Hungarians Threaten Prison Terms as General Strike Presses On
Government warns up to five years in prison for unauthorized meetings while 28,000 workers at Csepel iron and steel works refuse to work until Sandor Bacz and Sandor Bari are released. Police seize three foreign journalists and an informant notes guerrilla resistance waning with rebels fleeing as martial law spreads. Radio Budapest reports state farm attackers sent to military court with possible swift execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kadar
Csepel Iron and Steel Works
Budapest
Sandor Bacz
Associated Press
Eric Waha
Reuters
Richard Kilian
London Daily Express
Kilian
HH. S. Baker
New York City
Alli
Pecs
Radio
Keczkemet
Antal Step
Lishie
Rock Hudson portrays Dean Hess in Battle Hymn
Rock Hudson discusses his role as Col Dean Hess a WWII and Korea fighter ace and humanitarian. Hess trained ROK pilots supported UN missions and built an orphanage via Hope Inc Hudson praises Hess dedication to principle and his impact on the film's message about fighting communism and humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mani
Rock Hudson
Church of the Disciples of Christ
Dean Hess
Europe
Korea
ROK Air Force
Strageler Lins
Chejusland
Hope, Inc
Sam
Marietta
Ohio
Oil Pioneer’s Legacy in Geology and Petroleum Firms
Oil pioneer built Amerada Petroleum Corp and Geophysical Service Inc, founded Geophysical Research Corp in 1930, and helped form Geophysical Service. He led Geological associations, joined Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1952, owned rare books on the American Southwest, edited Across Aboriginal America, and acquired controlling interest in the Saturday Review of Literature, becoming its board chairman in 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle
Shell Oil Co
Amerada Petroleum Corp
Geophysical Research Corp
Geophysical Service, Inc
American Assn. of Geologists
Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Mexico
New Mexico
Arizona
Texas
California
Saturday Review of Literature
1000 More Refugees In Freedom Bid
Nearly 1,000 refugees crossed the border from Hungary in 24 hours as Russian troops tightened controls. Austrian police reported 401 in daylight yesterday, 564 by 9 am last night, with reduced numbers due to a Hungary-wide strike disrupting trains and buses. Fifteen national Red Cross societies prepared to take charge of 25,000 refugees in large camps, with 10,000 more to follow on January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Hungary
Eisenstadt
Fiften National Red Cross Societies
Austria
Met Firing Draws Fire Of Patrons
Baritone Enzo Sordello is fired by Met General Manager Rudolf Bing for insubordination to conductor Fausto Cleva after a backstage dispute over a high note during Lucia di Lammermoor. Sordello claims soprano Maria Callas was involved and plans to return to Italy.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Enzo Sordello
Met
Rudolf Bing
Bing
Sordello
Fausto Cleva
Maria Meneghini Carlas
Cleva
Dulles to Report to Ike on Paris NATO Talks
Dulles reports from Paris on a NATO turning point with Britain and France opposing Egypt actions. He cites US weapons aid to allied armies, possible limits on warheads, and a future pact for political consultation among the 15 NATO members. Fulbright warns the plan could invite congressional criticism and risk an atomic war.
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Paris
Dulles
Sination North Atlantic Treaty Council
Britain
France
Egypt
United’ ‘States
NATO Council
Suez Canal
Eisenhower
United States
Europe
Congress
Fulbright
D-Ark
Pato
Duiles
NATO
Seek Funds To Start A Town Bank
Ellenville New York efforts push to raise 1,050,000 by selling stock to establish a new national bank replacing the defunct Home National closed after 1,300,000 in shortages. FDIC chairman says all 8,500 depositors can bank normally when the new institution opens. payoffs up to 10,000 are ready but deferred for community benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenville
N.Y
National Bank
Home National
Ellen
Rose
FDIC
Edenville
Zeiger
Anjopa
Catskill Mountain
Fourteen Trapped in Four-Story Hotel Fire
A basement fire in the Delmar hotel in Kansas City spread via an air shaft, trapping fourteen on their floor who were carried to safety by firemen in gas masks. Nine were unconscious, three hospitalized, six treated and released, with 45 guests registered. Fire Chief Edgar M Grass said the cause was unknown and damage estimates were unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Leo Pursell
Delmar
Fir
Edgar M. Grass
Press Action For Mideast Crisis Issues
U S and allies press for Middle East resolution and Hungary relief. NATO strengthens military and non military fronts with a promise of weapons capable of firing atomic missiles but with warheads still secret. Dulles meets Lloyd and Pineau, saying talks helped bury differences and restore partnership with Britain and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. N
Hungary
Council
NATO
U. S
Atlantic
Mnus
United States
Britain
France
Middle East
Big Tire Harmony
Best Friends
Washington
Suez Canal Zone
John Foster Dulles
Anti-Soviet Riots Reported Across Polish Towns
In five Polish towns anti Russian demonstrations are reported with warnings of a possible crackdown by Gomulka's anti Stalinist government. Students march in Lublin demanding Soviet intervention be halted in Hungary. In Poznan 30000 workers at Cegielsko steelworks demand immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
United Workers
Communist) Party
Russia
East Germany
Stettin
Lublin
Hungary
Czestochowa
Kutno
Lalisz
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Cegielsko’ Steel Works
Poznan
Floods Hit W. Virginia and Ohio Areas
Central West Virginia faced cresting floods after three days of rain and an all night downpour. One man is believed drowned, Gordon Ashcraft, 57, fell from a bridge into a swollen stream. Spencer, a town of 3500, suffered first floor flooding and evacuations. Reedy's gas main was washed out, with repairs expected today. Highways including U S 19 between Clarksburg and Shinnston remained closed.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ohio
West Virginia
Gordon Ashcraft
Wallace
Clarksburg
Spencer
Here
Reedy
U. S 19
Shinnston
Justifiable Shooting Declared in Local Case
Chief Heckel ruled the shooting justifiable after Martin attempted to enter the Addison home and the circumstances preceding it, with agreement from Westmoreland County DA L Alexander Sculco and other officers. The family was frightened and Martin is said to hold no malice though charges may still be filed. investigations continued with Greensburg State Police assistors Joseph Hostenske and Peter Marino.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heckel
Martin
Westmoreland County
L. Alexander Sculco
Addison
Joseph Hostenske
Peter Marino
Greensburg
Hungarians Oust 2 Newsmen From Budapest
Two reporters were detained and expelled in Budapest while covering the labor situation near the Csepel iron and steel works. Ronald Farquhar of Reuters remained in the country, hotel authorities handling reporting details. The AP still has Kasischke and Endre Carston in Hungary.
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Budapest
Waha
Kilian
Ronald Farquhar
Reuters
Cse’ Pel Iron and Steel
Farquhar
Associated Press
Richard Kasischke
Vienna
Endre Carston
The
Hungary
Former Demo Chief Faces Court Action
A federal grand jury indicted Rep. William J. Green Jr. and five contractors for alleged fraud connected to contracts for a 31 million dollar Army Signal Corps depot near Tobyhanna. The cases allege payoffs and evasion of standards, with Green accused of receiving ten thousand dollars plus twenty thousand dollars through his Philadelphia insurance business. McGlinchey and others named as co defendants. The probe continues as details of money involved remain undisclosed.
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Scranton
William J. Green Jr
Philadelphia
Army Signal Corps
Tobyhanna
Green
Herbert J. McGlinchey
House
Armed Services Committee
John P. Gillboy Jr
Joseph Rochez
Rochez Brothers, Inc
Pittsburgh
Frederick J. Raff
Hartford, Conn
Robert W. Brown
Consolidated Construction
Yule Season Slows East German Refugee Flow
The West German Refugee Ministry notes a seasonal drop in East Germans fleeing to the West as Christmas nears. Last week 3,947 people left the Soviet-occupied zone, down from 4,412 prior week, with recent averages near 5,000. Officials call it a seasonal decline due to the festive period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bom
Germany
Universe Expansion Slower, Carnegie Study Suggests
Frank Carey reports tentative evidence from Carnegie Institution researchers that the universe may expand more slowly, possibly oscillating like a balloon. Observations from Mt. Wilson and Palomar stars billions of miles away indicate expansion could stop and contraction begin, over billions of years, reshaping views on space, matter density, and the universe’s geometry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey
Washington
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Carnegie
Mt. Wilson
Palomar Observatories
California
Caryl P. Haskins
Mt. Wilson-Palomar
Port Said Incidents Increase and Security Roundups
British forces in Port Said intensified operations amid kidnapping claims, rounding up Arabs in a five block area for questioning after Lt Anthony Moorhouse was abducted. The Mohar house car was found abandoned. Egypt’s underground reportedly claimed Moorhouse’s death while British officials awaited formal word.
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Nasser
Hugh Stockwell
Anthony Moor
Wedesday
Moorhouse
Theseus
England
Port Said
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
France
Italy
Greece
Yugoslavia
Suez Canal
Britain
United Nations
New York
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
U.N
Israel
Thes‘radis
Sinai
Syria
Europe
Iraq
Majdeddin Jabri
United States
Hrbet Hoover Jr
Medical Men May Revise Water Views
Atlantic City. A fact finding committee of the American Medical Assn. is reassessing the association s stance on fluoridation of drinking water. Dr. David B. Allman said the five man committee reports its findings at a future AMA meeting and the association will reaffirm or change its position. Four years ago the AMA endorsed fluoridation to prevent childhood tooth decay.
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Atlantic City
The
American Medical Assny
David B. Allman
Association
AMA
Allman
Obituaries from Indiana County and Blairsville Area
Obituaries note Otto Stock of Black Lick died in Indiana Pennsylvania on December 14 born January 17 1884 son of Michael and Caroline Stock survived by wife Elsie Stock Blairsville one son six daughters and several relatives with funeral plans incomplete Calvin H Steffy of Ashville New York died Friday at home services set for Henderson and Lincoln Funeral Home Jamestown New York November 17 survived by wife three daughters two brothers Annie Mary McCreight 76 lifetime Indiana R D 2 died December 15 at Indiana Hospital born March 21 1880 daughter of Robert and Margaret Bates member of Salem Methodist Church survived by husband J Frank McCreight sister Ella Johnston Elderton R D 2 services to be held December 18 at Elderton Cemetery Interment to follow
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Otto
Stock
Indiana
Priday
Jeannette
Michael
Caroline Simmindinger Stock
Elsie Stock
Blairsville
Joseph
Summit Station
Evelyn Pirimentel
Pawtucket
R. I
R. I; Mrs. ‘Hazel Zwirean, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. Marie Pecorino, New York City
Dorothy Stock
Edna Randall
Brooklyn
N. Y
Marjorie James
Clymer
Carrie McCoy
Wilkinsburg
Helen M. Stock
Cincinnati
Shoemaker Funeral Home
Calvin H. Steffy
Ashville
Henderson and Lincoln
Jamestown
Steffy
James Blair Steffy
Little Rock
Arkansas
A. Glenn Steffy
Marion Center
Paul Beatty
Elderton Cemetery
Word From Three Yank Prisoners In Soviet Camp Near Leningrad
Berlin reports a German refugee claims three American POWs and a fourth died after being sent to Lipishnskaya camp near Leningrad in 1945. The men were reportedly foreigners arrested in Germany for spying and sentenced to 20 years hard labor in Brest-Litovsk, then sent to Novo Sibirski. Names given: William Seals, Fred Thompson, Donald Oswell, and Dean Kelly. U S Army Berlin denies these four appear on missing lists and says it will check further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Topping
Berlin
Leningrad
Tron Curtain
East
Lipschinskaya
East Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Novo Sibirsk
Philadelphia
Red Cross
U. S
U. S. Army
South Koreans Under Fire From Pyongyang Verdict
Pyongyang radio declared a South Korean, Pak Choon Keuk, had been given a stern verdict for allegedly seeking to spark a Hungarian type rebellion. It charged he was a U S strained intelligence agent sent into North Korea to organize a revolt but gave no sentence details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Pyongyang
North Korea
Supreme Court
Pak "Choon Keuk
U.S
Hungary
Japanese Foreign Minister Arrives for UN Seat Seat Soon
Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japan’s foreign minister, arrived in New York to accept Tokyo’s anticipated seating in the United Nations council. He is set to meet officials and finalize arrangements ahead of the expected approval next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mamoru Shigemitsu
United Nations
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Oil Pioneer
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Gazette
Mideast
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Naval Research Laboratory
Scientific Earth Satellite
Patrick Air Force Base
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Yank PW
South Koreans
U.S.A
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