase and needed voter approval. Republicans had pressed for a state income tax this year, blocked by Democrats.
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Michigan Supreme Court
State Administrative Board
Reds Call For Quick Parley
U S and British officials pursue a rapid East West summit while De Gaulle shares a cautious path toward a united policy. Paris may host a late year meeting with Adenauer and Khrushchev reportedly in Paris this autumn, delaying a broader conference to early December or spring.
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London
Moscow
United States
Britain
Charles de Gaula
de Gaulle
Eisenhower
Har
Paris
Adenauer
Macmillan
Selwyn Lioyd
Maurice ‘Couve de Murville
Khrushchev
Washington
U. S
Charles de Gaulle
Nikita Khrushchev
State Department
NATO
Harold Mac‘Millan
Konrad Adenauer
Geneva
Castro Threatens Militia and Nationwide Demonstration
Fidel Castro said he will raise an armed militia of laborers and peasants if bombing threats continue, and called for a Monday protest by a million citizens against aerial raids by counter-revolutionary planes based in the United States. He denounced U S bases at Guantanamo and urged action after a tense telecast with chants accusing him of danger.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Fulgencio Batista
Comma Castro
Fidel
Robert Salas Herseized
Castro
Salas
U.S
Guantanamo
Cuba
Coun
Coffee shop case over cabaret license questioned in New York
In Greenwich Village a court heard whether Cafe Figaro served Irish beer during a live Bach performance by the Silvermine Trio. Magistrate Comerford will decide if the venue needed a cabaret license after a roughly 200-strong crowd attended an Oct. 4 concert.
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New York
Cafe Figaro
George Ward
Figaro-on- Bleecker Street
Greenwich Village
Ward
Proprie
James J. Comerford
Ziegler
Silvermine
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Machiavellie
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Riley
Sunshine
Ike
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Red
Michigan
Lansing, Mich
Reds
Robert Salas Hernandez
By Robert Berrellez
Tempest
Stefan B. Mengelberg
New York Philharmonic
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