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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1956
Page
7
Vice President Nixon plans to urge President Eisenhower to raise the 21,500 Hungarian refugee quota and boost U S aid to Austria. He spoke after a six day Austria trip and on a nationwide radio TV program noting Hungarians seek care, resettlement, and transportation to new homes as international communism wanes.
California set the nation’s highest Christmas time fatality toll with at least 73 deaths. The toll affected infants, service personnel, the elderly, and orphans, with multiple-death accidents across regions and numerous pedestrian fatalities despite clear weather.
Ho Chi-Chou, a member of Nationalist China's top watchdog body, was sentenced to eight years in jail for accepting part of a $4,500 bribe. Prosecution says he and associates took the money while probing pilferages from a government food depot.
A Spanish term Hidalgo refers to a member of the lower nobility describing someone as a son of gentle birth. The label historically signifies social status within Iberian hierarchies.
Mrs Wagner crafted a mantel from one side of a box covered in brick paper to create a small fireplace. She uses wood pieces and an electric night light for the fire while children Janice eight Dick four and Bob three fill stockings and pretend Santa has arrived with a doll waiting by the flames.
Maj. Gen. E L M Burns announced UNEF will have its own aircraft to airlift police troops into the Sinai for communications and transport. The Canadian UNEF commander said bombing is not planned. Burns met with Maj. Gen. Moshe Dayan on the withdrawal’s next phase.
Britain’s Foreign Office said it is checking a report that Egyptians killed a young British officer held as a prisoner after British and French troops completed their withdrawal from Port Said on Saturday.
President Eisenhower plans to ask Congress to allow annual employer earnings reporting for Social Security tax in 1957, with no planned changes to benefits or retirement earnings limits. Labor unions oppose the annual reporting, fearing effects on unemployment insurance. A Michigan survey showed wide gaps in public knowledge of Social Security benefits. The piece notes Hong Kong as a separate fact.
Twenty one Hungarian refugees arrived at McGuire Air Force Base aboard President Eisenhower’s Columbine after joining the Munich stop en route from India. The transfer, part of a goodwill mission, saw gifts distributed to evacuees as they landed. They proceeded to Camp Kilmer by bus, greeted by smiles and waves from the refugees and crew.
The skipper posed for pictures with the Zoltan Csukardi family and then carried 8 month old Zoltan Jr. in a blanket to the waiting bus, accompanying a moment captured during a ceremony or departure.
Pope Pius XII, age 80, was carried on a portable throne through the Hall of Benedictions at the Vatican for a general audience. The crowd of pilgrims, tourists, and Romans overflowed into adjoining chambers amid cheers.
Yoshimichi Nakagawa quoted a Russian officer saying Hungarians will replace Japanese prisoners of war in Siberian camps. The officer reportedly indicated many Hungarians would be sent “after you've gone.” The Soviet Union denies shipping Hungarian rebels out, while the West claims thousands were deported to Russia.
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