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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1956
Page
1
A Journal photographer named Bill Werth captured varied facial expressions of Middletown youths yesterday. The piece promises a fuller story on page 5 with the full picture and context.
Vienna reports say disturbances occurred Sunday in Poland with students and workers setting fires linking the withdrawal of Soviet troops to unrest. Go mulka’s Moscow line blamed as Go mulka pushes Warsaw debt relief and food aid discussions.
An unconfirmed report circulated among British diplomats suggests possible shifts in Soviet leadership. Georgi Malenkov may replace Nikita Khrushchev as premier, while Molotov could push Khrushchev out of the party leadership amid a Kremlin split between velvet glove and iron hand approaches.
India Ceylon and Indonesia surprise in a United Nations move endorsing on site relief checks in Hungary. They urge Hungary to permit U.N. representatives to enter with aid, while Hammarskjold’s bid as head of the relief mission remains unresolved.
East Germany, via ADN, says Harald Trautmann, described as Britain's chief spy in Berlin, has deserted to the Reds. A British spokesman dismissed the claim as ridiculous and said they never heard of him.
Eight Navy Seabees and 11 sled dogs establish initial camp at Mcmurdo Sound Antarctic pole 58 degrees below zero. They land in two C47 Dakotas and radio safe arrival to base 800 miles away. Aimed to support scientists for the polar winter under Lt Richard A. Bowers and with Dr Paul Siple heading the expedition.
Fifty nine refugees from Soviet terror in Hungary were en route to U S homes as officials push to resettle about 5000 across the Atlantic. Over 6000 have already found haven in eight countries, Austrian police said. The first group of 41 left Vienna bound for McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey with more Hungarians to follow from Munich and Linz as another plane was to depart today.
A lighthearted joke about two cement mixers marrying, now with little sidewalks around the house, delivering a playful image of marital harmony and construction humor.
The forecast called for cloudy and colder weather with occasional rain through today and Wednesday. A high near 60 and a low around 46 were anticipated, with cooler conditions Wednesday. Yesterday's high reached 61 at 3:15 p.m. and the low was 44 at 6:15 a.m. Rainfall measured up to 4 a.m. at 0.4 inches.
Col. C. F. Moe said Norwegian troops under UN command prepare to enter Port Said to prevent friction between Egyptians and the British French withdrawal. The contingent, with 175 men and 15 officers, will be armed and travel with seven days of supplies as UN forces arrive at Abu Suweir.
Istanbul authorities ordered gasoline rationing to guard against a shortage from the Suez Canal closure. Private cars will be allowed.
Britain battles political turmoil as Prime Minister Eden faces calls to resign after a controversial Egypt invasion and illness. The Iton Labor party and defection rumors press for change while France Soir signals a political lead er's potential removal amid growing crisis.
Boston's Eye and Ear Infirmary reports the removal of Carol Ann Molinaro's right eye after a cancer operation to prevent spread to the brain. No growth detected in the left eye. Pathology will test the optic nerve to gauge containment.
In Tokyo Kiyoshi Tachibana a 58 year old credit agency employee left work to care for about 400 pigeons in the Imperial Plaza. He fed them at noon and drew money and birdseed from across Japan. His boss warned him to focus on work but Tachibana insisted he never used company time.
Lyons, 43, a former city waterworks meter reader, testified he did not kill Mrs. Pugh. He said he checked meters near noon on April 11 rather than at 1 p.m. and claimed police statements about wearing a jacket and burning it are false. He answered “no sir” to each question and noted a “sweaty dial” in his meter book.
A Pacific-born storm dumped up to 18 inches on eastern Colorado farmlands and spread freezing rain and snow across Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa. Eastern Colorado traffic and western Nebraska school schedules stalled as wheatlands in northeastern Colorado received the heaviest fall. Fort Morgan logged 16 inches and Akron 12.
Olga De La Cruz testified in New York that Abe Telvi admitted to throwing acid at the Riesel victim and described his visit to her apartment the night of the attack The witness contradicted earlier statements by another witness who said Telvi did not know the victim until reading about it in papers The case also involves three alleged conspirators in a labor racketeering probe and the murder of Telvi on the lower East Side July 28.
Teams from Stanford UC Utah State Agricultural College and the University of Utah set one million tons of rock to be torn from a cliff at the Great Salt Lake with 600000 pounds of explosives. They aim for timing to the last thousandth of a second to reveal crust thickness.
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