Poland and Church Reach Accord on State Church Role
Poland and the Roman Catholic church announced a broad settlement easing years of friction. The accord restores religious education in state schools and grants chaplains in hospitals and prisons, with a government commission to arrange return of exiled clergy and a future joint law guiding appointments. Archbishop Eugene Baziak reportedly returned from exile as part of the shifts.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wnyszynski
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Polish Communist Party
Germany
Eugene Baziak
Krakow
Guilty verdict in kidnap murder case at Sing Sing
David Markowitz vows appeal after jury of fathers convicts La Marea gully of kidnapping and first degree murder. The automatic death sentence under New Yorks Lindbergh Law follows the verdict. sentencing set for December 1. Donna LaMarca fainted as the court recessed and was taken to relatives.
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Weinberger
Sing Sing
David Markowitz
New York State Court of Appeals
Albany
Merey
LaMarea
New
Peter
Mario Pittoni
Donna LaMarca
Motorman Blamed for I Train Fire in Chicago
In Chicago a dead motorman, Daniel Cullen, is blamed for an electrical arc that turned a four car Loop bound L train into a fireball. About 50 injured as wooden coaches, 50 years old, burned after Cullen failed to cut power during a track switch, triggering a blaze near Howard Street station while some 300 Evanston riders were aboard.
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Chicago
Virgil E. Gunlock
Chicago Transit Authority, Board
Daniel Cullen
Evanston
Downtox District
CTA
Cullen
Howard Street
Hmit
Riviera Bandits Strike: Post Office Heist in Nice
In Nice France the Riviera Bandits stole banknotes valued at 92424 after overpowering two post office employees and escaping. The crime echoes a 9 year old heist by Pierre Loutrel France's top postwar bandit who robbed the same post office for 95291.
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Nice
France
Riviera
Pierre Loutrel
America's First Test Rocket Aims for Satellite Orbit
Washington reports the first test rocket of the U.S. earth satellite project reached 125 miles up and 4,000 mph over the Atlantic. Launched at Patrick Air Force Base, Cocoa, Florida, it traveled 180 miles before plunging into the ocean. Officials say it gathered valuable data while telemetering and beacon equipment operated, with aims to orbit a satellite at about 300 miles altitude in future tests.
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U.S. Earth Satellite Project
Atlantic Ocean
Defense Department
Department
Air Force Missile Testing Center
Patrick Air Force Base
Cocoa
Fla
Geophysical Year
Antic
Navy
Sla
Air Force Base
Soviet Reinforcements Enter Budapest Amid Tense Uprising Threat
Soviet troops poured into Budapest as Janos Kadar faces mounting pressure. Police and militia stand alert while workers protest arrests. UN deliberations in New York and Vienna report on Hungary's situation and possible international responses.
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Budapest
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Central Workers Council of
Kodar
Dulles Aims to unite West in NATO drive to Paris
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles travels to Paris to urge Britain France and 12 NATO partners to close ranks before the Big Three summit. The NATO review begins Tuesday with Defense Secretary Wilson and others, while Sen George will not attend. Dulles, back after cancer surgery, faces a delicate task amid strains from the Egypt crisis and Western disunity.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Western Alliance
Dulles
Britain
France
North Atlantic Council
Russia
Europe
NATO
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs
State
Defense Department
Walter F. George Jd-Gal
Eisenhower
United States
Egypt
Eisenhower to Meet Strauss on 1958 Budget Plan
President Eisenhower held a budget session at Augusta National Golf Club with Lewis Strauss and Percival Brundage to outline the 1958 federal budget. The talks center on atomic energy, weapon development, and peacetime nuclear applications while defense spending is expected to rise.
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Presi‘Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
Charman Lewis L
Atomic Energy Commission
Percival Brundage
AEC
Strauss
Brundage
Charles E. Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Middle East Oasis
Pucket
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Georgia
Hungarian trade mission member flees to West Berlin
A member of Hungary s trade mission in East Berlin fled to West Berlin with his family. Refugee officials identified him as Bela Ikarsay.
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Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Bela, iKarsay
Oppose Joe in 1958 says O'Konski may run
Rep Alvin E O Konski a seven term House veteran said he is seriously considering challenging Sen Joseph McCarthy for the U S Senate in 1958 He told reporters his district duties come first and would gauge district sentiment before deciding He noted Gov Walter Kohler entering the race would not affect his decision and that he might be a stronger vote getter than Kohler in a McCarthy contest
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Eisenhower
Walter Kohler
McCarthy
Kabler
Orowski
Kohier
Committee Approves Sales Tax for Education Aids
The Education Committee of the Legislative Council backed a sales tax plan to raise funds for school aid, proposing increases of 1 to 2 million dollars annually to reach about 3 million. The aim is to ease local property tax burdens while boosting school costs, with a 32 to 7 vote in favor and opposition from Sen. Clark and Assemblyman Hardie D-Tavier. Helen Geis, Grossmaz, and Shima River Falls noted among attendees.
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Madison
Education Committee
Legislative Council
Clark
Hardie D-Tavier
Helen Geis Grossmaz
Shima River Falls
Hungary Workers Riot Amid Soviet Pressure
The report describes Hungary under Kadar with no start date for talks, promises of peace if order is restored, and mass arrests of about 200 workers' representatives. Factories saw immediate walkouts, protests clustered in Karl Marx Square where police charged. Russian forces reportedly seized Protestant students and others, fueling anti-Soviet sentiment.
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Workers Council
Karl 3Ars
Sexzei
Luiker House
Budapest
Judge McCoy to wed Akron man in 44th ceremony
The notice states Judge McCoy, age 44, in Akron, plans to wed his partner in a formal ceremony. The excerpt notes a tongue in cheek remark about pulling the brake when exiting, reflecting a lighthearted tone.
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Akron, Ohio
McCoy
Luberg May Become Vernon Thomson Aide
The University of Wisconsin board of regents met to consider a leave of absence for LeRoy E. Luberg 48 who may become executive secretary to Gov Vernon Thomson Luberg said he has been offered the post while Thomson had not commented He is currently assistant to University President E B Fredrickson with no formal request yet and no final decision reported The move would place university experts as advisers to state government on the Wisconsin idea.
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Luthers
Wisconsin
Father fights to pry lioness from his son's knee
In Garden Grove California a lioness broke from a cage during an advertising act injuring a boy and his father. Elwood Trawholm pulled at the beast's jaws with bare hands but could not free the boy. The lioness escaped into a busy lot before being recaptured. the father received emergency surgery and was listed in fair condition.
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Calif
Elwood Trawholm
Wilmington
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Trawholm
Erian
Ane
Orange “County
Breitfeller Sales
MuUees
George E
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